Hi guys, I think I might be some what older and have had more exposure to life that some of you, so that might color my opinion some what.
That said: I smoked marijuana for a few years, not a lot just once or twice a month. I tried cocaine once to see what all the fuss was about. The coke did more to give me a runny nose than to get me high and the grass tied out my throat so much that it to lost much of its appeal.
But what really go me of the grass was discovering that it dulled my senses and made the world around me less interesting. That’s what worked for me. I’m sure it is not the answer for every one but it is why I stopped smoking.
On the law enforcement angle, here in Hawai’i the feds and the local police have done a great job of suppressing marijuana so now we have a huge methamphetamine problem to go with the crack problem.
Now “Ice” is a truly destructive drug, it has been shown that it can destroy parts of you brain in a little as a year. The photos of slides cut from the brain tissue of “Ice Heads” in autopsies reminds me of those that the anti drug zealots used to try to scare kids away from grass. The actions of people high on “Ice” are a lot like those high on PCBs. They tend to be very agitated, some even violent and when they are violent they are very hard to stop!
I have an in-law who is undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment for cancer and he has trouble keeping food down for a day or two after each treatment. It has been shown that moderate does of THC would alleviate much of his discomfort. There is also ample evidence that it is effective in the treatment of glaucoma. Even the AMA has found THC to be of use in these conditions. Still the new “Drug Zar” wants to keep it illegal even from medical usage. The same goes for the chief federal drug enforcement officer for the state of Hawai’i!
IMHO, the Republican Party, the one now in power in Washington cannot see a way for their constituents in the pharmaceutical industry to make money on THC so it must be suppressed. Thus it “must” and will remain illegal in These United (Not) States.
Grayson L. Wideman
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