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posted by takyon on Sunday April 14 2019, @07:57AM   Printer-friendly
from the Welly,-welly,-welly,-welly,-welly,-welly,-well dept.

Devolver Digital is running into trouble with its game, Weedcraft, despite cannabis entering into an age of legalization. The game is about managing a cannabis business from startup to empire, but the videos have been demonetized on YouTube. Facebook is also causing trouble with the game which covers multiple scenarios from prohibition to full legalization. Treatment of the game on those, and other platforms, has been inconsistent.

"It's really hard to say how the game will be affected," Wilson told me. "A lot depends on how much [digital marketplaces] Steam and GOG continue to support its visibility and how many people share the story. All we can do is try to make a conversation happen around the industry and with gamers about this insanity and try to make changes. "

Wilson also pointed out that both YouTube and Facebook run ads for hyper-violent video games. Assault is illegal pretty much everywhere, whereas recreational weed use is legal in many states, such as California, Colorado, and all of Canada.

"We all know that violence/murder is A-OK, and that sex or drugs are not, even when presented in a thoughtful way to an audience with an average age of 40, but we've all known that for far too long," he said.

See also: YouTube, Facebook put up ad roadblocks for Weedcraft, Inc. business sim


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by NotSanguine on Monday April 15 2019, @02:51AM

    I literally started my post with "I'm all for legalization". We need legalization so we can get more clinical studies about the health benefits and risks of cannabis.

    Yes. Yes you did. And when re-reading your post after I finished mine I saw that and was more than a little embarrassed. My apologies for ignoring that portion of your post in my reply. I shouldn't have implied that you feel otherwise.

    And yes, I'm not claiming that CHS is bullshit or that it isn't potentially serious. Research is certainly needed.

    However, I'd posit that at least some (if not most) of the nausea/vomiting and ER visits related to using cannabis are folks who are using edibles and ingest too much cannabis all at once. I've seen that happen on a bunch of occasions, even with folks that smoke/vape quite a bit. The symptoms are usually nausea and vomiting, just like CHS.

    Which is why I'll agree with you again that more research is needed. But it's not really all that surprising. It seems obvious that putting large quantities of chemicals into your body over years or decades may have deleterious effects (e.g., ibuprofen) on your health.

    Another good example is long-term use of alcohol, which is linked to all sorts of maladies which have much higher rates of mortality than CHS.

    Once again, my apologies for ignoring the clear and unambiguous statement in your post.

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