So let me get this straightā¦something can not be sinful until it is illegal and then it is a sin? a substance that grows naturally and has been used medicinally and recreationally for thousands of years is now demonized? it sounds to me like some of you are mixed up in dual-patriarchal tyranny of both the american government and God. Marijuana is far more innocuous and safer than alcohol or cigarettes and people should know this. Clearly it is not a gateway drugā¦this antiquated notion always pops up amongst people whoāve never tried any drugs before. Just like alcohol, if you use too much marijuana at any time it can be unpleasant. However, a couple hits of a high quality strain will make you feel at peace and alive while surfing, skiing, painting, writing, observing, boating, etc. There are many beneficial aspects of smoking marijuana that are now seeing the light of day.
Does anyone realize marijuana was first made illegal back in the 30s because our government was concered about giving a cash crop to encroaching mexicans and blacks? think about the financial hit that law enforcement, tobacco, and big pharma (who is pumping us full of legal drugs that are bad for us that we dont need) would take if marijuana became legal? this is not a question of morality, itās a question of political motives. if any of you have never smoked marijuana, please try it for yourself before stating things that scientific reasearch has disproven: myths such as āitās bad for your health, itās a gateway drug, etc, etcā read a website thatās not the DEAās and youāll get a better idea. anyone who thinks smoking some weed now and then is sinful behavoir is not embracing all that life and the earth is giving us.
Alcohol and tobacco are issues of their own. Their relative danger or lack thereof is irrelevant to marijuana. The legality of alcohol and tobacco (which is bound up in a whole host of factors not related to their dangerous nature) doesnāt mean that marijuana isnāt of itself too dangerous to be legal, due to the unpredictable amount of active ingredient one is getting among many other things.
Put it this way - opium poppies are natural and have been used medicinally for thousands of years as well. They are nonetheless dangerous - why? Because people who DONāT need their medical effects abuse them hdieously.
Thatās why weāve adopted a cautious attitude. On the one hand scientists have figured out the active ingredient, which is now manufactured in controllable and predictable doses and given ONLY to people in genuine need of their medicinal effects. On the other hand, their ingestion (apart from the non-narcotic seeds) otherwise is illegal.
For that matter, same with alcohol and tobacco. The production of cigarettes and alcohol is highly regulated, so you know how much nicotine (and for that matter most of the other chemicals) youāre getting per cigarette, and how much alcohol youāre imbibing per 100 ml of wine, beer, spirits. A lot of this is clearly labelled ON the bottle or packet moreover.
Now - tell me ONE medicinal and therapeutic effect that cannabis use has been proven to achieve that we donāt already have medicines - tried, tested, reliably delivered and predictable, and safer than cannabis - to achieve?
And then tell me, if cannabis DOES have therapeutic effects, why anyone in their right mind should be using an unpredictable delivery system such as taking it as natural herb? Why not instead lobby the pharmaceutical industry for straight THC products in the form of pills powders and potions containing the active ingredient?
Gee, that wouldnāt be because such products would need testing would it? And why would that be? Because we DONāT know that marijuana - or THC for that matter - is safe, or therapeutic, and if so at what levels it is both safe and therapeutic!
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