It seems there's a trend lately of "discovering" that medications might cause harm as well as cure illness. Vioxx, Prozac, blood pressure meds, all are in the news.
The newest development? There's a very high chance that painkillers like aspirin and Ibuprofen can cause serious damage to your small intestine.
Next thing you know they're going to tell us that cigarettes, caffeine and alcohol aren't good for us! Where will it end?
You know what might help with many of those digestive problems, pain problems, even mood problems if you're an adult? Marijuana. Oops, never mind, it's illegal. So do not use it folks. 'Cause, you know, it might possibly cause minor side effects.
But so do medicines, you say? True, but the difference between approved and illegal is very easily understood. Just consider the side effects, like the professionals do. Destroyed intestines? Approved. Liver damage, violence, loss of self control, and car wrecks? Card them. Heart disease? Only with doctor's prescription. Cancer? Hey, no hip camel billboards, but okay. Munchies and temporary loss of motivation? Woah! Hold on there. Better make that illegal.
See? Makes perfect sense.
Okay, sure, if it were legal like Vioxx or Ibuprofin it would be cheap and undermine the pharmaceutical companies. And true, even if it were monitored like alcohol, legalizing it would cut funding to some powerful government agencies. And yes, hemp could then be legal, and that would threaten billions of dollars in corporate interests.
But honestly folks, marijuana's illegal because it might possibly cause minor side effects in adults, and is harmful if used by children or teens. And we would never allow anything like that on the streets.
What? It is on the streets? Well, okay, at least it's not legal, controlled and taxable like alcohol, or easily available to those it could actually help. Phew!
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