legalization of marijuana

ks90

Good point; none. So you can criminalise them too, if you ask me. The thing is though, you're going to have a huge portion of the population angry at you, so it's a better idea not to at the moment. If these two things are decriminalised though, why not decriminalise all such things? Hell, it's not hurting anyone, right? Wrong! In one way or another, that which is not 'hurting' anyone will show its impacts in the long run. Think outside the box.

snail

I know from experience that it is useful for something other than pain relief. It is the only thing I have found that keeps me from having horrible nightmares. I do not use pharmies, and have found no other natural remedy that works, even after much research and experimentation. That is the reason I answered yes on the first question. The reason I answered that my use would be unaffected by cost or availability is that I use only enough to serve this purpose. If I used more, I might develop a tolerance rendering it ineffective when I needed it. Even if it were more expensive, I would just have to sacrifice other things in order to get it, because being able to sleep without fear drastically improves my quality of life. I wish I had discovered it as a child. Instead, they put me on Xanax, which was supposed to help me sleep, but only made me have to struggle harder to stay awake, because it did not prevent nightmares. I had the tendency to panic when I felt myself getting sleepy against my will. This made me more likely to dream badly. I'm sure not being tired in school from lying awake in bed the night before, terrified of sleep, would have improved my performance both socially and academically. Also, not having the lingering doomed feeling in the pit of my stomach that kept me distracted for up to three days after each nightmare would have improved my focus. Legalizing marijuana would not make me smoke more of it, but it would make me less afraid to use it in situations where I must currently suffer in silence because I can't admit to friends and family that I use it, or am not allowed to do so when spending the night at their homes because they look down on it for being illegal.
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Jorge

You are a moron.

Go read scientific papers regarding it before you go on chanting "Drugs are bad! Marihuana is a drug! Marihuana is bad!"

And I find it funny that you say "think outside the box", when your arguments come from typical arguments (and false) regarding the consequences of marihuana.

I mean really? Really?

And by the way, if you want to argue this, contact me through profile messages, cause I also find it moronic that you start a discussion in a thread that was not intended for it.

Kevinaswell

I'm so high I don't even care about what anyone is saying in this thread.

ks90

Snail, thanks for the argument; I wasn't even aware of such and didn't know it could help with such a condition after seeing numerous sources both for and against.

User below snail: see her post for how to make an argument. But if you can't derive the answer via denotation, I'll give you a major hint: baseless accusations prove nothing. So, I'm almost sorry I offended you and your 'let's-try-to-fit-in-and-mindlessly-go-with-the-flow' habits.

Tantive

Illegalising any harmfull in any form or strength substances would make things worse. If anything, substance 'abuse' and addictions should never be a criminal problem, but a public health issue. I think a piece of history that particular America has would have widened their views in politics a bit. (Al Capone, prohibition)

Psilo

UNDERSTANDING YOUR HIGH -The Effects Of Marijuana On Consciousness - 420 Magazine

PeacePassion

from the article:

Test:THC in your system allows you to see shimmering and movement in this image. The higher you are, the more pronounced are the effects.



i haven't smoked in months and i see shimmering and movement in this image... like it's a tunnel i'm flying through. is it just me? is being highly perceptive (pun!?) similar to being stoned?

i'll never forget before i'd ever gotten high my sister (ENTJ) was trying to explain to me what it was like, to be on 'the otherside', and the more she described the more it seemed like life as i experienced it anyway... finally she gave up trying to explain and rolled her eyes at me and said something about me being born on the otherside. lol.

snail

Yeah, when I was in high school, I asked the stoners what it felt like to be high, and when they described it, it sounded just like what I already experience all the time. When I finally tried it at the recommendation of a friend who thought it would help me get off of the Paxil, which had negative side effects, I discovered that it must effect everyone differently depending on what we are like before we use it. The stoner at school described how it made her more of an intuitive, but it turns me into a sensor. What it does to me is probably pretty close to how she feels without it and vice versa.
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PeacePassion

Good point. I think it has a similar effect on me, I feel more in the moment and aware of sensations and surroundings. I also like to clean and organize when I get high.

Maybe it depends on the kind of weed though too. Sometimes I get super creative intuitive, like so much I feel like I'm gonna explode.