I’ve been using cannabis for over a year to help deal with anti-depressant withdrawal & anxiety. Dramatic improvement in my quality of life & by extension, my wife’s as I had been suffering with severe depression/anxiety since the 1990’s. In the last 14 months I’ve brought my prescribed ativan use down from 4mg a day to 1mg. In a couple of months I hope to done with ativan completely.
I’m also more productive in my work since I began using cannabis. I can do daily tasks now that I could not do previously without being smacked into bed for my efforts.
Cannabis is like anything else. Too much is bad for you. I use it at the end of the day at home only in very small amounts. Decriminalize it & let the states regulate it like they do with alcohol & tobacco. Peace :)
Regardless, even if your particular situation does represent a genuine medical need, that does not negate my contention that medical marijuana laws will be seen as tacit softening on ALL marijuana usage, as it ALWAYS is where it is legalized.
Equating cannabis to alcohol is a tenuous comparison. Even so, alcohol and its deleterious effects on society are provably tragic. Marijuana use acceptance will be just as deleterious, if not more so.
Do you not think that the laws surrounding alcohol are onerous? Entire state and federal departments are set up with billion dollar budgets sucking taxpayer dollars to "manage" the allowed usage of such. Don't think it will be any different with MJ. Regulating an activity is a many times more state-intruding position than an outright ban.