Marijuana is good

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brent68 said:
I dunno which dictionary you’re using, but Merriam-Webster’s definition is:

I don’t see anything here about it needing to be chemically extracted.
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Right, brent68. I myself took this comment to task last night. I did not find any official definition of a drug as having to be chemically extracted. The Oxford English Dictionary online provides the following definition of drug:

Noun:
  1. a medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body
synomyms:

1:1 a substance taken for its narcotic or stimulant effects, often illegally

There is nothing in the definition about how it is obtained. Instead the definition is focused on the physiological effects of the substance.

oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/drug?q=drug

Here is another definition:

What is a drug?
A drug is any chemical you take that affects the way your body works. Alcohol, caffeine, aspirin and nicotine are all drugs. A drug must be able to pass from your body into your brain. Once inside your brain, drugs can change the messages your brain cells are sending to each other, and to the rest of your body. They do this by interfering with your brain’s own chemical signals: neurotransmitters that transfer signals across synapses.
sciencemuseum.org.uk/whoami/findoutmore/yourbrain/howdodrugsaffectyourbrain/whatisadrug.aspx

Based on the official definitions, marijuana is a drug as it contains a chemical tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) which has a physiological and mind altering effects. Here is what wiki has:

“The effects of cannabis are caused by chemical compounds in cannabis, including cannabinoids such as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Cannabis has both psychological and physiological effects on the human body.
Cannabis use disorder is defined in the fifth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Cannabis use is associated with social and behavioural problems, and carries a risk to mental and physical health.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_cannabis

According to the official definition of ‘drug’, marijuana is a drug, just like cocaine and heroine which are both extracted from ‘organic’ plants, the coca plant and the poppy seed, respectively.

I have been reading on the Holy See website the response of the Church to drug use. There is a handbook that was put together but appears not to be available to the general public. I have requested a copy, I don’t know if it will be provided. PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR HEALTH PASTORAL CARE CHURCH: DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/hlthwork/documents/rc_pc_hlthwork_doc_20011101_chiesa-droga-presentation_en.html

The paragraph below provides a general statement of the understanding of the Church with the problem of drugs:

ENCYCLICAL LETTER
CARITAS IN VERITATE
OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF
BENEDICT XVI
TO THE BISHOPS
PRIESTS AND DEACONS
MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS
THE LAY FAITHFUL
AND ALL PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL
ON INTEGRAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IN CHARITY AND TRUTH
“The human being develops when he grows in the spirit, when his soul comes to know itself and the truths that God has implanted deep within, when he enters into dialogue with himself and his Creator. When he is far away from God, man is unsettled and ill at ease. Social and psychological alienation and the many neuroses that afflict affluent societies are attributable in part to spiritual factors. A prosperous society, highly developed in material terms but weighing heavily on the soul, is not of itself conducive to authentic development. The new forms of slavery to drugs and the lack of hope into which so many people fall can be explained not only in sociological and psychological terms but also in essentially spiritual terms. The emptiness in which the soul feels abandoned, despite the availability of countless therapies for body and psyche, leads to suffering. There cannot be holistic development and universal common good unless people’s spiritual and moral welfare is taken into account, considered in their totality as body and soul.” vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20090629_caritas-in-veritate_en.html
 
Remember that cannabis isn’t inherently evil, and has its medicinal uses. If I had severe MS or terminal cancer, and cannabis could help me get a better life, I wouldn’t even hesitate. I’d much rather risk the adverse effects from that than from being pumped full of morphine!

Among the strong narcotics and stimulants used in medicine, cannabis is rather weak with comparatively few adverse effects. So I never really got what makes cannabis so controversial as medical treatment - it was perfectly legitimate until the sixties or something, even used in cough syrup.

That said, I strongly oppose using cannabis as a recreational drug, and ideally, it should be outlawed (I’m sometimes not sure if such laws actually help, though - sometimes, a ban can make things worse). The pro crowd forget about the danger of lung cancer (as others have pointed out), and not least the danger of acute psychosis. I’ve seen patients with that kind of psychosis, and it’s not pretty. Cannabis is not a “safe drug” in any way.
 
Many people believe that Marijuana has many medicinal uses. Marijuana is good if it used for the proper reasons. It would be wrong to condemn something that treats many illnesses and conditions.

I have no problem with genuine medicinal use of marijuana, but I think recreational use is sinful. I have used marijuana many times in the past and I have experienced the negative effects of this drug.

Cannabis made me lazy, dulled my mind, and made me very depressed. Although I also experienced positive effects, the bad far outweighed the good.
 
Holly3278 said:
No offense but calling other people morons is not exactly charitable. If we are going to call other people to live the Christian life then we must be exemplars of the Christian life ourselves.
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‘Christian life’!!! If Jesus had been tactful rather than honest and straightforward, He wouldn’t have been crucified. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck…it’s probably a duck…and I’ll call it a duck.
 
It cures cancer and many other diseases. The Big Pharma don’t like it, so they invest billions in false propaganda.
 
Scientists wanted to examine marijuana’s effect on the body. They used MRIs to do this. What they found was that the frontal lobe decreased in size after daily use and it was addictive. The connectivity to that lobe increased tho’. Seemingly a positive outcome. The trouble is the added connectivity started reversing itself after 6 years so you ended up with a smaller lobe.
 
Marijuana can have good and back effects, but you can’t say it is the same as alchohol. Drinking, when one doesn’t have an addictive personality, is clean. Marijuana is not just addicting to the mind, it is so because it is the very feeling of addictiveness. The mind likes to be addicted, which is why it likes crack, marijuana, ect. Moderate drinking, when one has not an addictive reaction to it, is not the flesh. Marijuana is the flesh, always, its never truly spiritual (like mescaline could be in rare cases)
 
While we’re at it, let’s all grow some giant hogweed. Giant hogweed can cause severe burns and blisters when in contact with the skin and if the sap is rubbed in the eyes, it can even cause blindness. But, hey, it’s natural so why not?
 
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