Alright, have all the pot you want.
If you have cancer, or suffer from hundreds of seizures a day, that is.
Rules should not be made because of the exception.
This is so outrageously ignorant. This is just so...outrageously ignorant. Look into why pot is illegal. Look into who profits and why. Look at what pot actually does and compare it to a legal drug like...hmmm, let's say alcohol. Do you know who funded "a drug free america" in the 90's? Tobacco & alcohol? Can't lose business to a drug that's comparatively far safer and easy enough to grow in your own home now can we? I don't even partake in weed but I am overwhelmed by people who are like you and think like you. It makes no sense and is founded on blind ignorance and fear. Boo on you sir, boo...on...you
You aren't good at composing arguments.
I think I'd debate if I could decipher your comment, but all I know is that your argument opened up calling me an ignorant.
A piece of friendly advice, don't insult someone you hope to have a productive conversation with.
No-one worth convincing will side with the man who uses harsh words before using the right words.
So let's see, I need to have either cancer or seizures to smoke weed? How about the fact that I'm an adult and people who are adults shouldn't "need" rules about which things go into their body's. It's not illegal because it's bad for you. It's illegal because the people who make weed illegal are the ones who profit from it being illegal. That's the argument. Simple as that
Great idea! While we're at it, let's make heroin legal, see where it gets us. Since 'adult' in your opinion obviously equals 'wise', 'educated' and 'responsible', nothing can possibly go wrong, right?
you're right. Since it's illegal, I'm guessing nobody does it! Drugs being legal would be the smarter option of the two. You make it illegal, you create a stigma, and people who actually do have a problem are scared to get help when they need it. There are various pros and they definitely outweigh your cons which i'm still unaware of. Please, enlighten me
@guest, since it's illegal, less people use it. I'm not sure if you understand that making drugs such as heroid leagal would mean anyone can buy it and stick it into their vein. Sure, not everybody would, but there would be a large, and i mean large, number of people trying it out juse because it would be as easily accesible as cigarettes. heroin, in particular, is horribly addictive - almost every one of those moronic curious people would end up an addict. sure, there'd be no stigma about getting help and all but how exactly would you plan on curing millions of heroin addicts? how do you imagine a world like that? out of your mind much?? -.-
Legal drugs would be far safer than what's found on the streets today. Since they're illegal now, drugs lack consumer safety features like product quality control and manufacturer accountability. Nobody denies that currently illegal drugs can be dangerous. But so can aspirin and countless other over the counter drugs, and common household items. Practically anything can kill if used in certain ways. Like HEROIN, salt can make you sick or dead if you take enough of it. The point is to learn what the threshold is, and to keep below it. That many things can kill is not a reason to prohibit them all, it is a reason to learn HOW TO HANDLE these products and provide the desired safety instructions
POINT 2 - Today's drug consumer literally doesn't know what he's buying. The stuff is so valuable that sellers have an incentive to "cut" (dilute) the product with foreign substances that look like the real thing. Most street heroin is only 3 to 6 percent pure; street cocaine, 10 to 15 percent. Since purity varies greatly, consumers can never be really sure how much to take to produce the desired effects. If one is accustomed to 3 percent heroin and takes a 5 percent dose, suddenly you've nearly doubled your intake. Reputable drug manufacturers offering drugs on the open market are driven by different incentives than pushers. They rely on name-brand recognition to build market share, and on customer loyalty to maintain it. There would be a powerful incentive to provide a product of uniform quality. Killing customers or losing them to competitors is not a proven way to success. You're deluded, brother. You're scared and deluded on something you don't understand
^^^^^^this specific group above try this, "if you were wise, educated, and responsible you wouldn't be afraid of firearms". Discuss amongst yourselves.
Then discuss, "if you were wise, educated, and responsible you wouldn't be afraid of 150 kmh speed limits".
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I have epilepsy, and I would never take pot for it because it has extremely detrimental effects on the brain. There have been multiple studies that show that pot breaks down the connections between the two halves of the brain causing schizophrenia and other psychological and neurological issues so taking it for any reason is not really a good idea. Apologies for the rant.
Right!!?? I heard Jimmy did two pots and died!!!!
You're a twat. *drops mic*
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Pot doesn't cause deaths but it can cause psychological issues. It was just my opinion, there's no need to insult me for it. In hindsight, it may be the lesser of two evils for this child, but it should not be taken for every case.
(other guest here) hi, pot doesn't *cause* schizophrenia, it's rather considered as a potential trigger if you're already predisposed. The problem is that you can't tell if the disease would have outbroken anyway without consuming pot, so it's hard to make certain statements about cause and effect.
It does have an effect on the brain of course, I just wanted to set the record straight. greetings from europe :)
Hi europe guest, you are correct. Cause schizophrenia? ooooohh man. No...just no. And to main comment...just...remember where your information comes from. Once upon a time, doctors endorsed smoking! Gee whiz, pa! Anyway, don't be ignorant. Unless...are you from the tobacco companies!?
Demoneyes, the thing you need to realize about "studies" is that the american government has been funding studies that then HAVE to associate weed with something bad. Almost all the ideas of "it does this to your brain" come from the study that literally deprived oxygen from monkeys for 5 minutes straight by pumping pure smoke to their lungs, and being deprived of oxygen is what actually caused brain damage. There has been studies that imply IF YOU ALREADY HAD SCHIZOPHRENIA tendencies weed can make it worse. Other than that, there's little to worry about. Personally its helped me with chronic depression, but some people feel it worsens it. Its all about who you are and how you use it. Sorry for my rant
Ok...so what about other countries who have conducted studies on humans in mental institutions, finding that those who have depression or bi-polar, who abused marijuana, developed schizophrenia or multiple personality disorder in every single case...were they oxygen deprived monkeys? or is that just a united states thing. My cousin is now as slow as a brick and doesn't know why he blacks out and does things he cant remember doing, all from being depressive and smoking marijuana that led to bi-polar that triggered his schizophrenia...you cant advocate for people who have disorders by comparing them to american monkeys. Smoke all the weed you want...please just find out if you don't have an underlying mental illness first. sorry for my english, its not my first language
That's the thing, you have to have the predisposition. If you have that predisposition then yeah, weed can act as a trigger for psychosis but you're not going to just develop schizophrenia by smoking pot
My mothers small fiber polyneuropthy has improved by leaps and bounds since she started her pot pills. She's nearly weaned off narcotics that were killing her liver!
The medicinal marijuana is completely different from the recreational frug. The Medicinal is Genetically modified to remove the THC. The THC gives the High effect and is the dangerous part this is therefore removing the main danger
This is untrue. There are two main active chemicals in marijuana, recreational or otherwise; those are THC and CBD. THC is the chemical that activates transmitters of dopamine and serotonin, while CBD activates transmitters of melatonin as well as having anti-inflammatory effects.
That is not true. I don't know where you heard that, but it's not true. The reason it is prescribed to people with depression is because it stimulates dopamine and serotonin in the brain, making people happy. If you read my previous post, you would know that THC is the chemical responsible for the stimulation of those transmitters.
At which point it is no longer classified as a drug. It is not made to be that way, it is that way by nature; levels of active chemicals are merely controlled in lab grown marijuana, it is done it hopes to regulate dosage. You speak truth Sixuerui (and Unicornhunter), but I will not allow Benelenium to take your statement as defense of his argument.
Yeaahhhh, just read the article. That's a particular strain of weed called "Charlotte's Web"...@benelenium, is there a reason you're actively trying to spread misinformation or do you like cultivating and proliferating fear and ignorance? I'm just curious
Marijuana only has a bad rep because its illegal (in the majority of America). If it was legal there would be no problems. Everyone opposed to marijuana better never drink alcohol. Y'all never see a dude smoke a joint and beat his wife.
Look, halesyeah, just because alcohol taken in certain amounts can have negative effects (and it does), doesn`t mean weed is perfectly fine. I will freely admit that it is not as bad as some people make it out to be, but it does still have negative effects on the brain. That is why I think it should be illegal, because it harms peoples` brains. And before you ask, no I don`t drink, mainly because of the negative effects it also has.
I hope you guys know that using cannabis oil and using pot are two different things... You don't smoke the oil, you just eat a tiny amount. THe oil isn't bad for you..
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Have no problem with medical marijuana. Nothing is inherently good or bad. It's how you use it. Yeah dad!
Just because it can help epileptic people, doesn't mean you should have it because you're a spoiled brat who wants some pot and that's it.
Medical use of something isn't the same as recreational use.
Don't be so short minded.
Ahahahahaha...mintygarden...so close minded :) If you want to use pot, guess what? Do it then! We don't need people like you telling other people not to do something because they're scared of something they know nothing about! You're the short sighted one. Life is short. You're gonna die someday. Enjoy yourself. bebajune...you do you. Your message is wise and considerate. Keep it up
I remember a time where things were right and wrong. Then people told me some things were wrong because dangerous things were on the "wrong side", and that the "right side" was right because that "wrong side" was dangerous.
Now I see people telling me it's "right" because they have a perceived idea that they can do what they want and that's freedom, and the "wrong side" is wrong is because they are old and outdated.
I hate human nature. What utterly fickle bastards.
I don't believe pot is a gateway drug. Saying that people who do both pot and hard drugs such as cocaine got to that point because they used pot in the past is a bad argument. It's a causation fallacy. Just because a majority of people who are addicted to cocaine (for example) have smoked pot in the past does not mean that the pot was the cause of the eventual use of (or gateway for) cocaine. I could argue that sliced bread is a gateway drug because virtually 100% of people who are addicted to cocaine have consumed sliced bread in their past. "If I'm willing to snort lines of coke off a public toilet seat in a club, there's basically nothing I'm not willing to do. Someone asks me to smoke some weed? Sure I'm already coked up. Why not?" No one thinks of alcohol as a gateway drug but obviously everyone who does drugs also does or has drank alcohol before. It's the same situation. But people like to put fake blame on marijuana. Let me end my...dissertation here.
Also I just want to add that I don't even smoke I just like to defend it because it gets a bad rap and there are so many medical and recreational benefits to it. Obviously it isn't a miracle cure all, nothing is. But it's damn good at a lot of things.
If you have cancer, or suffer from hundreds of seizures a day, that is.
Rules should not be made because of the exception.
I think I'd debate if I could decipher your comment, but all I know is that your argument opened up calling me an ignorant.
A piece of friendly advice, don't insult someone you hope to have a productive conversation with.
No-one worth convincing will side with the man who uses harsh words before using the right words.
You're a twat. *drops mic*
It does have an effect on the brain of course, I just wanted to set the record straight. greetings from europe :)
Ya...
if this is true I approve of controlled medical marijuana
Medical use of something isn't the same as recreational use.
Don't be so short minded.
Now I see people telling me it's "right" because they have a perceived idea that they can do what they want and that's freedom, and the "wrong side" is wrong is because they are old and outdated.
I hate human nature. What utterly fickle bastards.