Anti-Narcotic & Anti-Addictive-Drug Coalition (ANC)
This Bill seeks to mainstream cannabis-centered living.
The Bill aims far beyond providing existing users with secure access.
Schools would be restricted from being taught not to use cannabis, in order to prioritize de-stigmatization and emergency preparedness.
Do you currently have people high on cannabis in your life--or disgruntled users only happy or pleasant when they're not suffering withdrawal?
It is a mathematically certain reality, that current laws that suppress cannabis do effectively suppress usage levels compared with recreational legalization policies. It is incontrovertible fact that THC-usage per capita increases from legalization--Minnesota THC-usage would at least triple within a few years.
Introductory Press Conference
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Senator Port Encouraging Minnesotans to Explore THC-Use and to Come to a "Cannabis Understanding:"
Troubling language of Senator Port includes, "People have now, sort of, found different paths into a cannabis understanding….It’s no longer just smoking a joint....It’s in low-dose gummy forms that help you sleep, it’s in an edible form or a drink, a THC beverage, in ways that people see fitting in their everyday lives.”
This notion, here, contradicts Sen. Port and other proponents' bogus promises to the Legislature that the Bill's mandates (normalizing and guarantying statewide-access) will not increase cannabis use.
Sen. Port is encouraging Minnesotans who do not use cannabis to try various forms and potentially join newly minted ranks of daily users.
It is deeply troubling that Senator Port is trying to prevent a Senate Education Committee Hearing to discuss the mandate of messaging to children. The language currently in the bill deliberately avoids requiring schools tell kids they should not be users of THC, but rather merely requires schools disclose certain risks, as well as providing information about treatment options and coping practices for best living as an addict.
