Smoking marijuana and drinking

I don't think you read what I wrote.  I didn't advocate anything except being able to ask a question here without being told to take the stupid question somewhere else.   I still advocate that. One thing I do know is that everyone's experiences are different, and everyone's experiences are their own.  When one of us professes to know what is true for all of us, then that person stands a good chance of losing her audience.  If someone is told in no uncertain terms that something is true, and subsequently finds out that *for him or her* it is not true, then the person who hammered it over our heads as being a fact has lost credibility.  It is a fact that marijuana is sometimes prescribed to treat epilepsy.  That means that marijuana is sometimes helpful for epilepsy.  But just like any other med, what helps one person doesn't always help another person.   Conversely, what harms one person doesn't always harm another person.  People react very differently to each drug and medication.  Some people die from an aspirin.  Some people benefit from marijuana. It is a fact that drinking alcohol responsibly doesn't harm every person with epilepsy.  I am a person with epilepsy and it doesn't harm me.  That is true for me, but not necessarily for every person on here.   I would only ever speak for myself--I'd never tell someone that they should go out and drink because one of my hobbies is wine tasting, for example.  I'd also never tell someone to stop taking Dilantin or Tegretol and only take Keppra because that's what works for me.  My experiences and my truths are very different from yours, or anyone else who participates on this website. Asking questions is a good thing.  That's one way to learn a variety of people's experiences.  It's a tool in decision making.  After all, if the question hadn't been asked here, the person asking it would never have learned your thoughts, experiences and opinions, correct? However, being told that the question is stupid, and having someone else's experience being presented as the only truth out there is counterproductive to learning.  Again, that's what I advocate.  Nothing more, nothing less.  It doesn't matter to me if you reply again or not.  Really. Deb