Who will say, “I just want to smoke it”?

[RainDog]

38. Again, there are multiple reasons

the AG issue isn't moot b/c hemp is illegal b/c mj is illegal. it's all classified under the same schedule.

medical uses at this time include whole marijuana in suspension used as a nasal spray b/c people have found that whole plant cannabindoids work better on many things than isolating particular ones... i.e. people want CBD with their THC for arthritis or IBS. Other potential uses for more serious illnesses would surely include things that wouldn't be consumed like an herb - and research on those things is stymied by the illegal status and scheduling of marijuana - so, yeah, that matters too.

My stepmother would not use marijuana when she was going through chemo b/c it was illegal.

I want marijuana legal for a host of reasons, not just one. The larger point, to me, is that the legal status is absurd no matter what - but, yes, included in those absurdities is the reality that marijuana is safer than alcohol - so why can't people have a choice?

The current situation puts people at risk for the many, many jobs that drug test for no good reason. People who work in certain industries cannot admit they use marijuana because it would put their livlihoods in jeopardy - so what I was trying to get at is that there are people who do use marijuana who do not fit the stereotype but who do not think they can simply say it.

This is why the stoner stereotypes annoy me. I know many people who would not fit anyone's idea of a stoner, who are high achievers, who work in demanding and responsible jobs every day - and because of the laws we have - it's not safe for them and others like them to speak up.

If you really care about this issue in terms of personal freedoms, it might be useful if people didn't perpetuate stereotypes and recognize that the world exists beyond their neighborhoods.