Quote:So if you have the really bad seizures that aren't controlled by anything else, you shouldn't have access? I do NOT support recreational weed despite its benefits to the economy and criminal system simply because I also believe its a psychoactive drug that impairs (even if not dangerously) individuals. But even I recognize that when someone is flopping on the ground every couple minutes because the seizure drugs don't work, they deserve another option.

 

Will people abuse it? Sure they will. But am I gonna deny it to someone who really needs it because people abuse it? No. And with Doctors prescribing I know it won't be that easy to get. I understand you have a personal experience with seizure drugs, but I am a medical professional who has seen thousands of patients, and know people who the seizure medications did not work for. That is my professional experience, not personal. You shouldn't need to see everything with your own eyes to have empathy.

 

Just imagine if your seizure drugs didn't work, and someone told you that you can't have this other medication, even tho it is known to prevent seizures that nothing else does. If your brain wasn't permanently damaged from having constant seizures, you would want it.

I 100% respect your opinion and position on the matter. The only problem I have with this argument people use is it's the same argument that was used in against alcohol. When alcohol is far more damaging to the body yet is regulated and completely legal. Not to imply people that share your opinion actively support alcohol of course, just saying it's not hard to see the similarities between the banning of pot and the banning of booze in the past. IMO, it's the single best argument for legalizing it. 

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