Legalizing Marijuana

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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    whispering hands said:

    I totally respect your opinion 2 feign, and with you being a clinician I can see how you would see it from that perspective. But I stand on a different side of the fence. I am
    Only able to use it sparingly because I work with very serious machinery, or in jobs where it is required to provide clean drug screens. But if I could, I would. It really does ease my
    Paranoia.. And I have Acute Social Anxiety Disorder, as well as other Chemical imbalance issues, likeBP, ADHD, and PTSD. And [Marijauna]helps me, plus, it's much cheaper than the psycho meds they have me on.. So like I was saying it doesn't effect everyone the same. I honestly think it's a matter of knowing what you can handle.. Again thank you for your view point, and I am very sure that you are not the only one that sees those effects so distinctly as you would, be a clinician. So thank you for your participating in this conversation. Cause it really should be held more often. There certainly needs to be more research done in gijngs as they stand NOW. I mean seriously, like I said before, in Denver there's more than one strain at 26%! That's nuts!!

    And I bet less side-effects too!

  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    hedonist said:

    whispering hands said:

    I totally respect your opinion 2 feign, and with you being a clinician I can see how you would see it from that perspective. But I stand on a different side of the fence. I am
    Only able to use it sparingly because I work with very serious machinery, or in jobs where it is required to provide clean drug screens. But if I could, I would. It really does ease my
    Paranoia.. And I have Acute Social Anxiety Disorder, as well as other Chemical imbalance issues, likeBP, ADHD, and PTSD. And [Marijauna]helps me, plus, it's much cheaper than the psycho meds they have me on.. So like I was saying it doesn't effect everyone the same. I honestly think it's a matter of knowing what you can handle.. Again thank you for your view point, and I am very sure that you are not the only one that sees those effects so distinctly as you would, be a clinician. So thank you for your participating in this conversation. Cause it really should be held more often. There certainly needs to be more research done in gijngs as they stand NOW. I mean seriously, like I said before, in Denver there's more than one strain at 26%! That's nuts!!

    And I bet less side-effects too!

    Definitely!!
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Its not good for your brain, even for occasional users. Those are my thoughts.

    What about all the studies that show it's potential positive effects?
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    its not intelligence that gets affected - it doesn't say anything about smokers getting bad grades. THC = psychoactive = not ok for the brain per research. also, idiots are ODing on THC now that its more concentrated. ER visits have doubled in denver since it became legal. paranoia? acute psychosis? severe panic and anxiety? no thanks. sorry, in my 12 years as a clinician, i've not seen a single positive thing about THC and young people. yes, completely biased. that's my opinion.

    Since when did psychoactive drugs become not OK for the brain? This contradicts thousands of years of anecdotal evidence, not to mention modern clinical pharmacology.
    Of course there is a risk, but that puts it in the same boat as EVERY SINGLE drug.
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    What kind of "clinician" are you if you don't mind me asking? I ask because I wonder about your exposure to those who take psychoactive drugs, and your use and prescription of them. There are millions of people who couldn't make it through life comfortably without analgesics, anxiolytics, anesthetics, antidepressants, and antipsychotics, to name a few.
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    rgambs said:


    What about all the studies that show it's potential positive effects?

    My cousin has been fighting / living with cancer for almost 20 years. Chemo, double mastectomy, radiation, the "hey it's spread here now"...the whole fucking shebang.

    Her having legal access to weed has been a godsend in her coping.

    That some are up in arms over this is just beyond me. Always will be.

  • prism
    prism Posts: 2,440
    what's the fuss? ive been hearing all this alarmist bs about how legalization is going to send society straight to hell in a hand basket, but it just isn't happening. i think my town currently has 4 or 5 legal recreational stores open...not a biggie. this is a college town...believe me its much more troubling when kids under 21 get their hands on alcohol

    myself i stick to the medical dispensaries cause it's less expensive and they offer better choices...and the peeps working at them are cool and don't try to pressure sell me on anything. the big plus being i'm experiencing alot less pain and i'm sleeping better than i have in yrs...

    guess some people just have to have something relatively harmless to spazz about
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  • Stickman12
    Stickman12 Posts: 504
    If alcohol and tobacco are legal, marijuana should be legal too. And like tobacco and alcohol it should be regulated. Other than the occasional, "I smoked too much of some really good stuff, now im freaking out", I have not known anyone personally to have any ill effects from weed. I know you can site articles and studies that contradict this, but Im strictly speaking about my personal experience and with those that I know who indulge.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,677
    ^^^ Totally agree, ejleonjr. How hypocritical society has been all these years to pretty much celebrate alcohol yet criminalize the much safer drug which is marijuana.

    And I'm totally fine with people saying smoking is pot is bad for you as long as they are ok with me saying that as long as the smoker is being responsible that's ok too. I totally respect people who are straight edge and really, that probably is a very healthy choice. At the same time, if people want to use recreational drugs (including alcohol and cigarettes which have almost always been legal) that should be a personal choice.

    As far as people freaking out or hurting themselves while high, that's avoidable with education. If people are educated about the use of drugs and still freak themselves out or hurt themselves, that's because they did not listening to what they were taught. And if someone harms someone else because they were doing something stupid while high, they should pay the consequences for the crime. Doing others harm is a crime but getting high itself should not be a crime. It really should be a choice.

    As far as major freaking out- I'm guessing there are far more people who have freaked out or had anxiety attacks due to the tensions and pressures of modern society than there are people who have freaked out or had anxiety attacks from getting loaded as a way to escape those pressures and tensions for a few hours.

    And at the VERY LEAST, medical marijuana should be legal universally.
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