Things we should be lobbying for thread

[MigraineMan]

Let's try and capture what we should be lobbying for in some fine detail. I am thinking everything from the top (NHS, Subsidised for UC, PIP, etc) down to what we expect out of clinics and pharmacies.

I for one would love to see harvested on dates being made available on packs in the future, tells me a lot more than an expiry date that I have no context on.

 

[Rimmerworld]

More powers for us when things go wrong aka opening up bad bud and the clinic not interested in returns

 

[MigraineMan]

I'll add to that with when they are advertising a strain and selling an expression that is not the atypical expectation, *cough* Death Bubba *cough*.

If we had some baselines for major terpenes expected we could tell at a glance when the pheno is a variation/outlier?

 

[Rimmerworld]

I'll add to that with when they are advertising a strain and selling an expression that is not the atypical expectation, *cough* Death Bubba *cough*.

If we had some baselines for major terpenes expected we could tell at a glance when the pheno is a variation/outlier?

Check my Aurora® thread, Its so bad they can change anything and no ones apparantly got any power as its not for the MHRA issue. The COA is a flawed system it goes by description where it should have an expert who can spot fake claims.

 

[Delta 9]

Yes subsidised for ppl receiving benefits . Flower has to be sold by 6 months of harvest date. In pharmacies within a month of harvest . To be able to press flower into rosin and butter etc using up old flower no longer used. No penalties for smoking it just like cancard holders. Indica Sativa causing issues so use nld bld and dominance of whatever parent since all polyhybrids anyway. Patients who can and want to grow their own should do and be subsidised for electricity usage even under research and developement license where all data goes to whoever, Patients allowed to breed own strains taylored to them under r & d then genetics could be shared to whoever. We could grow and breed and collect data to put into database that helps clinics or universites even share genetics if legacy breeders on board etc. medical cannabis equipment should come with at least 50% off as all far too expensive and cashing in on health.

 

[Moon]

Just legalise it.
Must be a free via NHS script for us medication users.

 

[GreenSeer]

Things we should be lobbying for thread-​

- a campaign, ongoing and long term funded by central govt, that is aimed at

1- reducing stigma of cannabis usage. By this, I mean something that directly challenges misconceptions and hostility toward it. Within this, something that directly addresses people's usage of godawful, cringey phrases like WHACKY BACCY, GET HIGH etc you all know the words that are just embarrassingly out of date and indicative of a person's mocking or hostile view toward the medicine. Awareness raising. Challenging misconceptions and aged stereotypes.
2- outreach groups within the MH system of the NHS, pain management clinics etc relevant branches of the NHS, social care system, the Police (especially) etc. Could be achieved by staff being given a role within their existing jobs of basically being a MC "Champion"

What might this do?
- convert people from black market customers to supervised, medically prescribed usage.
- incentivise the govt to take it more seriously in public, afterall, HMRC would sure like to scoop up that 20% VAT on our purchases that otherwise goes underground
- in some cases, marginally reduce organised crime activity
- erode stigma, reduce hostility
- above all else, educate people that their legitimate conditions do qualify, and... that the decision is there for them to consider, viably. If it is in our case, legally classed as a medicine albeit a controlled drug, a medicine is a medicine full stop.

How else?
- social media, easy to do, set it up, set it to repeat itself through different channels, minimal cost, minimal human effort
- tv adverts if funding there
- radio ads if funding there
- all the other places I will prob think of after pressing Post Reply!