Cnn : The legalization of marijuana

Every day this week, on Anderson Cooper 360, at 10 pm EST there will be a discussion about the pros and cons of legalizing marijuana.

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Thanks for posting.

 

I don't get CNN.

Can anyone post the topics they discuss?

 

Can't wait to see how Cooper speaks about this subject.

Either legalize and tax it or make medical marijuana available in all 50 states, it's completely asinine that the USA has this medicine available to only a few of it's states...

What if I were to move out of a state where my medicine is legal to another where it's not, I suffer and now am a criminal if I partake in my therapy? asinine....

Times are changing though, and I shall bare with it :cheers2:

 

i agree,, there was a pennsylvaina med-marijuana on the books.. Whos gonna be providing the pot? The government! Fuck that!!!!!111~1!

 

Yeah, i saw part of that today. I saw the doctor who gave out allot of recommendations, hes a smart guy. I mean, marijuana is so safe, and it can help with so many things, doctors should give recommendations left and right. Once I'm out of college, and I move to california, im paying that guy a visit.

 

I think the main issue with Cannabis legalization for medical purposes, is the fact that the vast majority of people that consume it do so by smoking. Smoking anything is not healthy, and smoking medicine seems pretty backwards to most logical people.

More effort needs to be put into developing an alternative to smoking. Yes, there is vaporizing, but most still see this as smoking, which it is not.

Marinol was a step in the right direction, but considering it's just THC, and none of the other useful chemicals that you get from smoking bud, it missed the mark.

And before people go on about how pills are not natural and it's disrespectful to the herb, blah blah, when we are talking medically, if you want to keep people healthy that is how it's going to be done.

Pain management is a right. Because of this various opiate pain killers are available. That doesn't mean they are going to let you smoke heroin for it.

There is never going to be a federally legal medical marijuana program as long as it's main intent is to provide people with smoking material.

 

I see what you're saying -

But there are people out there that can't consume orally their medicine, like chemotherapy patients. They puke it before it has time to work. IV's are another option, but still... Why not just smoke some buds, all it is is another form of administration. But you're right, people wouldn't see it like that for some reason.

 

I agree anyone should be able to use Cannabis in any way they want, just pointing out how a lot of people against it probably think.

Another idea would be some sort of a patch, much like Fentanyl and morphine patches. Or a "cannabinoid inhaler" that could deliver the goods right into your lungs, without the problem of being smoked.

Obviously I'm not any sort of scientists, but I really think delivery methods such as those would be far more acceptable than smoking it, for the people that are making the legislation on such things.

 

Masta,

I get what you're saying and there is some validity to that fact.

However, the argument has never been that MJ is safe. No drug is safe. The argument is that MJ is the safest option we have. It comes with fewer side effects than the prescriptions it is replacing.

A real classic example is the MJ patient who is using pot for treatment of muscle spasticity(chronic muscle spasms). Sure he inhales smoke several times a day. BUT, he is no longer taking 3-6 valiums a day. Valiums have serious withdrawal potential and nervous system effects that can be dangerous.

 

they already did legalize it, look at my sig

 

Ok this topic has been debated long enough. The facts have been laid out for the suits numerous times, what do they want from us in order to legalize? It's just getting fucking ridiculous now.

 

kinda off topic but iM real fucked so jus wondering, if marijuana where legalized would people start wanting other drugs legalized?? like coke or somethin I dunno

 

I would hope so, as its the only way to end illegal drug trade and get rid of drug cartells powers. :toetap05:

I honestly woudlnt care if every other drug was legalized as well. As many people has said just because HARD drugs would be legal, your not going to want to go out and do them just because its legal. Also, they can make it legal and just not like sell it. IDK a whole lot about ideas of what would work but they're out there.

 

I saw one of the episodes. It was o.k. There was this guy that said if it was taxed then the costs of medical care and all this shit would go up... I think that clown should just smoke a bowl and shut his face.

 

Medical care would go up?

THC has actually been shown to reduce the risks of cancer.

 

^ yeah i think hes saying, it would eliminate alot of the money they make off other medical methods and shit so they would charge more for other stuff.

haha i was tryign to watch this today but i fell asleep like right before it came on

I had it on for a bit the other day and it was talking about like Iran or some shit. I thought it was sposto be all about the weed.
(haha chuck fender reference)

 

While I think that some of those hard drugs should be heavily regulated, I don't see where legalizing them would be a problem. Since our prisons are so filled to the brim with drug offenders, it would really help us out to get those people out of there. And there are quite a few "hard" drugs that I would rather my kids on, rather than alchohol. But I think it would be a while before people start trying to legalize other things. It's not gonna be like "Thanks for finally legalizing marajuana, where the fuck is my heroin?" It will satisfy people for a while just to finally have legal weed.

 

I dont think all drugs should be legal, heroin is definatly one of those.

 

yes thats what i meant, obviously dont sell them like recreational drugs, but even if you could get a "prescription" of it its legal then. Hell yes it would satifsy people. But then you really cant leave out others, but marijuana is the one people want the most, and that has the most profit.

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