Still patiently waiting for Amendment 2 which will allow all medical marijuana. For now this is a great step in the right direction of legalization.
Still patiently waiting for Amendment 2 which will allow all medical marijuana. For now this is a great step in the right direction of legalization.
Low-strength cannabis. What a ripoff to the people.
You know that's like saying people can only buy Bayer low-dose aspirin, right? The "low-thc" cannabis is better argument is fueled by ignorance. Sorry.
Potent cannabis is a Good Thing(TM), because it allows people to buy less, be exposed to less contamination in/on the cannabis and it's more effective. Setting limits on potency is criminal, making big money for black markets in the area. Which politician is making the most from cannabis trafficking??
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You're right, the government is milking the last of what they can before marijuana is decriminalized. I think the main reason that they started with the low-THC howver, is to allow the patients who actually need the medicine to easily obtain it. The state makes revenue from insurance companies paying the dispensaries and collecting taxes, while pharmaceutical companies still profit from other diseases that could be treated with a higher dosage of THC. Maybe marijuana usage will grow once it is nation-wide decriminalized, however until then the states with laws such as Florida's will milk the profit until Amendment 2 or a similar bill is passed.
Overall, its all about money and the well-being of the people seems to not matter anymore.
Exactly. I mean really... TWO dispensaries for ALL of Florida?
Potency limits, plus I'm sure carry limits, will ensure a lot of trips, a lot of money collected and a rather marginal amount of healing in exchange.
Soooo glad this is all going away in the next few years. :D
In my county in Florida they have decriminalized Marijuana and made it a civil offense under the officer's discretion for under 20 grams. So if you get caught with under 20 grams and the cop is cool, you'll end up with a court date and a $100 ticket. Try and calculate the revenue from fines to date since that law. It's bullshit milking the grey area.
That is awesome news! Medical marijuana saves lives. We have a law for it on the books here in NY but it's so restrictive that it's impossible to qualify. It needs to decriminalized already, enough is enough!
Enough is enough, I'm a firm believer that there is a deeper reason why marijuana isn't legal yet. Seems like a safe stop plan for a bad economy coming.
Yes, that deeper reason is the pharmaceutical companies are going to lose billions, and they know it.
In 2013, there were only 17 states allowing medicinal cannabis. In those states, only a small portion of the population used cannabis. Even so, Medicare spending for prescriptions in those states were almost $165M lower than non-medical cannabis states.
In prescriptions alone, big pharma (and the chemical companies they rely on) are going to lose multiple billions of dollars. Especially when people find out how truly inexpensive and effective it is to grow and make your own medicine.
Biggest problem? People are exposed to TRULY horrible cannabis quality and contamination. All of these pure CBD products (because thc is illegal) are very low in effectiveness because CBD needs THC to work properly. This gives people a false idea that cannabis is only marginally effective.
As more people are exposed to full plant cannabis extractions, Rx sales will go down, doctors visits will decrease and you'll watch this HealthCare Crisis (the one predicted by physicians when they made cannabis illegal) will go away.
Awesome days are coming. :D
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Those numbers are also only based on Medicare records, not the majority of private insurance purchases of prescription medications as well.