There are some other common substances that can be reached easily such as alcohol, tobacco, coffee, herbal tea and herbal medicine: No one would consider that all of these should be prohibited. Although the fatal adverse outcomes of excessive use of alcohol and tobacco have been informed, why haven’t they been categorized as illegal drugs ?! There is also no doubt that not all herbs that people consume on a daily basis have evidence-based information.
The Institute of Alcohol Studies website claims that Medix UK survey among medical profession: Alcohol and tobacco “worse than cannabis” shows that nearly 45% of them believe cannabis is the least serious health problem. They also reported cannabis as the least addictive. Not surprisingly the vast majority of the medical experts, 88%, wished to prescribe cannabis for their patients if it was legal.
It is so interesting that Marijuana may be better for you than alcohol and tobacco. Why then is it deemed so bad in our society when so many people want it legal and have already done it. This is a nice easy to read blog and the background color really matches the topic.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment Andy,
ReplyDeletePoliticians form laws and regulations, and social policies and norms are shaped by how people are trained to be, I think.
Heya
ReplyDeleteI'd like to point out a couple of political points.
We are a tiny little country at the bottom of the world, as we don't export too much we rely heavily on other sources on national income.
Tourism is one of them.
We are working towards a smokeless environment, but are unable to cut ourselves free by making cigarettes illegal because the cost to the tourism industry would be tremendous.
I believe that a society without smocking would be better off, but we could only do it if the country is willing to take a hit in the pocket. But I don't think we could take that hit.. Not right now anyway.
Thanks for your comments Chris,
ReplyDeleteGood points :) However, it is interesting to see that making illegal the using or cultivation of marijuana has not helped stopped people from using it. For marijuana to be beneficial for human health, it is not necessarily smoked. There will be some other ways, for example, tablet, ointment and liquid.