Quote Originally Posted by Nailhead
I don't believe voters are voting in medical marijuana laws to pave the way for full legalization, many polls have been conducted and there still seems to be a large majority of people that only want the drug legal for medical uses but not recreation. Keep in mind that when the average person thinks about medical marijuana, they usually assume it will be for people that are dying, not people with minor pains and such. I do believe most people are still in the "reefer madness" state of mind and fear marijuana legalization.
Some people are, yes. But honestly, people are starting to understand. I have seen A LOT more people be more open to the concept. The madness is slowly being broken... But yes, there are still people who think it's ok to take the average prescription drug, like adderall and ritalin. Strangely enough, these are amphetamines. It's basically legal speed, and I sometimes wonder if the pharmaceutical companies want people to abuse it and get high on it. Most likely so, seeing as how the industry works.

However, the news still portrays cannabis as being bad. People in general don't really understand drugs, yet believe they know all about them. A lot of people don't know that most drugs are molecularly similar to natural endorphins (such as seratonin and dopamine) created directly in your brain! For instance, cocaine acts on dopamine receptors. Drugs kind of "sneak" their way into your brain, in a way. More likely, though, your brain cannot very easily identify the difference, because they are molecularly similar.

As a side note, it's strange that our brains have cannabinoid receptors. Therefore, if my assumption is correct, THC and other cannabinoids don't need to sneak their way in. Your body actually produces cannabinoids naturally, called endocannabinoids. And as most of you know, cannabinoids are a wide range of substances.