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Colorado Senator Cory Gardner torches Sessions over pot reversal

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Cory Gardner is universally hated here in CO by both political parties. He refuses to show up to his own Town-hall meetings, and actively votes against his constituents. Whatever he says should be taken with a grain of salt and thrown to the wind.

This is a touchy subject. Throwaway for obvious reasons.

Criminalization makes little sense, but the reality is that we’ve legalized weed in an era of refined, highly potent strains with legitimate medical uses. Those medical strains, far too potent for responsible regular use for most people, lead to abuse. Yes, such pot does contribute to wrecking lives.

I’d suggest a more mature future involving a cultural shift towards appreciation of strains with content akin to fine wines, not 100 proof liquor. I’ve personally found low thc content plants produced naturally to be far better for typical toking. It might be worthwhile to research “clean” strains and growth techniques focused on producing a mellow high. I’d suspect such strains would be better overall for most marijuana users.

I grow my own in a state where that’s perfectly legal

It’s great, strong (descended from a heavily curated source that regularly tests in the 25-28% range).

And I have a degree in math and work in IT.

How about instead of fear mongering in general, we build a support network of mental healthcare and treat the specific folks with problems?

This sort of high level “engineering a solution at step 1” smacks of premature optimization.

“Let’s fix all problems humans will have with weed on jan 4, 2018!” with no data to back up the extent of the issues that MIGHT occur in such a dramatic scale we MUST get on this (but won’t because you’re also suggesting a slippery slope fallacy)

I have another option: If you look back in time you can see how our lack of mental health services has exacerbated drug problems.

Hmmm how might we best utilize our energy on this problem then? Hand wavy nonsense from admitted anonymous source, go all in on some abstract plan over imagine future fears?

Or the way professionals in addiction treatment have been advocating for for years, backed by sound data?

Imagine living in such a political climate that you have to create a throwaway just to say "dude weed lmao" as a way of life wrecks lives.

Which strains are you referring to? Your claims are completely unsubstantiated and anecdotal. The same thing could be said for alcohol and nicotine. The death rates for those substances are much higher and will continue be higher.

He was 'torched', was he? This is a title more becoming of TMZ than Hacker News.

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