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originally posted by: HarryJoy
After listening to the video of Sean Spicer at the news conference......I feel as though he was quite lenient in his stance. ..overall. He actually indicated that medical marijuana would be left alone.....as far as recreational use. ....he can't be expected to stand there in the capacity that he holds and say..." recreational use of marijuana is fine "
I believe his biggest concern is to not make it look like the government is supporting a drug use free for all. I don't blame him in that regard.....the unfortunate truth is marijuana is caught up in a lot of the same circles as other more potent and dangerously addictive drugs.
I believe that as it does become more legal it will be separated more from these other drugs. Even if that is the case....it will take years for that separation to grow to a point where the connection is no longer there. In the mean time it is important to keep kids from being exposed to the other drugs. I think he probably sees that as the case....he just has to walk a fine line at the beginning stages.
What? You want the UN to make decisions on US drug policy? Now I've heard everything.
originally posted by: Noncents
a reply to: TinySickTears
I agree fully. I'm very much for medical use for patients that have actually been prescribed it. They shouldn't have to worry about getting arrested.
Hopefully this administration works this out if not then I believe the next one will. It can't be too far off.
For non-medical. It won't happen until there are changes at the UN level.
originally posted by: ThirdEyeofHorus
originally posted by: Noncents
a reply to: TinySickTears
What? You want the UN to make decisions on US drug policy? Now I've heard everything.
originally posted by: HarryJoy
a reply to: LadyGreenEyes
The bottom line is....government never had the right to make a law criminalizing the use of a plant....period.
originally posted by: Liquesence
originally posted by: LadyGreenEyes
a reply to: gladtobehere
In places with legal medical use, there is a lot of abuse of the system. When California did it, for example, a guy went around testing the system, and docs who were set up to prescribe wold do so with no medical exam, nothing but someone asking for a scrip. Clearly, that's a problem.
It's only a problem because it's illegal to begin with, or because it requires a Doctor's authorization/prescription.