Medical Marijuana--

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

My issues with pot are less to do with addiction and more with what I've seen pot use do to people's behavior/personalities (when they're not high). The "Legalize Pot" people would have you think there are no side effects to pot use, but that is not true. It's the side effects, not the addiction, that are the issue. Perhaps the side effects are symptoms of an addiction, but I think it's more than that.

No one has claimed (nor do I think they believe) that there no side effects to MJ. But I think the majority of the opposing opinion is: how is pot different than any other "legal" drug. There are side effects to alcohol, not dissimilar to MJ. We understand that you have been affected by someone who had a negative experience with pot and that is not being discounted. It is more of a general question of "why should pot be illegal when alcohol is legal?" (just focusing on one comparative substance).