I’m still on the fence about legalizing, in some ways, and completely over it on others.
Straight legalization, like in Denver? No. A friend lives there and she said that they place looks like one big homeless encampment.
Medical marijuana to help in all sorts of conditions? F*CK YES. A former co-worker had his wife and daughter move their, so they could use medical marijuana for her seizures. He was working himself to the bone to afford two households. And Denver ain’t cheap.
Smoke it/Rub it under your tongue, in the privacy of your own home? Do what you want to do... It’s NUNYA and UPYA, for me.
Heartbreaking and Amazing, all in one video... http://theantimedia.org/former-cop-cannabis-parkinsons-disease/
I’ve attended conference lectures presented my emergency room psychiatrists on how patients who have one first time use of the synthetic marijuana (which is seven times more powerful in THC content than plant based THC) have a psychotic breaks and develop schizophrenia for life.
Current research shows that marijuana causes an atrophy of the dendrites on the pyramidal cells in the cerebral cortex, thus decreasing short term or operational memory. The same attribute is found in schizophrenia.
Marijuana, like alcohol and smoking cigarettes creates what is observed as a short term benefit, but also has long term consequences.