This might be unpopular here, but there are sometimes problems for people who use marijuana. Sometimes naming something can help us be aware of issues we didn’t realize were in place.
To have cannabis use disorder, or CUD, a person must have two or more of such symptoms as craving weed, becoming tolerant, using more than intended, using marijuana even though it causes problems in life, using it in high-risk situations, experiencing withdrawal and being unable to quit, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
You are correct, naming something can help people or users be aware. Especially when that condition may not be known yet.
Naming something should not make a substance illegal nor should that be the goal. The goal is to spread awareness and knowledge.
The term coined as second hand smoke is a example of this. It brought awareness to something that may not have been common knowledge at the time.
And I am, by no means, saying that pot use itself is a problem. I’m saying some people who use pot have a problem with it.
Right. And know that I’m not attacking the messenger here.
It’s like some people have a drinking problem. For some people it’s gambling. Other people, it’s shopping, pills, Beanie Babies, masturbating, take your pick. Anything can be an addition, and any addiction can cause problems in life.
I think the negative response to this from the cannabis crowd is that these studies, regardless of their intentions, are pretty much always trotted out by the opposition to legalization. “See?? It’s bad so keep it illegal / re-illegalize it. Won’t someone please think of the children?!”
Basically, we assume this is going to be used against us.
Well said.
I was posting it from the perspective that it is becoming ubiquitous, and legalization is becoming a mute point, especially since the farm bill of 2018. The door is open, the horse is loose.
Well, I live in a shithole state where it’s probably never going to be legalized, so “ubiquitous” is a bit optimistic lol.
My state criminalized D8 in 2023, and I believe the farm bill has expired or is expiring this year. I know a lot of shitty red states were pissed about the loophole, so I don’t have faith it’s going to remain.
We don’t even have citizen-initiated ballot measures, so we can’t even be like our neighbor Ohio and get it that way. Did I mention my state was a shithole? If not, let me make it abundantly clear that WV is a shithole.
*moot point, unless you meant it has no volume
Yep, got it.
I was agreeing, and am agreeing with you.
People should have the right to make their own decisions (as long as those decisions do not harm others). I also believe everyone should have access to all available information, and “naming” helps build that knowledge.