Cannabis for sure is a drug bro, and I don't mean like the legal term for a drug, I mean like it should be in the same basket as other drugs and not just considered as a medicine (really semantics anyway tbh).
It's great that you can be functional and successful while habitually smoking weed, but you're an outlier. Many people that habitually smoke are exactly like Razen said - lazy, lethargic, and generally dysfunctional from the point of view of being successful outside of being stoned.
This isn't coming from someone that hates drugs or has never tried them. Actually it's the polar opposite. But you've got to be real about what you've experienced and how you function, and how that's different to most people.
Also, pointing out that being reliant on pharmaceuticals is bad, and that people can get addicted to lots of substances doesn't remove the potential negatives of pot. It might mean that it is significantly less harmful than other pharmas (which it obviously is), but it doesn't whitewash the damaging effects that it can have on peoples' lives.
It's not a case that some people can't handle weed, it's a case that some people can (ie you). Lots of people vegetate for years on pot - yeah they're not smackheads so that's a plus. But it's still massively dysfunctional and harmful.
You have bought into the Reefer Madness, and that's OK because I know this is akin to debating religion and I'll never change your mind, just as you will never change my mind. I own a dispensary, it's a very high end dispensary and the majority of my patients are Dr's, Attorney's and other affluent members of my community. Cannabis should be regulated as much as lettuce and everything you said has been scientifically proven to be false. Of course there are people who have bad experiences with it and of course it affects people differently but so does sugar, fat, adrenaline.... the list is never ending.
You're repeating all of the "War on Drugs" propaganda that has been indoctrinated into you since you were a kid, it's not your fault if your ignorant about this subject, it's what you've been taught. It IS your fault if choose to remain ignorant.
Some people get addicted to their phone, some to the internet this doesn't mean these things are inherently "bad" things, it just means humans are prone to not being able to control their urges. I have my weaknesses too, Cannabis is not one of them. We all do things to improve our quality of life, shoes aren't necessary but they sure making walking more enjoyable and less painful. Cannabis isn't required by me but it helps calm me down and allows me to focus on what I'm doing and what I need to accomplish.
My brother is a professional Weight Lifter and everyone of his lifting partners and himself use Cannabis to increase their performance while working out . The test are out there of all of the good this amazing medicine does. Most people refuse to listen because again, they have been indoctrinated to believe Cannabis is a drug.
Cannabis has only been illegal about 70 years, before that it was as normal as anything else and guess what? When people had Cannabanoids in their system (More than what is there already naturally) There was a whole lot less Cancer, diabetes etc... in the world.
It has more Amino 3 Fatty Acids than Fish oil and is proven to lessen the frequency of seizures. I never said being relying on pharmaceuticals was bad, it's necessary for a lot of people, my point was my grandfather was on about 15 pills 3 times per day and now only uses Cannabis.
I'm not a big fan of smoking cannabis, we sell a lot more edibles than we do flower but linking Cannabis to Lung Cancer is just false unless you're smoking tobacco with it.
We'll just have to agree to disagree but I would urge you to research a little more before blindly just believing what people have told you. The truth is out there if you're truly interested.
