Unleashing potential dangers
Eighty percent of people who smoke
marijuana to relieve their symptoms of illness smoked it before they came down with
their ailment to begin with. For every supposed indication of marijuana use,
there is another drug that has actually been shown to work better [“Sign
medical-pot bill,” Opinion, April 19].
If it really had medicinal benefits,
why don’t the active ingredients when taken as a pill seem to work?
If marijuana becomes a legal
substance, the human toll (especially on the young) will be huge. Alcohol-abuse
cases already fill the emergency room at Harborview Medical Center. It is the
cause behind some domestic-violence cases and has destroyed the lives of
countless young people.
Why unleash another mind-altering
drug into our society? Those with mental illness will be at the greatest risk
and their chances for recovery will be greatly diminished.
Some of us have no idea how to get
pot even if we wanted to take some. Medical marijuana is just a ploy to
legalize a dangerous, gateway drug.
"If it really had medicinal benefits, why don’t the active ingredients when taken as a pill seem to work?"
ReplyDeleteExactly.. I agree with you.. We should think about it.