General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Do YOU support legalization? [View all]6502
(256 posts)Again: No.
There are many legal remedies (prescription and non-prescription) for every medical condition people say they they need weed for --- and none are carcinogenic.
headache/body aches: anelgesics
depression: anti-depressants
sleepness: various sleep aids
anxiety: anti-anxiety meds
And all medicines must pass FDA approval. They cannot legally cut or dope thier products.
Go to a doctor, tell doctor what ails you, and get a prescription.
Cost? If you live in a country with national health insurance of any kind you have no excuse. ObamCare in its current form will suffice for many. And if you fall through the cracks there, you are more likely to receive broad support from the greater society for expanding healthcare to more people so you could fill valid legal prescriptions before they would ever permit coverage for illegal drugs.
Marijuana and other illegal drugs have known costs to society which supporters gloss over with hand-wavey pseudo-scientific, pseudo-economic, pseudo-social scientific nonsense all in the service of your single-minded goal: to do whatever you want --- be it fuel your addictions or just plain get high --- at the expense of the greater society.
PS
I do support publicly funded drug rehabilitation clinics to help release people from thier patterns of use and/or addiction.