Originally Posted by tyreay

Pot does far less damage to a person's body than alcohol and those around the user.
I recently was put on Marinol and will have a medical marijuana card from the health dept. within about 2 month. My doctor has already sent the paper work in and now I am waiting. I have two pinched nerves, on in my neck and one in my lower back. I have severe muscle spasms that wake me every night. I can't even walk for hours after these spasms. I am out of work, from what I am told, for the rest of my life. I tried all the perscriptions you could imagine, Muscle relaxers, pain killers, and I even had cortizone injections shot directly into my spine(still have one more of those beauties to go). The Marinol works to make the spasms less severe, but I still have them nightly. Usually I m running on 4 to 5 hours of sleep each day. If I smoke pot before bed(which I can't afford to do often) I have no spasms that night! I will soon be able to grow twelve plants at a time(the limit set by my state's laws). This will make my life much less painful and who knows, maybe I'll be able to get back to work some day.
I agree with you on the legalization and taxing thing. I also think we should limit sales to people over 21 and impose the same laws related to DWI. Driving while totally baked is stupid and dangerous.
You have no idea how many people actual smoke pot. Some are lawyers, doctors, professors and even some are police. I am 46 years old and personally know of 7 different professionals that are undecover pot smokers. Your claim that only stupid people smoke pot is not based on your personal experiences and are wrong. One of the smartest persons I have ever known smokes pot and he has a Phd.