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RE: Educate Yourself on the Risks of Marijuana and post responsibly about it on Steemit

in #blog8 years ago

As somebody with a relative with severe mental issues due to abuse of drugs such as marijuana, I feel you. I don't know what was edited from your post but I have to agree that people should be informed from both sides of the argument because like alcohol there is no point is pretending it is a completely harmless drug.

If you abuse the drug it will abuse you

Abuse I always thought was a funny word to use here because I have no idea how each individual will interpret it and decide what can be deemed as abuse. I know lots of people who have developed anxiety from becoming dependent on marijuana and I guess that's how it should be interpreted even though it's difficult to determine to yourself that you are abusing a drug by taking it when you feel you need to. It's a very difficult line to see and the limit is different for each individual.

I'm not saying it shouldn't be legal

If you read my post about my trip to Amsterdam you'll see that I've come to see alcohol as a much uglier drug than marijuana. But alcohol too, has been glamorised to the extend that especially young people abuse it to the limit! So I have to agree with @sisterholics that writers contributing to the benefits of marijuana should be a little careful about how they present their knowledge. I understand that since all other media platforms tend to sensor this type of content, steemit is becoming a great place for educating people on the benefits of marijuana among other sensored content. I know that for many people it may well be harmless and can be very beneficial for treatment but not everybody is affected the same. I'll be honest, I haven't read many of the posts on marijuana so I can't make any claims about anything being too biased, but I'm going to speculate that there haven't been many posts about the potential dangers or side effects of using marijuana. If there have, then please, link them here in the comments.