Cannabis Corner Chat Room

  Received the below today. Passing it on for those who may be unaware. Legislation is pending -  House Bill 159  - to prohibit employment discrimination based on the legal use of cannabis. If passed, this bill would make it illegal for a business to refuse employment or to fire someone who consumes cannabis during their non-working hours. Support Employment Protections for Responsible Cannabis Consumers According to an exhaustive review by the US National Academy of Sciences, “There is no evidence to support a statistical association between cannabis use and occupational accidents or injuries.” Those who consume conventional medications or alcohol legally and responsibly while off the job do not suffer sanctions from their employers unless their work performance is adversely impacted. Employers should treat those who consume cannabis while away from the workplace in a similar manner. Please use this letter to urge lawmakers to support HB 159.

  Seventy percent   of Americans, including majorities of Democratic and Republican voters, say that marijuana should be legal for adults. Yet this legislative session, lawmakers from both parties are placing cannabis consumers in their crosshairs. In Republican-led states like Montana, Nebraska, Ohio and South Dakota, lawmakers have sought to either repeal or significantly roll back voter-approved legalization laws. In Democrat-led states like California, Maryland, Michigan and New Jersey, lawmakers are seeking to undermine existing legalization markets by drastically hiking marijuana-related taxes. In all cases, elected officials are treating cannabis consumers as targets, not constituents. These concerted attacks on state-legal marijuana markets are an explicit reminder that the war on cannabis and its consumers remains ongoing and, in some cases, is escalating. Our opponents haven’t gone away; in many cases they’ve simply regrouped and tweaked their strategies–such as by a...

  Mouse Study Points To Effective Opioid Alternative Since we already know that cannabis is a safe alternative for relief of many chronic conditions causing suffering, and it can be administered without smoking or vaping, think edibles, salves, and lotions for starters, what would be the need for another pharmaceutical pain reliever that the pharmaceutical conglomerates will make billions on by overcharging for the product once it is approved. Assuming it will be? At any rate... Treatment for chronic pain still relies heavily on opioids. While effective, they are highly addictive and potentially deadly if misused.    In the quest to develop a safe, effective alternative to opioids, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Stanford University have developed a compound that mimics a natural molecule found in the   cannabis plant , harnessing its pain-relieving properties without causing addiction or mind-altering side effects in mice. Wh...

  When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick: every time a stick is thrown, you run after it. Instead, be like a lion who, rather than chasing after the stick, turns to face the thrower. One only throws a stick at a lion once. Milarepa   “Just as it is known t hat an image of one's face is seen d epending on a mirror b ut does not really exist as a face, s o the conception of "I" exist d ependent on mind and body, b ut like the image of a face t he "I" does not at all exist as its own reality."    Nagarjuna "Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible.   Nagarjuna Bernie Sanders, in the following video, lays out the truth that the major problems this nation faces will only be exacerbated by the old/new president and his battalion of oligarchs. Progressives, liberals, and independents have their work to do to build roadblocks the MAGA authoritarians will have to struggle mightily to break through, That and the democratic par...

  NORML - Legislation is pending in Congress,  H.R. 7094  and  S. 3671 , to prevent cannabis consumers and their families from being denied access to federally-funded housing. Under current federal law, people who use marijuana – including those who do so in compliance with state laws – are ineligible for placement in federally-funded housing. Others who are already residing in subsidized housing can be evicted, even if their use is not bothering their neighbors. Every day, we at NORML hear from people who are getting kicked out on the street because of this discriminatory federal policy. Many of these people depend on marijuana to treat medical conditions. These policies often lead to entire families being evicted from federal housing, and result in higher citation and arrest rates for public consumption in marginalized communities. More than half of all Americans live in states where marijuana is legal for adults. It is cruel and unjust to punish the most vulnera...

  All the bogus claims of the United States government about the dangers of canabis iuse continue to fall apart. Toronto, Canada :  Policies legalizing the use and sale of cannabis products have not led to an increase in marijuana-related hospitalizations, according to  data  published in the  Journal of Addictive Diseases . Canadian investigators tracked rates of cannabis-related hospitalizations in Alberta in the years prior to and following legalization. Canadian lawmakers  legalized  the use and sale of cannabis flowers for those ages 18 and older in October 2018. Retailers began engaging in the sales of cannabis concentrates and edible products in 2020. Researchers identified an increase in hospitalizations among those ages 18 to 24 in the period immediately prior to legalization, but they acknowledged that there were no increases in hospitalizations following legalization among representatives of any age group.  “Legalization was not signifi...

America is finally waking up to the many benefits of cannabis. Both medicinally and recreationally. Cannabis not only has many beneficial qualities it also is far less dangerous socially than alcohol or opiates.   NORML -   Nearly seven in ten registered voters favor “legalizing the recreational use of marijuana on a national level,” according to nationwide  polling data  commissioned by Fox News. Sixty-nine percent of respondents — including  majorities  of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents — back legalization. Only 30 percent of respondents opposed it. Those percentages are consistent with those of other recent national polls, including a  2023 survey  by Gallup. The percentage of respondents expressing “strong support” for legalization rose six percent since 2019, the last time Fox polled the question. “There’s no ‘buyer’s remorse’ among the public when it comes to legalizing cannabis,” NORML’s Deputy Director Paul Armentano said. “As...

  Finally, the federal government is shedding its abject ignorance relative to the safest natural medicinal plant medicine on the planet! President Joe Biden has  formally endorsed  a  proposal  by the Justice Department to reclassify ‘botanical cannabis’ from Schedule I to Schedule III under the federal Controlled Substances Act. By definition,  Schedule I substances  are criminally prohibited by federal law because they possess a “high potential for abuse“ and have “no currently accepted medical use in the United States.” Cannabis has remained classified as a Schedule I controlled substance since 1970. The President  said : “Right now, marijuana has a higher-level classification than fentanyl and methamphetamine – the two drugs driving America’s overdose epidemic. That just doesn’t add up. … Today’s announcement builds on the work we’ve already done  to pardon  a record number of federal offenses for simple possession of marijuana...

  Today's article, while not related directly to cannabis, is nonetheless very important to all aspects of our overall society. Only through education and a correct understanding will our western egocentric culture realize its true nature and potential.