There’s a wrong way to do everything.
Here’s your daily round-up of pot-news, excerpted from the newsletter WeedWeek.
In Slate, scholar Mark A.R. Kleiman writes that “ We’re legalizing weed wrong:”
“Legalization is not only necessary but virtually inevitable, even at the federal level. But I also believe that, by and large, our approach to legalization contains some consequential flaws and that the necessity of such laws doesn’t mean we should rush out and grab the first legalization proposal we’re offered…
“Regulate cannabis like alcohol” is an ugly policy. Our current alcohol laws fail spectacularly to control the harm alcohol does to drinkers and the harm drinkers do to others; an estimated 90,000 Americans die each year of their own drinking or someone else’s. Why repeat that mistake when we legalize another potentially habit-forming intoxicant? What we want is the sort of “grudging toleration” the law now extends to tobacco;
Minnesota doctor Ilo Leppik wants the state to expand MED rules to include dogs. Dr. Leppik believes it may be helpful in treating dogs with epilepsy.
About 20% of Americans naturally feel less anxious due to a gene mutation that causes higher levels of anandamide, an endocannabinoid that occurs naturally in the body.
Scientific American says the “ definition of stoned driving” and a breathalyzer to test for it remain out of scientists’ reach.
Vice asks why some people choose to “ self-medicate with illegal drugs.”
Idaho mom Kelsey Gooding has lost custody of her children and plead not guilty to misdemeanor injury of a child after giving her daughter a cannabis smoothie in an effort to control her seizures.
The Cannabist has a deep dive on the adjustment to legalization in San Diego.
Ballot initiatives aren’t possible in Europe so activists have to appeal to politicians.
This year’s mega conference in Las Vegas promises to be a festive affair. Perhaps the most festive event in any blue state.