tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560636882691523439.post975355496121072336..comments2024-03-21T20:29:29.030+13:00Comments on Life Behind the <u>IR</u>on <u>D</u>rape: Cannabis & Torturing Dogs & Other Animals - This Philosophically Munted Country.Mark Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560636882691523439.post-37933182713444772492013-12-23T22:35:36.169+13:002013-12-23T22:35:36.169+13:00One of the advantages of "free" health c...One of the advantages of "free" health care is the Dr. treating you does not have a vested interest in repeat custom from the patient. Obviously a GP in business gets paid more the more frequently you go to her/him. I went to a GP for 6 years in chronic pain, and only when I demanded to be sent to the Hospital specialist did I get treatment, which the GP would have known about if he was keeping up with medical advances.<br />As for legalization of drugs, I was told a gang head joined a Govt. department in the '80s. Legalization would be bad for gang business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560636882691523439.post-34343617148586756542012-12-04T19:58:15.439+13:002012-12-04T19:58:15.439+13:00Sorry, Mike, but I don't see why I should be m...Sorry, Mike, but I don't see why I should be made to suffer an injustice (the War on Drugs™) just because you are made to suffer an injustice ("free" health and welfare). "But we live in a welfare state" is no reason to excuse or endorse the ongoing persecution of recreational drug users.Richardhttp://blog.eternalvigilance.me/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560636882691523439.post-33263404416456207352012-12-03T15:55:28.208+13:002012-12-03T15:55:28.208+13:00Good points Mike. I originally had in the post, bu...Good points Mike. I originally had in the post, but took it out so it was more readable, that the argument for regulation that it is to save taxpayer money in the health system, is for me the argument for privatised health, so people do feel the consequences of their actions.<br /><br />However, that said, there is a large amount of evidence now that cannabis is certainly less harmful than alcohol, and indeed has many positive qualities. It's medicinal use in hospices, etc, for pain relief, while keeping the patient's lucidity, is a complete no-brainer.Mark Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560636882691523439.post-17355471715901741762012-12-03T15:50:03.089+13:002012-12-03T15:50:03.089+13:00Great post! However, the problem I have with lega...Great post! However, the problem I have with legalising cannabis is the idiot factor. I would love to let us all decide for ourselves and do exactly as we wish to our own bodies and minds, as long as it doesn't encroach on the rights of others to do the same. But while we have a comprehensive health and welfare system that refuses to let those who make poor decisions suffer the TRUE consequences of their actions, I am not happy to let jobless idiots who have nothing, including a career, to lose piss their lives up against a wall at my (the taxpayers) expense (I say with a straight face trying to ignore the fact that that is what is already happening ;) Drop the 'free' health and welfare, then legalise cannabis.mike@nznoreply@blogger.com