This to me just totally seems like something they would do.
The drug war is a disaster in itself that was started by the deep state in order to wage war on Americans, anyway. Like every deep state plan they phrase it as something that's for our own good. After decades of drug war, overdoses are at an all-time high, drug-use is at an all-time high, deep state was flooding inner cities with crack, using drugs as pretext for violation of 2A, as well as excessive and seizure and civil asset forfeiture. I could go on at length about this but that's what my assessment of what the plan is.
Trump said in office that if congress gave him a bill to legalize cannabis he'd sign off on it, but otherwise took no real action. As someone who works in legal cannabis I was very pleased with how much he left us alone at the state level and only intervened in operations that trafficked stuff into or out of their respective legalized states, therefore breaking the laws of the states that legalized it and infringing on the sovereignty of states that didn't.
Now the deep state is trying to sell conservatives on more drug war by hyping up military intervention against the cartels. Was that ever necessary when Trump was in office? We don't need another long drawn out expensive foreign military intervention, he had a great relationship with the president of Mexico and was working with him to clean up corruption!
But I think the deep state will try this, give a too-little-too-late concession (they've already lost the optics war for the most part and now just appear brazenly tyrannical) on cannabis legalization, and have their controlled op conservative mouthpieces really step up the attacks on cannabis, so it drives the liberty minded people and moderates away from conservatives and back towards Dems.
And it's really fucking funny seeing all these conservatives/GOP who for the last few years were ranting and raving about tyrannical government and appearing to be the "party of liberty" jumping back on the prohibition train and speaking out against cannabis.
God damn I hate RINOs. If it weren't for Trump I would probably vote libertarian, except the Libertarian party is also fundamentally broken.
You make great points on this subject. Most kids in my area were wild and partying in high school during the 80s, myself included. 81-86 I was rarely sober at night. I can't imagine the affects that had on my brain. Summer before my senior year I tried weed. I had managed to avoid it for so long and once I tried it I wanted more and more weed. I got high most days at lunch my senior year. By this point I was into liquor and weed. I tried cocaine once and it scared me so bad that was a one & done. I've never been so paranoid. My home life was great with a side dysfunction (who's isn't). I didn't know at the time that addiction runs in my dad's family. My dad stopped drinking during my senior year but the verbal abuse had always been there. I now understand I drank and got high to escape.
Fast forward to falling in love, getting married and having a child. My life was so different and I never missed alcohol or weed. After my child was grown we occasionally got drinks in a restaurant. I've been drunk once since 1987. Went out with a very old friend and had some drinks. I might have a mixed drink five times a year, if that. I'm just not interested in feeling bad.
I have had chronic pain over twenty years and considered trying weed. We have a couple friends that always have it. It's not legal in my state, they have people that by and ship to them. I was really excited because I'm tired of pain and gave up RX. First I couldn't even get the joint rolled. I was good at that back in day. Then decided to try to using a pipe like device (not sure what it's called.
OMG the smell was so bad!!! After one hit I said, nope! I'm not going to smell like that. This really showed me how oblivious my parents were to weed. I'd know that smell anywhere. Go to a concert and you'll get a contact high. So my reentry was very short lived.
I can attest to my personal experience a person high isn't at normal mental capacity. If someone believes they can function normally getting high they are lying to themselves and believing the brainwashing.
I do believe CBD with THC is a good medicinal option. Unfortunately it's very expensive and the market is flooded. It's very hard to find the reputable companies in the sea of companies selling toxic products. I have not tried it long enough to know if it helps.
Edit: I'm not against medical weed. There's always going to some people that abuse things. Look at alcohol & cigarettes for example. (Modern cigarettes, I don't believe the early ones were bad before the big manufacturers got involved) If I knew a local source I could trust I'd figure out how to consume weed in a form other than smoking and only enough to manage pain. I'm not interested in getting high.
Yeah, I think if you need it medically that's okay. People who need it medically in my experience tend to be more considerate of their neighbors, but this obviously doesn't go for everyone. There are also better ways than smoking it (no matter what people say, smoke is smoke and it's bad for you) which helps.
I am for decriminalizing it because I don't think people should be penalized or imprisoned for it, but I don't think we need to have a pot shop and growers on every corner like my city has now.
There will always be a black market, for the simple reason of taxation and regulation.
But the people who are pushing for full legalization always end up pushing one side of studies and ignoring any criticism about it, and ignore all of the other effects and impacts a full legalization of all drugs would have. I know that drivers are crazy enough without slamming heroin or dropping acid.
Pot is literally the gateway drug for this purpose.
Decriminalization does not mean ease of acquisition, and you'll still have the same drugs from the same people floating around for cheaper and without being taxed to boot. A war on drugs must include -- plainly -- a direct, open war on the cartels. That is the only way to cut production and distribution.
Until such a time comes, any "war on drugs" can't be disastrous because it doesn't exist -- the drugs aren't the target, you are.
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They mainly sell Business to Business but I was able to purchase 30 grams of isolate for 75$ for "R&D" with no Business information required.
Well worth it given that other websites with similar levels of documentation run at $120 for 20g https://www.lazarusnaturals.com/products/all-products/bulk-cbd-isolate-thc-free
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On my last order I got gummy samples and they taste bitter and disgusting. I prefer the natural green taste of CBD instead of flavors. I'm not an expert and would like to learn more.