Why, Why?

"Why would Marijuana as a legal drug substance not also be utilized that same as other drugs that people want and use for a quick fix.
You explain to me exactly why it would not, to an extent, be used that way and believed to be a "cure all" and quick fix like so many other drugs that are touted and used as such.
Why…because you say so?"

That's not the point, the point is to be able to use natural herbs without a fascist government and a bunch of control freaks trying to tell people what is best for them. It's called free choice.

"You can assure me that is not going to happen at all?" 

HUH?

"I know differently from researching it on the internet."

I know differently from personal experience.

"Cannabis is also a drug! The consumption rate of the drug back then as compared to the volumes consumed now were far less in times gone past and it was far less potent in times gone past."

Prove it! More speculation.

"The new potency is stated and confirmed by many of the pro drug websites and the anti drug websites."

Those studies are flawed and I have already pointed out why.

"Not to say it does not have any medical benefits, I know marijuana has numerous medical benefits but once it becomes legal then why would there be a need to have it regulated as a medical substance when you can simply go buy it in its various strengths from the many legal suppliers selling it for recreational uses."

Those doctor/priests shouldn't have a monopoly on peoples health. I have done the research and know the health benefits, I don't need a doctor to try and tell me what to do. And neither does any one else with knowledge.

"How is your new system going to account for the medicinal aspects of marijuana after it is legalized verses the recreational use of the drug."

The same way it worked when it was legal in the past.

"If marijuana is to also be sold as a medical substance, will it have to be supplied and sold separately from the same drug that is being sold as a recreational substance??
What is your answer to that?"

It will be sold as the substance that it is, a natural herb. Just like cayenne, chocolate, or nutmeg.

"Your know it all answer to that will be interesting to read. Explain what is it that will stop anyone that wants it for medical purposes from simply getting it from the recreational purposes suppliers."

Hey it's their choice, they live on this planet and they aren't hurting anyone by taking natural herbs. Why are their so many control freaks that want to lord over people with their ignorance? It's going to be interesting to hear, The know it all response to that question.

"You explain to me in detail why those that are legally allowed to sell marijuana would be or should be allowed to advertise its known or supposed health and medical benefits and why they should not be restricted with laws or rules relative to how it is promoted and advertised as such??"

Why bother?

"No……it will have to be based on scientific research and proof and until the public buys into that proof and or the governments and people in positions of accountability and authority are convinced the product is safe "eneough" as a medicinal substance for mass consumption, then that aspect of marijuana consumption will remain in question."

The substance has been used for THOUSANDS OF YEARS! Plenty of knowledge already available. Sorry you do not accept that knowledge, but it is all well known and documented.

"If they do want to promote it or sell it as a legal, scientifically proven medicinal substance then the substance will certainly have to come under the FDA rules and regulations."

We should get rid of the FDA. It is corrupt to the core.

"You may say: Nope, it won’t go that way but I would be willing to put my money where my mouth is and that is what will happen."

Exactly, even when it becomes, seemingly legal it will still be manipultaed by the "nefarious" and "lucid" people that get into government. The control freaks that claim they are "lucid".

"The FDA will not allow you or any company to advertise and or sell it as a "medicinal substance or medicinal value product""

Ultimately people should strive for inter-independence, where we all help one another become independent, so we don't have to rely on so-called "authorities" or "experts" that try to hold a monopoly onliving life in their control freak mentality.

"If you do you will be in violation of all kinds of rules and regulations and laws and the penalties are surprisingly harsh.
It is not an approved product by the FDA and they enforce their rulings."

Oh no! They are going to continue to try and persecute me with their continued injustice, I never expected that!(sarc)

"Also...if some of the consumption of the drug is to be used specifically for medical purposes then how is that going to work when it is legal to walk into any place that sells it legally for recreational purposes that can supply the same marijuana to be used for medical purposes???"

Remember how it used to be legal all those years ago....same thing, it will work the same.

"I AM NOT TAKING ANY SIDES ON THIS PARTICULAR ASPECT OF THE DEBATE ..."

That is a lie, according to your former messages.

"I AM JUST POINTING OUT ONE MORE VERY LARGE PROBLEM THAT WILL BE ALL THE MORE OF A CONTENTIOUS ISSUE CONCERNING LEGALISED MARIJUANA RELATIVE TO ITS STATED TO BE MEDICAL USES AND THE FDA POSITION."

Wouldn't be a problem if it was really legal.

"YOU CAN NOT EXPECT IT TO BE LEGALLY SOLD AS A MEDICINE UNTIL IT IS SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN TO BE AND ACCEPTED AS SUCH BY THE FDA, REGARDLESS OF THE MANY EXISTING SCIENTIFIC STUDIES THAT PROVE IT HAS CONFIRMED MEDICINAL USES.
IF YOU CAN NOT GET THE APPROVAL OF THE FDA THEN IT WILL NOT BE ALOWED TO BE ADVERTISED, PROMOTED OR SOLD AS A MEDICAL SUBSTANCE.
IF YOU ARE DEALLING WITH THE FDA THEN THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND LAWS MAY BE FAR MORE OF A HEADACHE THAN THEY ARE WORTH, SO MAYBE, BETTER IT REMAINS ILLEGAL IN THAT RESPECT"

FDA should be shut down it is corrupt.

"I can assure you not all will be well in the world of legalized marijuana consumption and I envision the pot heads and habitual consumers of pot in the future complaining about legal marijuana consumption and reminiscing about the “good old days� before legalization and angry about all the a**ho**s that had it legalized when it was just fine the way it used to be."

More baseless speculation.

"Do you live in the past or do you live in the year 2011.
What happened in the past is not always significantly relevant to what is happening now."

But in this case it is relevant.

"The legal substance known as marijuana will also be prey to the low lives and crooks that will market the products with all kinds of hype and promotion and take the money and run."

At least it will be able to be addressed in a legal forum at that point. A step in the right direction, that is for sure.

"If you can derive certain elements from the cannabis plant(s) and use them for medicinal purposes, without the drug effects (intoxication) then there is no real argument against the use of cannabis derived medicinal products."

It is already well known that it can be done naturally with minimal processing. One way is to make cannabis salve, which lessens the intoxicating effects new users feel. Another way which works and lacks the effects of "intoxication" I have mentioned before it is laid out at

http://phoenixtears.ca/

"Again, where will marijuana fit into the scheme of things as a medicinal product and or a recreational product??"

As a natural herb would be ideal. However we know that the control freaks won't allow that.

"Well…..as I pointed out before…drug money is some of the most sinister money around and I would not be so quick to use that Phrase:
For the love of money is the root of all evil"

"Drug money" is a loaded term. To evil people that lust for money, it matters not the source, only the quantity. To them Money is money.

"However, when it comes to the illegal drugs then the drug money or the money from drugs attracts the most nefarious nasty types more so than other money making enterprises."

The nastiest people are the ones that are above the law, they work in intelligence agancies, and they selectively enforce the "law" on whoever they want. They send young men to foreign countries to kill innocents and control poppy and oil fields. They inject people with experimental vaccines in the name of science. They slaughter people with unmanned aerial vehicles. They chop off peoples limbs for being part of a different tribe. These are nefarious people you deem "lucid" because they do not seemingly take "drugs".

"Even when the drug is legal I would confidently surmize it still attracts more sinister types than other legal businesses.

You can disagree if you want and I near expect you to anyhow."

Absolutely I disagree, because what you have stated is unfounded and lacks a back bone.