Medical Marijuana

[Haydenn3]

Do you believe in selling weed in the professional dispensary and do you believe they have more medical pros then cons?

[Lofiel]

I could give you a 10 paragraph post with medical information backing me up; but nah...

Weed helps me a lot and it's one of the big reasons I'm still alive.

[Manjusri]

There's massive amounts of research done on the positive and negatives effects of marijuana. The problem is if you go to any federal site, they're going to list all of the negative effects of marijuana, and if you go to a private website, they're going to list all of the positive effects to advocate their product.

Research has shown that marijuana has numerous positive effects, such as being a pain reliever + stress reducer, and has also shown signs of slowing the growth of cancerous cells (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/06/marijuana-fights-cancer-and-helps-manage-side-effects-researchers-find.html) The negative effects vary between affecting your mood, increasing depression after stopping active use of marijuana, decreasing cognitive function in heavy users, and making you slightly more..hungry.

So with the research the pro's and con's kind of equal each other out if you ask me. It's all about whether or not the individual actually has a use for the drug. Typically someone who is already lazy and has an addictive personality won't benefit from the use of marijuana. However someone who is the opposite can benefit a lot from it.

Yeah, i believe we should have medical dispensaries in all states.

[Lofiel]

There's massive amounts of research done on the positive and negatives effects of marijuana. The problem is if you go to any federal site, they're going to list all of the negative effects of marijuana, and if you go to a private website, they're going to list all of the positive effects to advocate their product.

Research has shown that marijuana has numerous positive effects, such as being a pain reliever + stress reducer, and has also shown signs of slowing the growth of cancerous cells (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/06/marijuana-fights-cancer-and-helps-manage-side-effects-researchers-find.html) The negative effects vary between affecting your mood, increasing depression after stopping active use of marijuana, decreasing cognitive function in heavy users, and making you slightly more..hungry.

So with the research the pro's and con's kind of equal each other out if you ask me. It's all about whether or not the individual actually has a use for the drug. Typically someone who is already lazy and has an addictive personality won't benefit from the use of marijuana. However someone who is the opposite can benefit a lot from it.

Yeah, i believe we should have medical dispensaries in all states. After four years of heavy usage, I can honestly say I've never been depressed during my few month breaks, and the only time weed effects my mood it's making me feel less bothered by the problems in life, ending in happiness.

[Manjusri]

After four years of heavy usage, I can honestly say I've never been depressed during my few month breaks, and the only time weed effects my mood it's making me feel less bothered by the problems in life, ending in happiness.

Not all users experience the same effects. I've been smoking regularly for about a year now, and i've also never experienced depression during my breaks. That doesn't mean it won't affect someone else differently though.

[Lofiel]

Not all users experience the same effects. I've been smoking regularly for about a year now, and i've also never experienced depression during my breaks. That doesn't mean it won't affect someone else differently though. The likeliness of those effects depend on so many factors and are so unlikely, I consider them pretty much false.

While I am not saying weed has no side effects, "mood swings" last a maximum of 72 hours in most cases and are due to the fact the user was hiding behind weed from their problems and now they have to face them.

If you use drugs to hide from your problems, that is another problem right there.

[SusanChase]

Proponents of medical marijuana argue that it can be a safe and effective treatment for the symptoms of cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis, pain, glaucoma, epilepsy, and other conditions. They cite dozens of peer-reviewed studies, prominent medical organizations, major government reports, and the use of marijuana as medicine throughout world history

[AlexanderTheGreat]

Medicinal Cannabis, in my opinion, can be very beneficial to certain individuals who suffer from epilepsy, autism or possibly cancer. I think that the rest of the world should open up to the idea of medicinal cannabis and fingers crossed!!

[JacobBower]

Tell me of one person who has ever died from smoking weed?

[Elysium]

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