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Ask HN: What are HNs views on Marijuana/ Medical Marijuana?

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Kind of off topic I guess I was just curious as to what all you professionals think about it

I'm going to take a guess and say most people in the HN community are fine with people smoking as long as they don't harm anyone else in the process or offer it to some 4 year old kid.

I will say for those who are on the fence about the issue, there's a great video from Joe Rogan about it. I was surprised to see that he was so well spoken and knowledgeable.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7fa4gV06pg

Falls under my opinion on personal freedoms, if your not hurting anyone else, do whatever the hell you want.

..as long as you take responsibility for the consequences.

I don't think anyone's suggesting we legalize weed and give people immunity from prosecution for driving high.

What about the health issues that result?

Sure there are health issues from inhaling smoke. But a strategy of suppression and control rarely creates a better world. Instead it empowers criminal organizations who use violence to make a foothold in the black market. Like the mafia during prohibition. Or the Mexican drug cartels in present day.

Marijuana is safer than alcohol. Too much alcohol will cause death. You cannot OD on marijuana.

Marijuana is safer than Tylenol which a kid can buy over the counter in a store. Too much Tylenol will shut down your liver. You cannot OD on marijuana.

Repeatedly punching yourself in the face causes brain damage. It's a dangerous power every kid in the world has. But putting them in straight jackets is not a good solution.

Recreational use of Marijuana is bad. However I do not believe the answer is suppression and control.

Daily user, with a prescription and approval of Health Canada. Allowed to grow 15 plants under license (which is grandfathered as of april 2014). massively lowers my anxiety, and allows me to work.

As MMPR is being brought in here (and Harper is destroying the black market cannabis trade), I'm bootstrapping a cooperative corporation that converts all these illegal growers to legal ones. We're already approved for distribution, and our website should be launched shortly.

I don't like to smoke it and I haven't touched it for over a decade. I don't care if others do it, more power to them.

Personally, I think the medical marijuana as it is in California is a load of bull. I'd rather the advocates just be forthcoming and say they want to get high. There's nothing wrong with that, and I think it is funny that they constantly hit every angle but the simple fact that this "medicine" as certain desirable side-effects.

I also haven't smoked it in over a decade, and even if it was legal for recreational use in my state, I wouldn't go out and get it.

However, I think there is one very legitimate use of medical marijuana that you are glossing over: Cancer patients getting chemotherapy. These folks deal with appetite loss, nausea, and vomiting from the chemo and marijuana has been shown to help. Denying them that just seems inhumane.

Just because it has certain desirable side effects does not diminish it's legitimacy as a 'medicine'. Opiates feel awesome yet you still use them when you break a bone.

I've never smoked (anything) or even taken a drink of alcohol. However, I don't really care if people have access to weed. I think it smells nasty and can seriously aid in people letting their lives stagnate but... 1) I don't want to hear about it anymore 2) It's not really any worse than alcohol 3) I don't like the inflation it causes in our prisons, and the subsequent training of hardened criminals.

420 blaze it

Subtle

All 420.

That said... I am against corporate take-over of the whole deal... trading one illegal kingpin by another legal one is just against democracy... All for local growers n blowers... whether medical or recreational. If you know who makes policy, you also know they can still take the power away from the people while it being legal for... "profit mongering companies"... there are plenty of sharks out there waiting to make a mcWdz out of it...

http://i2.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/012/297/9uN...

Personally, while I enjoy Marijuana, I have stayed away from it diminishes my ability/motivation to work, and I'm not completely happy with where I'm at in my life.

You're not happy with where you are in life so you don't smoke it? Or you're not happy with where you are in life when you actually do smoke?

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