On 2019-03-09 10:09 a.m., Gary wrote:
> Did you ever see that old movie, "Reefer Madness?" Funny as they
> were trying to scare people away from the weed. I have no problem
> with the stuff and I *might have smoked it but not inhaled* for
> about 8 years when I was young. I've only smoked it once in the
> last 40 years and only because some younger co-workers kept
> begging me to. heheh Oh, they loved it when I finally said ok
> one day. heheh
I think that just about everyone I knew when I was young smoked the
stuff. Some of them went on to become doctors, lawyers, teachers and
professors. Only a few went on to get involved in more dangerous illicit
drugs.The most dangerous drug that a lot of them got into was alcohol.
Most of us gave up pot for one reason or another.
>
> Anyway, I DO question these days where old and new potheads claim
> marijuana to be the miracle drug of all times. Hey I smoked it
> for years (maybe heheh) and I never saw any pain killing features
> or anything else miraculous. It was just another drug to get high
> on.
That is one of the big differences between alcohol and pot. Some people
drink because they like the taste and the sensations of alcohol and many
have only one or two drinks. Then there are those who drink because they
intend to get drunk, a sensation I never enjoyed. Pot smokers, OTOH
smoke to get high.
> Current claims reminds me of the old Western movies where some
> guy shows up in towns and touting his "Miracle Elixor"...cures
> everything known to man and only costs 25 cents a bottle. lol
It has been very useful in fighting nausea resulting from chemotherapy.
I wonder about the claims regarding is use for PTSD. I sometimes wonder
of people aren't making false claims in order to get prescriptions. The
main reason I gave it up was that it often made me feel depressed. I
didn't see the point in spending money and risking my job, risking a run
in with the law for something that had started making me feel bad.
>
> Finally, I've never thought it should have been illegal like it
> was (and still is in places). No worse than alcohol and might
> even be better or at least no worse.
I read somewhere that in North America alcohol caused more health
problems, violence, crimes, social, work, family, financial and health
problems than all the illegal drugs combined.