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In reply to the discussion: Kamala Harris Rolls Out National Marijuana Legalization Plan, Pledging To Make It 'The Law Of The Land' [View all]druidity33
(6,590 posts)but my personal experience differs from yours. As an IBS sufferer for over 20 years, the only medication with any degree of efficacy for me has been marijuana. I have good friends who work in this nascent industry here in MA and who are finally making a living wage having moved on from kitchen and restaurant work. I do know "lazy" stoners. But i know lazy drunkards too. It sounds to me like you don't want to compare substances so i won't belabor the point. For me, the fact that i can now grow a few plants right in my garden without the stress and fear of choppers overhead, or i can go to the store and get some legally (of good quality and tested for additives, mind!) outweighs the perceived destructiveness of legalization. It's been a few years since the laws changed and honestly the only difference i noticed in my neck of the woods is that people now talk openly about the subject. Everyone is happy to chime in because the topic is no longer verboten. I am continually surprised at how many successful older folk i meet that have never STOPPED smoking marijuana.