Anyone who breaks the law should not be allowed to live, weed smokers included. Sorry for the dramatic title and first sentence. I'm kinda new here and just want people to notice my posts. So before I proceed please click like and feed my narcissism. Seriously, though I do actually want to talk about weed.... why is it illegal and alcohol not? It should at least be allowed for medical use! Here is a few points to back up what I'm saying...
It can be used to treat Glaucoma.
It may be able to reverse carcinogenic effects of tobacco and improve lung health, according to a study.
It can help control epileptic seizures.
It also decreases the symptoms of a severe seizure disorder known as Dravet's Syndrome.
A chemical found in marijuana stops cancer from spreading.
It may decrease anxiety.
THC slows the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
The drug eases the pain of multiple sclerosis.
Other types of muscle spasms could be helped too.
It keeps you skinny and helps your metabolism.
It improves the symptoms of Lupus, an autoimmune disorder.
While not really a health benefit, marijuana spurs creativity in the brain.
Marijuana helps veterans suffering from PTSD.
Weed reduces some of the awful pain and nausea from chemotherapy, and stimulates appetite.
Look, the list goes on, but you get the point! Weed is good. Here in Ireland, it's illegal. Why the hell is alcohol which kills thousands of people a year legal, when there has never been one cannabis-related death? Why are they allowing alcohol and cigarettes and not dope?
It all stems down to tax, and pressure from the pharmaceutical companies, how can they tax something that's so easily grown at home, something that would make people go out and drink less. If weed was legal they could not regulate it, people would be growing it and selling it and they would be making no money off of it.
Let's not forget the pressure that would be put on by the big pharmaceutical companies, they make serious money off of painkillers, cancer treatments, MS treatments etc... Irish Doctors received a total of 6.8 Million Euro in payouts from Pharmaceutical companies last year and this was totally unaccounted for and for unexplained reasons before this surfaced in the media.
Basically yet again, we're all being screwed in the ass and our rights are being restricted so people can profit.
Legalize the weed please and get back to doing what you're supposed to do which is represent the views of the people.
People seem to put up with so much these days :(
We should take to the streets like they did a few decades ago!