Reply #21: Having dealt with a fair share of potheads and drunks,

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I would trust the stoned individual with a gun rather than the drunk. And if someone benefits medically from marijuana and is licensed by the state to purchase and consume it, then why remove their rights? They've shown that they follow the law, and law abiding citizens shouldn't be deprived of the right to self defense with a firearm. Particularly in cases where cancer patients smoke pot to suppress nausea and keep their appetite. In fact, someone who is ill and wasting from a disease is precisely who a firearm could help the most in an emergency.

I would bet that more murders are committed under the influence of alcohol than pot, but I don't see a cry to bar a 5th a day whiskey drinker, or a functioning alcoholic who can't make it through the day without a few nips to keep away the shakes and DTs. Come to think about it, the only symptom I've ever seen from a pot smoker who is out of pot is some bitching that they're out of pot. I've seen alcoholics who get the shakes if they don't keep their BAC at .1

If it's prescribed under a doctor for a legitimate health concern (and I agree-some states make it so you can get a card if you get ingrown toenails) like documented chronic pain, HIV, cancer and the like, then you aren't an unlawful user.