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Frankie Wilde
The fact that marijuana can help people (not everybody) cope with chronic pain has been known by marijuana users for a few 1000 years. (Even by people in Japan!) Glad to see the medical establishment is finally catching up.
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Ricky Kaminski13
Sounds very promising and if they’ve reduced the THC effect to a micro dose that’s perfect. The gummies and other stuff in the legal market knock people for six. The ‘stronger the better’ mentality towards weed these days is killing its potential benefits when used carefully and responsibly. In fact it’s made it dangerous. Makes certain people psychotic. Fact.
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KnightsOfCydonia
let's ban then monetize something people can get for free
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ian
Definitely better than opioids
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divinda
Happy to know a drug exists that will never be allowed in Japan.
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Pongo
Just legalise everything about it already, especially the medicinal application. The amount of misinformation in Japan and many Asian countries regarding marijuana is astonishing, and sad......While at the same time you're allowed to drink yourself to death, smoke cigarettes to the point of lung cancer, or eat so much fat and sugar that you can't look after yourself.
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Raw Beer
Especially if we consider that marijuana was made illegal here by the US after WWII.
Medical (and in some places nonmedical) marijuana is legal in much of the US, but it remains very illegal here...
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NCIS Reruns
Just buy some Tylenol or OTC equivalent. Works wonders, and you don't need a prescription.
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