I’m a ConservaTarian. That’s a Conservative WITHOUT the dope smoking. ;)
However, medical use is fine with me. I never have understood why using natural products, as our ancestors did, is such a bad thing.
Oh, wait - when you give power back to the PEOPLE...there’s less money to be made off of them!
Now I remember.
That said, if it’s as loosely controlled as our opioid prescriptions have been, then that IS a problem for me.
Kratom is in their radar cross hairs, a relative of the coffee plant. Works on pain with out the HIGH of Weed. And can be used as a tea, though the taste is not pleasant, or put into capsule form. It’s legal in all 50 states still, FDA wants it banned can’t have competition to PIG PHARMA harmful pills.
Indiana prison just ‘lost’ 8K+ Neurotin addictive pain pills. It’s more addictive than 5 mg of NORCO. Tons of side effects, Lyrica is just as bad 50% react negatively to both.
https://americanaddictioncenters.org/addiction-medications/gabapentin/
I’m also a libertarian on weed. Prohibition is always a failed policy. And the DEA is so fabulously corrupt.