Marijuana

[Oakleaf51]

What are your views on marijuana usage? Do you find it acceptable? Do you use it yourself?
What do you think of it compared to alcohol and its associated problems? What about punishments for use and possession, and effects on our kids?

[4getmenot]

I see oakleaf is keeping out of this one, very good question though :-)

[Oakleaf51]

I'd like to see it in pill form on prescription if necessary to help the likes of MS sufferers and depressives. I don't think it needs more research as so many people know already what is like.

[4getmenot]

yer maybe, but even if they are two different things, How is marijuana bad?

[Joe_the_Lion]

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh.

Because it is as I gave stated in all my posts. The wider picture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[4getmenot]

yes good idea oakleaf, at least it has a benefit. I can see no benefit of alcohol, apart from some funny nights out :-)

[Oakleaf51]

It must be bad if it is smoked, and that is its most popular form if taking it. As for brain damage, memory loss etc - sorry - don't know enough about it - wouldn't like my kids to take it though - and that goes for drink too.

[Oakleaf51]

Joe The Lion - What have you just taken?

[4getmenot]

calm yourself, I think the wider picture is more the problem and as you said not proved it leads to harder drugs. what a good debate.

[RATTER15]

Taking any drug is bad! including coffee, tea, alcohol or dope but as the question is asking for comparisons between the two I'm saying that dope is a lot safer and causes less problems to society than alcohol.

[Oakleaf51]

I would be willing to give it a go if it could help with depression.

[4getmenot]

ah but thats the thing you dont have to smoke it with tabacco and any sufferers that dont smoke should use a pipe. But yes tablets would be much better

[Pippa68]

Quite a large amount of the heroin/cocaine taking community smoke it. They don't inject or snort..

As I have said before, my father smokes cannabis but will not drink alcohol anymore..he has been dry for over 3 years. In fact he started smoking cannabis when alcohol wasn't available to him.

He has had long term damage to his body because of alcohol abuse. As yet his consultant has not found any evidence of damage caused by cannabis ~ and he has been smoking it for 30 years.

[4getmenot]

I'm not so sure on depression, as it doesnt give you a lift as such, just kind of numbs you to forget all worries

[Oakleaf51]

The experts tell us that marijuana is stronger these days than years ago. What is the danger here?

[Joe_the_Lion]

On a related note, though a bit sideways. Has anybody ever eaten a magic mushroom.

Whilst I wholeheartedly disapprove of pot smoking, I can still accept that it may cause the user a state of complete relaxation and euphoria.

But, what in Gods name is the enjoyment of seeing hallucinations and colourful swabs of mass.

Why??????????????????

[Oakleaf51]

I would be worried about taking it and not focusing on solving my problems, but being numbed for a while, well then I may make stupid decisions, and make depression worse, if you see what i mean.

[4getmenot]

yes it can take your mind off but as you said is not a solution. But can help with pain.

and Joe no not tried mushrooms. my mate went of eating mushrooms coz his mum picked some once for breakfast and they were a bit dodgy, and even though he takes pills, cannabis, coke, it has put him off mushrooms for life. Which is fine by me as I get to eat his when we go out for a fry up :-)

[beryllium]

I have this drug legaly on prescription. It is called Sativex. Before that there was another drug with cannabinoids in which is still used now.
I asked my neuro if they had managed to get rid of the stoned feeling with the pain killers and he just laughed and said no.
I will have chocolate with it in too. It is an excellent pain killer, much much better than Tramadol as the side effects on that drug are yuk!!!

There will always be addicts. Some are born that way.

Please don't tar all with the same brush.

B. xxx

[RATTER15]

I certainly wouldn't recommend dope for anybody suffering from depression!!

Oakleaf, you wouldn't smoke dope if you had to make decisions, any more than you would drink alcohol, its for chill out time when you want to relax with friends etc.

But if you needed to make important decisions just leave off the dope for an hour or so and your mind is right back to normal with no ill affects.


Joe, I did try magic mushrooms once and only once!! I just remember laughing and laughing at my canary, so much I ached for days afterwards, I did see a few a few little lights etc flicking around but nothing negative at all!!

I am very fussy what I put into my body, that why I rarely touch alcohol but sometimes we try these things and sometimes against our better judgement!!

That's life!! no regrets!!

[4getmenot]

ratter you have made me chuckle just imagining you laughing at your canary