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<p>I can imagine the biggest con being angry people doing angry angry things. I am thinking violent protests.</p>
<p>I can imagine the biggest con being angry people doing angry angry things. I am thinking violent protests.</p>
<p>At what point do you expect this?</p>
<p>[Medical</a> cannabis in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_cannabis_in_the_United_States]Medical”>Medical cannabis in the United States - Wikipedia)</p>
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<p>Buying it from a street dealer is generally more expensive than buying from a dispensary.</p>
<p>Around me, an 8th of an ounce (3.5 grams) of high quality stuff will go for around $40-$55 or so on the street. You can get the same stuff from a dispensary for like $10 a gram.</p>
<p>If it were legalized, the prices in legal settings will go down even more.</p>
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<p>I expect it from about the small 10% of the population that might protest (10 because I am assuming that the other 10 will just angrily voice their opinions). </p>
<p>My point was, there isn’t much cons (to my belief) to legalizing marijuana. Only the aftermath of it might – and just maybe.</p>
<p>I am not opposed to the responsible use of recreational marijuana by those of us who understand the concepts of moderation and safety. Unfortunately, I am quite certain that recreational use will not be restricted to this population. I am on the fence because I am concerned about marijuana making yet another dent in the social fabric of America. In many ways marijuana is more appealing than alcohol. You get a pretty quick buzz, no hangover and the effects are mellow rather that appearing sloppy drunk. Further, I think it is mostly going to appeal to the younger generation. After all, their parents drink alcohol so nothing is cool about that. This is precisely the population that has the most potential for abusing the drug.</p>
<p>I don’t put any faith in what Dr. Sanjay Gupta says, and his changing views on marijuana are transparent to say the least. All these pundits tow the party line which right now is get this substance legalized. There are very few of these celebrity doctors who view good science/medicine as their master. The least corrupted IMO is Dr. Andrew Weil.</p>
<p>Don’t forget if you flat-out legalize it then there’s the possibility of people being able to grow their own. Probably a lot easier than growing your own tobacco or distilling your own alcohol. Heck, eventually I’m sure someone will come out with a dwarf variety you can grow in a windowsill. Won’t even need a yard (or a grow lamp).</p>
<p>Deleted my last post that contained a link because I thought it might be misinterpreted. But Racin, the window sill thing is already out there.</p>
<p>That is so cute! Pot window boxes. </p>
<p>So one con that I see that has been brought up is the appeal to the younger age group. Apparently, pot is more desirable to the younger age group rather than the adults. I don’t agree with this. There are quite a number adults that use pot and wouldn’t mind it being legalized.</p>
<p>As someone with Crohn’s Disease, I’m a person who could greatly benefit from medical marijuana. There have been cases of total remission in clinical trials from other countries. Now that I’ve been in a really bad flare and have eaten nothing but protein and dairy since early July, I’m really wishing it was more accepted. Frankly, I’m afraid to get that card and hunt down random dispensaries (which are all individuals who get licenses to dispense). I’m afraid of random drug screens at work and that I could still be fired for use, even if I have a prescription. But I would love to be in remission. I would love to be able to eat bread or fruit again. I would love to be able to eat without pain. </p>
<p>Because I know that a lot of “users” are abusing the medical marijuana system, I’m afraid to use it. If it was just flat out legal, I wouldn’t be so worried about it. But really… for medical purposes, just make a pill and make it a prescription like all the other pain pills/anti-inflammatories. That’s probably the only form I’d want it in anyway.</p>
<p>The marijuana that is predominately CBD not THC, is best for anti inflammatory & pain.
I get the canna butter & put it on popcorn or baked goods.</p>
<p>The U.S. government (DHHS) in 2001 filed a patent on medical marijuana. Here is what it reads:</p>
<p>US Patent 6,630,507 Cannabinoids as Antioxidants and Neuroprotectants</p>
<p>“Cannabinoids have been found to have antioxidant properties, unrelated to NMDA receptor antagonism. This new found property makes cannabinoids useful in the treatment and prophylaxis of wide variety of oxidation associated diseases, such as ischemic, age-related, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The cannabinoids are found to have particular application as neuroprotectants, for example in limiting neurological damage following ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and HIV dementia. Nonpsychoactive cannabinoids, such as cannabidoil, are particularly advantageous to use because they avoid toxicity that is encountered with psychoactive cannabinoids at high doses useful in the method of the present invention.”…</p>
<p>Meanwhile, another arm of the U.S. government (the terrorist arm) calls marijuana a schedule I drug, with no medical purpose.</p>
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<p>Um…maybe because tobacco is legal and has been smoked by a large part of the population for centuries. Until the number and level of MJ smokers becomes that of tobacco smokers, and the same amount of time has passed…that claim makes a nice bumper sticker…but that all!</p>
<p>We’d also need to have a control group of tobacco smokers who smoke ONLY tobacco, not the altered and chemically modified stuff sold as cigarettes.</p>
<p>Um…we have 123,000 Washington residents over the age of 21 who smoke a total of 80,000,000 joints per year. You don’t think they can do a decent longitudinal study? Actually, they have - quite literally dozens of them.</p>
<p>You don’t have to have the same number of smokers to do a longitudinal study, much as we don’t have to have that many prescription opiate users to know that prescription opiates ARE killing people.</p>
<p>Ah Mini: from thy own UW :</p>
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<p>Guess we have a different definition of safety…</p>
<p>Looks like there is still some confusion in Colorado:</p>
<p>[Rob</a> Corry, Marijuana Attorney, Arrested For Public Consumption Of Pot In Colorado](<a href=“HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost”>Rob Corry, Marijuana Attorney, Arrested For Public Consumption Of Pot In Colorado | HuffPost Latest News)</p>
<p>Has anyone found studies about student motivation and graduation rates? </p>
<p>My experience, both from back then and friends of mine with current students is that regular use correlates with that "70’s " attitude and reduced succes in classes.</p>
<p>I’d like to see actuall studies.</p>
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<p>In the 60 Minutes clip that I saw, they showed the inside of a dispensary in Colorado, and they sold medical marijuana in various forms, including pill.</p>
<p>Wondering if the pill form or the canna butter referred to by another poster has the same effect on an individual as smoking it.</p>
<p>Solution: Don’t smoke it.</p>
<p>My bad… evidently the 60 Minutes piece was done almost a year ago. I must’ve seen in on a rerun because it was within the last month or so. But here it is if anyone is interested.</p>
<p>[60</a> Minutes Medical Marijuana Millionaires: Investing in Marijuana’s “Green Rush”- Cheryl Shuman - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>