Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
I'm all for legalization, I don't think anyone should go to jail or face any legal repercussions for the personal use of any substances.

I'm not a big pot guy myself but I have friends who smoke every day, and I have to say... unfortunately, there are SO many retarded marijuana advocates that I think it really does hurt the cause, much like hardcore feminists keep people away from their cause. There are a TON of people out there claiming that marijuana is a magical cure for the world's worst diseases. Lots of pot people are claiming it stunts/kills tumors, even Tommy Chong is claiming that his cancer was cured by sticking marijuana oil up his ass.

Marijuana is a good time and it's a great substitute for pain pills. Why can't people just leave it at that?
Very good, that's the logical rational stance.


Yes there are TONS of idiots who use marijuana and there are tons of people who "abuse" it as much as that's possible. The news media, the political pundits, they seek out those special people in order to feel more right about their points. Imagine if you will, Prohibition in the 1930's, and getting hardcore drunks and people who use alcohol to self medicate mental disorders and such lobbying for the ability to use alcohol freely and openly? The Teetotalers would have LOVED that and probably attempted to utilize that very strategy against the repeal of that law.

Sure Tommy Chong is saying hemp oil has helped him deal with cancer, he doesn't say it "cured" him, but he does say it helped and it slowed the growth/shrank the size of tumors but the deal with that is there are no real studies on this subject right now. Hopefully Colorado, California, Washington, etc will be able to actually do some studies on it and see if this works and if it does then all the better for us.

Pain pills yes, but it also helps other disorders. The effects of marijuana compared to alcohol, it's no match, marijuana is so much safer.