"We may be in for exciting times.The cannabinoid system is an ancient one. Life organized around it. The illegal status of marijuana is less than 100 years old. Political institutions and economic interests organized around it. "How the cannabinoid system functions may be a door to more secrets about the workings of our physiology. And, as when we figured out that the earth revolves around the sun and not the other way around, it might shake up some faulty premises and challenge the work of authorities. "Marijuana medicine and science will change things. New information that conflicts with the prevailing paradigm always does. "Marijuana economics may change things, too. Whether it does depends largely on how the regulatory models shake out and whether the resources – the money – generated under legal status flow to new players, provide broad opportunities for entrepreneurship, build the middle class, or find their way to the more deeply dug grooves of those who already command the resources of the economy. "Marijuana politics is the tool that is used to reinforce current patterns, networks and flows — or to dig new grooves and enable change."
Posted on: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 22:41:03 +0000