it's your temple

I have never smoked cigarettes biut have smoked marijuana since my late 20s .There was a time I was smoking it to much and this lasted for about 15 years until I put a handle on it . I still smoke occasionally and enjoy it .I notice if I smoke marijuana it will heighten any emotion ,so if I think of something negative smoking will sometimes not be beneficial for me .I think it should be legal for many reasons

Hey as long as you don't smoke with a bun in the oven then it's not my concern.

My only cigarette experience I ever had was that as a child my grandmother let me light up her cigarettes.... Chesterfield was her brand, no filter. It was at an age my buddies started to steal cigarettes from their parents and picking up cigarettes butts from the ground. And guess what? I never smoked. My use of MJ was strick recreational while in my teens, college and disco days. My service in the military took care of removing the pleasure from my mind. Grateful that my family being provided for was more important than my "high". After military... did not found any use for it and I have no illness that will need a painkiller. What you do with your body is your doing. Recreational or Medicinal. Your choice.

The downfall of cannabis is that it burns 100 times hotter than ciregets. In males smoking it too much can result in breast. There is theories it reduces the size of the thalamus part of your brain. It stays in your muscles for up to 30 days and can be released with exercises at a time you do not wish to be intubated. The up sides is that it help chronic pain and relieve glaucoma as we all know it helps artist be more creative. It seems to give me a headache I may have indulged a time or 2 in my youth. I hope it is legalized. I have a ton of new age pharmaceutical not worth much now bought it at like .10 cents a share That could change fast.

What you put in your body is your business.

Eradicated my debilitating fibromyalgia pain and my serious social anxiety. Improved my functionality significantly, often to the point of being able to work versus not. A federal judge approved my closed-period disability claim even though I copped to MMJ use for an invisible condition that is notoriously hard to prove. Elevatedmy quality of life to the point of wanting to continue living. I don't use anymore but I'm glad I did. I'm glad I know what it can do. There's no denying the medicinal benefit. The benefit I received was remarkable, life-changing.

The natives of all countries had something they enjoyed. In what is now America, it was tobacco. However, tobacco was considered sacred and only smoked during ceremonies. The industrial revolution has made everything into a commodity.

It's unfortunate that this administration encourages federal penalization of marijuana. I hold a medical marijuana card and was a smoker until this past summer. Edibles did nothing for me, although I made many for others' benefit and enjoyment. I quit consuming for a couple of reasons: cost and health. I had a smoker's cough. (I quit cigarettes 17 years ago.) Allergies seem to be at the root of my current slight cough. I did not see any change in my pain level, so I'm happy. I'm dead set against narcotics unless everything else fails, and I've had a knee and hip replacement already. It's nice to know it's there if I need it, and it should remain available for those who need it. Like anything, an addictive personality can always find something to which it will be addicted.

I am all for full legalization. I personally do not really enjoy it, but it is a safe diversion for many, including some of my dearest friends. I do think full legalization would increase the statistics for "driving under the influence" of marijuana, as the illegality keeps many from gathering in locations like bars and then driving home.

I also understand that the human body is full of cannabinoid receptors and have no doubt that there are serious medical benefits that can be taken from the plant.

However, I am opposed to medicinal marijuana because adding a plant to the FDA approval list would require loosening of the standards the FDA uses. I think it should be like fiber or prune juice. Doctor's should just recommend it. My specific complaint is the strict dosing guidelines that medications required for evidentiary claims of efficacy and dosing(not risk factor because it is very safe). I think it's important that we don't have lobbyists trying to get acai berries and green tea listed as medications. Plants may be wonderful for you and may be the source of most medication, but medical labeling restrictions should remain strict.

I am not opposed to pharmaceutical grade extracts and synthetics being produced and labeled for medicinal use, but that is not the same thing as medicinal marijuana. Also, in case anyone was unaware, there has been a legal prescription synthetic since the 80's called Marinol.

I wish I liked it (SO CHEAP!), I don't it's the shittest drug you can get, for reccy value, IMO.

I enjoy edibles, my lungs don't do very well with smoke despite having never smoked in my life. Maybe it's a result of both my parents smoking when I was young, my baseline oxygen saturation is 96%. I'll defend anyone's right to smoke anything they want so long as they don't argue that it supersedes my right not to be exposed to second-hand smoke in public spaces. Be respectful and enjoy!

I am anti smoking. But if you are doing it in your privacy I have no issues. Your liberty ends where my nose begins. @sadoi I understand your matter... If it's for medicinal purpose I am alright. In your case if it gives you relief, as a friend I support you. But beyond that it's crap.

I spent most of my life never having smoked anything, cigs included. I was raised, off and on, by hippies since my mother was a hippie living in the Pacific Northwest during my childhood. It wasn't until I was diagnosed with cancer that I opted to take up smoking pot. I tried the first couple of months without it, but the misery was unexplainable and intense. I finally broke down and gave it a shot, what did I have to lose? I can honestly say if not for marijuana, chemo and radiation would have killed me because I already had severe digestive issues most of my life and the chemo/radiation that was forced upon me only expounded upon that suffering. I am so offended when people come after those of us who Do and Have smoked. After a portion of my stomach was removed and I was in remission, I continued to smoke and do to this day, daily, before meals, in order to not vomit 80% of my food up. It is a personal choice and so long as people are Allowed Legally to Drink in the US, I find it offensive that ANYONE gives a pothead grief over smoking a plant that Does relieve all manner of ailments. I work in the medical field and I have seen First Hand how marijuana Aids many patients with their suffering. I, for one, Defend the use of said drug because there are MANY MANY OTHER Horrific things people do to their bodies on the daily, for example, the fact that I smoke cigs. I am willing to put Myself up there on the judgement block by Way of my cig smoking, but to come down So Hard on a drug that Actually helps people is an ignorant viewpoint. Before I began smoking I was on a plethora of pills. I lost my gallbladder 2 years after my bought with cancer and that was DUE TO All the medication I was given throughout my life. I was born with something called Atrial Septal Defect, in my case, 6 holes in my heart, and I have had a pacemaker since the age of 19. I am also now allergic to 95% of antibiotics due to the overwhelming amount of synthetic pills I was forced to take. Until you walk a mile in the shoes of someone WITH serious health issues, it is absolutely ignorant and arrogant to judge the use of this Medication, because it IS as much a medication as all that BULLSHITTERY pill crap I was given a majority of my life. Since I began smoking, I have stopped taking ALL pills. All. Every, Single One of them. I am sorry if I sound standoffish and annoyed, but... I am blunt aside from my kindness and... I find this sort of rhetoric born of ignorance and I WILL Defend ANYONES right to smoke pot/weed/mary jane. If Dudes can run around like drunken baffoons, reek havoc in the world, why can I not enjoy a joint? I mean, drunkeness has lead to so much pain and grief from drunk driving accidents to alcholism, the abuse and the suffering that has been born of it... whereas a pothead?? Come'on now! The worst hes gonna do is loaf around on the sofa and EAT all your foodstuffs from the kitchen, but go out and get into fights, rape, drive drunk and kill others or themselves... dude... stoners don't want to go out for a cruise. They just want a damn cupcake, some doritos and a freakin soda. Lets get real here please. And YES IT IS A MEDICINE. I will stand by that and Take it to the Grave. Them's my two cents. Mmm hmm... feel FREE TO DEBATE ME ON IT IF YOU WOULD LIKE. Cause... here I am... snaps in z-formation Bring it ON if you want to... I can take it.

PS- And it Isnt a cureall. It is a reliever. And by the way, I do Not Drink. Not at All. I do not even consume Caffeinated drinks, minus hot tea, and most of the time I go herbal, decaf. I do not drink coffee. I rarely eat sugary foods because I sincerely do not like most sweets, esp rich desserts. I rarely consume meat and would venture to say I am more of a pescatarian than anything else and have been vegetarian about 90% of my life. Even as a child I disliked the taste of meat.

And I am Actually a health nut too soo... I am healthy and I take care of myself. Sooo... mmm hmm... pot helps Me to function the Best I can as a mother and as a human being and for me, that is a godsend and no way in hell would I ever stop doing it simply over judgements and preconceived notions about a product that makes some peoples lives doable. Try to tell me its wrong and that would be akin to trying to convince me there IS a god. its like that, buddy.