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this asshole thinks that medicine must be unpleasant in order for it to be considered medicine.
this asshole is also apparently unaware that there are people who cannot swallow pills.
this would be mildly interesting if it weren't for the pseudoscientific anti-fat bias.
“It was like if you are on a four-lane highway with cars coming from everywhere and then you are on a country road.”
Imperfect but interesting study
Over a 1 year period, Albany NY cops pretty much only targeted Black folks for arrest for weed (97% of arrests)... the city is 27% Black.
decriminalizing >>> legalizing
“[a study] found that in three years, 23 of the 28 cities increased their police budgets by at least 10 percent, as of the 2019-2020 fiscal year. Eight cities saw an increase of at least 25 percent.
We’re not just talking about rural, Republican-run towns: These numbers include the state’s two largest cities, Los Angeles and San Diego. Of all 28 cities studied, the average increase in police budgets was 19 percent over three years.”
Women are in fact locked up for drug-law violations at a higher rate than men in federal and state prisons and county jails. Incarcerated pregnant people are often denied prenatal care, and children are often separated from them shortly after birth.
Even in states that have decriminalized or legalized, parental marijuana use is punished, especially in Black and Latinx communities. Parents have been harassed and threatened into mandatory drug treatment programs by the New York City child welfare agency, for example. Police in Kansas have taken away children from medical marijuana patients. And drug-related child welfare cases have in fact increased in Colorado since it legalized marijuana in 2012.
“The rationale for such policies is, in part, that prenatal cannabis exposure causes persistent deleterious effects, especially on cognitive functioning,” write the researchers. “Findings from this review suggest that this assumption should be reevaluated to ensure that our assumptions do not do more harm than the drug itself.”
Charlotte changed a lot of minds.
It ultimately wasn’t epilepsy that killed her, it was covid-19.
if humans are anything like spiders, you're better off starting your day with a joint than a cup of coffee.
A California medicinal cannabis dispensary that specializes in cannabis-infused meals cooked at your house.