Legalize cannabis? The crux of free smoking (video)

Anyone who knows anything about intoxicants has heard of this substance: THC – tetrahydrocannabinol. It is the decisive substance in the hemp plant that causes intoxication and, as is well known, it is on the list of prohibited substances in the Narcotics Act.
THC, in hashish and marijuana, creates a completely different high than opiates, stimulants or hallucinogens. This is because the brain has its own docking points for cannabinoids, which include THC. This allows the brain to regulate itself when it is bad. This is meant literally: when we feel sick, we have no appetite, when everything becomes too much, then cannabinoids are released and take stress out of the brain. This is precisely why drugs made from cannabis are now approved and available on prescription: They help pain and cancer sufferers to significantly alleviate their symptoms. Whether the effect is actually as strong as hemp fans like to say is controversial. Many doctors prefer to use other drugs. Nevertheless, there is no doubt: the effects of THC correspond to a natural mechanism that makes life more bearable.
And yet – despite a legalization struggle for more than half a century – experts warn against generally releasing hemp drugs. They refer to statistics according to which high doses of constant smoking make people more stupid, socially less successful and more indifferent. They see the stoner as a loser. But one thing is also clear to them: The market today is full of dozens of more dangerous drugs. As a result, many lawyers are fed up with litigating small quantities of cannabis at all.