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Originally Posted by rubicon
This debate is not about the legalization of medical marijuana. If that were the truth of it then there would be no debate. Clearly the intent, the hidden agenda of the Amendment is in question. Big Pharma works on new discoveries 24/7 some of their products are miracles others have caused irreparable damage . Unfortunately even after FDA approval the consequences are often not found until years later on such legally prescribed drugs.
So one wonders if the hype pertaining to medical marijuana is just that and being applied by those eager to cash in on a new crop called legal recreational marijuana?
One wonders if Big Pharma has an equivalent drug equal to the alleged benefits of medical marijuana?
I wonder what is the real difference between an illegal drug dealer and a legal drug dealer?
One wonders exactly who would become the legalized king of recreational marijuana? Perhaps the senator of your state? perhaps Big Pharma? Perhaps Mexican Cartels ?
One wonders how many politicians salivate on the thought of the taxes recreational marijuana will bring?
One wonder if these same politicians give thought or care as to the adverse effects it has on people and their families?
I wonder how many responsible parents tell their kids that its OK to smoke dope?
I wonder about a society that obsesses about the legalization of marijuana but ignores the evidence of what a hedonistic society we are becoming?
I wonder about political/community leaders and/or celebrities who promote such destructive practices?
I wonder how many people complain about tobacco users but believe marijuana is just fine?
Call me a doom and gloom kind of guy but history is replete with examples of the human experience method of rationalization that goes from the sublime to the ridiculous. Socialize it normalize it and soon no one notices...
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I wonder why so many that have no problem with alcohol being legal...are so emotionally against marijuana?
It's too bad that a number of posts are now gone, because there was actually some great insight from some of them...on that same exact question.
For me personally, I couldn't care less if alcohol prohibition were reinstated or pot was kept illegal since I do neither, but I DO think it is a huge hypocrisy to have one legal...and the other not.
In fact, Big Pharma is one of the most outspoken against legalization because it is a product that can be grown by anyone and they can't control it. The same goes for the alcohol industry.
Who's Really Fighting Legal Marijuana? Big Tobacco, Big Pharma and Big Booze | Op Ed | US News
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On TV and billboards, the fight against legalizing marijuana is about health, safe communities and our children’s future. But for Big Pharma and Big Tobacco – who fund these anti-marijuana efforts – it’s really about the bottom line. For years, large corporations and well-heeled lobbyists have blocked the legalization of marijuana for medical use or recreational use in order to protect their own profits....
The crusaders against weed constitute a long list of suspiciously self-interested folks. Lobbyists work hard to secure for police departments millions of dollars in federal grants towards eradicating weed. Pharmaceutical companies compensate leading anti-marijuana researchers in order to keep their customers on painkillers over cannabis, which is cheaper. The prison-industrial complex would like to keep making money on building more prisons to fill with non-violent grass-smokers.
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Just follow the money and you'll see the real reasons so much money is spent trying to scare the electorate...about marijuana legalization.
Since alcohol is a huge part of The Villages,
"the slide into a hedonistic society"can be seen right here...and started long ago.
