Re:Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana
by throwawaymedia on Thursday February 03, 2022 @10:34AM
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> Yes, I do believe it should or at least decriminalized. There is much more danger in illegal drug trade and a dysfunctional uneducated society.
Once again, similar to what I said to the other commenter. Fix the uneducated society first. There are much more uneducated weed smokers than educated ones.
> Not any recent ones unless you're talking about youth. There are studies that show marijuana can improve brain function and capacity.
Erm... I'm a HN reader for 8+ years. There are a handful number of research papers reach the front page several times a year.
THC is able to alter the functioning of the hippocampus (see "Marijuana, Memory, and the Hippocampus") and orbitofrontal cortex, brain areas that enable a person to form new memories and shift his or her attentional focus. As a result, using marijuana causes impaired thinking and interferes with a person’s ability to learn and perform complicated tasks. THC also disrupts functioning of the cerebellum and basal ganglia, brain areas that regulate balance, posture, coordination, and reaction time. [0]
[0] https://nida.nih.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana
[1] https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abst...
Yes, I do believe it should or at least decriminalized. There is much more danger in illegal drug trade and a dysfunctional uneducated society.
> There are tons of research papers on marijuana being harmful to your brain
Not any recent ones unless you're talking about youth. There are studies that show marijuana can improve brain function and capacity.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/marijuana-may-boo...
> The smell of marijuana is the worst. It spreads like cancer and you can smell it blocks away
It is relative. Pollution also smells bad and so does cigarette smoke. I don't understand this argument at all because there are different methods for consumption. How about we ban farms since they smell.
> Uneducated people start from marijuana and then look for other "fun" things to smoke
No they don't. You are just equating a bad personal experience and they stereotyping everyone based off it. Marijuana is not a gateway drug. However, people being poor and impoverished without adequate help and services often use drugs.
I actually agree on the vaccine comments for the most part but think the rest has little evidence to support, unless you're talking about Reagan science and the D.A.R.E. propaganda about marijuana making your balls shrivel up. If you don't trust your government with mandates then maybe try reevaluating your perception on marijuana. Take a trip to Colorado and try it out if you don't have an underlying mental illness and if you turn into an asshole while you're high then you were most likely one beforehand.