Want to take a guess as to how Biden is trying to bring the conversation to the forefront in a way that doesn't immediately piss off the other side? I'll give you a hint, it's at the top of this page.

Damn I wish that worked for mine.

Sativas can send my anxiety skyrocketing and I lose any ability to focus on any strain.

AFAIK, doctors do get kick backs from pharma companies for prescribing their drugs. A lot more doctors' offices are adding integrated pharmacies and are benefiting directly from drug sales. Then of course there's getting one's patients addicted for more follow up doctors visits.

Big pharma companies are setting up Anti-marijuana "non-profit" organizations in states with medical marijuana.

"My child smoked Fentanyl laced pot and died. We must outlaw pot." -Paid for by pill company producing Fentanyl.

Eating weed might be better for nausea, though wasting the THC might be heresy.

It’s the only tv show that makes me feel exponentially better after watching an episode. Like a dose of happiness each and every time.

This doesn't feel like uplifting news. This feels like wealthy types reframing the "bug" as a "feature".

Northern California, near the border of Oregon.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Gate_Dam_(California)

Opioid abuse almost always starts off recreationally. Believe me I know I struggled for years. No one starts out thinking they're gonna be an addict ... they're gonna be that guy who figures out how to use it recreationally. It doesn't surprise me that having more options decreases the use. To me it's one of the best arguments for legalization.

For sure, I love that the writers took that risk and made a 180 in tone with that episode.

Where is this?

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I thought people were tired of celebrities getting involved with the government.

They're called MX-5's in the UK.

"Biden should just not let the GOP stop every piece of legislation they want to stop."

Exactly how does that work?

The sources of people's discontent are largely external: they're the material and social conditions in which they live. Workers' productivity has gone up but they can no longer afford to buy a home or raise a family, while market logic eats away at the fabric of human connection and friendship, and people aren't supposed to feel bad about it? Imagine telling a Victorian child laborer not to "externalize" her discontent to the fact that she's working 12 hours every day in a factory, since she has zero power over it.

Caveat: The City of London is 1.1 square miles in area. It should not be confused with the Greater London Built-Up Area, which is more than 650 square miles in area, and is what most people mean when they say "London".

Still great to see, but just something to be aware of.

How normal. Not at all deranged.

No shit, If I could take Marijuana for my chronic pain, I would happily flush my hydrocodon down the toilet.

I'd ban Miatas.

My friends mother, would say the munches helped her put down food she didnt want to eat during chemo/ cancer treatment. Sadly she passed shortly after her battle starter. But was interesting to hear her talk about how it helped for that reason.

Most people don’t vote and most that do vote either alongside their friends or alongside the angry man on the TV/radio. They’re minimally informed or misinformed and won’t seek out positions of throes they help elect. It’s a huge issue in any democracy but especially bad in the US. I’m guilty as well.

Fertilizer was made at the same time as some chemical warfare products

I completely ditched my Adderall (2x 20mg XR a day) for sativas. Durban Poison or Red Congolese give me the same focus with no anxiety, no harsh drop off and a pleasant background euphoria all day. It's completely insane this isn't ordinary prescribed medicine.

Yeah I hear you, and hear the sarcasm.

Just to add to your thought, I originally didn’t think employers really wanted to hold their employees health hostage.

That’s clearly untrue in plenty of cases (due respect to people who have this lived experience). If people could retain quality healthcare even moving to a new position, employers would have to do other things to influence them to stay. It doesn’t affect all companies, but a fair percentage.

I guess I didn’t understand why state legislators would care enough. I thought more people were employees than employers, and maybe that’s just not true in the majority of highly rural counties in NC. Lots of small businesses, where even the employees want low employer costs so their positions (underpaid as they are) still exist. Low pay is still better than no pay.

All that said, this is why it’s a decision to be made at a high level and not low level. High level sees value overall, and can (and tries to) provide extra funding where it is most needed.