A deal to end the 41-day government shutdown is running into turbulence, thanks to a single Senate objection: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). Senate Republican and Democratic leaders say they need to resolve Paul’s objection to a provision in the government funding package before they can accelerate consideration of the bill. The provision would restrict the unregulated sale of intoxicating hemp-based products.
  • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Because even in states where recreational cannabis is legal, it’s still highly restricted and taxed, that’s why there’s usually only limited numbers of dispensaries and they have to follow pretty strict city guidelines, and still cannot be purchased with credit cards or bank cards because it’s still a federally controlled substance even if the state legalizes it. Which is also why cannabis products can’t normally be shipped over state lines. Cannabis is still giant headache despite being highly profitable.

    Meanwhile, this shit basically doesn’t even exist in the eyes of the federal government, it can be sold anywhere and bought with any currency, it hasn’t even been studied enough to get scheduled and managed, and this is also partially due to the fact that every time one chemical compound gets scheduled, a couple more slight variants pop up. It’s almost like people really, really want to get high and the more you try to stop people from getting high, the worse the problem gets.