“Well.... Some things are bad for people. Who the hell cares?
You really did nail it with this statement.
My friend was prescribed Prozac for PMS. Within three days, my happy friend (who became unreasonably irritable right before her period) was suicidal. And I mean, slashing her wrists in front of her husband, screaming, throwing glasses, out-of-her-mind suicidal.
That was 20 years ago. Since then, she’s gone in for help with mild depression and the doctors hear her story of PROZAC and say, “Well, we know that SSRI’s won’t work for you. Let’s stay our of that area and try something else.”
So why is that the reaction to an anti-depressant, but not to marijuana? Why is is reasonable for a doctor to say, ‘this obviously doesn’t work for you so we’ll try something else’ when it comes to anything man-made, but if that’s the reaction to marijuana... let’s freak the hell out?
Some medicines need to be empirically tested.
Doctors know better today about SSRI medications than they used to. To write a script for 30 days worth of Prozac and say “see me next month” is now known to be asking for trouble. The doctor and druggist and medication label now all scream at you to get back to the doctor ASAP if you have certain side effects.
One beneficial thing about legalizing MJ would be to bring its quality control issues out into the sunlight. You can get standardized herbs from A to Z at your local health food store, because they don’t have to go sneaking around. But clandestine “pot” might vary wildly in potency.
Because - HIPPIES! That's why.