tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post1033986826783365358..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: CannabisRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-19489683657713214762018-07-08T09:40:03.070-04:002018-07-08T09:40:03.070-04:00"For example, I don't think people who wo..."For example, I don't think people who work with children should be allowed to use cannabis."<br /><br />That wasn't very clear. To clarify, I mean when they are working with children. In front of children. <br /><br />Or perhaps in any workplace. Similar to how people shouldn't be drinking alcohol at work.Epistle of Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779184015407034200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-3840737681575243832018-07-08T09:12:25.477-04:002018-07-08T09:12:25.477-04:00I don't have a dog in this fight either. I don...I don't have a dog in this fight either. I don't use marijuana aka cannabis. My thoughts:<br /><br />1. I'm of two minds when it comes to the legalization of cannabis. At this point, though I could be persuaded otherwise, I'd tend to say something like "people have the right to be stupid" when it comes to cannabis use. In saying "people" I'm referring to adults with intact cognitive faculties making decisions of their own free will. <br /><br />2. That's not to say I would want to give <i>carte blanche</i> to an adult to smoke weed all day, totally uninhibited by society's rules or mores or whatever. After all, society is social, we live with and need other people to an extent, so there should be limitations if the cannabis use harms others or too negatively disrupts society or something along those lines. For example, I don't think people who work with children should be allowed to use cannabis. <br /><br />There may be borderline cases. Such as pregnant women. Pregnant women shouldn't be using cannabis either, I don't think, but pregnant women shouldn't be drinking alcohol either, yet that's legal. I guess it goes back to the "people have a right to be stupid" thing. <br /><br />3. From a health perspective, cannabis use carries with it significant risk to brain development for those whose brains haven't fully "developed", viz. those in (say) their early 20s or younger. In this respect, if we legalize marijuana, then I think it should only be legal for those beyond a certain age. Like with alcohol.<br /><br />4. There are other adverse medical effects in cannabis use, especially in long-term cannabis use, but that likewise depends on how one ingests the cannabis. Like is it smoked, eaten, etc.<br /><br />5. Many people who argue for legalization equivocate between cannabis for recreational use and cannabis for medical use. Like they will argue for legalizing the recreational use of marijuana based on data from medicinal marijuana. However, for instance, medicinal marijuana typically contains less THC than contained in most recreational marijuana (THC is the primary pscyhoactive ingredient in cannabis).<br /><br />6. Of course, cannabis is a psychoactive drug.<br /><br />a. There are degrees to how "stoned" one can become. Degrees of intoxication, degrees of abuse, degrees of dependence. <br /><br />b. Also, if the intent of using cannabis is for entheogenic purposes (e.g. shamanic or spiritual altered states of consciousness), then from a Christian perspective this could open doors to entities and realms the Bible forbids.Epistle of Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779184015407034200noreply@blogger.com