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why are you in this forum?
I was curious to ask the anonymous person what would be the purpose of frequenting a forum such as this if the only thing we have to say is
"I'm not sure about medical miracle... there are different legal drugs that have a similar effect"
What I know for sure and without bias is that hundreds of teens in NY (where I am) are dragged from their classes because of the addictive prescription pills that were found in their lockers. These kids are just like you and I when we were young and dumb; they do not care as much now though as we did when we were their age about what others may think of them if they get into trouble. People in Holly- Wood are always in and out of rehab for coke, heroine, popping pills, etc. I am not saying that making an illegal drug easily accesible will do anything but cause the kids to question our ability as individuals. Now let us question the ability as an individual.... why is it illegal in the first place.... what would have been gained.... face it alcohol is far more addictive and dangerous than marijuana will ever become and yet we just wont admit that the people in charge could be wrong from the start. Truthfully Harry Anslinger's only reason for fighting against marijuana was money. He, (Harry Anslinger) like the alcohol companies and the government will not allow anything to take away their profit. alcohol+ addiction=rehab Bad day+alcohol=Domestic Violence+ DWI=prison sentence Come on people wake up and look at who has the most to benefit and who has the most to lose if we could legally smoke marijuana and you will find that these people are just stalling. we've won and no one has realized it yet. More and more people are becoming fed up with our present controlling body. No matter what you do with your beer you pay the gov. but the bud we want isn't for you uncle sam. So any way why are you reading these if your for the use of pill popping Sarah Alpinewatches? I'll be waiting to hear from this person, I would like to see your argument hold up.
Medical miracle?
Comment posted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/13/2009 - 3:58pm
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