Why can I legally get Effexor prescribed, and not marijuana?

Effexor totally screws with your head and has the most horrible withdrawal symptoms. It’s so addictive that if you abruptly stop taking it, you end up being in such a bad mental shape that you just might as well kill yourself. I run out of my Effexor this weekend and being off it for two day completely changed me and my mood – I wanted to die. I also smoke pot everyday, and whenever I am off it for a couple of days, I never want to kill myself. What is more disturbing is that people can legally obtain Effexor, and get their body addicted to this very powerful drug. Somehow benefits of Effexor outweigh its horrible side-effects, but benefits of marijuana are overshadowed by its harms. If I knew how Effexor would affect me once I started taking it, I would have thought twice and continued to smoke. Effexor can’t possibly be more beneficial to my health, but my government continues to think that it’s OK for me to commit suicide rather than legally smoke Marijuana
Teri, I haven’t smoked while I was taking Effexor at first (like 2 months). It works for me too! It’s just common to have severe withdrawals when you’re not on it, and they are disturbingly strong and very noticeable (like night and day: Effexor = happy, motivated, without = suicidal, phsychotic). So my question is: Why something this strong can be given to people, and marijuana having no such side-effects is a schedule 1 drug (it has its benefits too!!!)?

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