[HN Gopher] Veterans push for medical marijuana in conservative ...
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Veterans push for medical marijuana in conservative South
Author : DocFeind
Score : 21 points
Date : 2021-08-15 21:05 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| sandworm101 wrote:
| >> advocacy from cancer patients and parents whose children have
| epilepsy, lawmakers who see this as a states' rights issue, a
| search for alternative pain relief amid the opioid epidemic and a
| push from industries seeking economic gains.
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| >> a recently formed advocacy group called NC Families for
| Medical Cannabis.
|
| And what about the countless veterans who are currently
| incarcerated on marijuana charges? What about all those soldiers
| who have had careers damaged by petty pot charges? They are
| veterans too.
| CalChris wrote:
| South Dakota voters passed medical marijuana, Measure 26. They
| are still a very red, conservative state. I think legalization
| is, if anything, overdue.
| MisterBastahrd wrote:
| Most of the people who are against marijuana distribution in the
| South are in the baby boomer crowd, who upon failing to live up
| to the standards of their parents decided that sophist puritanism
| was necessary in order to redeem themselves.
| causasui wrote:
| Enough already. Just legalize it federally and pinch it off.
| tru3_power wrote:
| I really don't get why this hasn't happened yet.
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/marijuana-
| legalization-...
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