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[–] 8 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

Speculating here, but taxes are one reason.

Almost all the rules about what counts as wine, beer, whiskey, etc. comes from some country making definitions for tax purposes. Often from hundreds of years ago.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I've also heard of cannabinoid soft drinks available in states that have (compared to states that legalized it) pretty strict cannabis laws in place. All because of some loopholes (I've read about the farmer bills and all but my terminology is rusty). That's so strange.

    And suddenly its all OK. At least legally. I think its sad. At the moment, eating healthy is becoming harder and harder for the first time in my life. I get why so many Americans eat the way they do, financially. And ethics and morals don't mean anything if its choosing between eating or not. Just so sad.

    These laws don't seem to help the average struggling American at all. With an president promoting his love for cheeseburgers lol.

    I guess I feel blessed to eat fresh non processed food 6 times a week.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    The loopholes on the farm bill are so big that I don't know why we're debating legalization at this point.

    To meet the 2018 farm bill requirements, your thing needs to have <0.3% delta-9 THC by weight. This opened up the delta-8 market--less potent but you can just add more of it--but that was only the start of exploring the new legal territory this opened up.

    10mg of THC delta-9 is considered a good sized dose in edible products. A standard can of soda is about 225 grams. So do the math: 0.01g / 225g = 0.004%. Close to two orders of magnitude under the farm bill limit, and a lot of THC seltzers come in bigger cans than that. You can sell that in every state that hasn't specifically banned it otherwise.

    It gets even better. To get 10mg of THC delta-9, a gummy only needs to be about 3g to make the 0.3% limit. Not that big at all.

    That mostly leaves smoking/vaping as the only methods that don't have an easy loophole.

    Just legalize it already. This is stupid.

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