What shows were these? Did they have any reason to try to portray the use in one light as opposed to the other?
Most of the people I knew who used it were Christians. Some of them did smoke it, but the majority did not.
Now before I was saved, nobody I knew used it for medical reasons, and they all smoked it. And did other stuff. Ew
I think it would be nice to get a survey going, but most people who use it that are Christians are unwilling to admit it because of how most react to it.
Too bad we didn't have an anonymous way to post on this board, because I know there's a few here that might provide some decent insight on how they use it and why.
Having witnessed a number of youngsters who graduated from social use to heavy use and then developed schizophrenia as a permanent legacy....I think the Government should be extremely cautious.
Heroin was (still?) in use in Great Britain for certain cancers due to its profound analgesic qualities. However, the administration of the drug would be fraught as the nurses and doctors are human and some succumb to the temptation to steal this sort of thing.
I recall years ago that Pethidine seemed tobe ineffective to a lot of our orthopaedic patients, sadly a staff member was substituting water and injecting the narcotic to herself. Sickening but true. Whilst there are many many safeguards in place, it tends to lag behind human ingenuity.
Yes, I agree. They should all be legal. Controlled, but legal. People should need a prescription for marijuana, alcohol, narcotics, etc., since they can and will be abused without regulation.
The only way I would consider using it would be in pill form. Like I told a young man who offered me a drag off his "cigarette", "I don't even smoke regular cigarettes." I could tell by the smell that it wasn't a "regular cigarette"; it smelled like a burning evergreen tree. However, that's better than the putrid, foul smell of regular cigarettes.
I told a smoker once that I would rather stick my nose up a skunk's butt. Well, I was being my usual facetious self since no one in his right mind would do that. :laugh: