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Elton John Says Legalizing Marijuana in America and Canada Is “One of the Greatest Mistakes of All Time” (www.yahoo.com)

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world -1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I tend to agree, but not for the typical reason...

I'm a cynic. Legal weed opens the door to a new industry with all the worst aspects of big pharma and big tobacco all rolled up into one.

What could possibly go wrong?

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sounds like the problem is capitalism then. Not weed.

Much less of an issue, so long as they also legalize home growers.

[–] III@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Any legalization will lead to the profitization of marijuana. Even if home growing is legal, that will first be marketed as a problem in comparison to good old fashioned, chemical laced, corporate weed. Then either lobbied away. The cynic has himself wrong, he is just observant.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What could possibly go wrong?

Sick people getting what they need?

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sick people being bled dry by the new big pharma... big weed.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I cannot agree there. I have yet to find a pharmaceutical that works as a better pain modifier. Believe me, I have tried. If I was not using it, I would be far less able to get through a day. And I pay less for it than I do my other pills on a per-day basis. My neurologist is fully aware of this too.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

l get it, I really do, but you have to understand the cannabis industry at this point is in it's infancy.

I'm thinking 50-60 years down the line where home grown is pushed out by the weed equivalent of Marlboro and big companies are using crossbreeding to make their weed more addictive, just like big tobacco did.

What I'm saying is, I don't trust this new industry to not go down the road that big pharma and big tobacco did.