Cannabis affects all of us!! Yes, even you!

One thing that irritates me when trying to talk to people about cannabis is the "I don't care, i don't even smoke it" but, it's sad to say that it doesn't matter. It affects every one of us, whether you or anyone around you smokes it or not!

I could ramble on about why cannabis is a great resource which you are currently missing out on, but whats the point? You will probably read two or three lines and lose interest... so here is a quick list of reasons why cannabis and the laws around it affects you and I urge you not to ignore these are things which you don't care about:

• Medical Cannabis - I'm sure you knew this would pop up! Quiet simple, cannabis can benefit most people medically. Whether it's seen as a truely "medical" reason or not! If you have depression, anorexia, stress problems, cancer, asthma or even PMS! So, on those cold winter nights that you feel really down and in the dumps, one spliff or weed brownie could make you feel like it's the end to a warm summers day! It has worked for me many times!
• Economy - It was estimated by clear to pump £6.7 billion + into our economy every year. What does this mean? Well, I am not fully educated on this area but I think the thing that would massively affect most of us are things such as less cuts! This should hopefully mean less cuts in public services, schools, colleges and the rest! So, when you are told "we cannot give students money to travel to college for their education" tell them we have a solution!
• Police Time - We all want the scumbags off the streets and into the prisons! Why not save police time and money and concentrate on the organised crime aspect of it? This is already being done however! A new sentencing guidelines being introduced on the 27th Feb, this year, will mean that small time dealers/users/growers etc. will not be targeted. Instead they will go for the organised crime criminals! Result!
• Hemp Resources - Hemp is an amazing resource with so many uses! check out this link to see some of the uses that hemp can be used for!
• Jobs - Legalizing cannabis and having a fully regulated and in-depth system could create many jobs! I am not sure on the actual figure of this, however, if you are REALLY interested, google it! (I don't mean to sound sarcastic, It's just I only have 20 minutes left on my laptop charge!)
• Safe Alternative - I'm sure that most of you are not botherd about alcohol and tobacco in your life! I'm sure that most of you drink alcohol and don't really care about the long term or short term effects. But, that doesn't mean they do not exist. By having cannabis legal, you could safely turn to cannabis to get intoxicated on without having to worry as much as you would with drinking. Lets not forget that you are far less likely to start vomiting or have a hangover!
• What about these soldiers you so desperately support? And Others? - Well, if you are one of these "Ohhh Let's support our soldiers" and other say you support people such as medical patients to cancer/aids etc. Then why do you just totally ignore cannabis?!? If you are one of these people who actively does something when you say that you support or have sympathy for these people, then I apologize. But to you people who say they care, but don't act upon it... this is for you.... What if a soldier has post traumatic stress disorder? A lot of these people may fall victim to alcohol by depending on it and eventually killing themselves! With cannabis a safer alternative to alcohol, these people can be dependent on the drug for as long as they need to be and then get actual help when they are ready with a far lesser risk of being badly effected by it. Also, these medical patients who may NEED the drug, might even know they need it but are unable to get it because it is illegal! If you even slightly wanted to help people that you post facebook statuses about all the time, you would at least consider cannabis and do your research before saying "I don't care" 

Well, I am sure there is a lot more that I could write here. But I think those bullet points are enough for now. One more point though. I'd like to add that there is no better feeling, than knowing that you have safe drug to turn to if your life starts to fall apart. If something happens in your life and you just start feeling like all is lost, you can just turn to a joint or a bong hit then that can help you to get motivated and want to change things in your life again! 

Thanks