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Medical weed will be back on the ballot this fall, looks like it will pass.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:13 pm
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:13 pm
The Arkansas Medical Cannabis act folks needed 68k signatures to get back on the ballot. They're handing in over 117,000 this time around.
We were within a hair of passing it last time. Passing it this fall should be no problemo.
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We were within a hair of passing it last time. Passing it this fall should be no problemo.
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Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:21 pm to Numberwang
Wouldn't surprise me if it does.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:56 pm to Numberwang
Why not? It isn't a magical cure all, despite what its proponents might say... but it helps with some conditions and its not quite as bad as booze. There could be quite a bit of Arkansas Ditch Weed being sold in the state within a year.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 3:45 pm to Numberwang
I hope so. I watched my mother suffer through terminal cancer and the horrible chemo side effects. Couldn't get out of town before having to pull over to let her throw up.
The chemo is not as harsh in that way now, but I have still watched several go through it. Not good.
If MM will give them some relief, let's have it.
The chemo is not as harsh in that way now, but I have still watched several go through it. Not good.
If MM will give them some relief, let's have it.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 4:46 pm to WonderWartHawg
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If MM will give them some relief, let's have it.
Have all the upvotes in the world.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 5:32 pm to Numberwang
I'm all for MM and have administered it to some of my patients in other states. It's a life saver for cancer patients as far as quality of life. I've also seen cannibis oils cure seizure disorders. All that being said, can we just quit beating around the bush and just leagalize it straight up.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 6:41 pm to Arksulli
Not even in the same REALM as booze or tobacco. We're talking more safe (toxicity) than tylenol with no scientic proof of any kind of "gateway."
Posted on 6/20/16 at 6:42 pm to Columbia
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All that being said, can we just quit beating around the bush and just leagalize it straight up.
We'll get there soon enough, hopefully.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 7:06 pm to UltimateHog
Good.. It's amazing that it has taken this long.
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Posted on 6/20/16 at 7:08 pm to razorbackfan4life
I read in the Arkansas Times that it is polling around 70%. Medical MJ this election, then there'll be recreational proposals every election from here on out until it passes.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 7:19 pm to wmr
I want good laws in place before it's legalized for rec use.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 8:07 pm to Numberwang
The DEA is about to reclassify pot as Scedule 2, so it will be legal for medicinal use with a doctor's note in all 50 states. Word is it will happen in August.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 9:14 pm to The Program
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I want good laws in place before it's legalized for rec use.
I agree with you to some degree, the laws should be very similar if not identical to the alcohol laws. I could live with that. And just as you are able to brew/distill/ferment a certain amount of alcohol for your own personal use, you should be able to grow some for your own personal use.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 9:16 pm to Numberwang
I hope if fails miserably.
I support the war on drugs.
I support the war on drugs.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 9:45 pm to Litigator
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I hope if fails miserably.
I support the war on drugs.
Just asking... do you benefit financially in some way from 'the war on drugs'? There are those that do, you know...
We are not talking about all drugs, and I agree that there are quite a few that should not be legalized. Marijuana is not one of them.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 11:41 pm to WonderWartHawg
I'm not sure that we COULDN'T legalize all drugs in a very smart way and have an overall net positive in terms of harm reduction.
I'm sure this has no chance in hell of happening, but imagine modern-day "opium dens" with high regulatory scrutiny. Doctor-supervised (at all times) facilities in a controlled environment. You can still book whole rooms but you'll have doctors around to administer responsibly with better products.
From what I've read about psychedelics, they show a lot of promise in treating things like PTSD and alcoholism. I just think it would be cool (acknowledging America's insatiable, inelastic demand for drugs) if a soldier could walk into a professional environment with a couple of friends, book a room with all kinds of "amenities," receive top notch products, and if shite hits the fan there will be a doctor in the next room.
I'm sure this has no chance in hell of happening, but imagine modern-day "opium dens" with high regulatory scrutiny. Doctor-supervised (at all times) facilities in a controlled environment. You can still book whole rooms but you'll have doctors around to administer responsibly with better products.
From what I've read about psychedelics, they show a lot of promise in treating things like PTSD and alcoholism. I just think it would be cool (acknowledging America's insatiable, inelastic demand for drugs) if a soldier could walk into a professional environment with a couple of friends, book a room with all kinds of "amenities," receive top notch products, and if shite hits the fan there will be a doctor in the next room.
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Posted on 6/21/16 at 12:14 am to WonderWartHawg
No, not really. Now granted there are certainly a fair number of clients with drug problems which seem to inevitably get them into other criminal problems but I don't think legalizing drugs would eliminate the clients. Frankly, a growing number of them are into abuse of prescription drugs which are either prescribed like candy or obtained unlawfully and they end up into trouble for other things oftentimes not even remembering for periods of time what they did.
But I'm also not advocating locking them all up either--I think drug courts, hope courts, and that kind of thing are pretty effective for those with an addiction who can and want to be treated.
But I'm also not advocating locking them all up either--I think drug courts, hope courts, and that kind of thing are pretty effective for those with an addiction who can and want to be treated.
Posted on 6/21/16 at 7:41 am to Litigator
The "war on drugs" is a joke and has been fought in the wrong way for too long. Also, I know many successful people who smoke pot. The same cannot be said of he ones who abuse pain pills. At some point, the pain pill addicts hit rock bottom in some fashion. Physicians have finally begun to crack down on prescribing them; leaving the people who need them left out. Now, most pill addicts I run across just buy them off the street. IMHO, pills are FAR more dangerous and cause FAR more problems than weed ever will.
Posted on 6/21/16 at 9:53 am to Columbia
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Also, I know many successful people who smoke pot. The same cannot be said of he ones who abuse pain pills. At some point, the pain pill addicts hit rock bottom in some fashion
1000% agree with that. I think anyone who puts pot in the same category as pills or other more serious drugs is pretty naive.
Posted on 6/21/16 at 11:00 am to Columbia
The War on Drugs is just a sham used by the government for profit and to help control regimes in other countries.
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