I would like to see the actual herb legalized. The edibles made with concentrated THC scare me because they are so much stronger than the natural herb.
When a cookie is 12 doses, and the first time user is not bloody likely to read the directions because who ever heard of cutting a cookie into 12 pieces and only eating one piece, and what recreational SMOKER ever heard of waiting up to 2 hours for the rush to hit, well, you are going to run into problems.
I used the herb. I preferred hashish. or hashish oil. Easier on the lungs, stronger high, easier to carry and more bang for the buck. Really preferred "Thai Stick", which was marijuana buds marinated in opium. Used extremely carefully due to addictive potential.
The opium cut the paranoia that straight weed tended to cause me.
husband was a serious pothead up until he joined the military. Neither of us had any difficulty quitting. I was a social, "party smoker". husband was more than once daily user.
I never used again. husband never used again until after he became ill with the disease that eventually killed him. A nurse recommended it for pain, nausea and loss of appetite and put him in touch with a supplier who grew his own for personal use.
The individual grew a potent hybrid that was uncut with any foreign substances. husband's lungs at that time were severely damaged from treatments for his bone marrow disease. He didn't smoke the herb. He drank it in teas, mixed it in food stuffs, or most frequently, ground it finely, and took it in the gelatine capsules one can get at health food stores for taking various herbal supplements.
The effects on his overall health were incredible. He was able to eat again, gained nearly 25 lbs of much needed weight, was able to cut way back on his use of strong narcotics, and was able to sleep comfortably and restfully for the first time in three years.
His haematologist/oncologist was stunned by the improvement in his overall physical condition and was very supportive when he found out the cause of it. That despite being an elderly, Austrian trained gentleman.
Were I to use MJ, it would be for medical reasons only because of the paranoia and because I fear it would exacerbate certain aspects of my mental illness. I would most likely vape it to avoid the tars as I found the smoke to be extremely irritating to my lungs, even as a heavy tobacco user, which I was in those days.
I would stay far away from the edibles as I have experienced edibles made with hashish oil and found the results to be too intense for my tastes.
I would like to see it legalized , taxed, and regulated.
I have also heard that in states were it has been legalized, RX drug ODs have dropped, but I have to take that evidence as anectdotal as I haven't seen cites.'