>Why do medical marijuana advocates assert every pothead is "self-medicating"?<
Did I do that?
As I recall a few days ago, you in essence did suggest that. If you want to disassociate yourself from that now, you can say so.
>People who want marijuana to be legal for medical purposes as a prescription drug would do well to separate themselves the recreational marijuana people.<
Are you sure that someone can't be both at the same time? Are you trying to say that it's only OK if you don't enjoy it?
Actually I'm talking about the movement for legal medical marijuana differentiating its goal from the goal of legal marijuana for everybody. That would be an intelligent way of getting medicial marijuana legalized.
But in terms of an individual user, someone who is using it for medicinal purposes, the pleasure they might experience is a side "benefit", like say someone who is prescribed a painkiller or tranquilizer.
>raises suspicion as to how sincere the medical advocates are.<
The medical arguement is so easy to make, it's simpler to go that route in a debate. Saying "no" to someone in medical need is monsterious and criminal. Once medical pot is allowed then there has to be made room for growing, wholesale distribution, transportation and retail sales.
Yes. That is why the medical goal should be separated from the total legalization argument. Medical marijuana would probably be legal across the country if the two goals were separated.
There is then very little left to get to total legalizaton.
Not really. Total legalization would be another issue.
>Are a majority of daily pot smokers really high-functioning doctors, lawyers, etc.<
I think that I've been able to debate with you somewhat well in spite of being high for almost every post.
Without commenting on your debating skills, I'll say that first, you may not be typical of a majority of daily pot smokers. Second, you might be a better debater if you were sober. We don't know.
>Re. comparisons of alcohol to pot:<
Personally I don't like to use arguements in those directions.
The only point I try to make if that area comes up is to postulate that they should be both treated the same. Or nearly the same.
Does that mean we should think of people who get high on weed daily the same way we think of people who get drunk every day?
>I think the best arguments for it would be:<
How about this one:
Every place they made it legal, consumption went down.
Where would that be? That would be interesting. And why consumption would go down is puzzling. |
