My 2 cents:
Everything in moderation is fine, it's only when something unproductive absorbs your life that it becomes a bad thing. This goes to encompass damn near everything including religion. I'm the kind of person that always has to look at all sides and find the counterarguments as well.
For instance, the argument that god gave us all fruit bearing seed to be meat. Well, does that mean that seeded crop is good and sinsemilla should be avoided? It's all just a bunch of Dogma or fine lines. As soon as someone can make you feel that what you are doing is questionable, then it's just the smallest effort or coercion on their part to make you feel guilt which is the main form of power that people typically try to gain.
We are told that we are made in God's image, having the capacity for emotions, free will and so many other things. As such, being in God's image that is, we desire to be admired or in power and then we are told that that is wrong therefore we are GUILTY. We are also told about Adamic sin, we are guilty and will die for a crime that someone else committed again teaching us from birth on that we are Guilty, and it all just continues on from there. It's all just a power play to make us bow to the will of whomever gets put in charge of us as they are placed there by some sovereign lord.
I'm definately the devil's advocate in this sense and if that offends some, I do apologize, But why is it that we never question the rulership of the one called GOD? If he is all loving, wise, just, and powerful, then why did satan and 33% of the sentient beings that had spent an undeterminable time with him, choose death over remaining servient to him? Does anyone ever question whether or not God is moral?
If you were place before a dictator that was proclaimed to be wise, just, loving, and powerful and he dictated to you that you should kill 185,000 Assyrians in one night with only the same warning that every nation that they had previously conquered had dictated just before their defeat, would you be willing to end the lives of 185,000 fathers, brothers, and sons because you were told to?
If a dictator with the same traits and following told you that we needed to cleanse the land of all infidels and social deviants by placing them in camps to construct weapons of death to be used on their brothers and sisters until they died from malnurishment, abuse and tyranny, would you obey if it meant your life or would you spit in his face and cherish your demise?
Simply because something or someone is put in front of you as a leader, does not mean that you should obey them. I believe that 1/3 of the angels fell because they opposed God on issues of morality. It is reasonable to me that a majority would remain loyal in order to continue it's existance and that's why he still has a following, not because of his self proclaimed traits.
The whole reason I bring all of this up on a thread about the morality of cannabis is to ask why you are even concerned with it's morality. Are you asking this because of someone else's dictated judgement on it is having an impact on your processes of morality? I believe that all issues of morality should be rhetorically answered by yourself. Not everything is black and white and you have to be the one to judge those gray areas. The bible says it's wrong to kill, but if killing someone meant saving your life and the lives of your family, then by all means pull that trigger. Be your own judge and stop posting questions that are only answerable by yourself.
Best of luck to you in your life and hope that this doesn't fall on completely deaf ears.
I personally think that there is nothing wrong with easing your pain.I am believer in god and in most teachings say that he is big on forgiveness.If we are doing something wrong in his eyes I am sure that he would see fit to forgive us
lol Thank's again.
Follow your heart with dignity,honesty & compassion.The rest will fall into place.