Let me see, what votes can we buy today - cannibis addicts, felons, illegals, kids under the age of 18, whose next??
Reminds me of running for “office” in the 6th grade. I promised candy served at lunch, no school on Friday’s and no detention ever. Of course, I won the election and spent the following days reneging on my promises.
I have NO DESIRE to see marijuana decriminalized let alone legalized. It stinks. You already can't avoid it in the Atlanta area. No one I've met here who is a frequent user is stable. I see anger and paranoia. And those so baked they can barely keep their eyes open while out shopping with their little kids needs to have those kids TAKEN AWAY for their own health & safety.
I see legalization of prostitution breaking out of the enclave of Nevada.
Intractable Pain Disease Patients. They want more studies, and use as medical since Pain Meds have been Forced Tapered or cut off. The Snake Oil crap doesn’t work that we are being offered.
And yes I fall in this category. But since I take Valium I’m not allowed more than post surgery low dose NORCO’s. 3 days for 2 or more weeks of severe pain. Facing Oral surgery with NO pain meds? Not going to happen. Already been through the 11 lower teeth removal with bone spur surgery on 3 days of 5 mg NORCO. Pain lasted 14 days till it got to Tylenol point for both procedures. Lyrica and Neurotin are A-Fib ER trips. Either Docs start standing up for Patients or they will find we Cancel a lot of procedures. 60 Minutes which is barely believable had an excellent piece on Intractable Pain only the idiots kept referring to it as Chronic Pain. World of difference in the 2 words.
Richard ‘Red’ Lawhern, PhD has a FB page full of articles as he is a Pain Patient Advocate. Roger Chriss, PhD with EDS, also has many well researched articles. Him you have to google.