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the cannabis market is in tatters. obviously this would completely ruin the Dems’ approach RE/drug use as mental health disorder rather than moral failing. not

the cannabis market is in tatters. obviously this would completely ruin the Dems’ approach RE/drug use as mental health disorder rather than moral failing. not good advice imo edit: please stop downvoting i didn't make up the concept of society treating recreational drug users poorly :(

whateveracct 4y ago
tatters? how so exactly? as a consumer, it seems pretty boring
- yrgulation 4y ago
  “as a consumer, it seems pretty boring” i see what you did there.
- sgammon 4y ago
  i'm approaching this from the cannabis operator's point of view. retail prices are depressed significantly in most major markets. it's a hit and miss time for consumers. some parts of the supply chain are rich with product because of new entrants to the space, some parts of the supply chain are really dry.
elliekelly 4y ago
Why the false dichotomy? Recreational drug use doesn’t need to be either a mental health disorder or a moral failing. I think there’s plenty of room in the discussion to allow for recreational use knowing that for some people recreational use can and will cause health problems (both mental and physical) and we need to be prepared to help those people get treatment if we want to allow for recreational use.
- sgammon 4y ago
  these are merely the predominant ways society treats drug use -- and i applaud the effort to move it to "mental health disorder" where previously it was "moral failing" obviously if we are talking about harder drugs like cocaine, heroin, etc., the physical damage and dependence effects must be accounted for.
- sgammon 4y ago
  frankly, the data out of Portugal after they legalized nearly everything is interesting. the stigma for picking up drug use has diminished (bad, supposedly) but so has the stigma for recovery (very good), and we have lots more data about it because people are willing to self report. at least, that's how i've understood the data.
sgammon 4y ago
why the downvotes? sorry, i'm only commenting on how society seems to view drug use. this isn't a personal statement of values.

whateveracct 4y ago

tatters? how so exactly? as a consumer, it seems pretty boring

yrgulation 4y ago
“as a consumer, it seems pretty boring” i see what you did there.
sgammon 4y ago
i'm approaching this from the cannabis operator's point of view. retail prices are depressed significantly in most major markets. it's a hit and miss time for consumers. some parts of the supply chain are rich with product because of new entrants to the space, some parts of the supply chain are really dry.

elliekelly 4y ago

Why the false dichotomy? Recreational drug use doesn’t need to be either a mental health disorder or a moral failing. I think there’s plenty of room in the discussion to allow for recreational use knowing that for some people recreational use can and will cause health problems (both mental and physical) and we need to be prepared to help those people get treatment if we want to allow for recreational use.

sgammon 4y ago
these are merely the predominant ways society treats drug use -- and i applaud the effort to move it to "mental health disorder" where previously it was "moral failing" obviously if we are talking about harder drugs like cocaine, heroin, etc., the physical damage and dependence effects must be accounted for.
sgammon 4y ago
frankly, the data out of Portugal after they legalized nearly everything is interesting. the stigma for picking up drug use has diminished (bad, supposedly) but so has the stigma for recovery (very good), and we have lots more data about it because people are willing to self report. at least, that's how i've understood the data.

sgammon 4y ago

why the downvotes? sorry, i'm only commenting on how society seems to view drug use. this isn't a personal statement of values.