I’m a medical marijuana patient

@PhoenixPhail The individual states, most are reluctant, Maine is actively trying to nullify the will of the voters, the federal government will never fully legalize medical or recreational.

@NativePortlander1970 Not under the current regime.

@PhoenixPhail I use it for my severe arthritis

Otherwise, I would be addicted to pain pills because that’s the only option they give me pain management

Or nsaids. Which is like Tylenol or acetaminophen, but I’ve already gotten ulcers from taking NSAIDs. 😭

@NativePortlander1970 this is going to sound weird coming from a medical marijuana patient

But I really don’t think marijuana should be completely legal for everyone. I think that it should be decriminalized and they should continue to allow medical patients to get it.

Using marijuana overtime can negatively disrupt brain patterns and can cause schizophrenia and even bipolar disorder

And some people do not have the body chemistry to smoke it to begin with. Some people might smoke it and start puking or even have seizures.

@ItsMeMorgue no fr banning hemp has to be the most un American thing

It’s what the constitution was written on for shit sake 😆

I really do wish that we would make paper out of hemp again. It would save so many trees.

I have this theory that they don’t allow it because they’re trying to protect paper companies

@DeluxedEdition I completely agree, too many people self medicate with the wrong strains, sativas can hype the mind, causing paranoia, making it worse for those with mental imbalances.

@DeluxedEdition Timber industries actually, William Randolph Hearst, the publishing magnate 100 years ago, collaborated with DuPont, who had just patented nylon fiber to replace silk, and hemp, to demonize Cannabis in a scapegoat attempt to outlaw hemp itself for their own timber/paper, and fiber investments, using the Mexican slang, marijuana and saying them, blacks, and jazz artists and movie stars were getting crazed on it, made the film reefer madness, and got Congress to outlaw all Cannabis, including hemp, with the 1937 Marihuana Tax Stamp Act.

@PatKirby Both