I can do that. I also plan to write the Democratic party, although I don't know how much that will do.
The thing that bugs me the most about this whole thing isn't her position itself, it's the massive waste of time and the poor strategy. New Mexico has some major issues such as poverty, lack of resources for the homeless and mentally ill, education, and a lot more. There is rarely anything done about these issues. Instead of focusing on these things, which should really be at the top of Democrat's platform, the representatives in my party waste their time on this nonsense.
The fact of the matter is that the FDA is already wading into this topic. I personally believe that there needs to be regulation and research conducted. This will happen now that the FDA is involved. I know that a lot of you will think that I'm wrong and this is a terrible idea, but that's besides the point. There's no reason for state law makers to take action on this stuff beyond minimum age requirements and perhaps bans on people vaping in some private businesses and public areas, like the grocery store or the movie theater. It's important that we look into the future and try and mitigate risks in the present, but as I said, the FDA will cover this. If there is a substantial risks from e-gics, then the FDA will deal with it. A state representative who has no resources to conduct adequate research has no place making these proposals.
Finally, this is a terrible decision strategically. One thing that all political parties look at is how their actions will effect future elections. We have a number of shops in this city that have done well and there is no way that a flat out flavor ban would not have put them out of business. Destroying small businesses never looks good. Furthermore, this would all be for naught since we could just order stuff online. If flavor bans are one day deemed appropriate, the Federal government should handle that because they are the only ones that can effectively ban flavors.
Actually, I dont think your wrong, I KNOW youre wrong.
The FDA is not our friend and never has been.
Anyone telling themselves otherwise is either delusional or hasnt been around long enough to know better.
Almost 5 years ago I had a successful e-cig company called zapcigs.com and was a registered supplier here on ECF.
Due to a couple of successful reviews of our 901 kits, they were selling like hotcakes, and we decided to roll our initial modest investment in the company as well as the profits we'd made into a larger order.
Bad idea
The FDA seized the entire shipment, 15k dollars worth and destroyed it. Thats a lot of money for a bartender trying to support a family of three on his own.
On top of that they had the nerve to send me a bill for 800 dollars to pay for them destroying my stuff.
The FDA seized other shipments and this was fought by NJoy in front of Judge Leon who ruled the FDAs actions unconstitutional.
This wasnt a class action suit.
It was handled on a case-by-case basis and as a result many of the smaller ecigs companies (there were only a few dozen of us at the time) ended up going out of business and I think this was their intention all along.
I know one supplier here who will remain unnamed who lost 250k dollars but was able to absorb the cost (barely)
The FDA has had it out for us since then and has shown nothing to convince me otherwise in the interim.
End rant/consider yourself informed.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.
I'm just really glad to know that mizzzzzzzzzz thompson knows that vapers across the country helped defeat her -- maybe other politicos will take note, and tremble.
