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That makes as much sense as saying "marijuana is already legalized in the US - you just need to buy a plane ticket to Amsterdam". The whole point of having your rights in certain jurisdiction is that you didn't have to flee that jurisdiction to exercise the rights.

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Marijuana IS pretty much legalized in the US.

As for "access to healthcare" : have you heard of Right To Try? Google it.

No need to be condescending. Yes, I know about it - I know it only appeared recently in 2018 too. And also you have to be literally dying to use it. If you're not dying yet - but may be severely disabled, in tremendous pain, or otherwise suffering greatly, but if you're not nearly dead yet - no right to try for you.

> Marijuana IS pretty much legalized in the US.

"Pretty much" does a lot of work here given it's still Schedule I on federal level.

Sigh. There's always something you can be unhappy about. You must spend all your time on it.

That's a strange reply. You said something incorrect, I corrected it, but now you imply that knowing the correct facts is some kind of personal flaw?

the personal flaw is not getting irony, and feeling you have to respond with Earnestness to it.

From a random third person perspective here: if your “Google it” comment was intended as irony, it was not at all successful at that.

if you're actually a random third person, you need to find a hobby and stop interjecting yourself into other people's conversations.

that you're having on a public website? why should they do that?

> Marijuana IS pretty much legalized in the US

BATFE form 4473 states the following:

> Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance? Warning: The use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside.

We have state police doing literal highway robberies and stealing cash from state legal businesses.

https://reason.com/2022/02/04/a-california-sheriff-remains-f...

Just ask poor Hunter Biden what the potential ramifications are….

(Note: I neither endorse nor condemn him or his actions)

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