Thread: Prop 203 Passes: Medical MJ

Originally Posted by CivilWars

The same can be said of MOST prescription meds.

Also this. The more medications you take, the greater the risk of interactions between them. If I'm not mistaken, if you take something like 7 or 8 different medications (the number might be smaller or larger, I'm not positive) you've a 100% chance that there's interaction going on between two.. be that synergistic effects, antagonistic effects, or even a completely different effect. There's reams of info for every medication going into just what types of effects can happen if mixing different chemicals.. don't take this if ___, taking with __ might ___, etc. It's up to the prescriber to know whether or not what you are currently taking will be adversely effected by something they're considering prescribing.

Originally Posted by DJ Mr. White

I personally would not take MJ if it was prescribed to me, but that's because I've heard horror stories about it interacting badly with other meds. For most people who aren't heavily medicated like I am, I can see it being a valid tool.

I would be more worried about your other meds than smoking a little weed.

Originally Posted by Toker

I thought it had been shot down by like 10k votes, but I was mistaken. They recounted everything and that truly is a tiny margin that it passed by.




AZ Department of Health Services: Proposition 203


Wait, were you saying something Kraker?


Like I said, it's not a question of IF but more a question of WHEN.

pretty sure i was arguing legalization of MJ, not for medicinal purposes....

Originally Posted by WickedTribe

I agree with it for medical use, but no, I don't agree with using prescription drugs as a backdoor for recreational use, and the "every system is broken, so why not add another" excuse isn't really good enough. If this were a few users gaming the system, then that would be one thing, but it seems like the distributors and the doctors are in on it too in a systematized way. Hell, the fact that you get to pick out varieties by their street names highlights how much of a joke it is. If there's a case to be made for legalizing it, then do it, above the level. If you can't do that, then you need to make a stronger case. Loopholes are for crooks.

Ultimately what you have here is large human trials that will most likely form the cornerstone for legalization in the future, loopholes or not by being open to public scrutiny will go a long way in disproving the evil weed propaganda.

Originally Posted by Fovezer

The problem is you are never going to get something legalized until the negative stigma surrounding it is virtually gone. We've seen that happening already, and this will only accelerate the process, I believe. Obama already directed the DoJ not to enforce federal laws on people following state laws regarding medical marijuana, and that is a big step from the Bush administration's stance. I support full legalization, and I support this as well. If it can be used medically, it should be allowed, and these laws allow that. I also hear people all the time talking about how easy it is to get their hands on medical. Really, it's no different than people who doctor shop to get vicodin or oxycotin, but marijuana is not as bad for you as those drugs are. Once people realize these states that have legalized medical marijuana haven't imploded, and as more young people grow up and older people die off, minds will change even more.

Hey wait a minute with old people stuff!!

Originally Posted by deputyfestus

Hey wait a minute with old people stuff!!

Die already so we can get it legal.