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Only for medicinal purposes.
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Yeah, one might be more dangerous than the other but both are dangerous and shouldn't be done.
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I've spoken about this before , but the actual cannabis plant isn't the problem .. it's how it's taken/ used which is.
Smoking it has zero health benefits other than to get stoned, so of course they think it calms them, but when it's smoked it stinks . But if it was used the right way in Oil forms,or boiled in water then it would be far better ,and you wouldn't have the weird side effects IE paranoia , feeling sick , hallucinations , feeling drowsy etc . The actual sativa seed is great for the skin and I've used it in face wash and lotions ,and it helps joint pains. You could even have a bath in it and it would be much healthier than smoking it. |
I think it should definitely be decriminalised, wouldn't bother me if it were legal either. I don't smoke it any more but I have done a lot in the past. I have also driven stoned - back in the early 90s. I have been in cars with people off their faces on a whole range of drugs after clubs. We always felt like we weren't doing that much wrong as no-one drank alcohol but looking back - people were tripping their faces off :eek:
Today, things are very different with roadside swab tests but in the 90s you didn't really worry too much. Looking back, its a wonder there wasn't terrible consequences but it was never something we considered when piling out of a club and going on to the next meet up. |
i would increase the severity of sentences, not make it legal
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I wouldn’t make the punishments more severe, weed is bought (by most) through a low-level local dealer who isn’t pushing hard drugs. If you make it too risky for Bob Next Door to sell a little bag of weed, it’ll go into the hands of those who are already selling hard drugs, and those people will try to tempt their buyers into trying other drugs. |
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Yes, legalise it across the board... and immediately for medical purposes. I would like to see all drugs decriminalised and available where they can be regulated and help given to people who need it. Take the criminals out of the equation.
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Nice to see you around, Liv.
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It does not help with anxiety. It causes or worsens anxiety and depression. This has not only been widely studied, but the actual neuropsychological mechanism for WHY it causes or worsens anxiety and depression is well understood.
"Weed helps anxiety" is one of the most dangerous myths around. Sure it helps alleviate anxiety in the short term. So does alcohol. Drinking or smoking weed to help with anxiety is a terrible idea and significantly worsens clinical, long-term anxiety and depression because of the effect it has on dopamine receptors. Anyone who would recommend self-medication with weed for anxiety and depression is merrily waving that person off down a path of spiraling addictions. I'm all for legalization in terms of further study for prescribed medical uses. |
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Very true. I get very anxious if I run dry. |
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The important point though is that this would be prescribed medical use for harm reduction of a chronic anxiety disorder that needs some form of medication... at which point the question stops being "is it harmful" and becomes "which option is least harmful". Completely different to people choosing off their own back to self-prescribe weed for anxiety (as people already do, obviously... lots of people smoke weed / drink alcohol / both to combat anxiety). That's almost certain to increase long-term symptoms. People think it makes them better because they feel better while they're doing it but that's a no-brainer, of course they feel better while they have an active buzz, that's completely different to something having a genuine therapeutic effect. Basically, there's a good reason that you can't pop down to Tesco and grab a box of SSRI's or Benzodiazepines off the shelf next to the multivitamins. |
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And people are going to be there to abuse anything so you can bring up addiction as an anomaly whether you’re talking about weed, alcohol or doughnuts. People do medicate with CBD and they’re able to get relief for whatever they’re dealing with without all the attendant side-effects that come with pharmaceutical drugs. You’re going to have to do a much better job if you want to make a tangible argument against the legalisation of cannabis. At the moment you’re just painting all stoners as overly self-indulgent people willing to spiral themselves down a rabbit hole akin to demoniac possession for the sake of a quick head-high or ill-advised self-treatment and there just isn’t any need. |
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