Change of position - All drugs should be legal

[CapnAwesome]

While I am a heavy pot smoker myself and personally love the effects of it on me, but marijuana has certainly had negative effects on people. I think ruined would have to be clarified. There is good evidence to suggest heavy pot smoking can have a negative effect on both depression and schizophrenia.

Link? I've been a chronic, major depressive my entire life, and since my financial ruin, I haven't been able to afford my medical marijuana, and have only partaken in social situations. My depression has gotten progressively worse, and it's definitely due, in part, to the fact that I can't treat my various things, like insomnia, with marijuana. Would you rather I take synthetic sleep medication?

It can definitely feed into laziness and trap some people in depression. I'd certainly be surprised if nobody was pushed over the edge by heavy pot smoking.

You'd be surprised? Seriously? An argument from ignorance?

Both my parents were heavy smokers when they were younger and are now pretty much anti-pot advocates for personal reasons of how it affected them. I wouldn't say their lives were 'ruined' by it, but they both regret all the time they wasted smoking pot.

And?

I'm all for legalization and love weed but some people view weed with too heavy of rose tinted glasses.

Would you care to show anything concrete to illustrate your assertions?

I am high as I am writing this, so keep that in mind:

You are asking for concrete evidence where you know that no such thing exists. How am I supposed to show concretely people's feelings towards something?  That's silly About as silly as saying your depression is getting worse because you can't smoke pot. Based on what? You can't possibly know that unless you actually tried it. Originally you only asked for a single example of someone's life 'ruined' by pot. Although not really clarifying what that means. Now you are asking for a small research paper. Make up your mind. Except for the depression and schizophrenia bit, which is backed up by solid research, everything else is based on personal observation. I would wager I probably know more heavy stoners and people involved in weed then anybody on these boards. Also if you really can't afford weed, go up to Nor Cal for harvest season. You can work and smoke as much pot as you want.