“Can anyone point to one person who marijuana helped to make a better person? “
Ask that question about whiskey.
“Can anyone point to one person who marijuana helped to make a better person? “
It’s medical,uses in reducing pain and nausea are real and getting a whole lot better all the time. We should be excited about the possibilities.
Unlike manufactured pharmaceuticals, MJ is an all natural, plant-bases drug. We can manipulate its genes. MJ is cheap and easy to grow and the genetic tools are becoming more accessible. In the not too distant future we will have fine-grained control of the genomes and will be able to create and control many aspects of MJ and create many different variations for many different purposes.
We might, for example, be able to get variations that will numb your body in just the right way, without affecting your mind — you won’t be high at all so you can drive and operate heavy machinery. We might be able to identify and suppress the parts that make it potentially addicting or habit forming, or the parts that damage the brain. Specialized strains could make the best pain killers and sleep aids. Anyone who has dealt with a sick relative or friend taking powerful painkillers knows how hard it is to actually stop or control the pain and how easily addictive the current opiods are. There could be potential drugs for high blood pressure, diabetes and many, many other physical and mental illnesses.
Of course, Big Pharma is not going to like it.
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