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Miracle Marijuana

Should Medical Marijuana Be Legal?

  • Yes

    Votes: 40 78.4%

  • No

    Votes: 5 9.8%

  • Other

    Votes: 6 11.8%
  • Total voters
    51
I wish they would legalise it so potheads would shut up about it.
 
LiberalAvenger said:
Pot is safer than booze, is my opinion. Pot helps sober you up when you are intoxicated by alcohol such as thunderbird.
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Are you kidding? Mixing pot and alcohol is one of the more dangerous combinations you can make. Remember, one way that your body "cures itself" of alcohol poisoning is by vomiting. One of the things that marijuana does is suppress the vomiting center of your brain... this is why, from a medicinal standpoint, it works will with helping chemotherapy patients. However, if you overindulge in alcohol, and smoke enough pot, your body will NOT be able to purge itself of the alcohol poisoning. This can be quite dangerous... I know I have had to send several clients to the hospital after an episode like this.

Please do not do this, especially if you are drinking a lot.
 
CaptainCourtesy said:
Are you kidding? Mixing pot and alcohol is one of the more dangerous combinations you can make. Remember, one way that your body "cures itself" of alcohol poisoning is by vomiting. One of the things that marijuana does is suppress the vomiting center of your brain... this is why, from a medicinal standpoint, it works will with helping chemotherapy patients. However, if you overindulge in alcohol, and smoke enough pot, your body will NOT be able to purge itself of the alcohol poisoning. This can be quite dangerous... I know I have had to send several clients to the hospital after an episode like this.

Please do not do this, especially if you are drinking a lot.
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I do not drink alcohol. It's toxic.:mrgreen:
 
LiberalAvenger said:
Pot is safer than booze, is my opinion. Pot helps sober you up when you are intoxicated by alcohol such as thunderbird.
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But it still puts you under the influence and you could cause an accident. So why legalize?
 
Herb works better on combating neuropathy than pain pills do. The side effects are also easier to handle. Plus, THC sticks in your fat cells for a month, so you don't have to smoke weed during the day to have it ease your pain.
 
reefedjib said:
Granted use does not increase when legalized. Abuse does not increase either. Presumably this means irresponsible use does not change. But the risk is there that a legal substance can affect other people. This is a problem with alcohol, already legal. Their question was why should we add to the problem?
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If use/abuse does not increase when legalized, then in what way would legalization add to the problem?
 
LiberalAvenger said:
Pot is safer than booze, is my opinion. Pot helps sober you up when you are intoxicated by alcohol such as thunderbird.
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I heard in the news that medical pot helps you stay off alcohol addicting or other harmful drugs too.:)
 
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reefedjib said:
Good point. I should say legitimize the problem.
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In that case, how would legalization leglitimize the problem?

It's true that drug use followed by subsequent behaviors can cause problems for other people, and those subsequent behaviors should be illegal while under the influence. But how would drug legalization cause more problems for other people if legalization doesn't increase drug use in the first place?
 
reefedjib said:
I was talking to my parents about marijuana legalization, and truth is we were talking about hard drug decriminalization as well, and they brought up a great point about mind altering substances. They observed that it is the irresponsible actions taken when under the influence that is the problem. Granted one would be charged with DUI, but that doesn't save the person in the other car you hit while driving high or drunk. Granted use does not increase when legalized. Abuse does not increase either. Presumably this means irresponsible use does not change. But the risk is there that a legal substance can affect other people. This is a problem with alcohol, already legal. Their question was why should we legitimize the problem?

What say you?
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Given that I change "add to the problem" to "legitimize the problem", what's the answer to this question?

Here is the answer I came up with. I think it has to do with that it doesn't increase an existing problem, but it legitimizes the use that occurs anyway. People will still illegally use and cause problems. The difference is that legalizing prevents the creation of criminal enterprise.
 
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reefedjib said:
Here is the answer I came up with. I think it has to do with that it doesn't increase an existing problem, but it legitimizes the use that occurs anyway.
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I hope legalization doesn't legitimize drug use. Its purpose should be to recognize and reflect the reality of the situation. Drug use should stay under the radar and not be integrated into society the same way alcohol is, because then we would have an increase in use.
 
Binary_Digit said:
I hope legalization doesn't legitimize drug use. Its purpose should be to recognize and reflect the reality of the situation. Drug use should stay under the radar and not be integrated into society the same way alcohol is, because then we would have an increase in use.
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Stop evading and answer the question.
 
reefedjib said:
Stop evading and answer the question.
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I'm still trying to understand the question.

reefdjib said:
But the risk is there that a legal substance can affect other people. This is a problem with alcohol, already legal. Their question was why should we legitimize the problem?
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That question assumes a premise that I don't think I agree with.

Binary_Digit said:
In that case, how would legalization leglitimize the problem?
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Binary_Digit said:
I'm still trying to understand the question.


That question assumes a premise that I don't think I agree with.
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Dude, if you legalize it you legitimize it.
 
reefedjib said:
Dude, if you legalize it you legitimize it.
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Wait a minute, go back to the question:

"But the risk is there that a legal substance can affect other people. This is a problem with alcohol, already legal. Their question was why should we legitimize the problem?"

The "problem" you're talking about is drug user adversely affecting other people, right? If so, then the question assumes that legalizing (legitimizing) drugs would legalize (legitimize) inappropriate actions of drug users. That's a false assumption because legalizing drugs does not mean letting people drive intoxicated or smoke crack in front of Toys R Us or do anything else that tangibly infringes on other people's rights. All those things should still be illegal as I explained.

If that's not the problem you're asking about then I still don't understand the question, sorry.
 
Binary_Digit said:
Wait a minute, go back to the question:

"But the risk is there that a legal substance can affect other people. This is a problem with alcohol, already legal. Their question was why should we legitimize the problem?"

The "problem" you're talking about is drug user adversely affecting other people, right? If so, then the question assumes that legalizing (legitimizing) drugs would legalize (legitimize) inappropriate actions of drug users. That's a false assumption because legalizing drugs does not mean letting people drive intoxicated or smoke crack in front of Toys R Us or do anything else that tangibly infringes on other people's rights. All those things should still be illegal as I explained.

If that's not the problem you're asking about then I still don't understand the question, sorry.
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****ing hell. Look, why should we legalize marijuana if it causes those kinds of problems?
 
jr602az said:
I heard in the news that medical pot helps you stay off alcohol addicting or other harmful drugs too.:)
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When you post false and inaccurate information like this you completely hurt the credibility of the pro-legalization side.
 
CaptainCourtesy said:
When you post false and inaccurate information like this you completely hurt the credibility of the pro-legalization side.
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no its just that you don't know nothing about marijuana. why don't you just go educate your self about marijuana;)
 
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jr602az said:
no its just that you don't know nothing about marijuana. why don't you just go educate your self about marijuana;)
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You have constantly shown your lack of knowledge on this by posting inaccurate information. You need to stop and read more objective and credible sources. Your lack of knowledge demonstrates why people don't take those who are pro-legalizers seriously.
 
for those who want it legalised, how would you then regulate it, would you keep it as it is, with gangs growing/selling it, and private individuals growing it, or make it more similar to tobacco, with the whole thing done in farms for profit and such?
 
CaptainCourtesy said:
You have constantly shown your lack of knowledge on this by posting inaccurate information. You need to stop and read more objective and credible sources. Your lack of knowledge demonstrates why people don't take those who are pro-legalizers seriously.
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so i guess the STUDY'S that i heard on the NEWS are false, and yes I'm serious about the legalization of marijuana since i started joining this political website.
 
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jr602az said:
so i guess the STUDY'S that i heard on the NEWS are false, and yes I'm serious about the legalization of marijuana since i started joining this political website.
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The study's you post, present inaccurate information, for the most part, or you misrepresent it. You paint marijuana as harmless. It is not. You paint marijuana as curing a series of ills. It does not. When you present this kind of dishonesty, you do as much damage as those who say that marijuana will make you go crazy or will kill you... which it will not. I'm sure you're serious about legalization. Try to present accurate information so you are taken seriously.
 
CaptainCourtesy said:
You have constantly shown your lack of knowledge on this by posting inaccurate information. You need to stop and read more objective and credible sources. Your lack of knowledge demonstrates why people don't take those who are pro-legalizers seriously.
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The propaganda knife slices in both directions, Cap'n.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMrzGauQJdk"]YouTube- Reefer Madness Clip from 1937 movie[/ame]
 
LiberalAvenger said:
The propaganda knife slices in both directions, Cap'n.

YouTube- Reefer Madness Clip from 1937 movie
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I COMPLETELY AGREE. That video is idiotic... and read my post. Any anti-legalizer who claims that marijuana will make you crazy or kill you is LYING and presenting propaganda, not facts, and I will challenge anyone who makes those claims. Just as I have challenged the fallacious claims made by pro-legalizers, too.
 
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