So to be clear, you took a self prescribed medicine without researching its effects, and now its everyones problem? You cant possibly be this dumb, is that the weed talking?

Not even /s. I’m serious. I suffer from CHS disease and I know four others that do as well. This shit isn’t safe for everyone. We need to find out why, how, and how to mitigate it. Until then, this shit is straight posion.

Why are you backing a ban on THC instead of just a warning? Are you also backing a ban on alcohol for the same reasons?

You could just idk not use it if it makes you feel bad.

Do you want to ban alcohol too because it has an effect on everyone?

How about peanuts? Some people can't be around peanuts should everyone thus stop eating peanuts?

Red40 isn't safe for everyone either. Neither is gluten. Neither are peanuts.

I get what you're saying, but the FDA isn't going to protect the outliers. That's not what they're there for. They're there to show general safety, and that's more than proven at this point.

At best you'll get a label on the peanut butter that says "may contain peanuts." Sorry, I mean a label on the weed that says "may contain cannabinoids".

You're just wrong about the warning thing. Every time I buy I am handed a pamphlet detailing the risks of consuming concentrated THC. It's law here in Colorado. And a giant waste of paper.

Agree with you that there needs to be a lot more testing (I myself will only buy solventless weed concentrates), but I appreciate the freedom to make my own choices about what I consume.

If the Feds would get their head out of their ass and decriminalize it, there would be a huge torrent of research over the next few years.

That's wild, I've been smoking/vaping weed almost daily for decades and it's the first time I heard of this.

Still, it would be far more effective to mandate prevention in dispensaries than banning weed (again) because of this. As you must be well aware it's really easy to find even if it's illegal, and street dealers sure as shit won't talk about this to their clients.

Nah. Grow your own if you're that worried. None of us is forced to smoke, but I do need to take medicine I can rely on. I want the government involved in one case, but not very much the other.

Do you understand the difference?

Why do you feel that people can't make this decision for themselves?

So smoking weed makes you throw up a bunch? Ive never heard of anyone suffering from this until now. Couldn't you just not smoke weed? Is someone forcing you and your friends?

Alcohol first.

Comment chains like these are why I love Lemmy