Sentielo
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Have to agree with Wardawg xD. Depends on the personalities of people. Weed is a soft drugs, heroin, etc. are used to be harddrugs. It´s there for a reason..
It's those things you start with when you're bored of weed. You potheads will all end up there, sooner or later.
Do you think that the weed cures cancer? If you do, you're a dumbass. The marijuana is for the pain, and it's not for cancer patient.
Wtf are you saying? you mean you wont die by smoking just because it's weed in it?...No one died of smoking weed and there are millions of people that died on sigaretts how about that?
Well you cannot get a lethal overdose, I think thats what he means.Wtf are you saying? you mean you wont die by smoking just because it's weed in it?...
There are many things in life that do not make sense. Why do flammable and inflammable mean the same thing? Why is President’s Day, a day celebrating our first few presidents, who were all slave owners, celebrated during black history month? Why is marijuana illegal? All of these seem like nonsense, but the first two are forgettable for now (although I think reform is needed in both of those cases as well). The illegalization of marijuana, however, is hardly forgettable. It is a subject of controversy, although, for the most part, the controversy comes from the attempt to legalize it. What those in favor of keeping marijuana illegal need to realize is that the illegalization of marijuana has negative effects on both the economy and society, and how illegalization is just nonsense.
Cocaine, heroin, LSD, ecstasy, methamphetamines; all of these are deadly, addictive drugs. Marijuana is neither. How did it get mixed up with such a bad crowd? It’s all about how much people can relate. Never let it be said that those other drugs aren’t a serious problem, but the problem is that they don’t hit so close to home. The war on drugs needed a target that everyone knew about and was affected by, and so they chose to criminalize marijuana. They took the healthiest of drugs, the one that never killed anyone and has almost no long term effects, and they gave it a bad name. That’s not to say that marijuana has no negative effects, especially in excess, but it is not nearly as bad as the American government makes it out to be. Of course, this begs the question, “If marijuana isn’t bad for you, why is it illegal and alcohol and tobacco aren’t?” One could go even deeper and question the legality of caffeine. The fact of the matter is that this just doesn’t make sense. Tobacco kills thousands of people every year, and alcohol destroys lives, and yet these are still legal. It’s stupid, but it’s the law.
So how exactly did marijuana become illegal in the first place? During the 1930’s, somebody lied to Congress. For reasons unknown, these people, led by Harry Anslinger, told Congress that the American Medical Association agreed with the illegalization of marijuana, which, it turned out, was an outright lie. The American Medical Association didn’t even know about it until two days before the proceedings, which proved too late. Also, they told Congress that marijuana caused murder, insanity, and death, all of which have been proven untrue, and for which Anslinger himself later admitted he had no evidence. With all this in mind, why outlaw it in the first place? Why, the answer is racism, of course! During the 1930’s, marijuana was often associated with jazz music and the black community. In order to “protect” the white community, marijuana was outlawed. Before this, marijuana was referred to as “cannabis,” which is the actual plant name. It was given a Mexican name to make it sound more evil. The American people were misled in the 1930’s, and people are still paying for it today (2006, p. 1).
There are several misconceptions about the effects of marijuana on the human body. First of all, and probably the most important, there is the idea that it kills brain cells. It actually does not kill brain cells, according to recent studies. It merely stimulates brain receptor activity and increases alpha-wave activity, generally associated with creativity (Levine, p. 3). Another myth is that it is possible to overdose from marijuana. This is simply untrue. I can tell you today, with a great amount of confidence, that marijuana itself has never killed anyone. Sure, people have died from doing stupid things after smoking marijuana, and sometimes, people can have an allergic reaction, but it’s near impossible to overdose from marijuana. The ratio of the amount one needs to smoke to overdose to the amount one needs to smoke for intoxication (just being high) is 40,000:1 (Levine, p. 2).
The last and perhaps the dumbest myth is that marijuana is a gateway drug. People think about this, and then they think that if marijuana was legal, everyone would start doing it and they would then start doing other, more hardcore drugs. If the gateway theory is true, how is it that in places with stricter laws regarding the use of marijuana, the use of cocaine and heroin is greater than in places where the laws are more lenient? In the 1970’s when the Dutch legalized marijuana, the use of cocaine and heroin decreased rather than increased (Levine, p. 8-9). One idea about why there appears to be a gateway effect in places with stricter marijuana laws is that people who deal more hardcore illegal drugs are the ones who have to deal marijuana, because it, too, is an illegal drug, although not nearly as bad as the other merchandise. Still, this means that potheads are given a lot more exposure to the illegal substances, which is probably why they start trying them. This brings up another myth, which is the idea that people buy marijuana laced with other things. First of all, if marijuana was legal, this would not be a problem in the first place. Secondly, this is probably not as much of a problem as people think. After all, what business sense does it make? Think about it; more dangerous, more expensive drugs being mixed with weed. That last part is more important; more expensive. One may obtain laced drugs if they ask for them and pay more, but a drug dealer would not lace the drugs without the buyer’s consent, if for nothing more than business purposes. One might argue that a dealer could do that anyway and just charge more. However, that would just leave the dealer with less of a product that they could just sell to someone who wants it anyway. Believe or not, these things are in high demand, no pun intended.
One may well wonder why one constantly hears all this nonsense, and one never hears any of the benefits or any of these myths unproven. I ask one to ponder the following: Who keeps marijuana illegal? Who gives grant money for scientific research? The answer to both of these is, of course, the United States government. If they are trying to keep marijuana illegal, then of course they won’t give grant money to scientists trying to prove that marijuana is really not all that bad. Why would they go against their own goals? Perhaps if a little more money was spent on research in this area, the American public would not be kept so unaware. And so, while it appears that the legality of marijuana would have few problems, the illegality of it has greater problems.
One tiny, barely noticeable effect of the illegalization of marijuana is the devastating effects it has on our economy. Each year, millions of taxpayer money is spent on feeding and housing prisoners. Many of these prisoners are in prison for the sale or possession of marijuana. Yes, there are people who did nothing more than smoke marijuana or help others to do it, and they are put in the same place as rapists and murderers. There are decent, God-fearing American citizens going to such a horrible place for such a small thing. Not only that, but a great deal of money right from your pocket goes into keeping these people in prison. As anyone who reads this is sure to know, we have quite a high deficit in this country, and while these people are being punished for burning some herb, the federal government is essentially doing the same thing to our hard earned money. A simple solution to this problem would be to legalize marijuana and tax it. It would have the exact opposite effect of what is happening now. Less money would be spent on imprisonment, and the government would be making a mountain of money off of the marijuana tax. It works with alcohol and tobacco, so why would it not with marijuana? The American Government would benefit greatly, and yet they keep it illegal, and they keep throwing our tax dollars away.
Economics aside, the illegalization of marijuana definitely affects America socially. As mentioned before, it contributes to marijuana being a gateway drug. Aside from that, it can more easily be sold to minors. If legalized, the government could place an age limit on marijuana. In stores, clerks would check ID, and, if the buyer was a minor, the clerk would not sell to him or her. It works with alcohol and tobacco. From personal experience, I know they card for tobacco, and there’s no reason to believe it’d be any different for marijuana. Drug dealers, on the other hand, do not check for ID. They don’t care about the consumer. They want only to get paid. For this reason, children can buy marijuana as young as they please, and while it is not as dangerous as once thought, it can most certainly be abused in the middle school years and puberty. If the marijuana is not safely in stores, it is then out in the streets, and these are often the same streets walked by the youth of America.
Marijuana can be abused. Anything can. Alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, fast food: all of these are more dangerous than marijuana (although I suppose marijuana can often lead to the last one), they are often abused, and yet they are still perfectly legal. We throw away tax dollars keeping marijuana dealers and users in prison when they are not even contributing negatively to society. We could make all that money back in tax, but our government chooses not to. Children can access marijuana just as easily as any adult. This, of course, means more exposure to harder drugs, which makes the children of America more likely to try them. Overall, marijuana should not be illegal. It never hurt anyone. It was simply given a bad reputation. It was hanging out with the wrong crowd. To this day, it is still facing the consequences, but sooner or later, the American government will realize that this is nonsense, and that they are doing more harm than good. Until that day, there’s nothing to do except sit around and stare at our hands.
Wtf are you saying? you mean you wont die by smoking just because it's weed in it?...
0 people in recorded history have ever died of marijuana use alone. Lung diseases that arise from the inhaling of carcinogens created by the combustion of organic material may have caused some. But that is not because of marijuana alone!! thats because people smoke 10+ siggarets a day to + smoking maraijana
And i dont smoke sigaretts i only smoke 1 or 2 or 3 joints a day on saturday and friday maybe 10 but thats normal then its weekend! and about you NEVER EVER NEEEVER! Mix weed and alcohol NEVER!
Well its no problem for me but i might be a experiented user
Flame on
When did you start to like weed instead of hate it? :|
And why NEVER EVER mix alcohol and weed? Always doing that
I have mixed alcohol and weed around 6 times, 3 of them I got really wasted, puking n shit.
So I rather pass when drinking <.<
When did you start to like weed instead of hate it? :|
And why NEVER EVER mix alcohol and weed? Always doing that
When did you start to like weed instead of hate it? :|
And why NEVER EVER mix alcohol and weed? Always doing that
i always mix alcohol and weed on saturday and friday >,<
Like i said like a month ago i never said that i hate weed u just posted on every single post that u gonna roll a joint and thats anoying and i smoke 6 years+ almost 7 years now... >,< so please dont post the next month again When did you start to like weed instead of hate it?
So you started smoking weed while you were 10-11 years old? that's soooooo cool!
Just like that you are an EXPERIENCED weed smoker ;O!
oh its so cool to tell on internet that ur rolling a joint!!
and i started to smoke when i was 14 >,<