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from what it seems so far I see it becoming less and less shamed upon in the following years
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Social where do you see the future of cannabis going in the western world
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It’s a very good thing that this stigma and taboo around cannabis is mostly gone now. When I used to smoke, we had to hide it people would call the police, and my family reacted as if I was using heroin.
In general, I don’t see things going backwards. The situation has pretty much normalized across most societies, and in many countries there are stores selling either fully legal THC or THCA, which is essentially the same thing in places where THC isn’t legal.
When I first started smoking, most of what you heard against cannabis was just fear mongering from older generations, and there was this general idea that cannabis only had positive effects.
In my opinion, that’s not accurate, and that’s where I’d like to see some change. Cannabis can be relatively safe, but people should also be informed about the negatives the anxiety it can cause, bad trips, paranoia, and the effects it can have on the brain, especially when used at a younger age. There are also risks like triggering psychosis in some individuals.
Right now, it’s still often presented as if it’s all positive, which isn’t true. A lot of teenagers use it, and for many it becomes a habit into their 30s, when side effects can start becoming more noticeable at which point they either quit or end up needing things like SSRIs. Of course, this doesn’t apply to everyone some people can use it heavily for years without obvious issues but that’s more the exception than the rule. It’s similar to smoking: for example, my grandfather has smoked three packs a day since he was 12 and is now 100, but that’s clearly not the norm.
What I’d like to see is better education, especially for younger people, about the potential downsides just like we already have for tobacco and alcohol. That said, I still believe it should be fully legal and accessible.
In general, I don’t see things going backwards. The situation has pretty much normalized across most societies, and in many countries there are stores selling either fully legal THC or THCA, which is essentially the same thing in places where THC isn’t legal.
When I first started smoking, most of what you heard against cannabis was just fear mongering from older generations, and there was this general idea that cannabis only had positive effects.
In my opinion, that’s not accurate, and that’s where I’d like to see some change. Cannabis can be relatively safe, but people should also be informed about the negatives the anxiety it can cause, bad trips, paranoia, and the effects it can have on the brain, especially when used at a younger age. There are also risks like triggering psychosis in some individuals.
Right now, it’s still often presented as if it’s all positive, which isn’t true. A lot of teenagers use it, and for many it becomes a habit into their 30s, when side effects can start becoming more noticeable at which point they either quit or end up needing things like SSRIs. Of course, this doesn’t apply to everyone some people can use it heavily for years without obvious issues but that’s more the exception than the rule. It’s similar to smoking: for example, my grandfather has smoked three packs a day since he was 12 and is now 100, but that’s clearly not the norm.
What I’d like to see is better education, especially for younger people, about the potential downsides just like we already have for tobacco and alcohol. That said, I still believe it should be fully legal and accessible.
Egzoset
Bluelighter
Salutations,
Right now the action takes place in USA if we must refer to a "western world", and it seems to me like the average American citizen ain't monitoring the Schedule III & MAHA Psychedelics episodes on a suitable radar, while the signals proved to be quite strong nonetheless. The circus which occurred into the Oval Office on April 18 was nothing trivial, exactly 4 months after a previous rehearsal was performed in presence of one same key actor, to test the water: NIDA's director Nora Volkow.
This is no premise to any liberating "legalization", expect a neutralization and consequently even more wasted years, on the contrary! The cage is just getting rebranded, that's no sincere & respectful conversation at all. The « Right-to-Try » slogan of Joe Rogan may sound clever but that's nowhere close to a synonymous of freedom; in fact, cannabis remains restricted to « $i¢k 'n $ad » individuals, vulnerable enough to become the actual product of the emerging industry.
Ironically, MAHA is ready to reboot Big Pharma & friend$; the iron bars gradually vanish at prohibitionist pace while a new type of cage being erected in the digital age - because this war never ends and most elites around the world prioritize their image when it comes to cannabis. Even a vocal activist like Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Portland/Oregon has eventually started to fade away after he retired. What's emerging ahead is a "science" of neuro-pathology and i can already foresee the type of devices which will enforce this version of orwelian '1984' for cannabis consumers.
Enjoy your relative luck while it lasts!
Right now the action takes place in USA if we must refer to a "western world", and it seems to me like the average American citizen ain't monitoring the Schedule III & MAHA Psychedelics episodes on a suitable radar, while the signals proved to be quite strong nonetheless. The circus which occurred into the Oval Office on April 18 was nothing trivial, exactly 4 months after a previous rehearsal was performed in presence of one same key actor, to test the water: NIDA's director Nora Volkow.
This is no premise to any liberating "legalization", expect a neutralization and consequently even more wasted years, on the contrary! The cage is just getting rebranded, that's no sincere & respectful conversation at all. The « Right-to-Try » slogan of Joe Rogan may sound clever but that's nowhere close to a synonymous of freedom; in fact, cannabis remains restricted to « $i¢k 'n $ad » individuals, vulnerable enough to become the actual product of the emerging industry.
Ironically, MAHA is ready to reboot Big Pharma & friend$; the iron bars gradually vanish at prohibitionist pace while a new type of cage being erected in the digital age - because this war never ends and most elites around the world prioritize their image when it comes to cannabis. Even a vocal activist like Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Portland/Oregon has eventually started to fade away after he retired. What's emerging ahead is a "science" of neuro-pathology and i can already foresee the type of devices which will enforce this version of orwelian '1984' for cannabis consumers.
Enjoy your relative luck while it lasts!
HeadphonesandLSD
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Most likely we end up with a handful of companies becoming "big cannabis" like big tobacco is right now. They will lobby to ensure they retain a monopoly and prevent anyone else from entering the market. They'll gobble up farm land with underhanded tactics. They'll start adding stuff to the product to make it more addictive and potent by weight (already have done the latter).
As an example. If I drive 15 minutes north I'm in a so-called legal state. But if you dare to put more than a handful of plants in the ground they'll bust your ass like it's 1985 and you'll serve a lot of prison time. But if you're one of the blessed few you can grow fields of the stuff without any legal trouble. Anyone caught selling on the street is quickly sent to jail. But you can buy all you want from the dispensary. Just be prepared to pay double-triple what you used to pay for flower. Don't ask too many questions about what's in the mystery cartridges or edibles. Don't expect to get anything viable from the flower to grow your own.
Oh and if you smoke it be prepared to have your firearms taken away at any time. Since you're now technically breaking federal law if you have any amount of THC in your system. You have to show ID to purchase it and they will know. Don't complain about the mandatory blood draw if you're driving and a cop decides to pull you over either.
In many ways we're more free in the not-legal state just south of that border. You'll certainly get much less jail time if you get caught growing a small crop or buying a small amount from someone else. It's more than tolerated. For the last 10 years or so they've basically given up on prosecuting you at all. Provided you aren't trying to move around pounds of the stuff.
As an example. If I drive 15 minutes north I'm in a so-called legal state. But if you dare to put more than a handful of plants in the ground they'll bust your ass like it's 1985 and you'll serve a lot of prison time. But if you're one of the blessed few you can grow fields of the stuff without any legal trouble. Anyone caught selling on the street is quickly sent to jail. But you can buy all you want from the dispensary. Just be prepared to pay double-triple what you used to pay for flower. Don't ask too many questions about what's in the mystery cartridges or edibles. Don't expect to get anything viable from the flower to grow your own.
Oh and if you smoke it be prepared to have your firearms taken away at any time. Since you're now technically breaking federal law if you have any amount of THC in your system. You have to show ID to purchase it and they will know. Don't complain about the mandatory blood draw if you're driving and a cop decides to pull you over either.
In many ways we're more free in the not-legal state just south of that border. You'll certainly get much less jail time if you get caught growing a small crop or buying a small amount from someone else. It's more than tolerated. For the last 10 years or so they've basically given up on prosecuting you at all. Provided you aren't trying to move around pounds of the stuff.
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i am glad it's going in that direction, but there are some very set-in-their-ways individuals, i have some old neighbors and one of them apparently gave one of my family members shit when they say my whopping 2 tiny plants outside.
i think it will eventually become commercialized to hell, there's no way around that as long as capitalists see those green green dollar signs... and that means the quality will suffer.
it's already a homogenized blend of cookies cookies and more cookies, oh and some cake and gelato. whatever they decide to call a sativa or an indica from that grab bag of assorted (inbred ass the same og kush stuff) strains.
which is great, if you like cookies and all those types of things. i'm happy for people whose receptors welcome such desserty strains. very happy.
with all that said, i wouldn't ever EVER wish prohibition on anyone. what a shitstain on humanity, the war on drugs is,
so the less stigma the better... the less penalties the better.
i am wishing and hoping for real legality where i can grow 8 bajillion plants just like i can grow 8 bajillion grape vines and make my own wine... i'm accepting of (and even embrace) regulation on the market, but leave me and my little plot of non- commercial meds alone.
i think it will eventually become commercialized to hell, there's no way around that as long as capitalists see those green green dollar signs... and that means the quality will suffer.
it's already a homogenized blend of cookies cookies and more cookies, oh and some cake and gelato. whatever they decide to call a sativa or an indica from that grab bag of assorted (inbred ass the same og kush stuff) strains.
which is great, if you like cookies and all those types of things. i'm happy for people whose receptors welcome such desserty strains. very happy.
with all that said, i wouldn't ever EVER wish prohibition on anyone. what a shitstain on humanity, the war on drugs is,
so the less stigma the better... the less penalties the better.
i am wishing and hoping for real legality where i can grow 8 bajillion plants just like i can grow 8 bajillion grape vines and make my own wine... i'm accepting of (and even embrace) regulation on the market, but leave me and my little plot of non- commercial meds alone.
As much as I like how things are today with cannabis, the truth is I kind of “miss” the old days of the scene. Not the illegality, I enjoy that now I can order online or get delivery and have it brought home legally, vape, flower, hash, edibles, everything.
But I grew up smoking natural, organic cannabis. I grew up in southern Europe, and usually we had Albanian weed, which wasn’t that great, but sometimes they brought quality Albanian that was actually really good.
My best highs and the best stuff I’ve ever smoked were basically a red flower from a village in Greece, another flower that looked a lot like super silver haze but was actually a local strain, and Grade A Moroccan hash.
Those had the best highs, they had character and each one was different, while today everything feels the same, just heavy THC with different flavors. Kind of like alcohol in a way, different tastes, same kind of intoxication.
Back then, the strongest stuff and the ones that felt like haze we used to call skunk, and they were different from today’s stuff, stronger than the organic ones, let’s say, but still much more “mild” compared to modern strains.
The first time I smoked amnesia haze I was around 17 18, and I had been smoking daily since about 13. We didn’t have stuff like that here, only natural, which now you can’t really find anywhere unless you know some uncle who’s been growing organic in a village for years, very rare. I’ve quit smoking for about 2 years now, and honestly just seeing today’s strains kind of scares me to smoke again haha, while if there was something like Moroccan chocolate or something natural like back then, I’d easily have one joint.
But I grew up smoking natural, organic cannabis. I grew up in southern Europe, and usually we had Albanian weed, which wasn’t that great, but sometimes they brought quality Albanian that was actually really good.
My best highs and the best stuff I’ve ever smoked were basically a red flower from a village in Greece, another flower that looked a lot like super silver haze but was actually a local strain, and Grade A Moroccan hash.
Those had the best highs, they had character and each one was different, while today everything feels the same, just heavy THC with different flavors. Kind of like alcohol in a way, different tastes, same kind of intoxication.
Back then, the strongest stuff and the ones that felt like haze we used to call skunk, and they were different from today’s stuff, stronger than the organic ones, let’s say, but still much more “mild” compared to modern strains.
The first time I smoked amnesia haze I was around 17 18, and I had been smoking daily since about 13. We didn’t have stuff like that here, only natural, which now you can’t really find anywhere unless you know some uncle who’s been growing organic in a village for years, very rare. I’ve quit smoking for about 2 years now, and honestly just seeing today’s strains kind of scares me to smoke again haha, while if there was something like Moroccan chocolate or something natural like back then, I’d easily have one joint.
emkee_reinvented
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No where really atm the Netherlands still at the same point as in the 70-ties. Even weirder due to Tobacco smoke and exposing people to it banned by government. Combined with COVID pandemie. The shops became dispensary s.
Nice look into the old Coffeeshop culture. Werner Brunning/ Sister Parsley & Mellow Yellow a.o.
Nice look into the old Coffeeshop culture. Werner Brunning/ Sister Parsley & Mellow Yellow a.o.