Put an end to the negative side effects, I'm supposed to be preaching the negatives of drug use- not you!

Like I said, every drug has some sort of side effect. If it were up to me people wouldn't even use most prescription drugs. If you have something like anorexia, you should get help for it instead of just temporarily solving your problem by using a drug. When that drug is gone, you still have a problem.

Say someone is medically prescribed marijuana. What happens when they feel the need for increased amounts of the drug to achieve the desired effect that they felt in the beginning of the prescription? They continue to use it after they have been "cured" from their sickness because they are dependent? They are all of a sudden steered away from recovering from their illness and are now spending a great deal of time obtaining, using, or recovering from the effects of marijuana? They start giving up important social, occupational, recreational activities in order to use marijuana? I think most people believe it would be "fun" to legalize marijuana, and sure there are some positive side effects- but what follows them are far from fun...

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