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I don't know, dude. If you are talking of using camnnabis for medical use, I'm gonna want a dosage guideline and strength/purity promises. I'm pretty sure for

I don't know, dude. If you are talking of using camnnabis for medical use, I'm gonna want a dosage guideline and strength/purity promises. I'm pretty sure for medical use, it will more closely resemble ibuprofen or cough medicine if it is without prescription. With prescription it'll be more like generics. It might still be a monopoly, since these drugs have to go through all the FDA testing. Heck, if you want fluoride in your toothpaste you have to go through animal testing - same for menthol in cough drops. I don't know why folks think it should be different for medical cannabis, though some folks will just use their own supply instead. Outside of medical use, I'll guess it'll be regulated much like alcohol or tobacco. These aren't exactly lightly regulated either, though it is a much easier market to break into. Besides, there is lots to patent. Hybrid plants, GMO plants, extraction methods for pills. Brands will be a thing, I'd think. And it doesn't mean all the other stuff won't be necessary - pot isn't a cure all, though should be an option in the arsenal. Folks will still make their money, I think.

ams6110 9y ago
It's a freaking plant. Why should it be more regulated than parsley?
- thaumaturgy 9y ago
  So's digitalis.
- dredmorbius 9y ago
  Because "it's a freaking plant" doesn't address the full scope of properties. Opium and poison sumac are plants. Should it be legal to sell both for smoking, or mix them in with other goods entirely unregulated?
- Broken_Hippo 9y ago
  For the same reasons we want tobacco regulated, alcohol regulated, some food regulated, and drugs regulated. The fact is that it isn't parsley, nor does it have similar effect on our body. While consuming too much might not kill you, getting to work and finding that your supposedly non-high-bringing cannabis-based pain reliever certainly made you high isn't the sort of thing one wants to find. Alternatively for recreational use, I want what the thing says on the package and would be horribly angry if I wound up with the other dude's non-high-bringing smoke. I want my "weaker" strain to be just that, just like I'd not appreciate finding out my beer/wine/whiskey is stronger than is on the package.
StreamBright 9y ago
Totally: http://www.newsweek.com/states-medical-marijuana-painkiller-deaths-drop-25-266577 http://www.newsweek.com/states-medical-marijuana-painkiller-...

ams6110 9y ago

It's a freaking plant. Why should it be more regulated than parsley?

thaumaturgy 9y ago
So's digitalis.
dredmorbius 9y ago
Because "it's a freaking plant" doesn't address the full scope of properties. Opium and poison sumac are plants. Should it be legal to sell both for smoking, or mix them in with other goods entirely unregulated?
Broken_Hippo 9y ago
For the same reasons we want tobacco regulated, alcohol regulated, some food regulated, and drugs regulated. The fact is that it isn't parsley, nor does it have similar effect on our body. While consuming too much might not kill you, getting to work and finding that your supposedly non-high-bringing cannabis-based pain reliever certainly made you high isn't the sort of thing one wants to find. Alternatively for recreational use, I want what the thing says on the package and would be horribly angry if I wound up with the other dude's non-high-bringing smoke. I want my "weaker" strain to be just that, just like I'd not appreciate finding out my beer/wine/whiskey is stronger than is on the package.

StreamBright 9y ago

Totally: http://www.newsweek.com/states-medical-marijuana-painkiller-deaths-drop-25-266577 http://www.newsweek.com/states-medical-marijuana-painkiller-...