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I support personal freedom to put whatever you want in your body so long as you don't hurt anyone else physically in the process.
That being said, I've never had much luck with psychedelics like LSD and Mushrooms, but I did visit a very dark place in my head while on Salvia Divinorum. It's legal in most states in the US and you can order it through the mail. I used the 60x concentrated version if I remember correctly. I taped my friend doing it for the first time, and you can watch it at myspace.com/silentmewes. you can also watch alot of other videos of people using it on youtube. I would not recommend it to anyone with depression, persistent dark thoughts, or mental instability. It took me to a really dark place. Luckily it only lasts seconds to minutes when smoked, and within 10 minutes I was completely back to normal.
DMT on the other hand is a drug that I have never had the pleasure of trying. Joe Rogan and Doug Stanhope are big fans of it, especially when used with sensory deprivation chambers, a la "Altered States". It is supposedly responsibe for "encounters" with "beings". Strange shit.
Medical marijuana on the other hand is a complete joke to me. Before I go any further, I would like to make it clear that I am a pot smoker from time to time and if I were pressed to label a drug as my favorite, pot would take the prize.
That being said, "medical" marijuana is nothing more that a clever rebranding of the legalization movement. Using people in pain to get a foot in the door of pro-pot legislation is just the newest methodology of the same pro-weed camp. I'm not saying that sick people don't experience legitimate benefits from smoking cannabis. All I'm saying is that the pro-weed camp is using those benefits to try a more humanist approach. There was a time when the main argument was "It's my right to put what I want into my own body", and In my opinion that is what it should be in all honesty. However, if putting the issue in a shiny new wrapper with pictures of ill people all over it is the only thing that gets changes made, I suppose it is a necessary evil. I wish we lived in a world where we didn't have to legislate our personal liberties like what we ingest and who we can marry, but I guess we don't.
This being said, I am afraid of two main consequences that may result from "medical" pot.
1. Your doctor has to write you a prescription of sorts for marijuana. What effects will this lead to in terms of a doctor's reputation? Many doctors become known as the guy to go to to get the script. If your doctor prescribes pot to someone for a medical reason, will this hurt his reputation? What affects would this have in regards to the DEA busting crank docs? I remember a few years when docs were getting their doors busted in for prescribing oxycontin frivolously or for personal gain.
2. Once pot is labeled a "medicine", how will this affect prescription drug coverage? I know insurance companies can choose not to cover particular drugs, but what if some didn't? I certainly support your right to get high and watch Aqua Teen Hunger Force(I'll probably be doing the same), but I don't want to pay for your stash.
Sorry to ramble on here, but when someone brings up medical pot my head starts swirling with pros and cons.
One thing is certain. Every person that buys marijuana from a "dispensary" is taking a little more money out of the pocket of a "street dealer" and therefor is reducing the crime rate a little more. They can't get arrested for buying or possessing drugs and our jails and prisons don't bare the burden. Nor do our tax dollars pay to support those non criminals while incarcerated.
The government can tax the hell out of pot if legalized without the "medical" branding, increasing state revenue and when legalized the FDA would introduce standards.
To sum this haphazard response up, I strongly support the legalization of marijuana, but I hate to see it being done through the loophole of "medical".
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to drink some scotch, because I have a drug screen coming up in a few weeks and the government doesn't mind me destroying my liver, but if I use a vaporizer to get some green happiness going I'm an example of what's wrong with society and should be scorned.
Apparently, I also am automatically ineligible for workman's comp should I get injured on the job.
What a lovely world we live in.
Again, sorry. I know that was all over the place.
It's all opinions people. Don't take it too personally.
