This is why I will never vote for the legalization of MJ. Proponents will never admit that there are negative effects of the drug and when someone tries to mention it, they are immediately attacked and silenced.
A very small percentage of people are smoking it for health effects. The rest just want to forget about whatever is going on in their lives and get high. Why can't people just admit the truth?
I don't see how mechanical_fish was attacking Nitramp, and he most certainly did nothing to silence him. Could you explain what mechanical_fish did that was inappropriate?
I'm not a user of THC, but it doesn't help the debate when opponents spread huge amounts of misinformation and propaganda on the opposing side of the topic either, often citing debunked toxicity studies, and claiming false links to mental illness, none of which have been shown to be causative. Many of the dangers claimed are observations made from animal necroscopies after LD50 doses or doses non-representative of recreational or medical usage. Not joking, the LD50 of cannabis leaf for humans is roughly 3/4 of a ton, or something like 17lbs of pure THC.
I'm just curious, your opposition seems largely centered on people being high and not the medical effects, are you a prohibitionist too? What about self-induced altered states of mind, hypnosis, etc? Neurochemically active foods (chocolate->dopamine link)? What's the reasoning?
A very small percentage of people are smoking it for health effects. The rest just want to forget about whatever is going on in their lives and get high. Why can't people just admit the truth?