Marijuana Debate - Lemont, IL

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Sue Lockport, IL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #1 Aug 28, 2010 I have chronic pain which is helped significantly by very, very small amounts of Marijuana. I currently am prescribed 360 Oxycontin at one time. That is a very addictive opiate. My tolerance over the years has me now at the highest dosage 4-6 times a DAY. Tell me which is better? Pharmaceutical companies making huge profits or small mom and pop companies that will spring up to fill the needs of Medical Marijuana. They will pay taxes, maybe create jobs, how can that not be a good thing? YES! Legalize it!
edward Des Plaines, IL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #2 Sep 3, 2010 Sue wrote: I have chronic pain which is helped significantly by very, very small amounts of Marijuana. I currently am prescribed 360 Oxycontin at one time. That is a very addictive opiate. My tolerance over the years has me now at the highest dosage 4-6 times a DAY. Tell me which is better? Pharmaceutical companies making huge profits or small mom and pop companies that will spring up to fill the needs of Medical Marijuana. They will pay taxes, maybe create jobs, how can that not be a good thing? YES! Legalize it! No, do not legalize it.
edward Des Plaines, IL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #3 Sep 3, 2010 Sue wrote: I have chronic pain which is helped significantly by very, very small amounts of Marijuana. I currently am prescribed 360 Oxycontin at one time. That is a very addictive opiate. My tolerance over the years has me now at the highest dosage 4-6 times a DAY. Tell me which is better? Pharmaceutical companies making huge profits or small mom and pop companies that will spring up to fill the needs of Medical Marijuana. They will pay taxes, maybe create jobs, how can that not be a good thing? YES! Legalize it! I think you are full of baloney
edward Des Plaines, IL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #4 Sep 3, 2010 Sue wrote: I have chronic pain which is helped significantly by very, very small amounts of Marijuana. I currently am prescribed 360 Oxycontin at one time. That is a very addictive opiate. My tolerance over the years has me now at the highest dosage 4-6 times a DAY. Tell me which is better? Pharmaceutical companies making huge profits or small mom and pop companies that will spring up to fill the needs of Medical Marijuana. They will pay taxes, maybe create jobs, how can that not be a good thing? YES! Legalize it! What chronic pain do you have? What is causing it?
greg Lockport, IL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #5 Sep 6, 2010 we have never needed it for anything that made this country great. If people think cigarettes are bad for the lungs, marijuana is 100 times worse... There are too many morons in this country, legalizing would only create more morons and we do not need any more than we already have..
Don Glen Ellyn, IL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #6 Sep 15, 2010 For those of you who blindly oppose Medical Marijuana....I encourage you to do you OWN research - educate yourselves. I am not a marijuana user, but after spending some time in a state with legal MMJ, I can tell you that I did a great deal of research, and my opinion was completely turned around. There are MANY benefits to MMJ (Medical Marijuana). It is FAR less harmful than smoking a pack or 2 of cigarettes a day...there has never been a single documented case of someone dying due to a marijuana overdose (it's virtually impossible to do), yet we have kids and adults dying each and every day from alcohol poisoning and lung disease due to cigarettes. There are several alternatives to simply "smoking" (vaporizing comes to mind) marijuana that come close to totally eliminating the lung damage that can occur. Don't continue to be a lemming....don't blindly drink the "anti-marijuana" kool-aid....educate yourself.
Don Glen Ellyn, IL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #7 Sep 15, 2010 For those of you who blindly oppose Medical Marijuana....I encourage you to do you OWN research - educate yourselves. I am not a marijuana user, but after spending some time in a state with legal MMJ, I can tell you that I did a great deal of research, and my opinion was completely turned around. There are MANY benefits to MMJ (Medical Marijuana). It is FAR less harmful than smoking a pack or 2 of cigarettes a day...there has never been a single documented case of someone dying due to a marijuana overdose (it's virtually impossible to do), yet we have kids and adults dying each and every day from alcohol poisoning and lung disease due to cigarettes. There are several alternatives to simply "smoking" (vaporizing comes to mind) marijuana that come close to totally eliminating the lung damage that can occur. Don't continue to be a lemming....don't blindly drink the "anti-marijuana" kool-aid....educate yourself. George Washington encouraged every farmer to grow hemp (aka marijuana). Do your research. Look it up. It's a known fact that it was only outlawed because of pressure put on Washington by cotton farmers.
Mickey Plainfield, IL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #8 Dec 1, 2010 alcohol side effects: liver damage, hang over xanax : addiction, liver damage ambien: sleep walking marijuana:..... is jamming out to pink floyd considered a side effect?

eric Lockport, IL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #9 Jan 27, 2011 people in this country are stupid enough, down to the protection of the borders, to schooling to social scum democrats. Pot will make their decision making even worse than it is now.. We need brains not morons in the USA.
Edward Zapopan, Mexico	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #10 Feb 14, 2011 greg wrote: we have never needed it for anything that made this country great. If people think cigarettes are bad for the lungs, marijuana is 100 times worse... There are too many morons in this country, legalizing would only create more morons and we do not need any more than we already have.. Sure, man. You won't die from smoking tobacco cigarettes. Go on, chaps! Keep suckin'em up. In the mean time, in case anyone wants some factual info on the subject: http://www.lycaeum.org/paranoia/marijuana/fac... http://www.io.com/~patrik/sri_lies.htm Videos. Grass, The History of Marijuana(Documentary): http://www.youtube.com/watch... The Union (Documentary): http://www.youtube.com/watch... History of Weed(Parts 1 & 2) Short videos by Showtime: http://www.youtube.com/watch... http://www.youtube.com/watch... Why Marijuana Remains Illegal Figures on pharmacological products: http://www.youtube.com/watch... Why is marijuana illegal? "Grow More Pot" by Jello Biafra(Parts 1 & 2): http://www.youtube.com/watch... http://www.youtube.com/watch... "The True Reason Pot is Illegal" An 11 minute commentary by Joe Roge: http://www.youtube.com/watch... Why is marijuana illegal? Short by the Marijuana Legalization Posse: http://www.youtube.com/watch... "WHY MARIJUANA BECAME ILLEGAL!!!": http://www.youtube.com/watch... Law Enforcement Against Prohibition: http://www.youtube.com/watch... "Why Marijuana Should Be Legalized: An Expert's Perspective" Talk about Marijuana legalization by John Morgan: http://www.youtube.com/watch... "Cannabis and Humanity" by Paul McMullan (Parts 1, 2 & 3) http://www.youtube.com/watch... http://www.youtube.com/watch... http://www.youtube.com/watch... "Everything changes, nothing remains without change".- Buddha
spectrm “We'll just two weeks it...” Since: Oct 10 1,114 Burbs of Chi-Town	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #11 Feb 14, 2011 A lot of poorly educated people on this thread. Guess William Randolph Hearst was successful in his campaign. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_history_of...
spectrm “We'll just two weeks it...” Since: Oct 10 1,114 Burbs of Chi-Town	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #12 Feb 14, 2011 greg wrote: we have never needed it for anything that made this country great. If people think cigarettes are bad for the lungs, marijuana is 100 times worse... There are too many morons in this country, legalizing would only create more morons and we do not need any more than we already have.. Read the histories of hemp lumber, hemp rope, hemp housing production...our Navy depended on the stuff for the first 100 years of it's existence. Marijuana is healthier for the lungs, throat, and heart as tobacco is and, if eaten, contains proteins you'd usually have to eat meat to ingest. As for 'too many morons'...I don't see how them killing brain cells with alcohol makes them any smarter than the temporary altered behavior of those same neurons under the influence of pot. Newsflash - moderate amounts of marijuana causes no neurological damage. One ounce of alcohol will kill brain cells. If you think the 'morons' can stand to lose brain cells, keep encouraging cigs and alcohol.
me Lemont, IL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #13 May 14, 2011 Medicinal marijuana should be available to all that need it! The only reason it isn't legal is bc the government can't figure out how to tax it and make a killing arresting people for it!
James Joliet, IL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #14 Jul 31, 2011 how can something less harmful than alcohol be more illegal that marijuana? if you smoke weed every day people think you have a problem, but if you smoke cigarettes every day its no big deal. double standards people.
Mickey Joliet, IL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #16 Jul 31, 2011 Everyone here is brainwashed. Do independent research people, don't believe anything you hear on fox news.
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