>>It went to legalization because that is what is really going on with the exponential growth in MM clinics. Many of them have been busted because they were serving more than just those with prescriptions. I will NEVER support legalizing marijuana, and I cannot understand anyone wanting to "try" allowing drugs to be legalized. You should know better, if you've seen the carnage.
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>Serious question: How much damage have you seen from marijuana? How does it compare to the damage you've seen from alcohol? How about the damage from tobacco?
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>I tend to agree with you that legalizing heroin, cocaine, etc., would be a bad idea, but from what I know about marijuana, it seems to me that it could be legal under a regime similar to that for alcohol without serious consequences.
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>I guess my big question is why should alcohol be legal while marijuana is not?
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>Tamar

Tamar, I don't really have a problem with MM if it is really for people who need that. The problem is there are way too many people jumping on the wagon, many times more than those who have had chemo. It has become a path to legalized pot. That has even been stated by many of the people growing the stuff.

Concerning alcohol, in moderation, it can have beneficial effects. When abused, it can be very destructive. I don't really have any way to quantify the degree of damage wroght by one over the other. I'll just say they have both done tons of damage, but possession of one is legal and the other is not.

Bottom line, I think it's a slippery slope. When you legalize pot, there is a logical next step. Well, crack is bad, but cocaine powder is not....