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Originally Posted by jaysay
its bad enough having to take prescribed drugs just to stay alive let alone just for kicks
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I'm with you on that one. According to this BBC site there are more than 400 chemicals in cannabis, and I feel I'm already getting more than my fair share via the drugs I take now.
BBC - Science & Nature - Hot Topics - Cannabis - Index Page
I'm in two minds about the downgrading of the drug. True it doesn't in itself have as much effect on society as alcohol, though the crime that is a direct result of it's illegal status, does.
For those who claim it helps relieve the pain of their medical condition, surely with today's technology similar effects could be produced synthetically, which could then be prescribed through a doctor?
True not everyone who takes cannabis will go on to be a crack addict, just as not everyone who ever has a drink will go on to be an alcoholic. Though what is a fact is that people who are addicted to harder drugs always start off smoking cannabis.