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There has been mountains of evidence that marijuana can be used to help all sorts of ailments such as pain that is associated with cancer and aids patients. It has also been shown to help with anorexia so why oh why if not make it legal for recreational use(which in my opinon it should be , alcohol which is much more harmful is very legal and causes much more social problems like drunk driving alcoholism ect but thats just my opinon)why not make it legal for medical use. I see some states have but why not the whole country it seems insane to me ...what about you guys what do you think?
I think that it is not a case of stopping the medical use of it, but rather the non-medical abuse of it.
there are many reasons, but just an example, you are stating medical use okay. then you also state that recreational use is the same thing which it is not.
For instance, would you advocate the recreational use of (legal and medicinal use) of paracetamol or cough medicine?
this is just one reason.
medical use and recreational use are different. Just my 2cents worth.
i said in my personal opinon it should be legal(at least descriminalized) for recreational use i never said that they were the same thing...besides legal drugs like alcohol(YEP A DRUG),coughsyrup,cigaretts,asprin ect are abused everyday. I personally do not see why it is not legal especially since drugs like alcohol are far more dangerous and have caused WAYYYYYY more trouble for our society than marijuana ever could but i digress im mainly talking about marijuana for medical use. You do know that most "illegal" drugs were at first used for medical use they use to put cocaine in cough drops for pete sake. I just dont see why our government would keep something that has been proven to help people with certain chronic dealthy illnesses.
I don't have a problem with as you say medical use of the drug. But you still are talking about two different concepts-one medical use for deathly ill patients and the other, recreational use.
Your government's stand is a different matter, are they preventing medical use of marijuana OR recreational use??
Both ....but my main question here is about why the government countinues to make something that could be so helpful to so many ill ppl ilegal..i just put my opinon about recreational use b4 it came into question. What are the laws in Australia? BTW a side question whats it like living in australia?
Twelve states have medical marijuana laws. The government IS refusing its use by sick people in the other 38 states. Plus, the federal government has said that it will NOT recognize the law in those states that do have a passionate use law. So, even though their state has said its fine, THOSE patients risk their butts landing in the federal slam every time they buy and take their medicine.
Is it screwed up? Sounds like it to me.
Should they legalize pot? Of course they should for a jillion different reasons that even law enforcement has finally come to agree with. The problem is we don't have a leader willing to lead..
It IS a shame. The most dangerous thing about pot is getting caught with it. That ain't right.
All one has to do is look back at how the wealthy and politically connected in America were able to demonize hemp (marijuana) back in the 1930's and get the marijuana stamp act passed, making it illegal.
In the 60's, in an effort lead by Timothy Leary, we were able to overturn this law because of the way it was written. The law stated that in order to possess marijuana, you had to have a marijuana stamp issued by the federal government. But, in order to obtain the stamp, you had to have possession of the marijuana first. Therefore, in order to obey the law, you first had to break it, and would be arrested for having the marijuana without the stamp, when you when to apply for the stamp. How retarded was that!!!
They produced films, and news clips, showing people in a deranged state of mind, claiming everything from chopping their parents up with an ax, to jumping off a high rise building.
It is funny to watch these films now, but back then, it terrified the entire nation. The brain washing worked, and it worked very well.
Yes, it should be legal, and someday I believe it will be, after the folks that either witnessed these outrageous films and reports, or were subject to the preaching and continued brain washing by these people have passed on, and it can be looked at for what it is, and not what it was made out to be by this underhanded tactic.
what i dont get it ppl who saw those films back then should maybe look at those films again now that they are older(sometimes when you see something again after a few years you get a different perspective example seeing a film that scarred u when u were little)
The stance on not allowing its medicinal use for patients is absurd. Although its recreational use is debatable.
It does present concerns over people that drive or freak out on the stuff. I'm not sure it's totally harmless or that it should be sold in stores, i'll stop short of condoning that.
Why is alcohol legal, thats a money issue to be sure. I would submit that if weed was as readily available than the streets would become even more dangerous.
The problem isn't what marijuana does, it's how society accepts it.
In Europe, there is barely a legal drinking age, however, you go out at night and you see kids that barely drink. They go to a pub, grab a beer, and head home. Very few children actually abuse alcohol in Europe as they do here in the states.
Same thing with pot. I was in Amsterdam two weeks ago. Sure, people smoked pot, but mostly tourists. A lot of the locals just kinda relaxed outside with a joint, sharing it with a group, but no one got extremely high.
I feel like that's the main problem in the states.
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