And a case needs to be brought before them.
Marijuana is an illegal substance.
But it is accurate. Getting it approved as medicine is one step towards recreational use.
Weed makes you feel good! Lots of drugs do.
Study finds no link between medical marijuana legalization and crime
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And a case needs to be brought before them.
Marijuana is an illegal substance.
But it is accurate. Getting it approved as medicine is one step towards recreational use.
Weed makes you feel good! Lots of drugs do.
I really don't care if it is legal or not. I just think that if it is beneficial to people for medical reasons, that it is a shame that those people's fates have to be lumped in with people who just want to use it recreationally.
I think you know what I am mean here.
Medical decisions should be made by medical professionals.
Let congress debate about the morality of letting people get high for fun. If the there is scientific proof that a drug is safe and effective, that is all that should be required for drug to be available to patients.
I am not disagreeing with you that it is an accurate description of the current debate, but it doesn't have to be.
It is not like the legal use of opiates as medication has made them any more legal as a street drug.
I do know what you mean but the fact is that it is an illegal substance.
And letting Doctors decide? I would not hedge your bets on that one. Many do not want it legal as they believe there are other drugs that are better. From what I can tell the medical community has the position that says yeah it helps alleviate some ailments but there are other drugs that do more.
Opiates are a scourge.
Would faulty reasoning/logic/politics behind the illegalization have any weight?
Has this road been travelled in this debate yet?
Would you consider alcohol to be a drug?
By medical professionals, I mean more like the FDA, which I assume employs some doctors, but also all types of medical scientists.
As I have said before though, I am not angling for it to be legal or not. All I really want is the choice to be made objectively.
If you happened to be someone with a condition that causes a lot of paid, you likely would not stand by that opinion.
Whole new med pot rules came into play today in Canada. People can't grow their own legally anymore and you can only buy from corporate growers.
They are now testing jellyfish poison for pain control. It's affects the nerves, and stops pain. They may be able to do away with opiates for some types of pain. It looks promising.
There are lots of different substances that can help with pain, but it would take a major breakthrough to find anything as effective as opiates.
In terms of my "personal" experience with medical marijuana, it only comes from when my mom was prescribed marijuana in pill form when she had cancer. It was not a good experience for her.
The thing with opiates is when they are administered for pain properly, they don't make you "high". If anything they just make you drowsy. The marijuana pills made her really really high, which was not something she enjoyed.
I'm sure it may be effective for other people, but that experience does give me some insight into why some doctors do not think it is all that good compared to other options.
I know, that's what is soo exciting out this story. My dad had crushed and fused vertibrae, and bone spurs in his spine that left him unable to walk, sit, lie down without pain. He had been on morphine for 15yrs and was a full flegded addict. It worked for him and made it possible for him to not be bedridden. However, it also interfered with his level of conciousness and it was hard to have a conversation with him some days.
I think it's like this for others and even though doctors try to keep patients from abusing substances, when you're in pain and can get out of it for awhile and feel good too....
It takes a wholy sound, mentally healthy human with will power beyond most to be able to not take advantage of the 'feeling good" part of the drug. It's what makes it sooo addictive.
So I went to go and look for the article and there are a gazillion studies being done using all kinds of venon, animal toxins and such.
Stoned or straight it's all the same. Cough syrup will get you a "drugged driving" charge too if you fail the roadside dance.
I don't see what the problem is with recreational use. Its been proven beyond a doubt that it is much safer than alcohol.
Study: The ‘gateway drug’ is alcohol, not marijuana | The Raw Story
Study: The ‘gateway drug’ is alcohol, not marijuana | The Raw Story
How about really, really a whole lot safer? You don't hear of pot heads offing their spouses, getting into bar brawls, robbing banks, getting into a road rage and offing somebody. The worst you can say about it is they get upset if they run out of Cheetos.Being "safer than alcohol" really isn't much of a standard, Cliffy! -
How about really, really a whole lot safer? You don't hear of pot heads offing their spouses, getting into bar brawls, robbing banks, getting into a road rage and offing somebody. The worst you can say about it is they get upset if they run out of Cheetos.
Oh, O.K. since you put it that way!