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simbaandnala23 t1_jcewafz wrote

Reply to comment by testy918 in Psychiatrists that prescribe anxiety medications by Plastic_Awareness_96

Schedule 1 drugs have not gone through rigorous and expensive ($billions) testing that allows them to be put into schedule II-V or unscheduled. DEA also refused to give out any schedule I testing permits that may have allowed certain drugs to be tested for medical use. However, certain organizations that were known for being anti-marijuana routinely received permits for their testing. The process also takes 5-10 years for drugs to be approved. I don’t think the policy changes occurred until the Obama administration. This is also why drugs like Psilocybin and LSD were not studied in the US. DEA wouldn't give out permits and no one had the money for it. MAPS and other organizations finally got the ball moving. Support from Johns Hopkins and other top tier research institutions provided some legitimacy to testing as well.

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Biomirth t1_jcdewgr wrote

Reply to We're hiring CDL Drivers! And we'll give you $10,000 as a bonus. by BmoreCityDOT

For what it's worth, I think you're doing the right thing in marketing your positions aggressively. God knows the city needs some shakeups everywhere and this is a good way to get a few. I think the dollars spent doing the advert will, in the end, look like good money. People generally do want to help their city and this capitalizes on that effectively. I'd like an internship with your strategist.

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sxswnxnw t1_jcd7xc4 wrote

Reply to comment by Only_game_in_town in We're hiring CDL Drivers! And we'll give you $10,000 as a bonus. by BmoreCityDOT

What do you consider to be a livable and average wage?

What are the relevant, subjective reasons an offered salary may not meet that metric?

Are all positions bonus earning? And what is a fair bonus, in addition to (all?) cash in hand (because I believe bonuses are taxed at around 20 percent)?

Personal anecdote : I recall on this subreddit someone saying they want to move to Baltimore, and they wanted to know how much they should make to live comfortably in Baltimore. My response then (maybe 2019 or 2020) was I struggled here Baltimore region in the low $70,000s in one apartment with a mouse problem: that number is roughly what I made when I first moved here. All I know is the consensus on this subreddit was that was an entirely inflated number and multiple folks told their own anecdotes of wonderful, pest free apartments in popular neighborhoods making much less than that. For me, personally, I would struggle at that pay now: I have student debt still, and at that time (when I was making low $70,000s) I had a dog and credit card debt and was not living exciting neighborhoods with lots of amenities out on the edge of the city and Baltimore County.

Those are more current, possibly more relevant-to-you anecdotes, in addition to the recent salary thread (last week or thereabout) which you are free to search for. So again, I am curious to hear what your wage metric is.

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Only_game_in_town t1_jccwsdz wrote

Reply to comment by sxswnxnw in We're hiring CDL Drivers! And we'll give you $10,000 as a bonus. by BmoreCityDOT

It's subjective, it looks different for all sorts of reasons, most not relevant.

What is relevant however is the fact that this wage in this area with our cost of living, with a bonus that isn't cash in hand but is strung out for two years, is pretty dogshit.

Not sure how your wage in the south was relevant at all, not sure why you wrote about rich people working non profits unless they're gonna be charitable by driving a bus.

Circumstances vary, but in in general promoting underpaid work just because it might look good to someone, somewhere, whos somehow worse off already, is how you end up suppressing wages all around. A below average wage should be called what it is.

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sxswnxnw t1_jccorz4 wrote

Reply to comment by Only_game_in_town in We're hiring CDL Drivers! And we'll give you $10,000 as a bonus. by BmoreCityDOT

Most people that post on Reddit are high earners. For various reasons and circumstances. As someone who has not always been a high earner, I am pointing out that what is a good deal, specifically in capitalism and in federalism? Is highly relative. I know plenty of people that work for nonprofits for pennies because they enjoy the work: some aren't the only earners in their households and many (MANY) have inherited money to fall back on or parents who help them and they are happy to work for those pennies. And then there are also people who are the only earners in their households and the rent is perpetually too damn high.

Circumstances vary.

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5wiresam t1_jcciwlz wrote

Reply to Antique String Instruments by Cultured_dude

Appalachian Bluegrass in Catonsville specializes in these instruments and would be worth contacting.

I'm a banjo, mandolin, and guitar player and always have my ear to the ground for good stringed instruments, feel free to send me a direct message, I'd maybe be interested in seeing what you've got.

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