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Should pot be legalized?
- Thread starter Sunstone
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meogi
Well-Known Member
It needs to be legalized (federally). My aunt is going through Chemo right now, and legal marijuana would be a benefit for her. (Note: She is no stranger to the use of marijuana, none of my family is. Although no one of the 30+ age bracket use it anymore, they do know the benefitial effects it has for pain/nausea. It is just too expensive, and too risky for her to be taking it though.) There have been no long term effects. None. Hell, here's a quote from the drug abuse website ( http://www.drugabuse.gov )
Not to mention the FDA's own medical marijuana test. It was shut down by Bush Sr. in his re-election campaign saying, "This scourge must STOP". But the people enrolled on it still receive their marijuana... there were 20 or so (terminally ill patients) in the beginning (started in mid 80's, so it didn't have a long run, and was very secretive). 20 years later, 5 of them are left... I think 2 of them died in the last few years. They can smoke anywhere they want (there's pictures of one of them smoking in front of the white house/capital building). I'll quote him: "20 years now I've been getting medical marijuana from the federal government.... and they still don't wanna know how well it works."
Alaska is voting on this matter today as well: ( http://www.adn.com/front/story/5710310p-5643251c.html )
We'll see if they can get things started in the right direction...
No long term effects. And heavy smokers (of anything) having repiratory problems!? Whoa now... and sick days? I don't know how deep their research went, but being stoned is not a good reason to tell your boss your not comming into work. (I know skipping work is a bad thing... but what do you think you're gonna tell your boss?)
Not to mention the FDA's own medical marijuana test. It was shut down by Bush Sr. in his re-election campaign saying, "This scourge must STOP". But the people enrolled on it still receive their marijuana... there were 20 or so (terminally ill patients) in the beginning (started in mid 80's, so it didn't have a long run, and was very secretive). 20 years later, 5 of them are left... I think 2 of them died in the last few years. They can smoke anywhere they want (there's pictures of one of them smoking in front of the white house/capital building). I'll quote him: "20 years now I've been getting medical marijuana from the federal government.... and they still don't wanna know how well it works."
Alaska is voting on this matter today as well: ( http://www.adn.com/front/story/5710310p-5643251c.html )
We'll see if they can get things started in the right direction...