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Originally Posted by among_the_living
They are going to use it for medical purposes though.
And are you insane? it belongs at class B?....five years in jail for smoking grass? really?
Listen to scientists, toxicologists, experts in the field and they will tell you it shouldnt be.
The Netherlands has a higher standard of living than the UK and guess what.....it isnt an offense there.
Looks like the whole "pot will take over the world and turn you into a heroin junkie, then kill all your family" thing is shit.
I mean come ON, i honestly thought we passed the 50s scare mongering attitude with pot.
I guess the government is too stupid to legalize it then CONTROL its use and strength? no, just ban it all, whilst, at the same time keeping tobacco and alcohol legal.....massive hypocrisy.
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Tobacco and alcohol should absolutely be illegal in the same sense that marijuana is, the fact that we are unable to pass laws further regulating those is no reason to leagalize another drug that is harmful.
We are not simply passing up all of the compounds in marijuana as potential medications, infact Dronabinol, a manmade version of THC, is sold under the trade name Marinol in the United States at least. However, smoked marijuana shows absolutely no additional medical benefits, and has been described by addiction medicine specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky as being nearly as difficult to treat as opiate addiction. Furthermore, marijuana has also been shown to "lead to abuse, tolerance and dependence. After long term use, withdrawal symptoms can develop if the marijuana usage is stopped suddenly Generally the withdrawal symptoms are mild and may include nausea, tremor, sweating, weight loss, insomnia, agitation and irritability. "
http://www.addictionsearch.com/treat...atment_25.html
Marijuana does have uses for several other things for use in making clothing and other industrial processes and I support its being used for that; however, it has no medical purpose as a smoked drug that should be legalized outside of going through normal FDA (or whatever it corresponds to in the UK) procedures to get legalized as an ordinarily prescribed drug as has been done by Marinol.