There is always prescription Marinol.

Good point.

i dont know wish i had some for my mum who died of cancer it might have helped...they gave her everything else for the pain

I'd rather see it legalized (adults only please) than to see people go to jail or prison for it. It's like the government says " Here...we're going to hurt you for hurting yourself" It doesn't make sense and it's hypocricritical for anyone who drinks ( legislators included) to say " I can drink my hard liquor but you can't smoke a joint"

Cannabis IS a mood altering substance. It can make you depressed (and some people paranoid) over time. It can interfere with your other medications and even make for a dangerous combination. I have seen it ruin lives, break up relationships and families, deplete savings, take jobs, remove motivation, kill the sex drive, and cause suicide.

i agree but if its for a short period of time to ease someones pain then surely that will be ok

How is that a good point? First of all, the homegrown stuff is what IS out there. Legalizing it would enable actual regulation, which doesn't currently exist.

Second, most of the b_s about people "lacing" marijuana is just silly. Drugs cost money. Lacing pot with another substance would be a dealer cheating themselves out of money.

Some people will respond, "they do it to create addicts." OK, but if they don't know what they're addicted to/how they got it, that still won't profit the dealer, will it? There may be the occasional psycho that tries to poison potheads, but then the same psychos try to poison anything from cigarettes to apples.

Yes, cannabis is a mood-altering substance. Like most mood altering substances, it affects different people differently. Some people drink and get violent, some fall asleep, some get ill, and some get depressed. As with all substances, it affects different people differently.

Marinol has proven semi-effective in treating appetite disorders, but is almost totally ineffective in treating irritable bowel syndrome, one of the most common uses of medical marijuana.

What she said.

i used it to break up relationships,..suicide?only cause they ran out of it!

too much of ANYTHING can kill you. in moderation nothing can kill you.
why does the government choose to make it illegal? power. because they can. they have to in order to keep society under control.
the goals that or founding fathers set for this country would be in trouble if everyone was allowed to smoke pot, eat shrooms, etc...
do you honestly think you would like it as much if it were placed on shelves next to alcohol and cigarettes?

WELL...

No one mentioned the fact that these drugs are already
legal. Depends on where you live!!

In the US? Well - I think that it is appropriate to
regulate the use of mood altering and especially
habit forming drugs. Including the above mentioned
ones. Lives are disrupted and even ruined with some
of them. However, I do believe that there should be
exceptions for medical treatment. Doctors should be
allowed to prescribe drugs based on their specific
use and necessity.

But the fact remains. They are already legal just
not in the US. Of course not everybody will draw within
the lines....

Coke-a-cola stock prices would hit the roof when they went

Back to the real original formula lmao




But on the topic no they should just leave it alone
The way our system work's may not be the best but you
Must think of the kid's out here do you want them to grow
Up thinking it's alright and killing them self's
Over drugs we have enough of them doing that right
Now no reason to make it worse than it already


Is just to make a few happy who want to do there
Drugs like i said it's not the best system in the
World but one must think about other's


And this is a lot to think about and there
Are to many bad people out there that would
Take advantage of people if they made it legal



I have seen this in other Country's to
Kid's fed drugs to make them killers
And to keep them under control let's
Just stay the way we are it works for now

Genetic loading for substance abuse can make one individual more vulnerable to becoming addicted to a mood altering substance where for another with no family history of dependence, it might not. It is really difficult to predict.

However, there are some substances that cause quick addiction and grave long-term destruction, no matter who the user is, their tolerance level, or their own personal history of abuse. Eventually the drug, itself takes over the emotions of the user. I've personally lost at least two people to it. I know some of you have, too.

I have seen it too.

i've lost everyone

If they make legal any of the substances besides Marijuana here, who is going to regulate it and who pays for that to happen?

I believe you know the answer to that "Q" you and I and every other tax paying American