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Anmola wrote:Does anybody here support the legalisation of marijuana?


I'm on the fence on this one. For medical reasons sure! For recreational purposes not really but I'll go into more detail.

Some of my arguments against it are: A. It's sinful to get drunk, high, stoned, or inhibit your reason with drugs (with exceptions otherwise I would suspect that surgery would be quite a lot more painful but I'll address this later on). B. Recreationally speaking I tend to think people usually do it to get high C. The Church is against recreational use (as far as I am aware) so I wish to be obedient. 

Medically speaking I think in theory it is good and even if some people are registering just to get some weed I think it'd be better than possibly more dangerous drugs. 

According to a 2018 article from B.C. Catholic Bishops in British Columbia and Yukon have deemed medical marijuana to be ok but have said that recreational marijuana is not ok.


That being said if someone wanted to drink until they got drunk I'd be against that.

In my personal opinion about tobacco (you're listening to a half French guy so I'm very biased here) while it is addictive if you are somehow able to smoke it in moderation it's ok in my opinion. (Yes I know family members, though not many, that have enough discipline to smoke in moderation.) Personally I would never smoke because it's harmful for you and not really worth it.

Actually though I remember my mother telling me sometimes she'd think she'd smell my great grandfather's pipe sometimes when she thought of him. She always said he would sit in his rocking chair and just relax while smoking his pipe. Even just smelling tobacco from random people walking down the street smoking can make you brain go into nostalgia mode and think, "Hey this reminds me of this family member!" I feel like that's just something every French person can relate to. (This is why while I'm tempted to say weed smells really bad but I won't say that for tobacco.)

Of course I would advise against tobacco for health reasons as well as because of it's addictive nature. 

That being said St. Philip Neri took snuff so much that the inside of his nasal cavity was eroded (which is very concerning.) I think it was St. John Vianney who also took snuff in between confessions. 

Still I highly advise against having lungs that barely work, heart disease, many other health related problems, and the insides of your nasal cavity completely destroyed. We should all desire to be able to serve God on this Earth as effectively and as long as we can.

So essentially my personal opinion of tobacco is it's ok to do. I'd strongly advise against it. Also if someone were to smoke tobacco they should ideally do it in moderation. I also encourage anyone struggling with addiction to quit. Even if somebody has been smoking for years they can potentially still reduce possible side effects that may come later on down the road.


(Summary of the giant rant I put in the spoiler is alcohol isn't necessarily bad, just drink in moderation and don't get drunk. Tobacco isn't necessarily bad, I'd advise if you do tobacco don't do it often. Also tobacco creates many health problems so it's advisable to stay away from it.) 

The reason I am not against alcohol or tobacco is because people can use it in moderation (yes people can use tobacco in moderation as extremely rare as that may be, more often than not you either don't use tobacco, or go bananas for tobacco) and they can enjoy it without inhibiting their reason. Culturally speaking most people (as far as I'm aware of) use weed to get high.  

That being said while again, I'd advise against smoking weed in excess just like I do for tobacco, if a person is actually able to enjoy weed without getting high then I don't see a problem there. Unless of course you do it illegally either because of the country you are from or the age you are. That's bad.

Edit: https://youtu.be/hkxtyqyvSUM

This person in the video lists off different health benefits of tobacco but I honestly will tell you that tobacco is extremely harmful for you. In my personal opinion (as a person who is not a doctor) unless your doctor actually says you need to smoke tobacco I would say it isn't worth the health risks.

https://youtu.be/Q7LnVGbdfuQ

Here's Jimmy Akin explaining marijuana probably better than I ever could.

Anmola

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