We've all heard about arthritis sufferer's turning to cannabis because prescription drugs have unpleasant, even dangerous side effects. Not saying cannabis is totally safe, but it's illegallity is holding back research on it's medicinal qualities.
As the spectrum of this discussion has widened to include more illegal drugs, I'd just like to mention that 'drugs' covers a vast array of substances, prescription drugs are often misused/abused, codeine is a derivitive of heroin, and is used in things like cough mixture and painkillers. Valium is an extremely addictive drug, yet doctors dole them out like sweeties. Attempting to withdraw from taking it is very dangerous without medical guidence, and can induce psychosis.
All I am saying is that it is not just illegal drugs that can be dangerous, alcohol and cigarettes are potentially dangerous drugs used for recreation - what is different about cocaine, ecstasy, heroin, cannabis, LSD etc...?
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