Can't YOU talk about any other subject, than pot?

Those kids with Dravets are definitely a bunch of epileptic losers. And all those scientists and doctors who want to be able to research marijuana without all the restrictions are losers too. And people who want an alternative to expensive, damaging pharmaceuticals arw definitrly losers.

Congress took a step toward easing its stance on medical marijuana on Thursday.

U.S. Sens. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), Corey Booker (D-New Jersey) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) introduced a bill that would end the federal prohibition of medical marijuana and take steps to improve research.

The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States, or CARERS, Act would effectively change the Controlled Substances Act, allowing the possession, production and distribution of medical marijuana in states with established marijuana laws.

Twenty-nine states, as well as the District of Columbia, have already legalized marijuana, but the CARERS Act would prevent the federal government from prosecuting businesses and individuals in states where medical marijuana is legal, since federally marijuana is still illegal under the Controlled Substances Act.

“The reintroduction of the CARERS Act is the first of many steps we hope this Congress will take to end the federal prohibition of medical marijuana,” Don Murphy, director of conservative outreach for the Marijuana Policy Project, said in a statement. “Polls show overwhelmingly strong support for medical marijuana, and it spans the political spectrum.

“The federal government should not be meddling in state laws that allow it or obstructing research into its many medical benefits.”

The introduction of the bill comes days after news that Attorney General Jeff Sessions wrote a letter to leaders of Congress asking that they undo protections for the industry under the Hinchey-Rohrabacher Amendment. That amendment, which is tied to the federal appropriations bill, prevents the Justice Department from using federal funds to enforce federal prohibition in states with legal marijuana laws.

The act, which was first introduced in 2015, would also allow doctors to recommend medical marijuana to veterans in states where its legal and it would give researchers more access to cannabis to conduct studies, which has been an issue in the industry.

Marijuana is made up of a multitude of cannabinoids — the two most prominent being tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD). While THC is the main psychoactive component, researchers believe CBD has potential medical uses. The CARERS Act would remove CBD from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s list of Schedule I drugs, according to Leafly, which would allow states to import it.


http://www.marketwatch.com/story/senate-introduces-bill-to-end-federal-medical-marijuana-prohibition-2017-06-15

Is a good thing for those who suffer debilitating diseases...

No its not.
It simply brain damage

What's wrong with that? Marijuana CAN actually relieve the pain of a headache, thus serving a medicinal purpose

Helps me all the time. It's just that to the average moron, they just see it as a way to have legal recreational marijuana and not as a medicine capable of helping people with extremely horrible health conditions. Like, you don't need a prescription for Advil.

What's wrong (or would be) with legal recreational marijuana? It's far less harmful than tobacco smoke and alcohol, both of which are legal for recreational use.

Marijuana is illegal because the government (and it's corporate allies) doesn't have a monopoly (virtual or literal) on the market. Once they do, it will be legal for recreational use.

Not exactly. It remains illegal for a few reasons. Number one is the pharmaceutical industry, which would lose millions, possibly even billions by allowing a non-patentable medication on the market. GW Pharmaceuticals is still going for FDA approval of their drugs. The reason it's taking so long is because their medication is made from natural marijuana. No synthetic compounds at all. If the FDA were to approve their medication, it would spell the end of the schedule one status of marijuana. They HAVE to keep it as schedule one or lose billions.

Which brings me to the second reason, no one could justify funding the DEA if marijuana was legal. The number of users of all other illegal drugs combined doesn't even come close to the amount of marijuana users. No one in their right mind is going to justify billions of dollars fighting such a small percentage of problem drug users.

The third problem is the private prison industry and even local law enforcement. The state and local governments rely on people getting arrested to fill the prisons so they don't break their contracts with private prison companies. In a lot of contracts, they are required to keep a minimum occupancy rate or face fines. Without marijuana, a lot of people aren't going to be there to fill the spot. And then there are the fines associated with weed crime, which towns can use to sustain inflated budgets.

There's a reason why it's still illegal. There's a reason the rescheduling hearings always end the same way. Money makes the world go round. It also starves the poor.

And pot can't kill you, yet it's the boogeyman.

And pot can't kill you, yet it's the boogeyman.

Explain this further to me, please.
I'm very interested in how this works.

I don't smoke very often only because I may get in trouble because I drive a company vehicle, but the owners never test me because they know I'm about as clean as a Sister in a Convent.

Tell me more, Parrot!

Tks.

Medical Marijuana is not "pot".

Medical Marijuana is not "pot".

Losers beget losers ....

Good! Now, I hope some of the dope heads will stop moving to my state, or move out to another one!

So you're going to start a heroin habit just because it's legal? Weirdo.

Then what makes you think anyone else would?

So you're just trolling then. Take it elsewhere.

Yea let's legalize crack! Harms nobody right? He is harming himself, why do I care? I care because that crackhead is going to need a fix soon and he might have his eyes on my big screen TV or whatever! But I can't defend myself because I don't have a gun because YOU don't want me to.