^It's not naive, it's why I worded it exactly as I did, no one has EVER died from THC toxicity, ever. Do I have to explain it more or can you read it yourself again so I don't have to (i.e it's something like 250k from drunk driving a year and obviously someone has died while driving high). Recent research found lower rates of lung cancer in smokers than non-smokers. But I get your point, and agree. I've had pot smokers argue with me that it's fine for little kids to smoke weed, shown them peer reviewed articles about it's toxic effects and still they argue about it with me.
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Look I don't want to offend the resident pot heads as it's not like I would stand in a picket line and protest legalization. Heck I would probably take advantage of it if it was legalized. However I know that I can control myself as I already steered myself from heading down that road just like I easily quit smoking cigarettes. However a lot of people don't have my discipline which is why I am on the fence on this topic. I just have legitimate concerns regarding the implications of legalizing the stuff. I really haven't heard any of you come forth with any solid reasons outside of; alcohol or video games are legal, why not pot? Sorry but that's not good enough to sway me in favour.
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helps me with anxiety and depression by completely eliminating them. helps me with back pain and give me motivation. It has similar medicinal uses for many people
helps other people with glaucoma and insomnia. There are a slew of other uses but I'm not sure of the efficacy. I understand your concerns because yes, it can be abused and it can be harmful, but it does have medicinal uses that a large portion of the users actually use it for. If it only was used to get high I'd never touch it again.
The benefits far outweigh the negatives for the majority of people and just like any chemical substance that alters the body and mind it can be abused. The most promising thing is in cancer research and that marijuana can potentially stop cancer growth. If you want to argue that the potential negatives outweigh the potential positives you are free to do so, but with all my knowledge it really does not seem to be a detriment to society.
The argument that it can ruin lives by making people lose motivation or anything like that is unfair, it is hypocritical to make an argument against a non physically addictive substance based on personal allegories while things like alcohol and tobacco literally kill people all the time. You can not in all fairness argue against it's legalization while not arguing against every single habit forming mind altering substance including caffeine, tobacco and alcohol. It's like arguing red cars cause accidents and should be illegal while black, yellow and blue are fine.