There is no such thing as a safe drug. No doctor will give an absolute guarantee, be it illegal, recreational, pharmaceutical, or prescription, as side effects can effect every one in a different way according to their metabolism and genes. Nothing should ever be taken blindly.
While the production of hemp fiber is downplayed as a side issue. It is on of the fastest growing, strongest natural fibers, that could reduce our carbon footprint.
As a drug it is going to some effect people adversely, but the grounds on which it is made illegal are both contradictory, considering the way some other 'harmful' products are marketed by the government,and misleading, as they will give unproven 'findin...

There is no such thing as a safe drug. No doctor will give an absolute guarantee, be it illegal, recreational, pharmaceutical, or prescription, as side effects can effect every one in a different way according to their metabolism and genes. Nothing should ever be taken blindly.
While the production of hemp fiber is downplayed as a side issue. It is on of the fastest growing, strongest natural fibers, that could reduce our carbon footprint.
As a drug it is going to some effect people adversely, but the grounds on which it is made illegal are both contradictory, considering the way some other 'harmful' products are marketed by the government,and misleading, as they will give unproven 'findings' more credit than they deserve, and ignore findings that support its value. People who begin to use cannot reconcile government justification for law, with their actual experience, there seems to be little effort to study effects that are beneficial for people. I have both smoked marijuana, and been prescribed prescription antidepressants. The antidepressants began first, so what the doctors described as depression was not a result of the smoking. The antidepressents I was given as a child were habit forming and addictive, as I got older different medications increased the scope, and depth of the depression. I learned if I kept my mouth shut about my mood when talking to the doctor, and stopped taking the medication, the depression cleared. I have had no trouble with marijuana, but know the same will not be true for others. The government may have the right to warn on things like this, if they knew what they were talking about. At the moment there are thousands or things that might happen but very little is known. The point is the cannabis law is not based on ethics, pharmacology, or medicinal value. If it was, applying the same principles across the board would mean most pharmaceuticals would be banned.

Whether Cannabis is good or not dosent matter anyway. The same can be said for alcohol and other LEGAL substances people take. I consider alcohol worse than cannabis simply from my own experience. Drinking also seriously harms the body when done irresponsibally as do many other legal substances. Natrual products grown from the earth should not be made illegal because of freedom of choice to do these substances. Everyone in the world should have thier own right to do as they wish to thier own bodies, as long as they are well informed of any risk's and potential side effects. It shouldn't be a government deciding what u can and cannot take.
Drinking alchol i found myself waking up in the morn...

Whether Cannabis is good or not dosent matter anyway. The same can be said for alcohol and other LEGAL substances people take. I consider alcohol worse than cannabis simply from my own experience. Drinking also seriously harms the body when done irresponsibally as do many other legal substances. Natrual products grown from the earth should not be made illegal because of freedom of choice to do these substances. Everyone in the world should have thier own right to do as they wish to thier own bodies, as long as they are well informed of any risk's and potential side effects. It shouldn't be a government deciding what u can and cannot take.
Drinking alchol i found myself waking up in the morning not remebering much of the night before and more often than not i had somehow got into a fight, since smoking cannabis however i now find myself waking up without a hangover and i can remember everything b=about the night before, also i hadent had a fight and i had a great time tripping out.
Altough smoking cannabis in front of young children is not advisable at all, but teaching them about it rather than hiding it saying it does terrable things, dissaproving it like that will only make most children want to do it, same as alcohol etc..
Like everything else cannabis should be a legal substance binded by an age limit with plenty of advice and information on it.
It is up to the person in question whether it really affects thier lives, unlike alcohol it is not addictive and can be eaisly given up, and as everything else it is a matter of choice.

I think another reason for making pot illegal was to bust the 'hippie movement,' associated with opposition to war, staring big time with the massive clashes of the Vietnam War opposition.

I think a nation that pretends to care about health issues of drugs should also be looking at it's own legal policies that allow for the promotion of booze, cigarettes and pharmaceuticals on TV to the Max.

At one time, we know, the nation had a policy of Prohibition; it didn't work. But now this policy of massive advertising ---the extreme opposite of Prohibition -- also is not working; it is doing great harm.

All those here (and everywhere) who care about the "drug problem," should look at the Big Pic...

I think another reason for making pot illegal was to bust the 'hippie movement,' associated with opposition to war, staring big time with the massive clashes of the Vietnam War opposition.

I think a nation that pretends to care about health issues of drugs should also be looking at it's own legal policies that allow for the promotion of booze, cigarettes and pharmaceuticals on TV to the Max.

At one time, we know, the nation had a policy of Prohibition; it didn't work. But now this policy of massive advertising ---the extreme opposite of Prohibition -- also is not working; it is doing great harm.

All those here (and everywhere) who care about the "drug problem," should look at the Big Picture and not be hypocrites or always trying to scapegoate the 'problem,' onto someone else. Eliminating ALL drug advertising from TV would be the most real effort to curtail the damage that drugs (ALL drugs) can do.

As far as usage, personally I don't care. I know this may not be the best position for a policy -- I'll let other think about that; but 4me, if you want to kill yourself even by drinking Drano, that would be okay with me.

#1. Society can't control personal and private behavior and it's questionable if it even should try. It creates sort of a Big Brother fascist mentality, encourages scapegoating, and simply can't work anyhow. All efforts to prohibit booze, or books, or whatever, have always failed. Seriously.

#2. I don't think drug use is a crime. A crime is when you hurt other people. So called ;'victimless crimes,' are a bit of a twisted rationalization to begin with and certainly should not be used to destroy people's lives and/or send them to prison.

If worse comes to worse, we'll just have to be content with sex, music, and movies. That can get us through the night.