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Originally Posted by graciegirl
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 |
Your marijuana radar went off prematurely on me. Last time I took a couple of hits from a joint was over 40 years ago and that was maybe the third time I ever had any. No, I am not a smoker of MJ.
I see all of your viewpoints and respect them (and you) and understand what you say. I, though, believe MJ would be better for pain and nausea than the codeine and drugs. I may be wrong and hope my wife and I will never have to find out if this is right or wrong.
As for "social smoking" - NO! I have found it is just the most pleasant thing to sit with friends, have an ice-cold Heineken, converse about this wonderful place,and hopefully have a friendly little black panther on the chair arm to pet.