In a letter sent to the Irish Times, doctors in the newly-formed ‘Cannabis Risk Alliance’ have warned of the dangers of possible reefer madness in Ireland if pot is legalised
A group of top doctors agreed
That talk of medicinal weed
Is a big Trojan Horse
That will soon lead, of course
To a terrible future indeed
John Moynes
Pic: The Cannabis Collection
God forbid it will put a dent in sales
The same docs who’s over prescription of antibiotics has us dealing with anti resistant strains of virus,
can tell you personally that’s no fun
Since it was definitely doctors who were WARNING about the over-prescription, too, perhaps their concerns should be taken on board? I’m very much in favour of legalisation, but it will have consequences, not all of them good.
Oh you’re back are you?
Get rid of imposter nigel too, while you’re here.
I just need to trick him into standing in front of this dragon, thyen I yell ‘Dracarys!’ and ascend the Nigel Throne. Hey, imposter! This big scaly fella just said yer Ma’s a mass murdering tyrant! You gonna let him get away with that?
And then sign my petition! I demand a do-over!
I think that shot of the guy chasing the priest is actually from the do-over.
Just like drink.
Life is tough we a need a vice Nigel.
Just let us as adults make our own mind up.
While I do think that medicinal cannabis is something worth investigating, and I while I don’t think any adult should be sent to prison for consuming a substance that doesn’t cause any direct harm to anyone else, I think the benefits of cannabis as a cure all are massively over-hyped, and its potential drawbacks blithely-dismissed, by some of the proponents for its legalisation.
Yeah, I’ve seen the affects it can have myself, and while I think turning anyone suffering from addiction and bad affects into a criminal only makes everything worse, we need to be completely honest about it and for God’s sake listen to the experts.
Agreed. We don’t need to pretend it’s a cure-all miracle drug to be able to make coherent arguments in favour of decriminalisation.
Well if their aint enough evidence to say that its safe, Im sure there is not enough evidence to say that its is harmful …
Do a proper study and find the evidence …
Not really.
It is easy to ‘prove’ that something is harmful. All you need to do is find one instance of harm.
It is difficult to ‘prove’ something is safe. If I have 1,000 instances of no harm…. it doesn’t prove it is safe. If I have 1,000,000 instances of no harm…. it still doesn’t prove it is safe.
But I agree that we need proper studies to find out what the various benefits vs harm are.
i tell you what though, the bang of bally when cycling along the grand canal these days is woejis. Everyone seems to be smoking the stuff – down in D4 and on out to Clondalkin one comes across that dense sweet smell….
you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s legal already