Although I am known for being opposed to medicalization of marijuana as prescriptive necessary for use, this article is worth noting because Dr. Sanjay Gupta is making his mea culpa for being wrong about marijuana’s therapeutic value. Whether he’ll come around to understanding and accepting social use of marijuana remains to be seen.
I only support the “alcohol model” for marijuana adult usage whereby adults can use it as easily as they do alcohol, whether for social or medical reasons. The medicalization of marijuana is a huge corporate/government smoke and mirrors game to channel adult marijuana consumers, unlike alcohol consumers, through a restrictive and controlling licensing process. The licensing of marijuana consumption is, in fact, a form of surveillance to keep tabs on American marijuana users, something they would not and cannot easily do for alcohol users.
Read full article: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/09-4
Working against legalization, too.
There was a news story on the radio recently about how the medical marijuana facility owners are working AGAINST legalization and decriminalization laws, mostly just to protect their current monopoly and revenue.
It would be interesting to see people start advocating for alcohol dispensaries. Drinks would only be given to people with a doctor’s prescription. There would be one liquor dispensary, up in Burlington.
If alcohol were decriminalized, people would be able to have one six pack or bottle in their possession legally, along with paraphernalia to consume the liquids such as can openers and shot glasses. A case of anything would still land you in jail. No one could sell liquor legally or make it, but if you came upon a magic beer you would only risk getting a ticket for consuming it.
Corporate Business As Usual
There’s no question that the corporate medical interests have and will obstruct legalizing and decriminalizing marijuana for adult use, including support medicalization of marijuana whilt working again the legal alcohol-model for marijuana.
Any entity that survives on paper only and has the craven need to call itself a “person” is an inherently evil entity.
(I couldn’t post the link I left off in my submission above because I have limited online access at this time.Link is there now, which was originally sent to me by tomaidh. Thanks Tom!)
Crazy People
It’s a proven fact that Marijuana makes people crazy. Just not the people who smoke it!
Just not the people who smoke it!
The crazy people who don’t smoke marijuana are clearly becoming obsolete. Too bad they got away with criminalizing marijuana for far too long.
Well, there’s always reparation. Somebody has to pay for all the harm done to millions of innocent marijuana consumers. Every marijuana prisoner ought to sue the criminal justice system for it’s wrongdoing by starting at the top of the heap – the Feds….
Holder?
What do you think about Holder’s promise to release the low-level offenders from prisons?
Time to sue the Feds/States for marijuana lockup reparations
Too little, too late. Forty years of dacronian marijuana lockups cannot be erased by a few prisoner releases. Those released prisoners should be counselled to sue the government for reparations.