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Originally Posted by Sandtrap328
This posting is NOT what legalized medical marijuana is about at all. It is to relieve pain from debilitating disease and provide comfort from chemotherapy.
Big drug companies are against it so they can continue to produce the pills we see advertised and we all ask our doctors for the latest and greatest.
Some medical marijuana will be misused for sure. Look, however, to the greater good for the huge groups that will be helped by usage of medical marijuana.
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Look, if you smoke it, don't try to legitimatize it with that argument. There are all kinds of legitimate drugs like Kytril that take away nausea from chemo. Don't make pharmaceutical companies that produce a myriad of medicines to help all kinds of ailments, the bad guy. The use of marijuana is not going to take away the kind of pain that codeine soothes or other strong drugs for people truly in agony. And I am skeptical if it really helps people with seizure disorders. Those two reasons are not going to even wound "Big Pharma".
I was utterly surprised and shocked to see the overwhelming number of people on this forum who favor pot becoming legal. There is no doubt in my mind that pot will become legal in Florida but I am worried about then what will happen to kids and to people driving and drinking and toking.
A majority of the people on this forum obviously use marijuana now. And it is illegal. That is what really, really surprised me.
Here is the poll started by Quirky3 some time ago. 88 to 44 favored the legalization of marijuana for recreational use.
Recreational marijuana