ronburgundy
Contributor
Have you enjoyed smoking tobacco as well? I don't believe pot is better treatment than conventional drugs.Auctually in order to enjoy my life I do need marijuana. I have RA really bad in my hands and wrists and the weed provides relief. The legal meds make me ill the kind of ill where you just move into the shitter and stay there.
As far as resources used l grow my own in my backyard in place of the shrubs and lawn that were here when we bought the house. Since I started this my contribution to the local landfill has dropped way off because I now compost. Water I collected during the winter rains gets me into early July and grey water I collect from bathing and washing dishes and such takes me to harvest. The resources I use were being used regardless of my plants.
Most conventional drugs for pain management are far more dangerous than pot, and are far more likely to be "gateways" to heroin than pot is (the current heroin epidemic is largely due to prescription drugs like oxycontin. In fact, Oxy is essentially the same as heroin.
Pot is becoming very popular among pro football players, because they deal with near constant pain during and after their career. They understand and experience the severe long term harms of Oxy, and for many, pot is the far superior and safer treatment for the chronic pain.