[robertpaulsen]

"I said that your judgement was that butane should not be criminalized. You said that the principle on which this judgement is based is that it's not yet a widespread problem."

Partly true.

First, we don't have a "problem" with people using butane to squeeze out the last drops of THC from low-content hemp.

Second, IF it became a problem, we'd have to ask ourselves why it became a problem (ie., what's different).

Third, IF it was determined that some kind of restriction on butane was the solution, then I proposed a voluntary addition of impurities to the butane by the manufacturer.

Lastly, IF those voluntary additions weren't being done, then I stated that I would go to plan B, federal mandatory addition.

Nowhere, ever, did I say that butane should be criminalized, or that butane should be banned.

[ellery]

Nowhere, ever, did I say that butane should be criminalized, or that butane should be banned.

I know! What I'm asking you is why not.