Marijuana...Good or Bad???

[cyrus]

50-50 

[mrslamb]

and if it comes from nature and is grown all naturally how could it possibly harm you?


Cocaine, Heroin, Caffeine...all from nature...all potentially very harmful.

[mrslamb]

and if it comes from nature and is grown all naturally how could it possibly harm you?


Cocaine, Heroin, Caffeine...all from nature...all potentially very harmful

[lisa16]

 ;)if a person needs an extra lift in life,or help with this kind of thing to get through each day,then you have to help yourself build a new kind of life with natural  highs and happiness,without having to take anything like this...
revamp the way you live instead of this... 
look at ''marijuana facts for teens,short- term effects.''marijuanna   long-term effects for teens''...
buying this can bring a person in contact with people selling stronger drugs...your on the road then...to a more serious habit... 

[xStephanie]

Quoted from up above:
If you don't want to read all of that:
1.Marijuana IS addictive.
2. Cigarettes are NOT worse.
3. Marijuana does NOT make you drive better.
4. It does NOT make you smarter. :|
5. It is NOT good for you.
  end quote.

   Uh, marijuana is not addictive, physically.
   Cigarettes are worse.
   It does not make you a better driver, true, but neither does cough medicine.
   It does not make you smarter, true. Only reading and extending your education and living a life that looks outward towards new realms and horizons will ever make that happen.
   And finally, it isn't for you or anyone to say what is or isn't good for me.
 
   Especially when this particular drug classification has been perpetuated by hypocritical morons. Morons who want only to keep the drug industry in the multi-billions to which they have become accustomed. Has anyone ever read the long list of side effects on the side of any SPAM SPAM SPAM medicine recently? There is a whole plethora of things one cannot do when under the "influence" of even over-the-counter drugs.
   Yet a twinkie solves the marijuana journey in a twink of an eye. Well, perhaps half a pizza wouldn't hurt either...
   No one in my camp, not even the voices in my head, has ever advocated daily use. Just as we all would not advocate daily intake of alcohol or dark chocolate even. Yes, for myself and mine voices, we do know plenty well about the build up of THC in muscle and fat tissue and yet I still wonder if anyone truly understands what is left in these same places, or anywhere for that matter, by drugs manufactured in some lab somewhere that has ingredients no one can pronounce.
   Ultimately, I am going to trust mother nature to provide the necessary ingredients to cure the ills she knows her planet has manifested.
   

I know it's not physically addictive, but it is psychologically addictive.
There are more cancer causing chemicals in marijuana than in cigarettes. I wouldn't say marijuana is worse than cigarettes, but it's definitely not better.
And it's I don't know how something affecting someone's health in a negative way is debatable. . . I would still say it's definitely bad for you.

Oh and I agree with you about the whole SPAM SPAM SPAM drug thing. Just because a drug is legal doesn't make it any less harmful than illegal drugs. I don't ever want to have to take any type of drugs, SPAM SPAM SPAM or not.

[willingmind]

   


      I have been naughty
   

[_MarsCoban_]

I know it's not physically addictive, but it is psychologically addictive.
There are more cancer causing chemicals in marijuana than in cigarettes. I wouldn't say marijuana is worse than cigarettes, but it's definitely not better.
And it's I don't know how something affecting someone's health in a negative way is debatable. . . I would still say it's definitely bad for you.

Psychologically it's no more addictive than caffeine, chocolate or anything deemed enjoyable by the user. And these studies are a bit misleading considering the fact that more than 10% of the population have an addictive personality. It is a known fact that you can not over-dose on Marijuana. Tell that to the guy selling you Tylenol for 5 bucks a bottle which is far more deadly than Marijuana and can easily be over-dosed. Or how about Benadryl? Take 20 and you're gonna be higher than you'll ever be off Marijuana and it's probably a 100x worse for your physical and mental health and you can very easily over-dose. Drink twenty cups of coffee and then, on another day, smoke twenty bowls. See which makes you feel worse. Doubtfully you'll even be able to smoke all 20 bowls due to the probability of your being sound asleep. Or how about Hockey? How many deaths and serious injuries are attributed to playing that god-awful sport? Then tell me how many deaths and serious injuries are attributed directly to Marijauna.

 I have also heard and read that Marijuana contains more carcinogens than Tobacco. Even if this is true, let's take a look at it in context.

 How many packs a day does the average smoker smoke? Let's be modest and say 1. 20 ciggarettes. Ok, now, how many drags can you get off a cigg? Let's be really modest and say 10. Ok, so, 200 drags per day.

 How much Marijuana does the average user consume? We'll also be modest and say two bowls. Roughly, if rolled, one ciggarette. Depending on the quality of your Marijuana, you can easily be high in as little as 2-3 hits. And this can last for 2 hours +   Each bowl should give you a minimum of 6-7 hits.

  You do the math.

 Also, why is it that 5 million deaths per year, around the world, are attributed directly to the use of Tobacco, yet none to Marijuana? Hmmmm. Sounds kinda fishy to me.

 I assume you've never tried Marijuana, and hey, that's cool, it's your choice...but if I were you I would hold off such harsh and damning judgement until you've tried it yourself. Again, there's nothing wrong with your choice to abstain. But don't tell me it isn't my choice, or the choice of millions of responsible adults around the world to indulge and lead happy and fulfilling lives doing so.


  Like the saying goes, everything in moderation. No, I wouldn't advise anyone to smoke 10 joints a day. And there are people who do this. But anything that exists in the world today is used to excess by someone, somewhere. You can't make it all illegal and you can't demonize it just because you deem it immoral. To me, it's immoral that hundreds of thousands of people each year are sent to jails and prisons for simple posession. Ask anyone with half a brain. Which is more dangerous for a person: marijuana or prison?

[_MarsCoban_]

BTW, known deaths directly related to a joint only: Zero.   

 Haha, and what is it they say you'd have to smoke in order to over-dose and die? Something like an ounce per minute for fifteen minutes, correct? Hahaha!!! I'd have a tough time smoking ONE ounce in a WEEK, much less 15 in 15 minutes.

[willingmind]

Quote from: mrslamb on February 11, 2009, 10:12:17 am
and if it comes from nature and is grown all naturally how could it possibly harm you?

Cocaine, Heroin, Caffeine...all from nature...all potentially very harmful. :End quote


   Just to say... Water can kill you. Aspirin can kill you. Mosquitoes can kill you. Cars kill. Drugs kill. Fires kill. Wars kill. Swimming, surf boarding, bicycles, slippery bathtubs, black ice, hereditary diseases, germs, bacteria, viruses, lightning, motorcycles, acts of terrorism, poor ambulance response times, muggers, stress, work environment, a tea cosy, electricity, solvents, radiation, space debris falling from the sky, hair dryers, horses, chicken bones, aneurysms, blood clots, infection, ticks, snakes, allergies, anything by Billy Ray Cyrus, anesthesia, medical operations, climbing Mount Everest, flying, office Christmas parties, genocide, alcohol, ice fishing, exposure, dehydration, dodgeball and jump-roping according to health and safety regulations, intercourse, a diet consisting mainly of fast food, soda pop, insects not already mentioned, wandering into the wrong part of L.A. and various other locations covering the planet, crossing the road, stupidity.... and so on. Shall we legislate all this as well?   

   Basically, if you're born death is the end game.

   BTW, known deaths directly related to a joint only: Zero.   

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[willingmind]

  Er, where is delete reply when one needs it?

[mrslamb]

  Willing Mind...Okay...Let me try and clear this up...I goofed the quote thing, obviously I didn't know what I was doing. 

Angelina Aniston Reply #94 is the one who made the original statement about things that are natural can't possibly harm you...I was responding to the absurdity of that reasoning by naming several things that are natural that are potentially harmful.  I believe you, and I Willing, are on the same page. In any case I meant no offense, to anyone, was just making a feeble attempt at disscussion.   

As to marijuana, I believe it has legitimate medical uses.

[Bethi]

It does. Mostly as a painkiller, I believe. I'm not sticking my neck out for that one tho, I don't smoke the stuff.

[willingmind]

I know it's not physically addictive, but it is psychologically addictive.
There are more cancer causing chemicals in marijuana than in cigarettes. I wouldn't say marijuana is worse than cigarettes, but it's definitely not better.
And it's I don't know how something affecting someone's health in a negative way is debatable. . . I would still say it's definitely bad for you.

Oh and I agree with you about the whole SPAM SPAM SPAM drug thing. Just because a drug is legal doesn't make it any less harmful than illegal drugs. I don't ever want to have to take any type of drugs, SPAM SPAM SPAM or not.

  It is the overall declarations that it is indeed entirely "negative" that is debatable.

  I worked for someone once who drank nothing but strong black coffee all day. He was a real royal pain in the arse to work for let me tell you. He paced constantly and was somewhat of a chain smoker on top of it. His mood swings were legendary. Zero drugs legal or otherwise are in play in this moron's story. A 30 year old who simply had issues. I wonder, could the coffee be a problem here?
  There are people who drink 2 or even 3 or more liters of Pepsi a day. Will drink nothing else. Could they be having health problems do you think?
  Do you believe there should be laws on the books and also subsequent actions for breaking these laws over fizzy drinks and coffee?
  In this country it is against the law to buy more than two packages of aspirin or any medication at a time. Nonsense really when you think about it because one could simply queue back up and buy two more if so inclined. Yet there the law sits.
  I myself have never truly decided that full legalization was an answer. However, an honest classification of the weed is certainly looking more and more in order.

[willingmind]

  Willing Mind...Okay...Let me try and clear this up...I goofed the quote thing, obviously I didn't know what I was doing. 

Angelina Aniston Reply #94 is the one who made the original statement about things that are natural can't possibly harm you...I was responding to the absurdity of that reasoning by naming several things that are natural that are potentially harmful.  I believe you, and I Willing, are on the same page. In any case I meant no offense, to anyone, was just making a feeble attempt at disscussion.   

As to marijuana, I believe it has legitimate medical uses.

  What are you going on about? You answer to nobody around here or anywhere if it is your heart and mind you feel like speaking. Nobody is offended and certainly least of all me. And most importantly, there is not thing one feeble about you so let us not ever feel or think that again.
  Lastly, the only one you need ever believe is in your self. If you understand believing in yourself, you can never misquote.

[willingmind]

   Hey, I was only trying to modify a previous post like for instance taking the extra full stop put in the post concocted earlier... And I wound up with a full-on extra post not meant to be?? Gremlins in the system again?? Crikey... how disruptive.