Gquebed
Well-Known Member
... to that survey on the "Toward the Legalization, Regulation and Restriction of Access to Marijuana - Discussion Paper"
I had a long-ass letter on the go that addressed point by point all the bullshit that was in that document. And then I realized none of it matters. All that is relevant, IMHO, is below...
(Anyway, if you haven't made your thoughts known to the task force, you really should. They need to be overwhelmed with replies and I have been dogging my friends to get on it, smokers and non-smokers alike.)
As long as alcohol is sold in stores, lounges, clubs, outdoor festivals and now soon to enter the mail-order market and as long as tobacco is sold almost as readily, there can be no credible argument, whether medical or moral, for legislating any laws for access to cannabis that are more stringent. None. Zero. Even the argument to protect children rings hollow, in light of the above. Also, the argument that cannabis and its effects has not undergone necessary research is invalid, given that neither alcohol nor tobacco were scrutinized prior the legislation governing access. Furthermore, far more is known about cannabis than was known about both alcohol and tobacco prior legislation and it is a well known fact that cannabis has never directly killed anyone.
Given the above there should be no question as to how cannabis should be managed. The legal frameworks already exist for both the recreational market and the medical market. Without question, cannabis should be allowed to be sold in a manner similar or identical to alcohol and citizens should be allowed to produce their own, while medical cannabis should be subjected to the same regulations that govern existing pharmaceuticals and their producers. Anything more stringent would be nothing less than obvious discrimination and hypocrisy, if not blatant protectionism for an emerging industry.
If the Task Force on Marijuana Legalization and Regulation is truly objective and fair, to both citizens and industry, then the above is the only conclusion that it can come to. It is a very obvious conclusion that the vast majority of citizens in this country have already come to, which is exactly how the issue of cannabis legalization has finally come to this point.
I personally believe, with all due respect, that the Task Force on Marijuana Legalization and Regulation absolutely must present this conclusion, the will of the people, to the legislators immediately and then as a matter of conscience disband itself, as it is not only redundant and therefore an unnecessary burden to tax-payers, but also lacking in fair representation of all stake-holders.
I had a long-ass letter on the go that addressed point by point all the bullshit that was in that document. And then I realized none of it matters. All that is relevant, IMHO, is below...
(Anyway, if you haven't made your thoughts known to the task force, you really should. They need to be overwhelmed with replies and I have been dogging my friends to get on it, smokers and non-smokers alike.)
As long as alcohol is sold in stores, lounges, clubs, outdoor festivals and now soon to enter the mail-order market and as long as tobacco is sold almost as readily, there can be no credible argument, whether medical or moral, for legislating any laws for access to cannabis that are more stringent. None. Zero. Even the argument to protect children rings hollow, in light of the above. Also, the argument that cannabis and its effects has not undergone necessary research is invalid, given that neither alcohol nor tobacco were scrutinized prior the legislation governing access. Furthermore, far more is known about cannabis than was known about both alcohol and tobacco prior legislation and it is a well known fact that cannabis has never directly killed anyone.
Given the above there should be no question as to how cannabis should be managed. The legal frameworks already exist for both the recreational market and the medical market. Without question, cannabis should be allowed to be sold in a manner similar or identical to alcohol and citizens should be allowed to produce their own, while medical cannabis should be subjected to the same regulations that govern existing pharmaceuticals and their producers. Anything more stringent would be nothing less than obvious discrimination and hypocrisy, if not blatant protectionism for an emerging industry.
If the Task Force on Marijuana Legalization and Regulation is truly objective and fair, to both citizens and industry, then the above is the only conclusion that it can come to. It is a very obvious conclusion that the vast majority of citizens in this country have already come to, which is exactly how the issue of cannabis legalization has finally come to this point.
I personally believe, with all due respect, that the Task Force on Marijuana Legalization and Regulation absolutely must present this conclusion, the will of the people, to the legislators immediately and then as a matter of conscience disband itself, as it is not only redundant and therefore an unnecessary burden to tax-payers, but also lacking in fair representation of all stake-holders.
