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Not to mention the social immobility linked to drugs use.
yes ...i would continue to smoke it as i have already stated i smoke it for pleasure as well.
i'm here arguing for the legalisation ...along with most health pros and chief constables.
mental illnes in those already predisposed to it.
what the fuck is this social immobility!!!!
it is socialy irresponsible to precribe highly addictive morphine to an ex heroin addict.
I have another shock for you: I know some people (and know of many many more) who think alcohol is socially unacceptable.
So that's another reason for making it illegal, is it not?
And besides, you are ignoring the one statistic that simply ruins any "potential danger" vs. "already legal" argument.
DEATHS IN THE UK PER YEAR:
Alcohol: 100,000
Cannabis: 0
There is no way around that.
That's actually quite offensive.
between 5 and 10 % of users have problems.
meaning 90 to n95% of users ...including long term users are using these things with no ill effects.
don't you think the nhs would have crumbled under the strain twenty odd years ago if these problems were the norm?
but no ...the nhs is under massive strain from people using nicotine alcohol and eating like pigs.
lets ban food.
i have just had kids here for the weekend with grandchildren galore ...we all had a great and responsible time thankyou.
your happy to tar all drug use as bad but then admit it's only the five or ten percent who go on to have a problem of anykind.
you'll want rubber pavements next.
If this was a multinational corporation employing willing people for a pittance, then some of you would be up in arms.
Choice is not absolute.
The difference between going to a herbalist and going to the chemist is that you can trust the herbalist because all they're selling are dried out herbs and roots. As for pharmacutical companies... Look at the case for Seroxat. They knew for years how dangerous the drug was and kept on perscribing it.
not cannabis mate, definately not cannabis and in that statment you've actually inadvertently answered another reason why alcohol is worse.
That is no reason to legalise cannabis though.
well it promotes the idea does it not. i.e far safer than already legal drugs
if you have glucoma ...cannabis doesn't cure it but relieves the symptoms and stops it developing any further.
it works wonders for alcoholics and heroin addicts.
it helps greatly in spinal injury and MS ...and it's free ... and here lies the main problem.
people are being denied quality medicine.
since when was it impossible to break out of UN agreements?
common sense and current knowledge could have most signatories agree on scrapping it.
A waste of taxpayers' money either way.
which is a bad thing????
Morphine, diamorphine etc all have huge potential for abuse and of course they often are abused, but it is still accepted that they have their use as hugely effective painkillers where all else fails. Cannabis also is a very effective painkiller. Easy to produce - can be grown in this country easily and cheaply, is pretty much one the only thing effective for certain conditions such as glaucoma, dystonia and others yet there is such a hoohah about legalising it. I just dont understand.
I dont even smoke the stuff, so I have no ulterior motive for wanting it legalised.
It doesn't have to happen to the majority of users for it to be an important problem. And this has nothing to do with intelligence.