Marijuana Legalization May Be Unstoppable

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Hey, I don't want my medicine taxed.  They don't tax other medicines do they? Pot should be kept medicinal.

Dude, it's already taxed! I am surprised you haven't noticed. I guess the pungent smell and plethora of weed distracted you?

[Sbane]

Hey, I don't want my medicine taxed.  They don't tax other medicines do they? Pot should be kept medicinal.

Dude, it's already taxed! I am surprised you haven't noticed. I guess the pungent smell and plethora of weed distracted you?

I guess so. I never noticed a sales tax or anything being charged at the dispensary. Is it just built into the price?

I guess it usually is. Especially in tax averse Southern California I suppose.

[Sbane]

Oh, you most certainly do not have a prescription. You have a recommendation. Eric Holder will put your doctor in jail if he gave you a prescription.

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I hope not.  I am dead-set against legalizing marijuana, especially because I lost a cousin from a heroin addiction.  And medical marijuana is a complete and total joke.  Can't people find some other treatment for their pain or ailments instead?

Do you know what oxycodone is?

[Sbane]

Oh, you most certainly do not have a prescription. You have a recommendation. Eric Holder will put your doctor in jail if he gave you a prescription.

Ah, I didn't understand that.

Please modify my inquiry into the medical basis of your respective doctor's "recommendations", accordingly.

I don't have a recommendation but I am familiar with the process. Most of it is bullsh**t. Do you have a problem with that? Why should these people be forced to go to the black market?

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Actually chronic pain and MS are the two things for which there is great evidence for the use of marijuana.

[Sbane]

10 dollar grams? Cheap stuff or high grade?

[Sbane]

Just wanted to point out that many states with medical marijuana do require a very serious medical issue like cancer or HIV to get high. I don't understand why CA would create such a silly system in the first place. Why not just legalize and call it a day?  Marijuana laws are still oppressively enforced here in TN. It's way easier and safer to just tell a psych a sob story that gives you anxiety and then head to Walgreens for some xanax. Just get a haircut, dress conservatively, so they have no reason to believe you're a junkie.  Totally not addictive or dangerous

I agree the system is silly but it's better than nothing. And in 1996 (and apparently 2010), nothing is what we would get. The marijuana trafficking into California from Mexico has essentially stopped. I think that's worth something.