Weed smoking may have some bad side effects.

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Originally Posted by bayouXpress

true.. But to deny that it has positive benefits puts you in the same category. In response to fighting the opioid addiction, strains of marijuana have been proven to greatly minimize the effect of pain and seizures in some patients. They have learned how to breed the plant to lose some of its high thc content and work on strains for those patients. This reason alone should force the government to not classify it as a schedule 1. HOWEVER, on the other side of the rainbow there are also people growing it to have the highest THC content period. Just for people to get high out their mind. I myself do not believe this should be illegal to posses or grow. Recently the hallucinogenics are now coming in to light for some treatments of depression. But again there are always those that will abuse it. I will take marijuana and mushrooms on the streets over heroin, fentanyl, and oxycotin any day.

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I'm not sure that having a preference for marijuana and mushrooms over heroin, fentanyl, or oxycodone is a positive. That's almost like being allowed to choose your method of execution - ideally one should not desire any of these substances.

It’s silly to think Weed doesn’t have negative side effects, its even more silly to think alcohol doesn’t have just as many lol.

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Originally Posted by jbassman87

I thought you guys hashed this out over a year ago, yet here you go again.:laugh:

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They forgot...

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Originally Posted by MG77

They forgot...

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Short term memory loss is a symptom of... :laugh:

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Originally Posted by 188Musky

Short term memory loss is a symptom of... :laugh:

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:roll:

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Originally Posted by jbassman87

I thought you guys hashed this out over a year ago, yet here you go again.:laugh:

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Hash, who said Hash? :pimp:

I love how some of these people on here believe everything big pharma tells them...haha...then in the commercials the side effects are cancer, strokes, death, etc... Same ones that blindly took the jab. Make it make sense...:laugh:

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Originally Posted by ttranger

I'm not sure that having a preference for marijuana and mushrooms over heroin, fentanyl, or oxycodone is a positive. That's almost like being allowed to choose your method of execution - ideally one should not desire any of these substances.

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Weed is executing people? How? When? Where?

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Originally Posted by coolwhip

I love how some of these people on here believe everything big pharma tells them...haha...then in the commercials the side effects are cancer, strokes, death, etc... Same ones that blindly took the jab. Make it make sense...:laugh:

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Bingo!

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Originally Posted by Tigercat

Weed is executing people? How? When? Where?

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Big pharma and the sheep that follow them are coming up with this stuff. Didn't big pharma have to pay millions for bad scripts and pain killers? I bet it was billions in damages owed.

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Originally Posted by derek81

Bingo!

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Ya man, certain demographic individuals don't care to think for themselves. Just believes everything big brother tells them.

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Originally Posted by Tigercat

Weed is executing people? How? When? Where?

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You missed the point - choosing from various narcotics is no better than choosing from many other things that are bad for you. We have freedoms that allow us to make good choices or bad choices - those choices lie with each individual.

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Originally Posted by ttranger

You missed the point - choosing from various narcotics is no better than choosing from many other things that are bad for you. We have freedoms that allow us to make good choices or bad choices - those choices lie with each individual.

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You truly have no idea what you're talking about sir. Seriously, please educate yourself.

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Originally Posted by coolwhip

Big pharma and the sheep that follow them are coming up with this stuff. Didn't big pharma have to pay millions for bad scripts and pain killers? I bet it was billions in damages owed.

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One thing I think you are missing about Big Pharma is that they have everything to gain in the federal legalization of cannabis, because with the help of "common sense regulation" by government, they will be the ones with control over the production, distribution, retail of, and profit from it.

To say they do not want it legalized because it solves problems that their other drugs are supposed to solve, is plain incorrect. I can assure you they will not care if you treat your anxiety with Prozac, or you treat it with their marijuana and it's derivatives.

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Originally Posted by ttranger

You missed the point - choosing from various narcotics is no better than choosing from many other things that are bad for you. We have freedoms that allow us to make good choices or bad choices - those choices lie with each individual.

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Yes, in a Utopia, no one would have diseases, injuries or afflictions. However, people are going to use drugs - both medically and recreationally. With this being a given, would you not prefer people to be hopped up on pot instead of pain pills, heroin, fentanyl?

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Originally Posted by 188Musky

One thing I think you are missing about Big Pharma is that they have everything to gain in the federal legalization of cannabis, because with the help of "common sense regulation" by government, they will be the ones with control over the production, distribution, retail of, and profit from it.

To say they do not want it legalized because it solves problems that their other drugs are supposed to solve, is plain incorrect. I can assure you they will not care if you treat your anxiety with Prozac, or you treat it with their marijuana and it's derivatives.

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Thats not what their lobbyists say...haha

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Originally Posted by coolwhip

I love how some of these people on here believe everything big pharma tells them...haha...then in the commercials the side effects are cancer, strokes, death, etc... Same ones that blindly took the jab. Make it make sense...:laugh:

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So if you ever wake up in the middle of the night with crushing chest pain, don't call 911 because they're going to take you to a place that will use "big pharma" products on you. Just call your local dispensary and stay true to your word.

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Originally Posted by slipknobber bot

You truly have no idea what you're talking about sir. Seriously, please educate yourself.

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That is an interesting statement - the person on here who advocates against the recreational use of drugs is the person who has no idea what they are talking about??? Please don't try and explain that to me. BTW, my father was an MD (Pathologist/Coroner), my older sister an MD (Pediatrician) married to a Pharmacist, and my older brother was the administrator at a very large VA Hospital here where about 50% of their patients are being treated for substance abuse. I think I have a very thorough understanding about the dangers of using drugs.

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Originally Posted by Tigercat

Yes, in a Utopia, no one would have diseases, injuries or afflictions. However, people are going to use drugs - both medically and recreationally. With this being a given, would you not prefer people to be hopped up on pot instead of pain pills, heroin, fentanyl?

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I will agree that pot is a better choice than hard drugs, and it has proven to have some beneficial properties for people with certain medical conditions. I will stick to my assertion that not using any recreational drugs is a smarter decision. Unfortunately, we have millions of people with the desire to smoke, snort, or inject something into their bodies and we are in fact the root cause of the drug epidemic in this country. Everyone wants to blame the Chinese or the Mexican drug cartels but Americans are the ones buying this shit.

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Originally Posted by ttranger

I will agree that pot is a better choice than hard drugs, and it has proven to have some beneficial properties for people with certain medical conditions. I will stick to my assertion that not using any recreational drugs is a smarter decision. Unfortunately, we have millions of people with the desire to smoke, snort, or inject something into their bodies and we are in fact the root cause of the drug epidemic in this country. Everyone wants to blame the Chinese or the Mexican drug cartels but Americans are the ones buying this shit.

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Very well said. I don't get it either. People argue about this being better than that and that being worse than this, because in their minds not using ANYTHING isn't an option. It's always amazed me how many people would never entertain the idea of not having a habit, so they just try to argue against whatever it is they don't use to justify their drug of choice. Oklahoma's "medical marijuana" law is an absolute joke. Anybody, and I mean ANYBODY, can get a weed card. I know a ton of people with cards and none of them have epilepsy, glaucoma, or whatever else it's shown to help. They all used "anxiety" as their reason for needing a card. In all reality Oklahoma has legal recreational marijuana.