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Originally Posted by benj
So I just read the discussion about mandatory sentencing and I wonder how many villagers would support medical marijuana. Attorney John Morgan is backing a petition to legalize it. I read recently a couple of polls where approval was above 70% in Florida. From personal experience I think it was god sent for my wife during her battle with bone marrow cancer. I will always be grateful for it's benefits. So what do you think?
I have signed the petition that is available at Petition - United for Care and hope some of you will download and sign it also. |
While I can see the benefit in limited cases, my concern and skepticism is "medical" marijuana simply becomes a "wink wink" legalization such as what's happened in CA. As baby boomers, we've all heard the arguments about legalizing pot since we were kids but basically pot and alcohol are different.
From what I've seen ... pot often becomes a gateway drug (even if people say it doesn't) and the increasing acceptance is not good for our culture or country. The demand for drugs by baby boomers largely fueled the drug trade and, along with that, drugs have wrecked most of the inner cities.
Maybe if someone can come up with a plan to really regulate its use for bonafide cases like your wife ... but otherwise I am not in favor.