Should medical marijuana be legalized? (Congress, accuse, death, economic)

[PedroMartinez]

It's a plant. The government has no business making it illegal.

[Beth56]

Originally Posted by T-310

No. It has no medicinal value.

I have luekemia, had a ruptured colon with sepsis and breast cancer over the past 7 years. Tried morphine, and dilaudid etc. for pain but no relief. Medical cannabis works very well. Marinol does not work. Unless you have tried it all I don't see how you can say it has no value. It also helped me quit smoking after 25 years. It's been 10 years since I quit. I understand if someone does not wish to try it, but it helps many.

[Timmyy]

Originally Posted by Atalanta

Sorry about your arthritis pain. Have you tried acupuncture? Works good.

Polls can be misleading. It depends on the target audience for the poll.

Acupuncture doesn't work for everyone.

[Atalanta]

Originally Posted by PedroMartinez

It's a plant. The government has no business making it illegal.

So is Poppy a plant

[Timmyy]

Originally Posted by MJJersey

No, it just doesn't make you high.

You can get marijuana high in CBDs and low in THC that won't get you high. The CBDs are good for pain and all other types of ailments.

[MJJersey]

Originally Posted by JGMotorsport64

And it lacks the side effects common with prescribed pharmaceuticals.

It has many "side effects" but they aren't called that because pot is not a medicine.

[Timmyy]

Originally Posted by Atalanta

Sorry about your parents. My exes family about 90 % alcoholic. I see that huge damage it does.

You have been smoking pot for 45 years. I am not putting you down, but pot is addictive and it seems you are going to a substance to not deal with the reason/issues why people are addicted to something. ie: alcohol, pot, pain killers, hard drugs, food, exersize.
You have learned to be be an addict, you have chosen pot. Most children who grow up in an addict home grow up to be addicts in something, sadly.
Long term pot smokers can get emphysema and COPD.

Pot is not addictive. You can continue to repeat that as much as you want but it still won't make it true.

[Timmyy]

Originally Posted by T-310

No. It has no medicinal value.

Thanks for your professional opinion, albeit wrong.

[Timmyy]

Originally Posted by Atalanta

So is Poppy a plant

You need to educate yourself on the difference of the two. As someone mentioned above don't rely on anything that ends in .gov.

[Beth56]

Originally Posted by MJJersey

It has many "side effects" but they aren't called that because pot is not a medicine.

Aspirin was once in the plant form of willow bark. I'm pretty sure there are other plants known for medicinal purpose. I just don't get why some think medicine must be a pill to be accepted. And yes, cannabis has side effects. Yes they are called side effects. But it doesn't kill people like opioids. So much safer.