Not harmless. Significantly less harmless than numerous other substances the government already allows.
The argument is that it has inherent benefits, real or psychosomatic, that would encourage folks to look away from products produced by big pharma and those benefits don't require big pharma's hand to produce. That would be big pharmas incentive to fight it...They do in fact effort to use compounds in Cannabis to produce medicines and those would likely increase as well, should more widespread research take place. It's entirely possible though, that all of their effort would reach too small of an audience to make it worthwhile if actual cannabis was legal, because that would plenty more the majority that sought it as medicine...And those folks can just get a prescription and go to the dispensary and buy what was grown...Not bother with some elaborate chemical process in a lab to extract those qualities and repackage them, from what was grown. I think. As far as FDA approval of Opioids...well no shit. They also kill an inordinately large number of people who misuse them and also move on to illicit opioids once they become addicted...Not nearly as likely with cannabis. Medical or otherwise.
Opposed. Mainly due to the fact that the states that have legalized it for medical and recreational use are having major issues, with some trying to find out how to get it illegal again. Colorado is the main state having issues, though some lawmakers are saying that nothing is wrong because of the increase in revenue.
"A 2017 analysis by the Denver Post showed Colorado had experienced a 145% increase in the number of fatal crashes involving marijuana-impaired drivers between 2013 and 2016. While the analysis stresses that the increase cannot definitively be attributed to the legalization of marijuana, it reports that the number of marijuana-impaired drivers involved in fatal crashes has more than doubled since 2013, the year before the state legalized recreational marijuana use." USA Today article from April 2018
Perhaps, but is it the Liberals or Conservatives blocking most of the legislation?
I’m not doubting it. I just rather see stats which I thank you for.
ITT @acwill07 says that you must have the viewpoint 100% of the time with your party or you aren't in that party, but rather in the party you disagree with 99% of the time. I also learned that many posters think that legalizing marijuana is a conservative stance (which is dead wrong). Conservatives ARE actually leaving it up to the states and their people. Democrats WOULD do it on a national level. There in lies the difference in a nut shell (for those of you who need a history lesson)...conservatives leave it up to the states to decide (which is the case here) and democrats want everything controlled by big government in DC
Yes lol. My brother was a youth pastor before going back for his masters. He is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and is pro pot. He’s logic is god made pot and he doesn’t have nearly as bad of swings since using pot.
Medical marijuana is poled above 70% in SC. The country poles around 80%.
Put it up to a vote in the next election cycle. I don't know what the polling is so I can't dispute your statistics but I'd venture a guess that a chunk of those folks polled don't show up on election day. You absolutely would not see it passed on referendum in SC at a 70/30 split. If you believe that, you've been smoking something else other than marijuana.
Big pharma supports the “legalization”of their own pills with the thc molecule. The only thing big pharma cares about is making money.
I'm my son's "Caregiver". I know the term "Caregiver" is different to the one you're referring to. In my case I am licensed in the state of Mass. I do have to sign whatever that states the "medicine" is for him and I promise not to take any. It's sort of a real joke.
Have you ever gone day without arguing until you're blue in the face?
See. That is a concession! On both parts! You and I should head on up to Washington! Does not always have to be an out right victor. Agree on terms, listen to reasonable arguments and settle on something that is not 100% what either advocated for, but certainly gives each some measure of satisfaction that we can progress and check back later! Thank you!
one of us is a contrarian that takes the counterpoint pretty much all the time
I believe most of the studies show that marijuana gateway effect is related to the affiliation of marijuana users with drug using peers in settings that provide more opportunities to use other illicit drugs at an earlier age. The gateway is an overlapping effect, marijuana itself doesn't not cause it. Legalizing marijuana would often remove the user from these situations.
I would have to see if this was correlated with a reduction in alcohol (or other drug) related fatal crashes before it would tell us much. I also would expect a spike in the years shortly after legalization, so I am going to need to exam the numbers over a decade or so.
I thought I was the only one who caught on to this.
there are a lot of wrong people in the world and you aim to cure that? you're gonna get tired
