What is your view on cannabis?

[velvet]

There are surely no deaths caused by smoking at all then? Just the illnesses it leads on to..



I was pointing out that if you legalise anything, then the number of crimes relating to that will fall. Legalise the downloading of paid music, and the number of illegal downloads overall will evidently fall.

to be fair there's so much conflicting information about the lung situation, but there's been studies going both ways so i guess at the moment you just have to go on personal belief.

i'm assuming you're talking about death caused by lung cancer? since that's the only thing really up for debate when it comes to physical health and cannabis.

a hell of a lot of studies have shown no link to lung cancer.
burning any plant matter releases carcinogens into the smoke, but many compounds in marijuana are anti-carcinogens, so the juries out.

[Adam]

dui's for one

[AgnesIO]

he has avoided my question 3 times now lol

I'll be honest, I didn't even see your last post.

And chocolate supposedly helps certain illnesses, doesn't make it good for you?

[Special]

I'll be honest, I didn't even see your last post.

And chocolate supposedly helps certain illnesses, doesn't make it good for you?

i'll assume you mean dark chocolate and if it helps illness then yes of course it's good for you

[AgnesIO]

i'll assume you mean dark chocolate and if it helps illness then yes of course it's good for you

Well yeah but high fattening foods may well be good for an anorexic person - doesn't mean everyone should start eating them.

High carbs are excellent for certain people - awful for others...

[Special]

Well yeah but high fattening foods may well be good for an anorexic person - doesn't mean everyone should start eating them.

High carbs are excellent for certain people - awful for others...

i don't even know why we're onto food now but you're making a lot of strong points without backing them up with evidence, how do you know high carbs are good for some people & bad for others?

marijuana is available as medicine, chocolate isn't meaning they must have an awful lot of scientific proof that it's good for you, why should i listen to someone over the internet over years of research into the drug?

[AgnesIO]

i don't even know why we're onto food now but you're making a lot of strong points without backing them up with evidence, how do you know high carbs are good for some people & bad for others?

marijuana is available as medicine, chocolate isn't meaning they must have an awful lot of scientific proof that it's good for you, why should i listen to someone over the internet over years of research into the drug?

The food point is simply pointing out what foods can be good for certain people, at certain times. On the carbs point, I mean if you happen to do a lot of exercise, then a lot of carbs for you is a good thing - don't do any exercise, and having the same amount of carbs would definitely be a bad thing.

Research will find what you want it to find. If you go out looking to find why marijuana is good for you, then you will find it is - likewise, people who research as to why it should be banned will certainly find reasons for this viewpoint as well. Marijuana may be available as a medicine, but only in controlled amounts - and only for certain illnesses (isn't it generally for pain related stuff? In which case it evidently does work there...)

[Kardan]

If cannabis is used as medicine, should we give out morphine as well?

It may not cause deaths directly, but I don't want people walking near me on the streets high as a kite, ajust as I don't want somebody blowing smoke into my face, or being pissed around me.

[AgnesIO]

If cannabis is used as medicine, should we give out morphine as well?

It may not cause deaths directly, but I don't want people walking near me on the streets high as a kite, ajust as I don't want somebody blowing smoke into my face, or being pissed around me.

That was my point from earlier. People have tried the argument on me before about "well drunk people can walk past me" - yeah they can, but rarely happens during the time. If cannabis was legal, people would quite happily walk down the street with it.

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I should point out here, that I wouldn't have any problems with smoking being completely banned in public. I despise getting off my train daily to masses of people blowing smoke in my face for my entire walk to town. They might want to smoke, but I don't.

[Special]

Research will find what you want it to find. If you go out looking to find why marijuana is good for you, then you will find it is - likewise, people who research as to why it should be banned will certainly find reasons for this viewpoint as well. Marijuana may be available as a medicine, but only in controlled amounts - and only for certain illnesses (isn't it generally for pain related stuff? In which case it evidently does work there...)

i disagree, science & medicine professions aren't bias, they would have done many trials, including placebos, to determine if it's good or bad

all medicines are prescribed in controlled amounts & only for certain illness not just cannabis

and no, actually it's somewhat of a super-drug used for many things

Examples of what medical marijuana is used for include AIDS, cancer, ADHD, multiple sclerosis, nausea resulting from chemotherapy, Crohn's disease, glaucoma, epilepsy, insomnia, migraines, arthritis and lack of appetite

see http://curiosity.discovery.com/quest...-marijuana-for