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In reply to the discussion: This @JoeBiden take on marijuana took a DeLorean from the 1980s... [View all]beastie boy
(10,699 posts)23. You are arguing that the necessary precondition to changing the law is to change the law.
Unfortunately, things don't work this way. And the research is ongoing and consequential nevertheless.
Is the National Institute of Health research meningless?
https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana/what-are-marijuana-effects
Is the Centers of Disease Control research meaningless?
https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana/what-are-marijuana-effects
Is Harvard research meaningless?
https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/the-effects-of-marijuana-on-your-memory
You will probably find both positive and negative effects of pot described in these studies. Makes legislating pot use all the more difficult.
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He shouldn't have said anything about it if he wasn't going to favor legalization. He wouldn't have
brewens
Nov 2019
#30
personal beliefs are not govt policy nor can they be conscrued as such. I have voted many times
beachbumbob
Nov 2019
#5
Sure, let's squees out as much Biden bashing out of this nonsense as possible!
beastie boy
Nov 2019
#14
Have no idea. But evidently, this word, no matter how offensive it may be to you
beastie boy
Nov 2019
#31
Do you seriously think there will be more proponens to legalize pot in GE than
beastie boy
Nov 2019
#34
You are arguing that the necessary precondition to changing the law is to change the law.
beastie boy
Nov 2019
#23