Marijuana Legalization: Big Win or Big Mistake? Colorado 10 Years Later
A decade after the first states legalized marijuana for recreational use, it’s become a thriving industry.
Today, recreational use is allowed in 19 states plus Washington, D.C., with another five states voting on legalization in November. A total of 37 states allow the medical use of marijuana.
Clearly, acceptability is on the rise. At the same time, cannabis has gotten much, much more potent, with THC levels now as high as 100 percent in some products, compared to less than 2 percent for most weed smoked in the 1960s.
We speak with Ben Cort, author of “Weed, Inc.: The Truth About the Pot Lobby, THC, and the Commercial Marijuana Industry.” He explains how we’ve been down this road before, with Big Marijuana being no different from Big Tobacco and Big Pharma.
Next, in America Q&A, we ask: If you could give President Joe Biden one piece of advice, what would it be?
Then we look at marijuana’s medical impact. Is it the dream drug it was billed as, or are there unintended side effects? Dr. Ken Finn, president of the American Board of Pain Medicine, and co-Vice President of the International Academy on the Science and Impacts of Cannabis (IASIC), has some surprising answers.
Finally, in our second America Q&A, we ask: What’s your concept of a fruitful day?
Hmmm…this is terrible. When it comes to pain management…who do you trust? The doctor in the second interview talked about big Pharma products to replace THC, but why create a man-made product for something that you can get naturally? I know someone (over 60 years old) who started taking one THC gummy because ibuprofen and Tylenol didn’t work all night. Now he can sleep through the entire night pain free.
Many do for the same reason. Pain relief.