Legalising Cannabis for medicinal purposes ??

[Pandora]

I guess until your best friends dead mate starts calling him up on the telephone, you don't know or think to investigate the full range of psychological problems that it can bring out. And many people don't knownthey were predisposed to a mental illness until it's too late.
I'm sorry but this one is really close to home for me. There's no way I could be convinced to support this to be legalized under any circumstance.

[Phteven]

I guess until your best friends dead mate starts calling him up on the telephone, you don't know or think to investigate the full range of psychological problems that it can bring out. And many people don't know they are predisposed to a mental illness until it's too late.

I think that the psychological issues are well worth mentioning because drug induced psychosis is a real risk for some users but many other popular drugs that are legal also have psychological side effects. I know of a woman who had psychosis caused by her implanon, the weight loss drug (can't remember its name) can cause huge issues and so on.
The reality is that people know it is effective so many people who have never used it before turn to it for medicinal reasons. If a drug is legalised as a medicine and administered by doctors that means that Drs can also keep an eye out for psychological issues and cease treatment if needed. While it is illegal people will self-prescribe and self administer without a Dr to keep an eye on side-effects.

One of the interesting things about marijuana as medicine is that synthetic compounds that mimic it aren't as effective.

[Junglemum]

I guess until your best friends dead mate starts calling him up on the telephone, you don't know or think to investigate the full range of psychological problems that it can bring out. And many people don't knownthey were predisposed to a mental illness until it's too late.
I'm sorry but this one is really close to home for me. There's no way I could be convinced to support this to be legalized under any circumstance.

I too have seen first hand the devastating effects of cannabis use. But the reality is, it is so widely available now that legalising it probably wont change how many people use it, but it will make how it is grown and sold more regulated. If it wasn't illegal, seeking advice and information and support would be much easier. If it was legal then there wouls probably be more education around about the risks of mental illness and cannibis use.

I do think, like alcohol, it can be a dangerous drug, but i don't think it being illegal helps anyone.