Posted on 02/16/2016 6:33:41 AM PST by Wolfie
Someday, a strict anit-gun State will seize the kids of parents wishing to move to a pro-gun State. Then we’ll have some fun.
Why do you think that?
If you've been diagnosed with PTSD, you rightly ought to be able to. I'm not aware of any evidence that marijuana is effective in treating alcoholism and drug abuse.
So everyone who is not an "ideal parent" should have their kids taken away?
I don’t use either
I’m only addicted to split tail poison
But I think booze is more destructive but it’s also easier to enjoy
Pot makes some people have panic attacks
“Medical” marijuana is but a come-on for its overall legalization.
I doubt there is a “doctor” within those states allowing it who has ever refused anyone their “prescription”.
You’d be wrong.
You’re right there is a lot of abuse going on. But there’s also abuse with legal prescription drugs. MJ has been proven to help with medical needs for cancer, epilepsy and pain. A lot of prescription pain meds have worse side affects but then the drug companies would be out a lot of money. The alcohol association lobbies to keep it illegal because they don’t want to be out a lot of money.
I’m amenable to any demonstration otherwise.
From a strictly medical perspective, it makes no sense to make marijuana illegal when alcohol is legal. Alcohol causes a physiological addiction (you can die from alcohol withdrawal), whereas "addiction" to THC is strictly a psychological craving.
Excessive use of either is bad for the brain and nervous system, but alcohol use is indisputably worse. I think that the disparity boils down to the fact that alcohol and tobacco have powerful lobbies while THC does not, yet the "war on drugs" is hypocritically disguised as a public health issue.
Someone who goes home and consumes a 6 pack of beer every night isn't an ideal parent either, even though it's perfectly (and arbitrarily) legal. Would you support the government taking custody of his children in that case?
In Michigan, 5,873 patients are registered to use medical marijuana. More than 1,800 applications have been denied. - http://www.annarbor.com/news/top-9-fast-facts-about-the-states-medical-marijuana-program/
See post 33
Well, I’ll have to grant you Michigan. Though by the picture of the guy selling, I’d still say that the real goal of the movement is to have pot legalized across the board.
I’m not necessarily totally opposed to it, but do think it can still be dangerous, and particularly so for teens.
Most likely be regulated like alcohol.
A person can make small amounts of wine or beer or spirits, people will beable to grow a few plants.
The photo is from California, btw.
I'd still say that the real goal of the movement is to have pot legalized across the board.
You're reading a lot into a rock t-shirt with a rainbow on it.
I'm sure some people who support medical marijuana want recreational legalization - but that doesn't negate the medical usefulness of marijuana.
I'm not necessarily totally opposed to it, but do think it can still be dangerous,
So can alcohol - and cars. A free society's answer is to make sure knowledge of the dangers is readily available, then leave adults to make their choices.
and particularly so for teens.
No state that has legalized recreational marijuana has included teens - just as teens can't legally buy alcohol.
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