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US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana

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662 points JacobHenner | 8 comments | 30 Apr 24 17:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.99s | source | bottom
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andrewxdiamond ◴[30 Apr 24 17:45 UTC] No.40213760[source]▶
Weed being illegal on a federal level has had some interesting effects. Because of these laws, all legal weed has to be grown, processed, and retailed within a single state. So much industry and local employment has been created by the legal barriers in place.

It’s probably still a net positive to release the federal restriction, but I hope all these small/mid sized businesses don’t get gulped up by big tobacco or other mega corps

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joecool1029 ◴[30 Apr 24 19:02 UTC] No.40214865[source]▶
> I hope all these small/mid sized businesses don’t get gulped up by big tobacco or other mega corps

Calling it: CVS and Walgreens will move into the medical market for this. You think these little shops will be able to process health insurance payments when that sector gets in on it? lol

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hollerith ◴[30 Apr 24 19:15 UTC] No.40215031[source]▶
I bet that in the US, no health insurer will ever pay for an insured person's marijuana.
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1. int_19h ◴[30 Apr 24 23:39 UTC] No.40217806[source]▶
I bet that CBD will be covered very quickly, because it really does work very well for so many things, so it shouldn't take long to have enough studies clearly in support of it.
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2. hollerith ◴[01 May 24 00:25 UTC] No.40218129[source]▶
Are there strains of marijuana high in CBD but almost absent of THC?
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3. grugagag ◴[01 May 24 01:39 UTC] No.40218593[source]▶
Yes
4. Red_Leaves_Flyy ◴[01 May 24 02:02 UTC] No.40218732[source]▶
Yes but the trick is mostly just harvesting early.
5. int_19h ◴[01 May 24 03:18 UTC] No.40219140[source]▶
I'm not sure exactly how this works, but you can get CBD as pills with no THC in them.

(Although anecdotally the best results are obtained from taking mostly CBD with a tiny bit of THC; it appears that the latter does something that makes the former's effect more potent. So you see stuff like e.g. 20:1 CBD:THC pills around - can't get high on that, but very effective at pain management. However pure CBD pills are still more common.)

6. hollerith ◴[01 May 24 12:39 UTC] No.40222308[source]▶
Magnesium supplements work very well for many things, too, but are there American insurance plans that pay for it?
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7. salad-tycoon ◴[03 May 24 00:06 UTC] No.40242688[source]▶
Honestly, yes you can but from what I’ve seen it’s the most useless form because it’s the cheapest: magnesium oxide. Good for laxative effects, bad for uptake. I prefer glycinate personally.
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8. hollerith ◴[03 May 24 00:12 UTC] No.40242710{3}[source]▶
Huh. TIL.