War on Drugs

St. Paul banned candy cigarettes.

Big Pharma is trying to co-opt THC so it can charge huge prices for what would otherwise be a cheap drug.

"ElSohly and his team at Ole Miss are working on a new method of administering THC, the main therapeutic component in marijuana. They hope the new approach will decrease some of the unwanted psychological effects and offer a safer way to attain the therapeutic effects of pot, without having to inhale smoke.
"What we are working on right now is a transmucosal — a small patch that will be put inside the mouth above the gum line. We have support from the National Institute of Health and also from my private lab," he said. "We've concluded the first couple phases, and we are working on releasing it soon with a pharmaceutical partner.""

This is an interesting twist on the narrative. Now all the sudden marijuana is good for you, but only if you don't smoke it.

""We have five generations of lies and misinformation keeping us incapable of rendering rational decisions as individuals, or as a nation, on this issue," she said."

The most insightful comment in the article comes from the person using marijuana.