flavius_lacivious t1_jd1qeo1 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 5:02 AM

Reply to comment by Exile688 in Medical Marijuana Legalization Linked To ‘Significant Decrease’ In Opioid-Related Payments To Doctors, Study Finds by DrDreidel82

The single fastest growing demographic for weed use is seniors and something like 80% of those using it for arthritis say it works better than prescription drugs.

They are going to have a tough time convincing thousands of retirees with weed cookie jars to give it up.

Also, alcohol consumption declined when weed is legalized.

Exile688 t1_jd28qh1 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 9:19 AM

If the lobbyists get their way, old people's vote won't matter when the politicians change the laws to take their weed away. At that point they can go back to pills and shots or they can get the boot to their necks.

I've watched enough documentaries following weed dispensaries to know that all it takes is one law passed by any of the state, local mayor/city, the county, etc. to shut the whole thing down.

The only thing that will fight the pharma money is the big tobacco companies lobby money when they finally decide they want their share of the market.

ragingbologna t1_jd2gfs8 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 11:03 AM

Illinois has set up the perfect grift (limiting licensing for dispensaries) and these rich assholes will never give up their cash cow.

HolyCloudNinja t1_jd2pfqk wrote on March 21, 2023 at 12:34 PM

New Jersey is doing it too. A local applicant was approved in November of last year to look for retail space, but not even open. Just recently he was finally able to find retail space zoned properly that his conditional license would be valid in. The process is not only ridiculously lengthy and municipality-dependent in the state (townships were allowed to say no to retail stores when legalization started), and it's all based on arbitrary licensing approval in the first place. They claim they do so much for minorities with the program but outside of an individual or two, almost every dispensary, rec or med, is owned by a multi-state company.

dangitbobby83 t1_jd3btax wrote on March 21, 2023 at 3:20 PM

In Illinois. I’ve switched to smoke shop cannabis. They even sell flower now - so much cheaper than “real” weed here. Where I lived we just finally opened a new dispensary, making the third one here. I’m hoping this will create a bit of a price war and lower some of the prices overall.

flavius_lacivious t1_jd3vpth wrote on March 21, 2023 at 5:27 PM

I live in a legal weed state and go to a dispensary that’s been open over a year. There is a line out the door.

I don’t know if anyone who doesn’t use weed unless their jobs or medications prohibit it.