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4 Words That Could Change the Future for Marijuana

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To put it mildly, the marijuana industry is rapidly evolving before our eyes. What seemed like a long shot to succeed a decade ago is quickly becoming a flourishing industry.

Over the last decade, we’ve witnessed the pendulum swing from 75% of those surveyed by Gallup being against the legalization of marijuana to 58% of respondents being in favor of its legalization as of 2013. The implications, as we’ve previously discussed, are twofold.

Marijuana’s benefits and big risk
First, marijuana sales for both recreational and medical marijuana tend to be taxed at an exceptionally high rate, which brings in tax revenue for states where the drug is currently legal. This tax revenue can curb budget deficits and save jobs, and it’s a great tool for sparing all residents of a state a tax hike. Only those who purchase medical or recreational marijuana are subject to the tax.

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The other implication is that legalization of marijuana from a medical perspective could allow researchers to study in greater depths whether or not marijuana has medically beneficial properties. We already see it prescribed for cancer pain and glaucoma in most of the 23 states where medical marijuana is legal, but there could be a number of additional indications where marijuana may be the answer.

Of course, the one thing continually standing in the way of marijuana’s nationwide expansion is the fact that the federal government views it as a schedule 1 drug. As such, marijuana is defined on a federal level as illicit and believed to possess no medically beneficial properties. Thus far, the federal government has allowed individual states to manage their own marijuana policy, but there are no guarantees that this will forever remain the case, particularly if the regulations within each state aren’t being adhered to.

But, there could be good news for marijuana proponents — specifically medical marijuana supporters — following comments made by the new U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy.

Four words that could change everything
In a recent interview with CBS This Morning, Dr. Murthy had this to say when asked about whether or not marijuana should be legalized:

My position is we have to see what the science tells us about the efficacy of marijuana, and I think we’re going to get a lot more data on that. We have preliminary data showing that for certain medical conditions and symptoms that marijuana can be helpful, so I think we have to use that data to drive policymaking, and I’m very interested to where that data takes us.

The four words that could change marijuana’s future, especially the path that medical marijuana takes, are “marijuana can be helpful.” No prior Surgeon General has admitted that marijuana could have beneficial medical properties, and it suggests a possible future softening in the federal government’s stance toward marijuana if the studies conclusively show benefits associated with the drug.

Yet, another way to consider this is we’ve already seen a softening from the federal government that has stayed in the background and allowed 23 states to manage their own medical marijuana facilities and four states to legalize the recreational use of the drug. It’s possible even more “softening” of federal policing of marijuana could be in the offing.

But, before you start betting on a sweeping nationwide approval of marijuana, keep in mind that Dr. Murthy also told the Senate during a confirmation hearing that, “Just like other drugs, I don’t recommend marijuana, and I don’t think it’s a good habit to use marijuana. If I had kids, I would tell them not to use it.” In other words, don’t expect a recreational marijuana sweeping reform bill anytime soon,

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Source: http://truthisscary.com/2015/02/4-words-that-could-change-the-future-for-marijuana/


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    • desertspeaks

      Dr. Murthy had this to say when asked about whether or not marijuana should be legalized: My position is we have to see what the science tells us about the efficacy of marijuana????
      Are we to listen to the same SCIENTISTS that HAVE BEEN LYING ABOUT MARIJUANA FOR DECADES??? Nah, I don’t think so.. they were bought and paid for long ago by their funding source, the government! Science has ALWAYS bowed to those who pay them! The results will show PRECISELY what that masters tell them the results WILL BE!
      And this is aside from the fact that the fraudulent government has no jurisdiction over the private person to begin with! Oh, they didn’t tell you that either, did they!?!?!
      IF you ask government employees if their CONstitution and laws automatically apply to everyone, their collective opinion is that YES, their CONstitution and laws apply to everyone, automatically. BUT if you ask them what facts they rely on that PROVE their BELIEF that it is applicable to you, they have no plausible answer, they’ll hang up on you, feign as though they don’t understand the question, tell you that they aren’t going to debate with you “EVEN THOUGH ALL YOU DID WAS ASK FOR FACTUAL PROOF OF THEIR ASSERTION OF JURISDICTION”

      Everyone has been told that the CONstitution and law automatically apply to everyone. it’s everyones opinion that it applies, everyone feels it applies, everyone believes it applies, everyone assumes and presumes it applies. HOWEVER;
      hearsay, opinions, feelings, beliefs, assumptions and presumptions aren’t proof of a damn thing.

      What factual, first hand, irrefutable evidence can anyone offer that proves that their CONstitution and laws apply to the private person simply because they are physically in what we commonly refer to as a state.

      Keeping in mind that slavery and involuntary servitude is illegal. Further, no private person is a party to their CONstitution nor is any private person a signatory to their CONstitution, nor has any private person sworn an oath to be bound by or to obey the CONstitution and laws.

      Do you grasp the gravity of NOT being a party to some agreement, contract or compact?? Who precisely is a party to their CONstitution?? The States and ONLY THE STATES are party to the CONstitution. When one is NOT a party to some agreement, contract, compact or CONstitution, then one is NOT BOUND TO OBEY IT OR ANY PROMULGATIONS ARISING FROM SAID INSTRUMENT! “those promulgations would be codes, policies, statutes and laws etc”

      Your proof MUST be factual and first hand, your proof/evidence shall not be comprised of hearsay, your opinions, beliefs, feelings, assumptions, presumptions, hypotheticals, conjecture, sophistry, fraud, lies, scenarios or what if’s.

      Good luck!

    • DeAcero

      This article is missing the point:

      > Grow it, Sell it, Use it, Research it, who cares what some distant, random person says?

      > And not just Marijuana… Do ANYTHING that YOU feel is reasonable…. so long as you judge that the risk-reward is acceptable, both in today’s environment and beyond.

      Why are we prostrating to some random guys, hundreds or thousands of miles away, awaiting him to tell us whether or not we can grow a silly plant (or any issue, for that matter)?

      REAL news would be entire towns, counties, and states declaring that they’re wholesale NOT obeying LARGE TRACTS of Federal (Cabal) Law.

      Come on.. am I right!?

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