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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 09:06 PM Aug 2020

Nancy Pelosi defends cannabis provision in Democrats' coronavirus aid package

WASHINGTON – Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi defended a provision in the $3 trillion Democratic stimulus bill that would allow legal cannabis businesses to access banking services Friday, while attacking "misrepresentation" in Republicans' proposed package.

Asked to respond to the accusation that the cannabis language is not "directly related" to the coronavirus response, the California Democrat said she does not agree.

"This is a therapy that has proven successful," Pelosi said at a press conference.

Pelosi did not cite any studies or health officials that have said cannabis may be a treatment for the coronavirus. Researchers have started to explore the possibility of its uses in treating lung inflammation, Forbes reported earlier this month, though no studies have yet shown any definitive benefits of cannabis use in treating COVID-19. It is legal for use in treating other medical conditions in many states, however.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nancy-pelosi-defends-cannabis-provision-195916455.html

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Nancy Pelosi defends cannabis provision in Democrats' coronavirus aid package (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2020 OP
Kickin' Faux pas Aug 2020 #1
Access to banking services is long overdue lordsummerisle Aug 2020 #2
There's also this... jmowreader Aug 2020 #3
I'm hoping studies will be conducted. 2naSalit Aug 2020 #4

lordsummerisle

(4,649 posts)
2. Access to banking services is long overdue
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 09:24 PM
Aug 2020

whether or not the cannabis products are used in covid-19 treatment. I would think that in addition to eliminating the hassle these companies face for always having to use cash, it would be stimulative economically for consumers to be able to use credit/debit cards.

jmowreader

(50,447 posts)
3. There's also this...
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 09:27 PM
Aug 2020

If you're sitting in your house, just chilling, listening to the Grateful Dead and smoking kine bud, you are by default social distancing.

In fact, if we were to issue every man, woman and child in this country a pound of weed and strict instructions to go nowhere until it's gone, the Coronavirus would be extinct in a month. And while that sentiment is obviously facetious, I can't help but notice that Seattle (where weed is legal) is seeing a decline in COVID cases and Idaho (where it is not, dammit) is on the upswing, and wonder if there's a connection.

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