How Conservatives Can Win Stoners Over – Cannabis | weed | marijuana

How Can Canada’s Conservatives Win over Stoners? Or whatever you want to call Canada’s class of cannabis connoisseurs, entrepreneurs, employees, recreational users and medical patients.

Many of these people voted for the Liberals in 2015. I’m sure many are planning to do this again. And can you blame them? Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is not exactly pro-drugs.

His vision of making Canada the freest country on earth hinges on how one defines freedom. It’s a topic we’ve already covered.

Suppose the Conservatives want to win stoners over. You should listen to the head of a regional constituency in New Brunswick.

In her contribution, she calls on Canada’s Conservative Party to pursue policies that “eliminate the excise tax on medical cannabis, promote compassionate patient care and promote its potential as a safer, Made in Canada alternative to addictive opioids.”

Conservatives can win over stoners (and many others) by solving the opioid crisis.

Who cares about the stoner population?

“Stoner” might pull together images of a slacker glued to the couch, smoking a giant bong, watching cartoons while eating kid’s cereal and laughing his ass off.

Of course that’s a stereotype. A simple internet search for “successful cannabis users” will bring you a list of entrepreneurs and professionals.

So don’t dismiss the “stonehead” population as a bunch of burned-out hippies. They’re normal people like you and me. Instead of enjoying a beer or wine with dinner after work, we turn to cannabis.

Millions of Canadians grab caffeine first thing in the morning. A fraction of them use THC in the same way.

As we’ve already discussed, phytocannabinoids produce a feeling similar to that of a runner’s high. And of course, medical cannabis has a lot of benefits for the body as well.

However, due to cultural conditioning, some of us give the herb a lot more credit than we should. We give him credit for the things we do.

And like the mirror image of cannabis advocates, more conservative-minded Canadians give the herb more credit than they should. They blame it for things that are the consumer’s responsibility.

Cannabis will not make you successful, nor will it destroy your life. Your life is in your hands. You have the choice. Cannabis is a flower. An inanimate object.

So it would be wise for Conservatives to reach out to Canada’s stoner population and win them over.

How Conservatives Can Win Over Medical Patients

Canada’s Conservatives can win stoners over by adopting the provincial constituency motion.

From the justification:

Canadians seeking relief from medicinal cannabis are facing undue financial burdens due to the current excise tax. This policy eliminates such inequalities and emphasizes compassionate care. Additionally, in the midst of an opioid crisis, medicinal cannabis could serve as a safer, home-grown alternative to highly addictive opioids. At the same time, it strengthens our local cannabis industry and boosts economic growth. Eliminating this tax is also consistent with the principles of tax conservatism and eliminates a regressive levy that disproportionately hits people with chronic health conditions. This policy balances compassionate care, potential opioid dependence reduction and economic growth, demonstrating a balanced approach to health and industry.

Of course, that doesn’t convince everyone. Canada’s medical cannabis patients have long memories. You remember how the Harper administration targeted private cannabis gardens.

Harper dragged medical patients through the courts, forcing them to defend their private property.

Although Allard ultimately sided with the medical patients against Queen, had Harper won the election in 2015 he likely would have appealed the decision.

So if conservatives want to win over Canada’s medical cannabis patients, they have to start with an apology. And then the promise never again to target private gardens.

But of course politicians lie. One more reason to abolish the system and set up a private company.

How conservatives can win over stoners

The New Brunswick proposal could result in the conservatives winning over some medicinal cannabis patients, probably all licensed producers, and some stoners along the way.

But what else can they do?

Consider the language of submission. “Abolishing this tax is also consistent with the principles of fiscal conservatism.”

Why not abolish all consumption taxes? Beyond medical and recreational cannabis. What about alcohol, tobacco or gambling?

“Excise taxes” are sin taxes. Governments have determined that some of our actions are morally wrong but legally permissible. Ergo, an “excise tax” is levied.

But this idea is incompatible with individual freedom. It’s downright disgusting. Who decides that cannabis or gambling is immoral?

“Cost to the healthcare system!” Some may cry, especially when it comes to tobacco and alcohol.

So? Legalize personal insurance. If no one harms you or your property, what business is it of yours? be an adult Stop caring about how other people live their lives. It’s not your concern.

Especially when it comes to a harmless herb like cannabis. This is a message that Conservatives should endorse.

Excise taxes are money stealing. Not unlike Trudeau’s carbon tax.

A secure supply of CBD

Conservatives can win over stoners by reading the literature on CBD, cravings, and opioid use.

Many Canadian cannabis professionals support or advocate British Columbia’s decriminalization of drugs and the “safe supply” of medicines. Poilievre isn’t convincing any of them at the moment.

But here’s how to flip the narrative.

As we have repeatedly pointed out, the “safety of supply” of taxpayer-funded drugs benefits the big drug companies who are responsible for this mess.

So why not a compromise? Conservatives can win stoners over by promising a taxpayer-funded supply of CBD cannabis flower.

CBD (or cannabidiol) reduces stimulus-induced cravings and anxiety in heroin addicts. At least that’s what one double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study found.

By promoting CBD instead of “more opioids to solve the opioid crisis,” conservatives can fall back on this “Made in Canada” strategy that doesn’t empower big pharma.

How conservatives can win over stoners

2011 election results: Conservative majority, Liberals 3rd place

Thanks to the Harper years, conservatives have an uphill battle with Canada’s medical cannabis patients. It can take decades to restore trust.

Therefore, Canadian Conservatives would be well advised to accept this proposal from New Brunswick. It would be prudent to extend this policy to the entire cannabis industry, whether for medicinal or recreational use.

If an RCT is not sufficient, they should also advocate funding for further studies investigating CBD (and other phytocannabinoids) as treatment options for problem opioid use.

But the worst thing conservatives can do to win over stoners is repeat AA phrases and pretend that drug users have mental disorders.

A good rule of thumb is? Replace “drugs” with “guns,” and if it sounds like something Justin Trudeau would say, don’t say it.