I can definitely understand peoples’ issues with it being consumed, especially in a political context, but how do yall feel about “weed”? I won’t hide my feelings, I am very much pro-weed, it’s not great that I started in my mid-teens but in my area it’s FAR from uncommon. I don’t smoke daily or anything, I’m not addicted to it (people say it’s non-habit forming but any drug can be addictive with enough frequent usage) but I do smoke and dab w/ friends often. That’s not why I believe in legalization tho, my main thing is you shouldn’t make a naturally occurring plant an illegal substance. I’d point to the DEA’s destructive (legal) burning of thousands of naturally occurring marijuana plants found in nature; This seems eco-fascist to me and to deny the uses of hemp as a production material seems dogmatic to me. The USSR used hemp for industrial purposes during the war and it helped in a major way. I’m sure most of us are familiar with the badge given for Hemp growers. If you have any criticisms, I’m more than open to it, but I feel that marijuana won’t be easy to get rid of in future society and would probably be put to use in different more productive ways.

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    I’m sorry to get heated about this but that is ABSOLUTELY FALSE. Medical usage in Cancer patients IS helpful. You may be lucky enough to not know what that’s like, but a close loved one passed away and they were not given access to use medical cannabis, they could barely eat a half a bowl of cereal in 2 days time because of chemotherapy and the many pills they were prescribed. I don’t wanna make light of it, but when people talk about getting hungry after smoking weed, that’s not just some Scooby Doo joke, it’s real and affects your brain, specifically the Lateral Hypothalamus. Access to this medicine has been found to be very helpful. Even IF it was a form of escapism, why deny a dying person the basic joy of easing their pain, their symptoms, their unease? What is so wrong with letting a chemo patient smoke a blunt?