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In reply to the discussion: "Not Guilty" in Medical Marijuana Trial.. [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)28. Regulated? Now there is a word that makes me laugh OL...
Every time I hear it.
Regulated - like Deepwater Horizon was regulated?
Regulated - like the fracking that is destroying our pristine water with the fracking fluids?
Regulated - like the drugs we are prescribed that used to need nine weeks of trials, then only six, and now in some cases, three weeks and it's on the pharmacy shelves. Yep, three weeks and you can prescribe some new drug that will only result in anal leakage, chronic coughing, stroke-like events, and possible death as side effects.
Only when some 56 year old woman with MS wants and needs to light up a doobie is there a sudden need for regulation!
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Jury nullification, indeed. Especially since this administration lacks the spine to do the peoples'
villager
Jun 2012
#3
MMJ was perking up rentals of empty storefronts in my working class L.A. neighborhood, too
villager
Jun 2012
#44
Back in the 70's it was such a taboo about its effectiveness with cancer treatment
MagickMuffin
Jun 2012
#39
little-known fact: big corporations were against prohibition, and had a big role in ending it.
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#36
"police used a $7 million Department of Homeland Security surveillance plane"
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2012
#13
I live in El Paso Country. This is where Colorado Springs is. The Christian Mecca of the USA.
joshcryer
Jun 2012
#32
Their influence is dwindling, imo. There are a lot of new age churches here as well as...
joshcryer
Jun 2012
#40