Thread: Legalizing Mary-Jane Yes or No?

Originally Posted by Beef

Over the last 20 years this has become quite a hot topic. Especially in the medical sense. Marijuana has been proven to help all types of medical conditions such as glaucoma,cancer, & binge drinking? Yes, now they say marijuana can help protect the brain from some of the effects of binge drinking which can be really great news to some of us.

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So honestly- should marijuana be legalized?

The argument to legalize "medical marijuana" is quite ridiculous.

There is already a pill called Marinol, which contains Dronabinol. This, as you should know, is an isoform of the compound known as THC, which is largely responsible for the effects of marijuana smoking in humans.

Anyone wishing to enjoy the beneficial effects can simply be prescribed a pill like Marinol, as opposed to smoking, which has harmful side effects.


I believe the strongest argument for THC use is the alleviation of dysfunctional appetites. In several populations, the appetite of an individual can be stimulated with great effect by the administration of Dronabinol.

Those wishing to relieve stress to the eyes due to Glaucoma should ask their doctors about something like Pirenzipine, which is much more effective in correcting eye related problems than something like smoking a joint.

Others, who simply wish to alleviate chronic pains would probably be better suited by the massive variety of other analgesics available.



Also, Smoking marijuana absolutely is harmful. If you don't agree with anything else, you simply can't deny the presence of PACs (basically nasty, polymerized carbon rings) in the lungs as a result of smoking. This causes the paralyzation of the cilia present in the windpipe, which causes particles that would normally be transported out to cause infection and irritation. This is the cause of the commonly misunderstood "smoker's cough."