sign of intelligence - legal medical Marijuana

[jeninflorida]

Morgan and Morgan is actually going to do something....well smart. the scumbag attorney is going to bank the call for Florida to start using medical marihuana.

its time to make pot legal and TAX it

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

it should've been legal years ago... but the government is being a greedy, grimey, pussy.

 

[renard_ruse]

What part of "dope" don't you understand?

Its just sad. This drug is probably the scummiest of all drugs. Meth is less harmful to society.

Dope is for losers who can't deal with life.

 

[phrodeau]

Jen has found a word to capitalize.

 

[peterlychen]

"Meth is less harmful to society. "
Meth degrades the body much faster than marijuana? Why do you say it's better?

 

[about_average]

it should've been legal years ago...

It was legal in the US years ago. Up until 1937.

 

[burfordt]

Pot tax

I would like to know the difference between pot and alcohol. I have seen the effects on people both, first hand. Long term it seams to be the same. I don't buy pot is not addictive either. I think it depends on the person, if you the addictive type it won't matter what you do. I agree, legalize it, tax it. Lets see how many people still love the Government when they have to pay tax on pot.

 

[hobbit.]

I would like to know the difference between pot and alcohol. I have seen the effects on people both, first hand. Long term it seams to be the same. I don't buy pot is not addictive either. I think it depends on the person, if you the addictive type it won't matter what you do. I agree, legalize it, tax it. Lets see how many people still love the Government when they have to pay tax on pot.

if you want a nation of tired, hungry, morons then legalise pot.

holland and egypt both regret it.

edited to add -- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17865151

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/9690851/Holland-to-ban-sale-of-skunk-marijuana-in-coffee-shops.html

be very careful what you wish for -

Mental health problems

There is growing evidence that people with serious mental illness, including depression and psychosis, are more likely to use cannabis or have used it for long periods of time in the past. Regular use of the drug has appeared to double the risk of developing a psychotic episode or long-term schizophrenia. However, does cannabis cause depression and schizophrenia or do people with these disorders use it as a medication?

Over the past few years, research has strongly suggested that there is a clear link between early cannabis use and later mental health problems in those with a genetic vulnerability - and that there is a particular issue with the use of cannabis by adolescents.
Depression

A study following 1600 Australian school-children, aged 14 to 15 for seven years, found that while children who use cannabis regularly have a significantly higher risk of depression, the opposite was not the case - children who already suffered from depression were not more likely than anyone else to use cannabis. However, adolescents who used cannabis daily were five times more likely to develop depression and anxiety in later life.


Schizophrenia

Three major studies followed large numbers of people over several years, and showed that those people who use cannabis have a higher than average risk of developing schizophrenia. If you start smoking it before the age of 15, you are 4 times more likely to develop a psychotic disorder by the time you are 26. They found no evidence of self-medication. It seemed that, the more cannabis someone used, the more likely they were to develop symptoms.



Why should teenagers be particularly vulnerable to the use of cannabis? No one knows for certain, but it may be something to do with brain development. The brain is still developing in the teenage years – up to the age of around 20, in fact. A massive process of ‘neural pruning’ is going on. This is rather like streamlining a tangled jumble of circuits so they can work more effectively. Any experience, or substance, that affects this process has the potential to produce long-term psychological effects.



Recent research in Europe, and in the UK, has suggested that people who have a family background of mental illness – and so probably have a genetic vulnerability anyway - are more likely to develop schizophrenia if they use cannabis as well.

 

[burfordt]

I agree it's not for everyone. Neither is alcohol. I really don't care if people want to fuck up their lives with pot. But, as a recreational drug, in limited use I think it should be legal. Besides, I get taxed for everything I do. I want the pot heads who think "Big Government" is the answer, to pay their fair share. Lets spread the wealth around. As once said " its no fun when the rabbit has the gun". I get a gun put to my head every pay day. Over 45% of my pay goes to taxes to fund crap that I don't believe in. Lets point it at the takers for a while.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

I would like to know the difference between pot and alcohol. I have seen the effects on people both, first hand. Long term it seams to be the same. I don't buy pot is not addictive either. I think it depends on the person, if you the addictive type it won't matter what you do. I agree, legalize it, tax it. Lets see how many people still love the Government when they have to pay tax on pot.

Alcohol has better lobbyists.

 

[dan_c00000]

What part of "dope" don't you understand?

Its just sad. This drug is probably the scummiest of all drugs. Meth is less harmful to society.

Dope is for losers who can't deal with life.

All of this is 100% accurate. Also I'm sorry you're addicted to pot.

 

[jeninflorida]

Alcohol has better lobbyists.

And its due to ignorant people like you that wr have lobbyist