heck, even apple seeds can be deadly if you eat too many of them.

Marijuana might cause long-term effects in sleep, but that varies from person to person.

It’s just a plant.

Had you really studied psychology as you claim you did (you’ll be hard pressed to find a psychology faculty at a reputable university that’ll teach you hypnosis), you’d know it’s highly scientific and highly concerned with gathering tons of data, using control groups, and critically analysing empirical evidence.
I’m speaking out experience with many people that have been destroyed by this stuff, physically and mentally. My experiences are not only mine but go in line with most recent research as backed by our Federal Ministry of Health. The link is above. You, on the other hand, are speaking from the point of view of a user. My experience tells me that users will always try to validate use for themselves.

I’m not a victiom of the war on drugs. Many friends and students are victims of the effects of drugs. Read up on long-term effects of marijuana causing sleep disorders. You might well be another victim.

Your grandmother’s medication only has one possible side effect? That’s simply not possible, have you ever read the inserts that come with medication. Marijuana is completely natural and can be grown organically. Any person who has every smoked, either recreationally or medically realizes that there are huge potential benefits of marijuana for a whole slew of medical issues, not all being terminal.

I haven’t smoked marijuana in years. However, I have a sleep disorder. I was on valium for years to help me sleep. I almost died going off the valium because I stopped it abruptly after a skiing accident and I had terrible anxiety attacks from stopping the valium. Before taking the valium, I smoked marijuana in the evenings and I slept really good on most nights. I’ve been to some of the best sleep doctors and sleep labs in the US, and I’ve found nothing that works for me (they just want to push pills down my throat). If my Chupat Cholim would prescribe it, I would definitely consider smoking before bed. Those were the times in my life that I felt the best physically and mentally.

Psychology is certainly not a science. Just because it’s taught at University doesn’t prove anything. I was trained for over 3 years in hypnosis, and I have read many, many books on psychology. A lot of opinions, not a lot of science.

The discussion here was about medical marijuana, not recreational use. Every Orthodox Posek and Rabbi would agree that if a doctor prescribes it, then it is completely Mutar (permissible).

You’re simply speaking out of ignorance….another sad victim of the war on drugs.

Btw…I’m an utra-orthodox Jew.

The medication my grandma uses tackles the cause of her Parkinson’s: the imbalance between dopamine and glutamate in her brain. The only known side-effect of her medication could be hyperkinesia at a later stage (though she’s old and might never get there). This contrasts rather favourably to indifference, an increased risk of schizophrenia, schizothymia etc.

As for terminally ill patients, I think anything that eases their pain is legitimate. As for non-terminally ill patients, there indeed are a lot of side-effects to be considered and options must be gauged.

But what I was getting at above is that potheads and potheads-to-be use the, still debatable, advantages of medical marijuana compared to e.g. morphia in terminally ill cancer patients and deduce from that that recreational use is also harmless. That is factually wrong. It’s not only me that has seen the effects on young people, but there are numerous studies out there that indicate that the stuff is anything but harmless, has got serious side effects, and that we’re only just now getting to see the long-term side effects among those that started taking it in the 1960s.

BTW, my grandmother’s been ill with Parkinson’s for about two decades now, and she takes medication against the shaking.
PTSD patients don’t need drugs but therapy. You don’t cure a person by silencing the symptoms rather than tackling the cause of their misery.

I don’t own a car, so you needn’t worry about me putting you in danger on the roads.

for the record, I’ve never been high. I’ve never been drunk. I’ve also never been in this much pain. Acamol and ibuprofen and all that stuff doesn’t make any difference because this is neuropathic pain.