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  • Odd Dissonance - Trump is Pro-Pot but DeSantis Anti

    From 186283@ud0s4.net@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 10 00:34:06 2024
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    https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/09/donald-trump-marijuana-legalization-ron-desantis-00177958

    Donald Trump said he supports loosening federal marijuana
    restrictions and will vote for a Florida ballot initiative
    seeking to legalize the drug for adult use just hours after
    Gov. Ron DeSantis warned hundreds of church goers that the
    measure would create an invincible drug cartel in their
    shared home state.

    Trump already signaled his support for the legalization
    measure, which will appear on the November ballot as
    Amendment 3, during a Truth Social message posted in late
    August. The former president and GOP presidential nominee
    more explicitly endorsed it with another message posted
    late Sunday.

    . . .

    While too much weed does seem to make people kinda
    stupid, at this point in time keeping it illegal
    is kind of ridiculous.

    Once again, Trump shows himself as a sensible MODERATE
    rather than the 'fascist' of the leftist propaganda.

    The DeSantis concern is not entirely moot - however
    in states that have legalized, weed-related cartels
    have neither gained or lost ground. Besides, most of
    the cartels are now into the high-profit/volume
    ultra-addictive stuff - meth, fentanyl and worse.
    Weed is a bulky low-profit drug.

    If DeSantis does want to do something useful then it
    would be to ban those candy-looking THC treats so
    the little kiddies won't keep OD'ing on them.

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  • From 186283@ud0s4.net@21:1/5 to Grimble Crumble on Tue Sep 10 01:36:54 2024
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    On 9/10/24 12:46 AM, Grimble Crumble wrote:
    186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
    https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/09/donald-trump-marijuana-legalization-ron-desantis-00177958

    Donald Trump said he supports loosening federal marijuana
    restrictions and will vote for a Florida ballot initiative
    seeking to legalize the drug for adult use just hours after
    Gov. Ron DeSantis warned hundreds of church goers

    I love how this is phrased

    that the measure would create an invincible drug cartel in
    their shared home state.

    Trump already signaled his support for the legalization
    measure, which will appear on the November ballot as
    Amendment 3, during a Truth Social message posted in late
    August. The former president and GOP presidential nominee
    more explicitly endorsed it with another message posted
    late Sunday.

    . . .

    While too much weed does seem to make people kinda
    stupid, at this point in time keeping it illegal
    is kind of ridiculous.

    Exactly, weed is not a "gateway drug" like people like to say. I don't do weed, so I don't have first hand experience. But, from the studies that I have read, it seems that it's way less dangerous than people assume (less dangerous than alcohol at least).

    Most of our best authors were big alcoholics, so it
    is difficult to condemn alcohol. Ain't great for
    you, but neither are Big Macs or Cheeze Whiz.

    The real gateway drug is Xanax

    Never taken any. However I doubt it's really more
    or less a "gateway" drug than anything else. It's
    just that a large percentage are keen on getting
    high and that's that, no "gateways" needed.

    Once again, Trump shows himself as a sensible MODERATE
    rather than the 'fascist' of the leftist propaganda.

    Yes

    But the MSM will NEVER admit it :-)

    The DeSantis concern is not entirely moot - however
    in states that have legalized, weed-related cartels
    have neither gained or lost ground. Besides, most of
    the cartels are now into the high-profit/volume
    ultra-addictive stuff - meth, fentanyl and worse.
    Weed is a bulky low-profit drug.

    What instead happens, is that a bunch of local legal businesses (dispensaries) show up, which actually helps the local economy out. The
    perk of weed being legal, is that it could be regulated more effectively
    than being banned outright.


    Legalization doesn't seem to help, or hurt, nearly
    as much as extreme elements predict. There's still
    an illegal weed market even in 'legal' states -
    mostly supplying stuff either stronger than state
    standards or to the teen set. However with legalization
    the state DOES get something of a cut rather than just
    wasting endless time and money trying to suppress the
    un-suppressible product.


    If DeSantis does want to do something useful then it
    would be to ban those candy-looking THC treats so
    the little kiddies won't keep OD'ing on them.

    Hey ... make them look like Brussels Sprouts ! :-)

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