Medical Mary Jane

Medical use of marijuana is out. Meanwhile, daily non-medical use is still accepted, legal or not. Tim Pawlenty feels, ...marijuana poses "serious public safety and health risks." Legalizing marijuana, even under limited conditions, "could serve to compound these problems..."

Does the use of pot serve as a public safety risk? I don't think so. In fact, marijuana is as much a gateway as french fries are to child obesity.

According to a study published at The American Journal of Psychiatry conducted by the University of Pittsburgh and several people with lots of letters after their names. The study says that environment and access to drugs contributes more to the "drug ladder" then the simple use of marijuana alone.

To back up the Pitt study, a 1999 study by the Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Health at the Institute of Medicine entitled "Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base," found no evidence of a link between cannabis use and the subsequent abuse of other illicit drugs on the basis of its particular physiological effect.

While I tend to be pretty conservative, I don't think we should police what people consume in their own home. If we as a society continue to keep alcohol legal we might as legalize pot use. In fact, I would rather be on the road with a bunch of pot heads over a bunch of drunks. Drunks speed and swerve all over the road. Pot heads just kinda go slow as they're never in a hurry. They will however rush to BK to get a Flaming Whopper and some cheesy tots.

T-Paw, let the fucking dying smoke some weed, what could it hurt?