Marijuana for everyone!

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  1. Should marijuana be legal?

    • 48
      It should be illegal/criminal
    • 136
      only legal for medicinal use
    • 286
      should be legal (and taxable)

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What is your take on the issue of legalizing marijuana?

Much of the research says there are better antiemetics, as Caroladybelle mentioned.

I just can't get past the idea that this is all a ruse so people who want to get stoned can do so legally. And it has very little to do with medicinal use.

steph

Much of the research portrayed by scientists and backed by politicians does say so. I agree. The research subjects say that nothing relieves a myriad of symptoms as well as the real thing and just for an antiemetic, although that is one use.

This is exactly what made my research topic so interesting.

It does not seem to be a ruse. The people who use the drug are not getting stoned. They take a hit when needed much like a cardiac patient takes a nitro or an asthma patient a puff. They don't use their medication recreationally.

Is that to say none do? Of course not. Have any legitimate patients ever abused prescribed narcotics for fun?

The conclusion of my paper stated that good solid legitimate research needed to be conducted as with other areas, without political pressure either direction. We need to let our upbringing, DARE classes, and personal feelings about recreational users be set aside for legitimate testing for medicinal purposes.

Few of us would agree with drug seekers, yet we don't make narcotics illegal for medical purpose. Why would we do so with this, at least until proven.

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As I'm sure someone else has said, blazing up a fat J is illegal, therefore not a right, but I don't even care about that. What is it with society that we need some sort of chemical intake in order to cope with life, be it alcohol, MJ, ativan, valium, cocaine, etc. How 'bout trying meditation, exercise, reading a book, or watching a movie, all of which have no adverse affect on your lungs, liver, kidneys, stomach, brain, etc.? Are people unable to deal with life on their own any more? It's quite unfortunate.

I dont need drugs to deal with the absurdities of life

just GOLF and MORE GOLF

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I dont need drugs to deal with the absurdities of life

just GOLF and MORE GOLF

Tom you've got the right idea. If more people used an activity/hobby like you do, (to destress, learn to relax, etc) there would be less need for drugs. We've become a society of people who want an instant pill or fix for everything. :rolleyes:

My hubby's destressing hobby was umpiring kids in Little League. His back went out, and he can no longer do it...he really misses it and he feels the stress creeping in. Now he needs to find something else...:(

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I don't think people are advocating marijuana be used to deal with stress. Golf is great for that. It isn't great for nausea brought on by chemo from what I've heard.

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hmmmm... know where i can get any weed like that? :coollook:

Get in a time capsule and go back to the early 80's in Southern California and hang with my druggie ex-husband. :)

steph

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Much of the research portrayed by scientists and backed by politicians does say so. I agree. The research subjects say that nothing relieves a myriad of symptoms as well as the real thing and just for an antiemetic, although that is one use.

This is exactly what made my research topic so interesting.

It does not seem to be a ruse. The people who use the drug are not getting stoned. They take a hit when needed much like a cardiac patient takes a nitro or an asthma patient a puff. They don't use their medication recreationally.

Is that to say none do? Of course not. Have any legitimate patients ever abused prescribed narcotics for fun?

The conclusion of my paper stated that good solid legitimate research needed to be conducted as with other areas, without political pressure either direction. We need to let our upbringing, DARE classes, and personal feelings about recreational users be set aside for legitimate testing for medicinal purposes.

Few of us would agree with drug seekers, yet we don't make narcotics illegal for medical purpose. Why would we do so with this, at least until proven.

Just to clarify - I wasn't saying that people with cancer and nausea and pain were using the issue of medical use of pot as a ruse . . . . I'm saying that those who want to use it "recreationally" (that term cracks me up) want to make it legal to do so and USE the issue of medical pot to do that.

There has been legitimate testing of marijuana for medicinal purposes - many tests.

steph

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Tom you've got the right idea. If more people used an activity/hobby like you do, (to destress, learn to relax, etc) there would be less need for drugs. We've become a society of people who want an instant pill or fix for everything. :rolleyes:

My hubby's destressing hobby was umpiring kids in Little League. His back went out, and he can no longer do it...he really misses it and he feels the stress creeping in. Now he needs to find something else...:(

For me personally, exercise is great at destressing me . . .I call it therapy. I live in a rural area and in a typical jog I can see deer, squirrels, a creek, fields of alfalfa, rice, and grazing cattle. Bright blue skies, no smog. Taking a walk to our local park on the river with my 4 year old is also destressing. Riding bikes. Hiking.

My husband umpires in Little League too - it isn't "destressing" for him though. :chuckle Especially when the parents start mouthing off. :rolleyes:

This issue of using something artificial to "pump you up" is something our docs take to the local schools . . regarding using steroids. They teach the kids that using steroids to circumvent the hard work necessary to become the best you can be is cheating. The idea that you can "pop a pill" and everything will be better is quite pervasive in our culture. Our kids were heading to the local convenience store and buying up all those packs of "vitamins" with ephedrine prior to football games to get them pumped up rather than just being excited about the game and pumped up by your teammates and the idea of not letting them down, playing your best after working on it all week.

I was involved in a counseling session once during school with a psychologist and a 12 year old boy, whose mom was living in a KOA campground with a druggie and had abandoned her son (this was one of many times she left him). The boy's dad was MIA - who knew where. The boy was depressed by the situation - duh. The doc decided what he needed to feel better was PROZAC . . . funny, the kid perked up and said "oooh drugs . . . . . . .... it made me angry and sad - here the kid had a legitimate reason to be depressed and instead of helping him with coping mechanisms and finding a good home for him - you know, tangible things to help - he told him to pop a pill and his life would be all better.

That attitude is so frustrating . .. That kid is 20 now . .. I wonder where he is?

steph

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and what is so wrong about using marijuana recreationally? don't people drink recreationally? is it ok to beer and wine taste, but not marijuana taste (that's a blast, by the way!).

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OK, OT, but even Steph has tried pot? Well, I guess this makes it official.... I am the only person on earth who hasn't...:D

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OK, OT, but even Steph has tried pot? Well, I guess this makes it official.... I am the only person on earth who hasn't...:D

No, my husband (the one I'm married to now) has never done any illegal drugs. Especially not pot. Growing up in a farm community where the boys bucked hay in the summer in order to get in condition for football in the Fall, my husband had friends who ended up dropping out of all extra-curricular activities in order to stay stoned all the time. He lost some good friends to weed. One of them came to his 30 year reunion - looked like your typical stoner and said he raised pot on the coast. Still lived the same lifestyle he lived 30 years ago - no real stories to tell about growth and learning and loving. (Yep trauma I realize this is just one story).

I see that time in my life as a weakness and I'm ashamed of it. I used pot because a guy I fell for used it - I was in college and working hard and it is a long story but made some choices that were not good for me. I think I only smoked it 5 or 6 times - still, no excuses. I don't blame it on anything except weakness of character in me at the time.

I admire my husband greatly.

steph

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OK, OT, but even Steph has tried pot? Well, I guess this makes it official.... I am the only person on earth who hasn't...:D

I've never tried it. For some strange reason, i want to keep my brain cells.

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and what is so wrong about using marijuana recreationally? don't people drink recreationally? is it ok to beer and wine taste, but not marijuana taste (that's a blast, by the way!).

I find the term "recreational" funny, that's all. :chuckle

What is so wrong is it is illegal. As I said, what kind of an example would I be setting for my kids if I did something illegal and then told them not to? Kinda hypocritical.

steph

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