[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by nysnowbirds

Some of us are young... Or at least we think we are.

That's me... At 66, I am a lot younger than most Villagers. As far as how they act, half act 90 and the other half act like they are 16. I prefer the 16 year old,s. I had to be very serious in my working years but no more. I want to be silly and happy.

[JP]

Originally Posted by kagney123

Is there a 420 Friendly Club in the Villages?

I bet we would all be surprised at the number of "private" 420 clubs there are in the TV.

[TexaninVA]

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.

[samhass]

Legalize it now. Then I'm going over to Patty's house and then to the buffet.

[justjim]

Originally Posted by ilovetv

Legalizing it for people of legal age gives teens and preteens the perception that it is not harmful, when it is:

"Unfortunately, the proportion of American teens who believe marijuana use is harmful has been declining for the past several years, which has corresponded to a steady rise in their use of the drug, as shown by NIDA’s annual Monitoring the Future survey of 8th, 10th, and 12th graders.

Since it decreases IQ, regular marijuana use stands to jeopardize a young person’s chances of success in school. So as another school year begins, we all must step up our efforts to educate teens about the harms of marijuana so that we can realign their perceptions of this drug with the scientific evidence."

Marijuana's Lasting Effects on the Brain | National Institute on Drug Abuse

What do you think alcohol, especially too much, can do to the brain? Medical marijuana I'm for. It's a proven drug that helps a lot of people who are suffering.

[Trish Crocker]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

Let me understand your position. If a medication or a recreational drug has side effects it should not be legal. I say ALL medications have side effects and some come with warning labels that you may die from use. One comes with the warning that you may go blind with a 4+ hour erection, yet it is legal. Your argument would eliminate at least 90% of medications and 100% of alcohol and tobacco products.

Stop being a pawn and believing the so called legal drug dealers. Legalize it now.

After 3 hours do you just need glasses?

[Trish Crocker]

Anything can be abused and misused. I personally have no problem with pot, medicinal or recreational. I have seen young people abuse it and lose all ambition..I have also known highly intelligent people that use it recreationally. Throwing people into jail is not the answer, there are many, many more serious criminals out there. The abuse of pot is just as likely for some people as the abuse of alcohol (of course, we never see THAT in TV.

[shcisamax]

According to the Sanjay Gupta documentary, seizures can be controlled by medical marijuana. Our Aussie has a seizure disorder and I will be calling the vet tomorrow to see if they can do something more natural than drugs to help him out.

[TexaninVA]

Originally Posted by ilovetv

I mentioned OWS as an example of the phoniness from groups that decry and protest "GREED" on the part of

Big Corporate,

Big Business,

Big Wall Street,

"Corporate Fat Cats"

Big Pharma......

..but NOT on the part of Big POT, Big Weed, and Big Dispensers or any special-interest groups wanting to cash in on legalized pot that's a multi-billion-dollar Big Business in California alone, as stated in the article I linked.

They want their hands on the MONEY, as evidenced by the defeat of the regulatory legislation in the article I linked above.

It's also the phoniness in calling it a "medical" need when it's simply a want, to get high without all the prosecutions, fines, probations and criminal court records. (I do think it should be de-criminalized....which is not the same as total legalization. I think it's absurd and crippling for twenty-somethings trying to start a career to have criminal court records following them for having been arrested for pot possession/use in college.)

I agree ..."medical" is basically a phony argument indeed. Baby boomers want to smoke pot, and always have (in general). Since it's not (yet) kosher to say that, medical blah blah sounds so much more enlightened.

[Jaggy]

Originally Posted by kagney123

Is there a 420 Friendly Club in the Villages?

If you remember wearing love beads, bell bottoms, long hair and understanding the Smothers Brother show, you need to join the club.. someone told me Patty was holding the first meeting at her house.

[Carla B]

I personally have no experience with cannabis at all, zero, zilch, either as a user or an observer. It came into vogue a little past my time, I suppose. I did watch the report by Dr. Gupta, and according to him, CBD, a certain compound in marijuana provides medicinal benefits, versus the THC compound that provides the "high." Recently in Amsterdam, I noticed shops advertising different weeds and mixtures. If a compound is formulated and regulated by doctors to provide medicinal benefits without the high, what would be the objection? Especially for people with severe medical problems.

[mrsyarbie]

I think medical marijuania should be legalized for pts with chronic pain and terminal illnesses. Adults of course. Its easy to judge if you have not watched someone constantly in chronic terrible pain or dying in pain. Adults should be able to make the decision on their own with their MDs help.Its a whole lot better than the addiction to narcotics we see so often now. Russ I agree with your comments on clinical trials , was a nurse researcher for 16 years and not all clinical trials are equal and certainly do not always represent the whole pricture... Just as I have known may brilliant people who now have dementia due to chronic alchol.use... It's is a horrible disease...
Yarbie RN

[babbs455]

and also let's not forget the studies that say it cures cancer...watch this video...and do some googling..
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvosdIXyjWM]Run From The Cure The Rick Simpson Story (Full Version) - YouTube[/ame]

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Trish Crocker

After 3 hours do you just need glasses?

As usual, the kind of scientist I admire.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by shcisamax

According to the Sanjay Gupta documentary, seizures can be controlled by medical marijuana. Our Aussie has a seizure disorder and I will be calling the vet tomorrow to see if they can do something more natural than drugs to help him out.

First you have to teach him to smoke or like brownies.....

Just sayin'...