Comments on: Do you think its a good idea to legalize marijuana for medical purpose given the potential of abuse from teens http://www.medicalrag.com/do-you-think-its-a-good-idea-to-legalize-marijuana-for-medical-purpose-given-the-potential-of-abuse-from-teens/ Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:30:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: CountryIsMyR&B http://www.medicalrag.com/do-you-think-its-a-good-idea-to-legalize-marijuana-for-medical-purpose-given-the-potential-of-abuse-from-teens/comment-page-1/#comment-19141 CountryIsMyR&B Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:40:53 +0000 http://www.medicalrag.com/do-you-think-its-a-good-idea-to-legalize-marijuana-for-medical-purpose-given-the-potential-of-abuse-from-teens/#comment-19141 Legal or not legal, marijuana is used today by a number of teens (13-years-old to 19-years-old) and non-teens (everyone else). For law abiding teens and adults, however, legalization of marijuana for medical purposes will not present a problem or a temptation. I do not believe that non-smokers will start smoking just because someone with a migraine decides to light up. People, not just teens, who want to smoke marijuana will find a way to do so, with or without the permission of the state. We should review the lessons taught to us by Prohibition in the 1920's. So, to answer the question directly, I believe that marijuana should be legal for medical purposes, and legislated in all other cases in the same manner that alcohol is legislated. Legal or not legal, marijuana is used today by a number of teens (13-years-old to 19-years-old) and non-teens (everyone else). For law abiding teens and adults, however, legalization of marijuana for medical purposes will not present a problem or a temptation.

I do not believe that non-smokers will start smoking just because someone with a migraine decides to light up. People, not just teens, who want to smoke marijuana will find a way to do so, with or without the permission of the state.

We should review the lessons taught to us by Prohibition in the 1920’s.

So, to answer the question directly, I believe that marijuana should be legal for medical purposes, and legislated in all other cases in the same manner that alcohol is legislated.

]]> By: splight http://www.medicalrag.com/do-you-think-its-a-good-idea-to-legalize-marijuana-for-medical-purpose-given-the-potential-of-abuse-from-teens/comment-page-1/#comment-19140 splight Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:57:26 +0000 http://www.medicalrag.com/do-you-think-its-a-good-idea-to-legalize-marijuana-for-medical-purpose-given-the-potential-of-abuse-from-teens/#comment-19140 It should be legalized, if it was, its doubtful that there would be so much trouble with youngsters smoking it?! I dont see a problem with people smoking it. I would rather people smoke bud/weed/puff than to go out and get drunk...not many fights start with people that have sat smoking as to the fights that start between drunk people. Its legal in amsterdam and they dont get half as many drug related crimes as we do (in the uk!) because its controlled over there, as well as the prositution etc.. u dont get the trouble with STD's cos its also controlled there! I say, Yep...legalize puff!! People should open there eyes to what the youths are really taking because if they could see the truth about the drugs that are on the streets in every town, smoking puff would be so low on the list of parents worry's as everything else would be before that!! If it was legalized, half the teenagers that have tried it probably wouldnt have bothered if they were allowed to do it! Apart fromthat, from medical views...it reduces muscular disorders...if you smoke it when pregnant!! It should be legalized, if it was, its doubtful that there would be so much trouble with youngsters smoking it?!

I dont see a problem with people smoking it. I would rather people smoke bud/weed/puff than to go out and get drunk…not many fights start with people that have sat smoking as to the fights that start between drunk people.

Its legal in amsterdam and they dont get half as many drug related crimes as we do (in the uk!) because its controlled over there, as well as the prositution etc.. u dont get the trouble with STD’s cos its also controlled there!

I say, Yep…legalize puff!!

People should open there eyes to what the youths are really taking because if they could see the truth about the drugs that are on the streets in every town, smoking puff would be so low on the list of parents worry’s as everything else would be before that!!

If it was legalized, half the teenagers that have tried it probably wouldnt have bothered if they were allowed to do it!

Apart fromthat, from medical views…it reduces muscular disorders…if you smoke it when pregnant!!

]]> By: LedZepBabe http://www.medicalrag.com/do-you-think-its-a-good-idea-to-legalize-marijuana-for-medical-purpose-given-the-potential-of-abuse-from-teens/comment-page-1/#comment-19139 LedZepBabe Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:09:25 +0000 http://www.medicalrag.com/do-you-think-its-a-good-idea-to-legalize-marijuana-for-medical-purpose-given-the-potential-of-abuse-from-teens/#comment-19139 Marijuana DOES have medicinal purposes. My Mom hasn't had any complications from her liver disease from it, my Dad uses it for help with his glaucoma and my boyfriend and I both use it to help us with our chronic migraines. We don't smoke it just to feel good, but to help us because we have health problems that only marijuana can treat. That is just a stupid rumor: it is not a gateway drug. My Mom has been smoking it for 30 years and never had the temptation to use ANY other kind of drug. My Dad, boyfriend and I haven't done any other kinds of drugs either. It's a scientific fact that tetrahydracannibonol, (THC) the resin crystals on the leaf base and buds at the peak of blooming that gets you high when smoked, really does have medicinal purposes. I don't think it should be legalized to the general public, but only made available to those who need it for their ailments, like the laws already in California and Oregon. And I have never in all my life have ever heard a story about any REAL person that died because of marijuana, and neither has my Dad, and he was a teenager in the 60's. My Mom grew up in the 70's. My boyfriend may be 20, and I'm only 17, but I am positive that I will never try another drug, and so is my boyfriend. Marijuana DOES have medicinal purposes. My Mom hasn’t had any complications from her liver disease from it, my Dad uses it for help with his glaucoma and my boyfriend and I both use it to help us with our chronic migraines. We don’t smoke it just to feel good, but to help us because we have health problems that only marijuana can treat. That is just a stupid rumor: it is not a gateway drug. My Mom has been smoking it for 30 years and never had the temptation to use ANY other kind of drug. My Dad, boyfriend and I haven’t done any other kinds of drugs either. It’s a scientific fact that tetrahydracannibonol, (THC) the resin crystals on the leaf base and buds at the peak of blooming that gets you high when smoked, really does have medicinal purposes. I don’t think it should be legalized to the general public, but only made available to those who need it for their ailments, like the laws already in California and Oregon. And I have never in all my life have ever heard a story about any REAL person that died because of marijuana, and neither has my Dad, and he was a teenager in the 60’s. My Mom grew up in the 70’s. My boyfriend may be 20, and I’m only 17, but I am positive that I will never try another drug, and so is my boyfriend.

]]> By: lovpayne http://www.medicalrag.com/do-you-think-its-a-good-idea-to-legalize-marijuana-for-medical-purpose-given-the-potential-of-abuse-from-teens/comment-page-1/#comment-19138 lovpayne Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:12:39 +0000 http://www.medicalrag.com/do-you-think-its-a-good-idea-to-legalize-marijuana-for-medical-purpose-given-the-potential-of-abuse-from-teens/#comment-19138 It is already given to some terminal cancer patients, there are those with glaucoma who have a licence to grow and use their own. as a tea it can help settle a stomache, and it has been known to prevent asthma attacks as it opens up the airways, (as apposed to cigarette smoke wich causes the airway to close up) There are more benefits to the drug than there are side effects, and as long as it were legal, just like any other tobacco like product it would be taxed, regulated, and sold in packs. (giving a guarentee on quality, and keeping it from becoming laced with dangerous drugs, this would put an end to "killer weed" ) It is already given to some terminal cancer patients, there are those with glaucoma who have a licence to grow and use their own. as a tea it can help settle a stomache, and it has been known to prevent asthma attacks as it opens up the airways, (as apposed to cigarette smoke wich causes the airway to close up)

There are more benefits to the drug than there are side effects, and as long as it were legal, just like any other tobacco like product it would be taxed, regulated, and sold in packs. (giving a guarentee on quality, and keeping it from becoming laced with dangerous drugs, this would put an end to “killer weed” )

]]> By: whitewolf http://www.medicalrag.com/do-you-think-its-a-good-idea-to-legalize-marijuana-for-medical-purpose-given-the-potential-of-abuse-from-teens/comment-page-1/#comment-19137 whitewolf Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:14:13 +0000 http://www.medicalrag.com/do-you-think-its-a-good-idea-to-legalize-marijuana-for-medical-purpose-given-the-potential-of-abuse-from-teens/#comment-19137 WELL, I FOUND SOMEONE WHO IS INTERESTING ABOUT THIS...THAT'S GREAT..DID YOU KNOW THAT ALOT OF CANCER PATIENCE TAKE IT...AND SOME OF THE GUYS WHO HAVE LOSE LIMBS IN THE WARS TO SAVE THIS COUNTRY ARE ALLOWED IT TOO...I REALLY DON'T SEE HOW IT IS GOING TO AFFECT THE PUBLIC AS YOU SAY THE TEENAGERS...THERE ARE ALOT OF DRUGS OUT THERE AND IF THEY WANT THEM BAD ENOUGH THEY WILL FIND A WAY TO DO SO....IF.PEOPLE WANT IT BAD ENOUGH THEY CAN EVEN GET IT IN JAIL..THEY SOMEHOW CAN GET THRU THE GATES IN A PRISON..SO AS FAR AS IT BEING LEGALIZED I'M ALL FOR IT..PEOPLE IN THOSE SITUATIONS DESERVE TO BE OUT OF SOME OF THEIR PAIN..........THANKS FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO VOICE MY OPINION.....THANKS AGAIN WELL, I FOUND SOMEONE WHO IS INTERESTING ABOUT THIS…THAT’S GREAT..DID YOU KNOW THAT ALOT OF CANCER PATIENCE TAKE IT…AND SOME OF THE GUYS WHO HAVE LOSE LIMBS IN THE WARS TO SAVE THIS COUNTRY ARE ALLOWED IT TOO…I REALLY DON’T SEE HOW IT IS GOING TO AFFECT THE PUBLIC AS YOU SAY THE TEENAGERS…THERE ARE ALOT OF DRUGS OUT THERE AND IF THEY WANT THEM BAD ENOUGH THEY WILL FIND A WAY TO DO SO….IF.PEOPLE WANT IT BAD ENOUGH THEY CAN EVEN GET IT IN JAIL..THEY SOMEHOW CAN GET THRU THE GATES IN A PRISON..SO AS FAR AS IT BEING LEGALIZED I’M ALL FOR IT..PEOPLE IN THOSE SITUATIONS DESERVE TO BE OUT OF SOME OF THEIR PAIN……….THANKS FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO VOICE MY OPINION…..THANKS AGAIN

]]> By: M.I.L.F.27 http://www.medicalrag.com/do-you-think-its-a-good-idea-to-legalize-marijuana-for-medical-purpose-given-the-potential-of-abuse-from-teens/comment-page-1/#comment-19136 M.I.L.F.27 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:01:43 +0000 http://www.medicalrag.com/do-you-think-its-a-good-idea-to-legalize-marijuana-for-medical-purpose-given-the-potential-of-abuse-from-teens/#comment-19136 It is illegal right now...and kids abuse it. What do you think? Some states may legalize it for medical purposes, but federal law doesn't recognize it. And yes, it should be legal for medical conditions. I have MS and though it is in the early stages, the heat makes my hands shake like an old persons' on occasion. Marijuana helps it. Also helps the pain I get in my legs. I'd rather do that than take god knows how may medications with who knows what in them. "Stupid questions get stupid answers"...didn't you learn that yet? It is illegal right now…and kids abuse it. What do you think? Some states may legalize it for medical purposes, but federal law doesn’t recognize it.
And yes, it should be legal for medical conditions. I have MS and though it is in the early stages, the heat makes my hands shake like an old persons’ on occasion. Marijuana helps it. Also helps the pain I get in my legs. I’d rather do that than take god knows how may medications with who knows what in them.

“Stupid questions get stupid answers”…didn’t you learn that yet?

]]> By: sanchezmelendrez http://www.medicalrag.com/do-you-think-its-a-good-idea-to-legalize-marijuana-for-medical-purpose-given-the-potential-of-abuse-from-teens/comment-page-1/#comment-19135 sanchezmelendrez Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:11:29 +0000 http://www.medicalrag.com/do-you-think-its-a-good-idea-to-legalize-marijuana-for-medical-purpose-given-the-potential-of-abuse-from-teens/#comment-19135 If it for medical purposes it would be by prescription only and just like any other medicine, you probably shouldn't leave it just lying around. If someone is really needing the marijuana for medical purposes to alleviate pain and what not, I can't imagine they would be willing to give it or sell it to anyone. Especially if they would have to still pay a co-pay just like with other medications. So yes, it should be legalized for medical purposes. If it for medical purposes it would be by prescription only and just like any other medicine, you probably shouldn’t leave it just lying around. If someone is really needing the marijuana for medical purposes to alleviate pain and what not, I can’t imagine they would be willing to give it or sell it to anyone. Especially if they would have to still pay a co-pay just like with other medications. So yes, it should be legalized for medical purposes.

]]> By: Drew F http://www.medicalrag.com/do-you-think-its-a-good-idea-to-legalize-marijuana-for-medical-purpose-given-the-potential-of-abuse-from-teens/comment-page-1/#comment-19134 Drew F Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:39:55 +0000 http://www.medicalrag.com/do-you-think-its-a-good-idea-to-legalize-marijuana-for-medical-purpose-given-the-potential-of-abuse-from-teens/#comment-19134 Kids are going to abuse marijuana whether it's legal or not. If it's legalized, I do think that they will be able to regulate it better though because they will have better control and oversight on the sources/producers. But then again, kids (and adults as well) are also known to abuse legal, prescription drugs. I don't think there is a way to get rid of this problem. However, if there is firm, medically supported evidence that shows marijuana's medicinal benefits, then I don't see why they shouldn't legalize it. Kids are going to abuse marijuana whether it’s legal or not. If it’s legalized, I do think that they will be able to regulate it better though because they will have better control and oversight on the sources/producers. But then again, kids (and adults as well) are also known to abuse legal, prescription drugs. I don’t think there is a way to get rid of this problem. However, if there is firm, medically supported evidence that shows marijuana’s medicinal benefits, then I don’t see why they shouldn’t legalize it.

]]> By: maigen_obx http://www.medicalrag.com/do-you-think-its-a-good-idea-to-legalize-marijuana-for-medical-purpose-given-the-potential-of-abuse-from-teens/comment-page-1/#comment-19133 maigen_obx Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:39:03 +0000 http://www.medicalrag.com/do-you-think-its-a-good-idea-to-legalize-marijuana-for-medical-purpose-given-the-potential-of-abuse-from-teens/#comment-19133 I hate to burst your bubble, but it's already being used by teens. I also don't believe that it's a gateway drug, it's so dissimilar from the other drugs. No one I know that's smoked pot has turned to any of the harder drugs. So yes they should definitely legalize medicinal marijuana. I hate to burst your bubble, but it’s already being used by teens. I also don’t believe that it’s a gateway drug, it’s so dissimilar from the other drugs. No one I know that’s smoked pot has turned to any of the harder drugs. So yes they should definitely legalize medicinal marijuana.

]]> By: Zuk http://www.medicalrag.com/do-you-think-its-a-good-idea-to-legalize-marijuana-for-medical-purpose-given-the-potential-of-abuse-from-teens/comment-page-1/#comment-19132 Zuk Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:41:43 +0000 http://www.medicalrag.com/do-you-think-its-a-good-idea-to-legalize-marijuana-for-medical-purpose-given-the-potential-of-abuse-from-teens/#comment-19132 its only your opinion that it is a gateway drug, I'd say cigs and booze are more of a gateway drug then pot. A lot of cancer patients use it to keep up an appitiete, that is needed very much to fight the cancer. In fact, I think it should be legal for anyone over 21. A hundred years of pot use in this nation will never cause the destruction that one year of drinking booze causes its only your opinion that it is a gateway drug, I’d say cigs and booze are more of a gateway drug then pot. A lot of cancer patients use it to keep up an appitiete, that is needed very much to fight the cancer. In fact, I think it should be legal for anyone over 21. A hundred years of pot use in this nation will never cause the destruction that one year of drinking booze causes

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