# Legal marijuana

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-marijuana/683353>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 10, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-marijuana/683353 "2014-03-10T15:10:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-marijuana/683353/21 "2014-03-11T16:29:08Z")

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> [@babygoat666](#):
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> B.S. that he has to fabricate some ridiculous guise in order to engage in a relatively harmless behavior? Or B.S. that he is allowed to engage in a relatively harmless behavior?

Both, actually.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-marijuana/683353/22 "2014-03-11T16:42:10Z")

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> [@bizerta](#):
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> I live in Massachusetts. I consider myself marijuana-naive. This question was promped by my son who has a co-worker that obtained a prescription for medical marijuana because he has insomnia. Editorial: What a crock of B.S.

B.S.? I’ve suggested cannabis to several people with chronic insomnia who were not helped by standard treatment, or where side effects of standard treatment were unacceptable. They found a toke at bedtime to be a godsend. Ditto headache sufferers. And when my friend’s dad was slowly dying of prostate cancer, smoking marijuana improved his quality of life by an order of magnitude. He got to enjoy the last few months of his life.

B.S. my ass.

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**Author:** ![bizerta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-marijuana/683353/23 "2014-03-11T23:09:22Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> B.S.? I’ve suggested cannabis to several people with chronic insomnia who were not helped by standard treatment … B.S. my ass.

There’s an old joke: 95% of the lawyers ruin the reputation for the 5% of the lawyers that are honest. i.e. While there may be valid medical reasons for some users, I believe the majority of prescriptions are issued to people who just want to get high.

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**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-marijuana/683353/24 "2014-03-12T00:16:07Z")

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It’s profitable for the state too:

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> DENVER—The first tax figures for the first state in the nation to legalize retail marijuana shows the drug brought in $3.5 million in taxes and fees in January.
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> Of that, $2.1 million came from recreational marijuana and the remaining $1.4 million from medical marijuana.

[http://www.9news.com/story/news/local/2014/03/10/first-month-of-marijuana-taxes/6257687/](http://www.9news.com/story/news/local/2014/03/10/first-month-of-marijuana-taxes/6257687/)

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**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-marijuana/683353/25 "2014-03-12T01:54:24Z")

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> [@bizerta](#):
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> I believe the majority of prescriptions are issued to people who just want to get high.

If you went to the dispensary that I belong to, you would realize that you are mistaken.

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