Do you support the medical use of marijuana?
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I believe that a state or two should completely legalize it. however this is no free country so we may never see this. It does have medical use and for a docter not to be able to prescribe it is rediculus. They can prescribe just about anything else.\n\nIts just another " govern-mental " issue like abortion.
198308
Depends on what kind of drugs... medicatoin to make you feel better is good, it helps you heal, ilegal drugs bad because they just f**k you right up but some people may see them as good because they can help heal their problem such as marijuana for healing pain
18536
I have personally seen the positive results of marijuana therapy for a person undergoing radiation/chemotherapy treatments.  There are undoubtedly many who would benefit from using pot as a medicine, and I think it ridiculous that we enforce a law which prevents these persons from getting the help they so often are in need of.  Is it that dangerous as compared with alcohol, which is legal?  And if it were legal, do you really believe "every" kid and teenager would use it?  (As one person replied earlier) I SAY NO WAY. Let's make it legal for medicinal and many other uses, such as a building material and/or renewable energy resource!
993009
No.\nThis is not the place for that. Pot is not good for your health.
538741
Drug if taken recreationally, medicine if taken under the care and supervision of a doctor.  Same for morphine!\n\nEDIT:  To the person below me, many countries currently permit doctors to prescribe medicinal marijuana, and many doctors do so.  The world is a lot bigger than the USA.
696240
I think it is insane that medical marijuana has had such a hard time, it could offer cheap and effective pain relief for many people.  Especially when a lot more dangerous drugs like OxyContin get prescribed like candy.  Wake up America!
78844
HB 2087 proposes rescheduling marijuana under federal law so those states, like Massachusetts, that wish to legalize the medical use of marijuana under state law could do so without federal interference. If approved by Congress, federal prosecution of patients who qualify for medical use under state law would end,and states could actually provide medical marijuana to patients who qualify under state law.
235932
I think it's safe to say that smoking anything when you have asthma is going to worsen your condition. Whatever marijuana's medicinal properties, it most assuredly does not help with asthma.
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I LOVE HIPPIES!\n\nThey sure knew what they were on about. Universal love, peace, happiness, what's wrong with all that? Although I disagree on marijuana, I agree with euphoric elation! As long as nobody's getting hurt, be happy, by any means!\n\nYes. I loved the hippies. John butler, one of my idols, is a hippie in disguise!!
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I know here in Canada not sure where you are.. alot of cancer patients and patients with severe pain management are prescribed marijuana for relief.. is it ok? I guess that's an opinion call but I think if it helps make peoples lives more manageable and tolerable then it should be ok.. but it should be discussed with a doctor first.
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First off, don't listen to ignorant answers from people like martinamagrace.  Obviously she's lucky enough not to have been afflicted with debilitating pain!\n\nI don't know anyone who's used it, but I've heard opinions that it is more helpful than any other high-potency pain killer.  Medical marijuana should not be illegal.  It's been a great help to many people who suffer from a number of diseases.  And kudos to the doctors who prescribe it.  If only there were more like them!
101655
Legalizing it for medical purposes would be ok.  Look at the side effects from some of the other drugs you see commercials for.  I mean what is the harm in prescription marijuana compared to percocet, methadone etc...
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No, the supreme court is expected to make a decision to prevent the federal government from prosecuting people for adhering to state laws while smoking pot for medicinal purposes. Medicinal pot is legal in California, but it's still a felony, so all these doctors are getting arrested for prescribing it, and the patients are getting arreset for possesing it. That's what the ruling is about.
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Yes, I'm sure that in 40 years, we will be curing cancer with crack and using heroin to combat diabetes.\n\nSheesh.  I'm all for legalization and the rights of the individual to choose what to put in his own body.  But some of the arguments that come out of pro-drug people, especially the medical ones these days, mostly just go to show that drugs impair judgement.
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Marijuana is constantly in the news and more and more scientific evidence is pointing towards its use causing serious and permanent psychologically damage.\n\nOk!\n\nHow many people die from smoking cigarettes or from drinking themselves to death or other when these idiots try and drive etc?\n\nExcellent question!  \n\nAll three have very, very detrimental effects on our health and the health of others around us and it seems insane to 'point the finger' only at marijuana.\n\nAt the end of the day its your informed choice.\n\nRespect other, but do as you please!
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The whole world has decriminalized marijuana, except the U.S. The Police and gov't use it as a means of invasion and control. They use it as a means to fill their prisons. They use it as a means to steal and confiscate and redistribute wealth to themselves. They use it as a means to get into your pockets and to search every crevice of your privacy. They use it as an excuse to monitor your phone and email. They use it as a means of entry when they "smell" it. There is no human right that stands in their way when an "informer" reveals there "might" be marijuana present. It is an excuse for them to do everything for our "protection" and to protect our children.\n\nWhy on earth would gov't want to legalize or even decriminalize marijuana. They got it goin' on.\n\nAfter smoking marijuana for 30 years, I am now afraid of all drugs. It chose my friends, my music, and what I did with my time. I somehow managed to finish college, but I did not excel, and it kept me away from the best students, out of the best groups, and I would never be hired by the best companies or work for the highest salary. I accomplished very little aside from what I had to. I managed to raise three lovely girls, but the divorce was largely over marijuana use. I've lost two jobs because of it. \n\nIt gets ahold of you psychologically, and controls your life. You spend untold amounts of time smoking it, or trying to smoke it, or trying to find it, or trying to make money so you can buy some. It drains your time, your energy, your memory, and your pocket book. The resources lost to marijuana must be incredible.\n\nDecriminalize it yes. Nobody should go to prison and be branded a criminal because they can't control their drug use. It is like a disease that should be treated, not by isolating the person and destroying them and their family, but by helping them to understand their dilemma, and giving them treatment. \n\nIf you want new facts about marijuana, and some fuel for your arguments, check out the reference.
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I agree with " jtuckerndfw "\n" It poses far less hazard to society than alcohol."\n_________________________\nYES- BUT only if you posses a certain amount and it is medical marijuana. \n_________________________\n"ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Last Frontier state just may become the first in the nation to legalize marijuana completely." \n\nBackers of a controversial ballot initiative want pot to be treated just like alcohol. If voters pass the measure, it would be legal to grow, smoke and sell any amount of marijuana so long as one is 21 years of age. The state would regulate the cannabis industry just as it licenses booze and cigarettes.\n\n"Alaskans are independent and I think Alaskans believe people should have the maximum freedom of choice," said Ken Jacobus, a pro-marijuana attorney. "Adults can choose cigarettes, they can choose alcohol."\n\nAlaskans can currently possess small amounts of pot for use in their homes, and medical marijuana is allowed.\n\nState Attorney General Gregg Renkes opposes the initiative. He says liberalizing the drug laws will "lead to a higher rate of addiction for marijuana and other drugs.\n\n"It will increase the burden on the state, and I think it's really a disservice to our young people."