The syllogicians (pardon my generalization) behind the big pharma firms are just like the old syllogicians.
Though they like and crave for the Rings of power, they can’t stand the idea of the 1 Ring to rule them all.
In other words, why stop the windfall of profits from the many futile drugs by risking “1 drug to rule them all”. Especially given that they risk becoming laughing stocks once it’s discovered that they’re isolating and rebranding something natural and selling it at a high price. Especially given that this is the most ubiquitous plant and who will buy that medicine when you can just pick up that plant???
Read the comments. Insightful.
Given how politically/monetarily hot this topic is, the Big Pharma companies are desperate when it comes to this topic. They’ll even kill a man to “prove” their anti-leaf stance.
What of those of us for whom marijuana does nothing? I’ve tried Thai sticks and brownies. Neither affected me. The long range, curative effects on these is still a subject of debate. I think marijuana should be legalized. Some states are moving toward that position. It is certainly less harmful than tobacco or alcohol.
One can brew their own alcohol or grow tobacco plants. I suspect that if cannabis had curative possibilities, the big pharms would latch onto it and make a monopoly of its production and distribution. It would then be cheaper to buy weed from a store than to grow your own. In any event, much pecuniary rewards are lost in the present system.
History repeats itself. Cannabis is as alcohol was during prohibition–illegal, but readily available to anyone who wants to use it. Only its curative powers are discussed here, not the fact that breathing any kind of smoke affects ones lungs. Put marijuana in brownies, and I’ll buy them.
So, when it comes to drugs, you’re saying that one size fits all then?
Less harmful to whom, Ierellus? Less harmful under what set of circumstances? Would the amount that Paul takes affect Mary less or more?
Would both Paul and Mary have the intelligence and right reason to act/behave/restrain/discipline their selves knowing the possible consequences while they are under the influence? Or might they take unncecessary risks?
Is it possible that legalizing mariquana might be equivalent to playing Russian Roulette with someone’s life?
I suppose that if, let’s say a teenager, or anyone for that matter, uses Marijuana he/she may not have to worry about the effects of tobacco killing him/her since the Marijuana might impair cognitive thinking and behavior to the point where it might kill. So, yessssss, Mariquana is the friend which will be sooooo less harmful than the tobacco that could eventually take the life.
So, with or without parameters - and what are those parameters and who do they affect?
I think that this nation has become too much like the enabling parent who spoils it’s children. It’s too difficult to find another answer or to keep looking for a “better” solution, so we take the easy way out. Perhaps our country is also mentally ill. It sometimes seems that way.
Arc,
Speaking from personal experience I have known crack heads, alcoholics and marijuana users. The crack heads and alcoholics will kill you if given the chance. The cannabis users simply get the munchies and chill out. Since the powers that be cannot prevent anyone from using these drugs, it might be reasonable for them to legalize the least lethal.
Parameters for marijuana use can be established when the drug is legalized and age limits are set on its use. We don’t need another “prohibition era” , which will criminalize those who will get the drug anyway. It is possible that prohibition of alcohol led to organized crime in America. Prohibition of marijuana may be doing the same thing.
Then you just admitted the dysfunctional society or civilization we live in where treating mental dysfunction on an individual basis if it is real is a giant farce without addressing environmental conditions. Well, I am surprised Ierellus but in a good way.
Society offers me a spill your guts session with a psychoanalyst and medication supposed to keep me at peace with myself. It offers nothing else. The theory is that if I can’t change society at least I can change me. Changing me, however, does not address my real needs. If you ask for bread, society will give you a stone.
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