So did I and many others here. You don't hold the moral authority around here buddy!
You drug warriors are much like those who supported Prohibition back in the 1920s-early 30s, stomping all over the Constitution in your quest to "purify" America from the "evils" of alcohol and weed, wrapping yourself in the flag while persecuting fellow Americans.
This country has enough problems with the effects of alcohol and its related destruction of families and ultimate deaths, why do you use that as an argument to support another drug that has no benefits to society whatsoever?
Follow the money dude, all the arguments in favor of legalizing marijuana have come from highly paid lobbyists who have a monetary vested interest in it becoming legal.
There's not a medical professional I know (and my family is filled with them) that agrees that marijuana has any medical benefits whatsoever.
I have no idea what your medical condition is that makes you think that marijuana makes you feel better, but if marijuana helps you, then perhaps you should lobby to legalize medically approved heroin. That would make you feel even better.............
Bravo!
Was ending alcohol Prohibition a mistake?
Follow the money dude, all the arguments in favor of legalizing marijuana have come from highly paid lobbyists who have a monetary vested interest in it becoming legal.
I haven't been paid a dime.
There's not a medical professional I know (and my family is filled with them) that agrees that marijuana has any medical benefits whatsoever.
The Institute of Medicine has reported several.
If it has zero benefit, then why does Marinol exist? (Besides the obvious answer that it exists to make small amounts of people lots of money for synthesizing that which exists naturally).
If it has no effect then why are there ample examples of people with constant seizures, or Parkinson's, or any number of other maladies, who try all available medicines with little effect, but who improve when they try marijuana?
We HAVE medically approved heroin. The most common form being Oxy though there are many other. And they’re all highly addictive, and a big part of why we’ve got a major heroin problem in this country.
See that’s part of the stupidity of modern drug laws. We hand out heroin like freakin candy, cry to the wind over all these addicts we get, and refuse to let people use non-addictive marijuana even though it’s proven to be an effective painkiller. Instead we invent a new drug specifically to tackle opioid induced constipation.
“...why do you use that as an argument to support another drug that has no benefits to society whatsoever?”
As someone who began using cannabis as medicine in 2015, I can assure you that statement is incorrect. I replaced multiple big pharma drugs with cannabis after taking them as prescribed for 20+ years & my quality of life is immensely improved.
I lost 75 lbs of fat since using cannabis vs big phama meds since Feb 2015. I’m 1000% more active & feel free of depression & anxiety. The quality of my work has improved & I’m busier now than I’ve been in 10 years.
If you don’t like cannabis, fine. Don’t use it. But don’t tell those of us who know better that there isn’t any benefits to cannabis. Reefer Madness was pure propaganda & millions of people who use cannabis, work their jobs, pay their bills & raise their families know better. That’s why 71% of voters in Florida decided medical cannabis should be available to people who can BENEFIT from it.
“There’s not a medical professional I know (and my family is filled with them) that agrees that marijuana has any medical benefits whatsoever.”
Why would they? They aren’t allowed by federal law to study it!
So did I and many others here. You don't hold the moral authority around here buddy!
I wasn't claiming moral authority. I was responding to one of the many insults flung by ifinnegan:
You are, nay, have, destroyed this great country.
I volunteered to serve at the end of the Vietnam Era and ifinnegan was accusing me of destroying the country because I smoked pot in Colorado, which is total BS! How would you like it if some self-righteous a-hole told you that you have destroyed our country? You wouldn't.
“This country has enough problems with the effects of alcohol and its related destruction of families and ultimate deaths, why do you use that as an argument to support another drug that has no benefits to society whatsoever?”
Maybe because temperance nuts already tried alcohol prohibition and we know with a certainty it just made the problem worse? That’s why we bring it up, because modern temperance nuts keep forgetting that prohibition doesn’t work.
If people want an escape, they will find one, and they won’t give a damn about what laws you pass. If you want to get people off drugs and alcohol, you need to convince them to want to get off them, not use the brute force of government to try to change human nature.
Either they're lying, or you are. My family also has a few MDs and other doctorates in it.
At a bare minimum, it relieves pain better than aspirin and ibuprofen (without the anti-inflammation effects). It acts as a very effective appetite stimulant (important for many maladies, both physical and psychological). It is exceptional as a stress-reliever. Toss aside all of the other claims about cancer and Parkinsons and the other biggies... those 3 I listed alone are huge and basic medical benefits that are undeniable by any human being with an ounce of education or common sense. So, once again, ether they're lying, or you are. Care to guess which?