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Weed can be harmful in an insidious way. I think it should be legal, but not promoted. Hopefully, legalization will be accompanied by prevention campaigns.

icantdrive55 8y ago
I wish they (state governments that legalized it) just tell the truth about marijuana. 1. Like most health claims about weed are all unfounded, and most likely placebo. 2. Certain people, like myself, are very sensitive to weed. Weed, even in small doses, make me very nervous. And even the weed that's supposedly good for anxiety--low, or high cbd's? 3. It's too bad so many of us are self medicating just to feel somewhat balaced in this wonderful country? 4. It's too bad Psychiatry haven't accomplished much since they were duped, along with us, with the wonder drugs (heterocyclic drugs like Proxac) of the ninties. I know so many people self-medicating, usually with weed, and alcohol. As bad as alcohol is on the body, it does hit so many receptor sites in the brain. And if we legalized benzodiazepines, maybe we could save many from becoming alcoholics? The argument goes on? At this point, I would like to see all drugs, except antibiotics, legal. Homelessness is at an all time high, while the economy is supposedly banging? It's really gotten ugly.
AngryData 8y ago
Legalization by itself has been shown to reduce the usage and prevalence among the youth. Many kids seek it out because it is forbidden and people lie about what it is and its effects. Once somebodies 80 year old grandpa can openly smoke it it no long becomes this forbidden fruit that is 'cool' to try out, it becomes grandpas funny smelling medicine mixed with the negative image of smokers. Not as many kids feel the need to emulate their arthritis riddled grandpa as they did the 'cool kid' who was previously the only person they knew that toked.

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Weed can be harmful in an insidious way. I think it should be legal, but not promoted. Hopefully, legalization will be accompanied by prevention campaigns.

by yodsanklai 8y ago

icantdrive55 8y ago
I wish they (state governments that legalized it) just tell the truth about marijuana. 1. Like most health claims about weed are all unfounded, and most likely placebo. 2. Certain people, like myself, are very sensitive to weed. Weed, even in small doses, make me very nervous. And even the weed that's supposedly good for anxiety--low, or high cbd's? 3. It's too bad so many of us are self medicating just to feel somewhat balaced in this wonderful country? 4. It's too bad Psychiatry haven't accomplished much since they were duped, along with us, with the wonder drugs (heterocyclic drugs like Proxac) of the ninties. I know so many people self-medicating, usually with weed, and alcohol. As bad as alcohol is on the body, it does hit so many receptor sites in the brain. And if we legalized benzodiazepines, maybe we could save many from becoming alcoholics? The argument goes on? At this point, I would like to see all drugs, except antibiotics, legal. Homelessness is at an all time high, while the economy is supposedly banging? It's really gotten ugly.
AngryData 8y ago
Legalization by itself has been shown to reduce the usage and prevalence among the youth. Many kids seek it out because it is forbidden and people lie about what it is and its effects. Once somebodies 80 year old grandpa can openly smoke it it no long becomes this forbidden fruit that is 'cool' to try out, it becomes grandpas funny smelling medicine mixed with the negative image of smokers. Not as many kids feel the need to emulate their arthritis riddled grandpa as they did the 'cool kid' who was previously the only person they knew that toked.