I could never support a democrat who supports loan sharks over poor, desperate people

[Warren DeMontague]

47. Oregon, too. We're on track to bring in substantial tax revenue this year.

I've got a BIL with ms, too. I hear you.

I know people who have had issues with pot and need to avoid it entirely, of course. I used to smoke tons of it as a youth but never found quitting any particular big deal. I stopped drinking alcohol a long time ago, and that was a much tougher nut to crack- but I discovered over the years that I could occasionally use cannabis and the sky would not fall. Nor do I find I have any desire to start doing it every day, and I still have enough self-honesty to call myself out if that was the direction it was going to go.

Different people have different relationships to different things, I think. At this point I'm just relieved that during the time so many of my friends were starting to smoke cigarettes I was way too busy smoking pot. Because I know nicotine is a very difficult addiction to shake.

One good thing about legalization (among many) is the fact that there is such greater transparency and knowledge around potency, strains, etc. There is high CBD low THC stuff available that I think helps people significantly with anxiety, pain relief, muscle control, seizures etc. but doesn't produce the anything like the same "high" as THC.

But people gotta do what they gotta do. My Father in Law has parkinsons and we suspect he could benefit from it potentially, too, but they're old school Republicans and they have all sorts of preconceived notions about pot.