Keep it medical

I love weed and am not the most Pro legalization person around.. but IMO let's give the MMJ system back to real medical patients, not try to get even more people to abuse it.

 

I disagree, I think there should legitimate reasons for it to be illegal.
 
Just because medical patients might have it better the other way does not justify it being illegal. There needs to be a process and proof when something is taken away from us.

 

It's about principle. It's a plant as much as roses and tomatoes are. Why should I have to lie to a doctor about back pain in order to use it legally? The only rational policy is 100% legalization with no taxes or regulations.
 
Government regulations stemming from legalization is not a reason to keep it medicinal. It's a good reason to avoid said regulations. If you're saying the only way to do this is by keeping it medicinal, I'm tempted to disagree.
 

 
Define abuse.
 
Tell me who is "trying to get more people to abuse it" and how.
 
Also why should any body of people discourage anybody from smoking weed?

 

See the problem with keeping it as only medical is that not everyone who needs it medicinally can obtain it. The only people privileged enough to even get that doctor's recommendation are people who are considered severely in need. There are other people who need it who don't fit the parameters of who legally has a right to it.
 
The amount you can buy doesn't go down if it's made fully legal - you can still get 8 oz for the same price you'd buy it for. The only reason places like CO are trying to shut down dispensaries is because it's not legal federally. These dispensaries can't run legal businesses because the federal law is stating that their business still isn't legal, which puts a hindrance on things like finances for these budding businesses as the federally owned banks won't let them open up accounts.
 
The best thing to do (that probably won't happen for a while) is it becoming legal at a federal level. But don't we all wish. 

 

There's also the question of do people have to "need" cannabis in order to use it legally.
 
There's no reason that is should be a medical neccessity in order to be taken advantage of.
 
If someone wants to use it recreationally, nobody should  be able to say "oh you don't actually need it so you'll be thrown in a cage for using it" .

 

 
I completely agree. We shouldn't have to justify our usage with this or that fucking diagnosis.
 
You're right, we shouldn't be at the point where people have to need it for it to be recognized. I shouldn't be dying of cancer just to be able to legally smoke a j. 

 

I disagree. Personal freedoms should be respected, who is anyone to tell me what I can and can't do with my body? All drugs should be legalized.

 

Colorado didnt ban shops, just some cities did. Just like how there are some dry counties for liquor. Once they see all the money the bigger cities make they will give in.

 

Abuse: to use wrongly or improperly.

The OP. He isn't urging the sick or people suffering from pain to get on MMJ, he seems to be implying that those of us who want recreational weed go and sign up for MMJ. That's what I took from his post at least. /shrug. If you didn't, how did you take it?

I don't care if the whole world smokes weed, or if I am the only one who does. MMJ isn't there to make life easier on recreational users, there really are people who benefit from it on a very tangible level. I am not one of those people so why should I take part in their program?

 

Right, and how can anybody determinately claim a person's weed habits are "wrong or improper"?
What I'm getting at is that government should not try to protect people from themselves. If that's the case they should also make sure people aren't abusing cheeseburgers and soda. Who decides what is propper and not propper and for whom?
 
I was under the impression that OP belives recreational use is either not a priority or is worth being ignored.
 
If what he's saying is I should have to lie about a medical condition to smoke recreationally... well that's self-refuting.

 

I'm not arguing against weed legalization or if anyone's weed use itself is wrong here... I'm against abusing the medical marijuana system.

Maybe it'll clear things up if I paraphrase his post based on how I read it. "Screw recreational laws because they aren't good enough, everyone go get your MMJ license so you can use weed recreation ally"

 

I'm not a big smoker myself, but I believe people should be able to use what they want without being persecuted for it. Brings up the old tobacco/alcohol arguement. Legalizing drugs isnt gonna make many more people use them.

 

Only read the first sentence so sorry if this is out of line but......piss off