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Posted on 02/26/2006 7:55:05 AM PST by Wolfie
Did you ever watch the movie while you were stoned?
Me either. Very paranoia producing.
I have never smoked pot.
Actually, those swallowing the big lie about MJ being harmful and even fatal are probably not on drugs.
Hitler took over a country with propaganda. Our country had made MJ illegal with propaganda.
A very simple lie. Easy for even the most stupid to understand. MJ is dangerous. MJ use can be fatal. Repeat the lie over and over until even the most stupid are led to believe that the lie is the truth.
If it can be proven that the healthful elements can be identified and found to be of use in treatment then package it - let it be sold as medicine.
But no way should this dangerous stuff be allowed to be freely grown and distributed to anyone.
I have to say that I succumbed to peer pressure many years ago in college, so even though I think it should be legalized, it has greater psychogenic effects than just simple cigarettes. Even though it has the same effects on the body as cigarettes it is in the same class as alcohol.
There is no maybe about it. Most people cannot afford $400/month for any medication.
But the argument that it doesn't work and is therapeutically less effective, in my extensive experience with patients on this medicine
And my expereince with patients on Marijuana is that it does work and is very effective. If wasn't, you wouldn't have secret medical marijauna clubs accross the country. It is not the only option for cancer sufferers, but it is widely known and available to those who choose it; and it is chosen repeatedly by the sick and dying. They couldn't care one whit about what arguments hold water. They only know that it relieves their suffering.
"But no way should this dangerous stuff be allowed to be freely grown and distributed to anyone".
ANNUAL AMERICAN DEATHS CAUSED BY DRUGS
TOBACCO ........................ 400,000
ALCOHOL ........................ 100,000
ALL LEGAL DRUGS ................ 20,000
ALL ILLEGAL DRUGS .............. 15,000
CAFFEINE ....................... 2,000
ASPIRIN ........................ 500
MARIJUANA ...................... 0
Source: United States government...
National Institute on Drug Abuse,
Bureau of Mortality Statistics
Marijuana is neither addictive as it has no physical withdrawal symptoms when the user quits using it. Marijuana has never caused a fatality from its use that can be document such as lung cancer from smoking MJ.
Dangerous? Aspirin is more dangerous than MJ and causes 500 deaths per year verses zero deaths from MJ use.
How about posting some facts to support your claims? Or do no facts exist to support your claims? One or the other.
Prove your point. Here is your big chance. Post some real facts for all to see.
Hitler took over a country with propaganda. Our country has made MJ illegal with propaganda.
A very simple lie. Easy for even the most stupid to understand. MJ is dangerous. MJ use can be fatal. Repeat the lie over and over until even the most stupid are led to believe that the lie is the truth.
IMHO, cigarettes are more harmful and addicting than marijuana. Why are cigarettes legal?
But no way should this dangerous stuff be allowed to be freely grown and distributed to anyone.
I have to agree with you. But the word "dangerous" is misleading to adults. But put it in terms of our kids. It is so easy to grow an MJ plant anywhere (believe me, it is), so what happens if we let pre-teens have unlimited access to the plants? Why don't we let pre-teens have unlimited access to alcohol?
I am in favor of legalizing it, but there has to be a sensible plan.
I agree. But what would be a plan to legalize it that makes sense? Do you not agree that it is in the same class as alcohol in the way it affects our thinking and functioning?
No, it is nowhere near the same class of drug as alcohol is. Believe it or not, you can do anything high on MJ that you could do straight. Drive a car, function in society, a very long list of anything and everything. That might be hard for you to believe but it is true.
You can't do much when you are drunk. Except fall down or crash the vehicle you are driving. Or commit acts of violence. Or have your marriage destroyed.
Alcohol can be fatal. MJ has no known overdose. Alcohol has withdrawal symptoms that can be bad enough to kill you without being in a detox unit at a hospita. MJ has zero physical withdrawal symptoms.
One is very bad, the other is most benign. One is legal and one is not.
What's wrong with this picture?
I think you are right, cigarettes may be more addictive than mj. It is the "habit" that is hard to break. Nicotine vs hannibus (or what's the mj drug?) may be no different as addictive drugs. I smoked cigarettes for many years as well. When I tried to quit, it wasn't the nicotine that I was addicted to, it was the "habit".
The cigarette companies still have strong lobbying power in congress, esp in VA, as we have just recently seen. It's all politics, when you come right down to it. There is more support, and thus more votes for congressmen to have a war against drugs than to legalize it.
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