So here is a topic I wanted to throw out and would love to hear everyone's opinion.
I am a conservative christian and have been anti-pot for most of my life, but wanted to share my story and perhaps spread some light on the issue.
I have struggled with anxiety for about 4 years, and this last year it had gotten much worse. I was having panic attacks, my heart would be beating and I would feel like I was going to have a heart attack. I talked with the Dr. and he gave me an increased dosage of the benzoid I was taking. That didnt seem to help, and neither did changing my diet and exercising. My blood pressure was very high for my age (25) and I didnt know what to do, as it was affecting my life and inhibiting what I could do.
I prayed and did a lot of research, and found that others who had bad anxiety had used canabis with great results. Now I was very skeptical as I had grown up hearing weed is bad for you, etc. With the anxiety so bad I did something I thought I would never do and bought some canabis from a friend who smoked.
The results were amazing. My blood pressure is way down from what it was before and I no longer have panic attacks. I can live my life again without feeling like my heart is going to pop out of my chest. My outlook on weed has also changed dramatically, as I have seen first hand the medical benefits it provides. I look at it like a prescription drug and only use it before I go to bed, so Im not using it during the day or abusing it.
So here is my conservative opinion on it. I think its a plant created by God with amazing benefits if used in the right way. Like anything else (prescription drugs, alcohol, food, etc) it can be abused and become a negative in ones life. I was also amazed to find out that there has been no recorded deaths from marijuana. Having done some research as well, the only real side effects are slow reaction time (it calms your body down) and increases ones appetite. Also one of the main reasons its called a "gateway" drug is that people who sell weed also sell much harder drugs, which I think if one uses common sense can understand why cocaine, meth, etc have no place in society. But these drug dealers often influence these kids or young adults to try these harder drugs when they simply came to buy weed, and kids cave into peer pressure and do it, thus getting hooked.
Now Im certainly not for the legalization of it for recreational use, as I think if abused, can certainly be a negative thing. But I am for the legalization of medical marijuana, simply because it works.
Its certainly an interesting debate, but I have never heard a good argument from a christian perspective on why medical marijuana should remain illegal.
I am a conservative christian and have been anti-pot for most of my life, but wanted to share my story and perhaps spread some light on the issue.
I have struggled with anxiety for about 4 years, and this last year it had gotten much worse. I was having panic attacks, my heart would be beating and I would feel like I was going to have a heart attack. I talked with the Dr. and he gave me an increased dosage of the benzoid I was taking. That didnt seem to help, and neither did changing my diet and exercising. My blood pressure was very high for my age (25) and I didnt know what to do, as it was affecting my life and inhibiting what I could do.
I prayed and did a lot of research, and found that others who had bad anxiety had used canabis with great results. Now I was very skeptical as I had grown up hearing weed is bad for you, etc. With the anxiety so bad I did something I thought I would never do and bought some canabis from a friend who smoked.
The results were amazing. My blood pressure is way down from what it was before and I no longer have panic attacks. I can live my life again without feeling like my heart is going to pop out of my chest. My outlook on weed has also changed dramatically, as I have seen first hand the medical benefits it provides. I look at it like a prescription drug and only use it before I go to bed, so Im not using it during the day or abusing it.
So here is my conservative opinion on it. I think its a plant created by God with amazing benefits if used in the right way. Like anything else (prescription drugs, alcohol, food, etc) it can be abused and become a negative in ones life. I was also amazed to find out that there has been no recorded deaths from marijuana. Having done some research as well, the only real side effects are slow reaction time (it calms your body down) and increases ones appetite. Also one of the main reasons its called a "gateway" drug is that people who sell weed also sell much harder drugs, which I think if one uses common sense can understand why cocaine, meth, etc have no place in society. But these drug dealers often influence these kids or young adults to try these harder drugs when they simply came to buy weed, and kids cave into peer pressure and do it, thus getting hooked.
Now Im certainly not for the legalization of it for recreational use, as I think if abused, can certainly be a negative thing. But I am for the legalization of medical marijuana, simply because it works.
Its certainly an interesting debate, but I have never heard a good argument from a christian perspective on why medical marijuana should remain illegal.
