OB here; for the record I did call out the BS on sight, bar was returned, they left with the shitty smokes they bought. Just venting my craving for consequences in public is all. Shit like this is what makes fascism so tempting!
As a marijuana advocate, it's embarrassing to see Rick Simpson portrayed in a positive light. The man is a crank and a charlatan - even if he believes his own nonsense - whose bullshit claims re: hemp oil can only cause harm. There are plenty of valid medical and non-medical uses for marijuana, and Curing All Of The Cancer Ever is not one of them - as far as we know. Legalize it for medical use, personal use, and medical research, and then we'll see whether Simpson's baseless claims pan out. Should he be facing jailtime for growing and distributing marijuana? No. Should he be facing jailtime for false medical claims? Almost certainly. As is, The Coast is giving a kind word and media play to some of the craziest alt-med nonsense there is. To paraphrase Minchin: the term for alternative medicine that's been proven to work is simply "medicine".
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