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This is a complaint which could invite different views if such exist. I watched Law and Order the other night and was puzzled. The story was about a young student whose friend bought marijuana at the dispensary (medical in New York) What the fellow took caused a psychotic break where he went about throwing rocks at windows untill a window caretaker confronted him. In a paranoid fit he beat the fellow to death. The story follows the prosecutors struggle to realize the truthfulness of this defense.

It even included a scene where the students school advisor, with a mane of curly hair, said oh hes a good kid , it was the marijuana made him crazy. I thought for a couple of minutes that the story would discover the steroid use or that the advisor was the meth source but no it was demon pot. (stronger now than back sometime)

I associate this with conservative politics but maybe it is not. Many conservatives are familiar with pot from their youth. Law and Order has leaned pretty left in its stories recently. I wonder if producers the felt an alternate lean was needed sometimes.

Though I have lost interest pretty much in pot, I have tried what is sold in the dispensary, pot is the same thing as it was in the past.
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I’m aware of the current moral panic over fentanyl, but any return of Reefer Madness is news to me.
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Kids and edibles is the current version.
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Partly in the show's defense, edible potency has gotten out of control.

A lot of folks are just wanting to take the edge off, not get lost in outer space.
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honorentheos wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 6:25 pm
Kids and edibles is the current version.
Accidental consumption of edibles sounds like a legitimate public health issue. Maybe it sass been hyped into a moral panic. Common sense should dictate that edibles should be secured from access by children just like alcohol, medicine, poisons, and guns.

Besides, given the choice, would a kid prefer edibles to free rainbow fentanyl from their trick or treat bags?
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Xenophon wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 6:31 pm
Partly in the show's defense, edible potency has gotten out of control.

A lot of folks are just wanting to take the edge off, not get lost in outer space.
I’m surprised that’s not regulated.
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Res Ipsa wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 6:37 pm
Xenophon wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 6:31 pm
Partly in the show's defense, edible potency has gotten out of control.

A lot of folks are just wanting to take the edge off, not get lost in outer space.
I’m surprised that’s not regulated.
ETA: It is in Washington, but I have no idea what limits mean in terms of potency. https://apps.leg.Washington.gov/wac/default.asp ... 314-55-095

Primary research may be required.
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Res Ipsa wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 6:44 pm
Res Ipsa wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 6:37 pm


I’m surprised that’s not regulated.
ETA: It is in Washington, but I have no idea what limits mean in terms of potency. https://apps.leg.Washington.gov/wac/def ... 314-55-095

Primary research may be required.
taking too much pot can definitely create confusion and fear. It is just that violent action it completely out of place from all I have heard, seen or experienced.

One thing about strength should be well known but sometimes forgotten is people build up tolerance quickly so what may to one person be a pleasant dose could leave somebody else going oh boy oh boy what did I do to myself?
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