Drug Abuse

Question by Henry: Is there a good argument, backed by facts or statistics against marijuana’s legalization?
I don’t use but I do support people’s right to. I always thought medical marijuana was a little bit of a joke until I realized from my aunt how horrible chemotherapy is. We live in Texas and my aunt is in almost constant agony. She is not expected to live but we are hoping. I see medical marijuana patients praise and adore it not because it gets them high but because it’s the only thing that’s guaranteed to work instantly and consistently. And cancer medication is EXTREMELY expensive, weed is dirt cheap and there’s no risk of O.D or dependency.

Every study or article i come across debunk’s the traditional view of marijuana being a bad drug. One study said that small amounts of THC actually INCREASE one’s driving skill because you become very cautious and aware. No one’s ever going to O.D on weed alone and even the smoke is widely believed to be harmless since pot smokers have virtually none of the health problems cigarette smokers do. Another study says weed decreases your chances of getting badder cancer.

The only negative i come across is bronchitis but even then that’s hardly anything compared to lung or liver cancer since it’s not even permanent.

I think that the smoke has to have some bad effect but then what do you say to people who use vaporizers? They’re becoming a lot more popular and everyone says a vaporizer is better than smoking in every single way. And of course hemp can make clothing, hemp paper, hemp milk, hemp oil, it’s almost as diverse in it’s uses as soy.

I honestly think lobbyists help to keep it illegal as well. (one of the few conspiracies i actually believe) and i think that legal weed would put Shady Carlos from the inner city out of work. Also wouldn’t decriminalizing weed take away that forbidden fruit aspect? Cigarettes are far less appealing now that people have been educated with actual facts.

My aunt says if she had weed, she’d use it to try and get some of her life back. So I’m unsure as to whether or not i would give my own aunt pot! lol.
What do you guys think?

Best answer:

Answer by Douglas S
There are no “statistics” or “facts”, because large scale marijuana use in a major country has never been tried.
No one can answer the question as no one can give facts or figures for a post apocalyptic world.
There has been no apocalypse.
(Purposefully dramatic to make a point.)
Medical marijuana for palliative care should probably be ignored, if not condoned outright.
That’s my opinion.
The problem will be some snarky wit who claims we’re all going to die anyway….

As for driving stoned, I know better.
I’d guess most people alive in the US today, know better, too.
It isn’t safe, and having a stoner holding his head and mouthing: “Whoa, Dude!” at an accident sight, is not as good as preventing the accident.

Answer by Baa Baa
Anyone that says being high and driving actually makes you a better driver is absolutely nuts. Did you ever work in an ER as a nurse? I have and believe me, that is nothing but a fairy tale. I have been around lots of people who were smoked up and high and can you really say you would want them on the same road with you driving a car? You can preach the benefits of pot all you want, but don’t make things up and don’t believe everything people who smoke a lot of pot and want to be high all the time say. Pot never makes a person more cautious and aware on the road.

A few years ago there was a woman who killed a bunch of young girls she was driving in a van because she went up the wrong way of a major highway even though she lived close by and traveled those roads all the time. Turned out the only drug in her blood was THC. This is an absolutely true story and there are many others in which accidents happen when people drive high. It’s called DUI of drugs/alcohol and it’s rightfully illegal to do. The brain is certainly not thinking and reacting right. People act silly and stupid when high and say really dumb things. That’s part of the fun getting high, but I don’t want them driving a car on the same road as me. That’s ludicrous.

And let’s not forget to add it helps glaucoma to the list of the great benefits of pot. That one always amused me because one brother of mine used it all the time since he liked to smoke and had glaucoma which runs in our family. Of course every pothead around uses this. As a nurse, I know that the eye drops given to people with glaucoma are much more effective than any pot.

It just always seems to me that the people who like to smoke a lot of pot have a lack of motivation and are somewhat out of touch with everything. My brother really liked to do it everyday, and he distanced himself from us because none of us smoked or wanted around it. He would hang out with other pot smokers and get high with them and just wasn’t a close family member like the rest of my brothers and us. Sad to say that he died of lung cancer 2 years ago and I really believe pot played a part in that with the amount he smoked. Anything foreign like that taken into your lungs on a daily basis is bound to do harm and I have read things that say pot does have some carcinogens in it that does harm the lungs over time. I’m not sure if that is true, but I do know my brother died of lung cancer in his 50’s and smoked pot almost every day. Most of my family lives to be in their 90’s.

 

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