"Toxicology reports were available for 93 of the teenagers who died by suicide. Among them, 14 had marijuana in their system, six had alcohol and six had amphetamine." (source). The article does not mention how many of the 14 who tested positive for cannabis also had alcohol and/or meth in their systems. By the numbers, cannabis is not behind the rise in suicide. We surmise the cause to be poor diet, lockdowns, lack of family values in media, and a poor economy insufficient to support a family. We also suspect mental health provider abuse of surveillance technologies and bad social engineering practices.

Since the product was largely illegal and floating around the black market, how can such a claim be validated and corroborated after the fact? Furthermore, since smoking is the main method of consumption, higher potency cannabis would result in less smoking and an increase in the quality of public health.

Black Market cannabis rates are obscene. Over regulation of cannabis dispensaries inflates prices. Taking cannabis off the Black Market and reducing cannabis industry regulations reduces strain on cannabis family budgets in all communities (including under served communities).

Outlawing the methods of consumption of cannabis drives up prices and draws law enforcement away from prosecution of truly terrible substances like meth and opioids. Accidental cannabis ingestion does not present the same danger as Aspirin overdose, consuming too much water, opioid overdose, or alcohol poisoning.

Cannabis' role in these accidents is not clear. We have a model for dealing with workplace accidents caused by habitual use of alcohol and/or cough syrup in the workplace. Use this model for cannabis should it prove necessary.

A causal link between legal cannabis obtained outside the Black Market and human trafficking has not been established.

According to the SD Standard, "Earlier this year, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released a report that shows the percentage of Colorado high school students who consumed cannabis at least once in the previous 30 days had decreased from 19.7% to 13.3% between 2013, the year after Coloradans voted to legalize, and 2021". (source)

The causal link between these things and cannabis has not been established. However, it is clear that smoking is not healthy, nor is eating unhealthy foods readily available in every supermarket. Cannabis prohibition drives cannabis smoking rates and increases appetite. To remedy these problems, lawmakers could incentivize healthier food options and could incentivize alternative methods of ingestion like herbal vaporization.

Traffic deaths may or may not be attributable to cannabis. Some other possible causes may include aging, fatigue from over working, and poor driving skills. Each of these hypotheses must be tested in a controlled environment. If it is discovered that cannabis is a cause of poor driving, we have existing models to address the problem like warning labels on cough syrup and public education initiatives.

The Black Market does not publish its revenue findings, so it is natural to question the accuracy of the figures. Taking them at face value, however, the excess Black Market sales represents a revenue opportunity for the good guys if law enforcement can keep the streets safe like they do for other such profitable industries.

Because it is illegal, if mom or dad get arrested, prosecuted, and sent to prison, prohibition, not cannabis, destroys families. In the case of a family where a capable cannabis user is fired from a job for failing a cannabis test, a family might be destroyed as per. Prohibition drives the destruction of families, arguably, while cannabis has not been proven on its own to destroy families. The causal link between cannabis and broken homes has not met any reasonable threshold of legal standards.

Cannabis is a drug, but it is not only a drug. It has uses in textiles and recreation, also. Furthermore, a drug is technically something that cures or alleviates an ailment, like vitamin D and clean water.

There is no credible study proving that the consumption of cannabis causes cravings for harder drugs. The reality is that the Black Market is using cannabis to cross sell other nasty products, making the need to remove cannabis from their inventories through deregulation all the more urgent.

This is a false claim. The documented verifiable cases of death attributable directly and solely to cannabis use are scant and none.

There no verifiable evidence that the consumption of cannabis creates a desire of a person to commit crime.

This is a prediction lacking accompanying impact statements. Credible evidence demonstrating significant emergencies attributable to cannabis are not available.

If they do, it is because of a divisive approach to the over-regulation of cannabis that has prevented the good guys - law abiding citizens - from getting into the industry. Meanwhile, the inconsistencies and misrepresentations in handling the cannabis issue have strained the relationship between the good guys and law enforcement while we import cannabis related products from Canada legally.

Illegal distribution of cannabis will continue, Black Markets will benefit, cartels will grow revenues, and productivity will be lost searching for quality safe cannabis as long as our laws are woefully wrong on the issue.

According to the SD Standard, "Earlier this year, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released a report that shows the percentage of Colorado high school students who consumed cannabis at least once in the previous 30 days had decreased from 19.7% to 13.3% between 2013, the year after Coloradans voted to legalize, and 2021". (source)

According to the SD Standard, "Earlier this year, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released a report that shows the percentage of Colorado high school students who consumed cannabis at least once in the previous 30 days had decreased from 19.7% to 13.3% between 2013, the year after Coloradans voted to legalize, and 2021". (source)

It remains to be seen how responsible cannabis use promoted through education will affect traffic accident rates.

It remains to be seen how responsible cannabis use promoted through education will affect traffic accident rates.

It remains to be seen how responsible cannabis use promoted through education will affect traffic accident rates.

If true, prices will go down, quality and responsible use will go up, and over time the Black Market will lose control of the industry.

Certain types of jobs can most certainly require a person not be under the influence of alcohol, cough syrup, cannabis, or opiods. That does not mean the state is justified in taking away the rights of people who use cannabis outside the work place and who work in jobs not requiring such safety standards.

If more people choose cannabis over alcohol, we may see a displacement in these numbers that favors public safety. Furthermore, without adequately controlled studies conducted legally by qualified people, we may never truly know the answer to this and other questions about cannabis. There are many products with warning labels for driving. Cannabis should be afforded the same consideration, and cannabis users should be afforded the same consideration as people who use cough syrup and opioids.

The propagandized term, "cannabis use disorder" would be more accurately named "cannabis overuse", which is certainly possible. However, people do turn to cannabis, alcohol, opioids, over exercising, and other means of coping as a result of trauma, marginalization, social manipulation, intrusive surveillance, and stress from fear of going to prison.

Certain types of jobs can most certainly require a person not be under the influence of alcohol, cough syrup, cannabis, or opiods. That does not mean the state is justified in taking away the rights of people who use cannabis outside the work place and who work in jobs not requiring such safety standards.

Certain types of jobs can most certainly require a person not be under the influence of alcohol, cough syrup, cannabis, or opiods. That does not mean the state is justified in taking away the rights of people who use cannabis outside the work place and who work in jobs not requiring such safety standards. Furthermore, without adequate studies conducted legally by qualified people, we cannot properly ascertain the contents of warning labels or other means of public safety education.

Certain types of jobs or activities can most certainly require a person not be under the influence of alcohol, cough syrup, cannabis, or opiods. That does not mean the state is justified in taking away the rights of people who use cannabis outside the work place and who work in jobs not requiring such safety standards.

Certain types of jobs or activities can most certainly require a person not be under the influence of alcohol, cough syrup, cannabis, or opiods. That does not mean the state is justified in taking away the rights of people who use cannabis outside the work place and who work in jobs not requiring such safety standards.

Many people have long-term stress, anxiety, fear, terror, and paranoia from fear of going to prison because cannabis is illegal. It is worthy of consideration that cannabis itself does not cause paranoia. Furthermore, if cannabis increases mental acuity for the detection of true criminal conspiracies in our society (or other monumentally unfair things), the perception of this criminal activity may cause unease and justified paranoia with regard to public safety.

This assertion is like saying the sky is blue.

Without adequate study performed legally by qualified individuals, we cannot validate such an assertion. In the case of alcohol, we have identified impairment, cancer, and cognitive decline as symptoms of long term use, because we have studied it under fair and transparent circumstances and can suitably warn people of the verifiable risks.

The cannabis industry is not mature. It cannot be considered mature as long as the FDA's scheduling of cannabis continues to intrude on states' rights to build their markets fully. Also, there is no credible evidence suggesting a correlation between legitimate tax and fee paying cannabis establishments and a deprivation and/or mismanagement of a state's budget.

This is categorically false. Cannabis revenues will filter through to employees of dispensaries, where wages will be taxed. Subsequently, the cannabis employee will spend their wages on rent, food, insurance, and other necessities which are taxed at the local, county, and state levels.

For the people who advocate for cannabis, the primary reason for cannabis legalization is not taxation, but freedom, health, and well being.

Any visual "devastation" observed in Denver cannot be directly attributable to cannabis in an age of rising alcoholism, BLM riots, left wing defund police movements, main stream media demonization of elected administrations, lockdowns, and depraved and mismanaged economy.

Over policing and over regulation increase state costs. The over regulation is straining the industry and driving up prices for consumers unfairly to support struggling state budgets. "To put it bluntly, it's like death by a 1,000 cuts, because the more regulation and more taxes coupled with the lack of funding or grant options is killing us," said Melinda Kadinger, chief operating officer and chief financial officer of Cannabis Care Wellness. "There is no real support for this industry."

It is an unsupported claim to attribute cannabis as a proximate cause of these issues in an age of an aging boomer population, rising alcoholism, BLM riots, left wing defund police movements, main stream media demonization of elected administrations, lockdowns, and depraved and mismanaged economy.

Prohibition is not an acceptable reaction to being beaten-out of the industry through inaction, incompetent laws, and government sponsored monopolies. South Dakota's legislature had ample time to solve this issue and did not, while enterprising entrepreneurs took the risks and filled the void. It is inappropriate to use government power to secure market share. It is appropriate to create a free and fair marketplace. Law enforcement can and should be focused on prosecuting illegal business practices, truly harmful substances like meth and opioids, alcohol abuse, and violence.

This is hyperbole and rhetoric.