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Re: Backers of legalizing marijuana in California are counting on support from young voters [Re: Humility]
    #13427542 - 11/03/10 07:09 AM (13 years, 6 months ago)

^ That was an excellent post :thumbup:

I smoke cannabis maybe once every few months. I have an illness that I used to regularly take medication for, but I've stopped and cannabis helps me with it. I have absolutely NO problem with anyone obtaining a card if cannabis genuinely helps them. I do think for purely recreational use, it is taking the piss a little. For example, if you have a medical card just so you can smoke at festivals, I think that is making a mockery of the system.

Now, if you do decide to fake an illness so you can buy cannabis legally, I understand why you would want to take advantage of a loophole so you don't break the law. If you smoke in private, and never carry much on you, nobody is the wiser and it really doesn't make a difference in the grand scheme of things.

However, lets say you are sitting around a drum circle on the beach, and sharing joints and passing around a bong with 10 people. Cops roll up, and you whip out the medical cards, and start laughing about the fact that they can't bust you for it. You've now left an idea in the cops' minds that medical marijuana is just an excuse for people to smoke recreationally. The more people think that, the harder it becomes to get medicinal cannabis passed in other states, or if it does there will be absurd restrictions on it. As another example, lets say you are at a festival and doing the same thing around parents with their kids. They ask you to stop, and you say, "no. it's my right as a patient, bro". What impression will they have of medicinal cannabis, and those who use it?

I can see why you would suggest that abusing a medication does not affect how people perceive it in a medical context. Lets look at oxycontin - it is abused, and is still seen as a medication. But the difference is people dont suggest people with broken bones are "just trying to get high", while this is suggested all the time for people who want to use cannabis. Also, I'm willing to bet that if you could get oxycontin prescriptions for "any sort of ailment", then people would be against it's use - and say people who get prescribed it are just trying to get high.

To sum up: If cannabis helps you, get a medical card and tout its benefits and how it helps you (if it genuinely does). If you want to use a card just so you can smoke legally, at least do it in private and be respectful.

It frustrates me how cannabis cannot be legally used. It really winds me up that people cannot use it even if it helps them with serious illnesses - that is simply unjust.

I totally agree with you how it is just like tomatoes. THC is probably even safer than lycopene! To me medical use is legalization for people who might benefit from the plant. That's not enough for me: I want to see legalization for anyone who wants to use the plant, benefit or not. We all share a vision of being able to walk down to the local food co-op or 7-11 and buying high quality cannabis, or growing some in the back yard and selling it at a fair price. Don't be complacent just because you can do this now.

Like I said, I smoke only a few times a year and I live overseas. I shouldn't have to see a doctor and pay a fee to smoke cannabis.

:2cents:


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