Posted by detroitpistons on February 24, 2009, at 20:23:50
In reply to In Defense of Cannabis, posted by Questionmark on February 18, 2009, at 23:00:33
There's nothing wrong with cannabis, in my humble opinion. Just like anything else, it's possible to go overboard with it. Compared to a lot of other substances, however, I'd say it's pretty benign.
I have a friend who has had a very tough time with treatment resistent depression. His moods cycle a lot (mostly from more depressed to less depressed and vice versa) and mood stabilizers and antidepressants haven't seemed to help him, even things like Abilify...He's recently begun to smoke a little bit of pot and it's helped him to cope. If it's helping him to get by while everything else is failing, I think he should keep doing it. Why not? It's all about quality of life.
> Stating how you feel about something for yourself is different than saying you are "against" something in terms of other people. I'm against Remeron-- for myself. I'm not against other people using Remeron. But i think his actual opinion was probably more that it is not good that his brother is "a druggie", whether he (his brother) is trying to self-medicate or not-- something like that maybe (sorry if my assumption is wrong, however). Otherwise yeah i don't quite understand it cuz we're all self-medicating here (or everyone here who is on a drug which is the vast majority if not all).
> But yeah the first post was still pretty derogatory and demeaning to cannabis users. I [would] only use cannabis on very rare occasions-- er, would if it were legal (i do not do anything against the law, of course-- and i certainly wouldn't admit to it on a public website), and it has a number of effects on me that i absolutely loathe (or would if i had tried it). Basically, it is far, far, far from my drug of choice. It is near the bottom of the list of my drugs of choice (medicinal or recreational or otherwise). But for god's sake it is one of the least dangerous psychoactive substances in existence. There are numerous groups and people, however, who have an enormous financial interest in keeping cannabis illegal. I'm not talking conspiracy theories here i'm talking about obvious things. And i am not a hippie or a far-left liberal or a pothead (not that there's anything necessarily wrong with them as people of course). No. I just care about fairness and justice and logic. And it is due to nothing other than pure fantastical hypocrisy, misinformation, and irrational traditionalism that cannabis is still illicit-- especially as tobacco, alcohol, and numerous pharmaceuticals are legal.
> I could go on about this and all the specifics for .. way too long, but i've already digressed down a mostly irrelevant tangent, so i'll shut up now.
> Criticism of cannabis on this board is just the last thing i would expect to see, and is especially [i'll keep it civil] unsettling considering all the powerful, physiologically habit-forming, and far less time-tested pharmaceutical drugs that we poor saps take.
> ... But, that being said, i'll still take Nardil and coffee over all the weed in the world, any day of the week.
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> (PS Also of course this is not an attack on you Jade was just commenting on one thing you said.)
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> > Okay D/R-we all know you like your ganga.
> > I actually do feel less anxious after a couple drinks. I never get drunk. Were all gonna sit here and defend the "drug" that works for us.
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> > Lets not forget Sam was just trying to express his opinion which he doesn't do often, so if you guys wanna battle it out lets start another thread. He doesn't believe in self medication. Thats a completely legitimate way to feel, and he'll outlive us all and be healthy to boot. Do we really get to tell someone their beliefs are wrong? We can tell em are point of view, we can argue faulty facts. But If I say I BELIEVE people should stay within the law, thats my right to believe that. I don't think Sam was looking for an attack on his belief system.
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> > Please tell me if I'm wrong here Sam, I'm pretty sure you left a while ago, but I hope you'll post again.
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> > Your friend,
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> > ~Jade
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