Marijuana isn't as bad a drug as is often made out, but it still has problems.
And caffeine, cheeseburgers, candy, etc doesn't? It's called moderation.
The most prominent of which is probably paranoia
I gotta call ******** on this one. Yea smoking too much CAN cause paranoia but it doesn't happen everytime you smoke. It only happens if your a new smoker, take a t break then smoke again or simply smoke way too much so how is that considered a problem?
and short-term memory loss, sometimes coupled with aggression - not dissimilar to alcohol.
Everybody, gets short-term memory loss from time to time, so ****ing what if someone has short-term memory loss. I still don't classify this as a problem. Aggression? Lololololololol where are you getting this from? Yea maybe if someone had psychological problems then it could be possible but marijuana does not cause aggression, this is 100% false in every way. Marijuana does the opposite of what your saying, **** that makes me lose my temper fast sober makes me chill out when I smoke marijuana because it calms the mind. You know jack **** about marijuana.
For many of those who smoke it, it becomes a psychological crutch (again, alcoholalcoholalcohol) and that is the main reason why I consider it dangerous.
So you would rather someone pop xanax everyday to help with their anxiety? So you'd rather people pop vicodin or oxycontin for pain? People should take loritabs and valiums to calm them down? People should take antidepressants for depression? Adderall for ADHD? All which are extremely addicting and dangerous. I like where this is going...
Nobody, on record, had died from a chemical overdose of Marijuana. However, that doesn't mean nobody has died. Marijuana, like other drugs, change your perspectives, rationality and your reaction time - all of which can mean you put yourself in danger, unknowingly. Quite honestly I am disturbed by the fact some people are mentioning driving while high.
And yet ordering a large cheeseburger, fries, and soda at a fast food restaurant and eating while driving is okay? Eating fast food cheeseburgers and fried and drinking large sodas isn't unhealthy? It's far more unhealthy than smoking marijuana. Most people (id say close to 80%) has self control and can still function perfectly fine while high
So it should be a crime to masturbate for pleasure and have that feeling or relaxation when finished? Why should it be a crime to smoke marijuana? Other than the pleasure, it's the same thing, it makes you relax It's just "ignorance" to think marijuana should be a crime. Hell, alcohol and tobacco are LETHAL and yet LEGAL. I don't think they should be a crime tho, let the person do what they want to their body. I'm tired of people saying something should be "a crime or illegal" because their against it. I'm against people saying the word "*****" (even blacks) so that should that be a crime because I'm against it?
They should get a warning if it is a small amount, if it is a significant amount then there should be an arrest made. A jury would have to decide the punishment.
There shouldn't be anything for a small amount, people have their likes and dislike and it seems to me your anti-marijuana to the extremes so you automatically think it should be a crime. The only thing agree with you on is having enough to distribute.
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Actually, yes. I agree that alcohol is equally damaging - however there are a couple of differences.
Again, it's called moderation. Alcohol in moderation is actually good for the heart, as a biology teacher I'd think you wouldn't be this mislead-ed but boy was I wrong... But if drunk to the extreme's it's actually "lethal" and can cause "death", but if you have an ounce of marijuana and try to smoke you'll just pass out from sleepiness and get really high... OMG ain't that a shocker??
1. Alcohol has been a part of many cultures and religions, and has been for centuries. Therefore, although in an ideal world it would be banned, alcohol is in a different situation and legal.
And marijuana isn't used in cultures? Hmm, let's see "
Cannabis has been used in a religious and spiritual context in India since the Vedic period dating back to approximately 1500BCE but perhaps as far back as 2000BCE. Hinduism -
Cannabis or ganja is associated with worship of the Hindu deity Shiva, who is sometimes associated with the hemp plant. Buddhism -
In Buddhism, the Fifth Precept is to "abstain from wines, liquors and intoxicants that cause heedlessness." How this applies to cannabis is variously interpreted. Africa - Cannabis and some other psychoactive plants are specifically prescribed in the Mahākāla Tantra for medicinal purposes. According to Alfred Dunhill (1924), Africans have had a long tradition of smoking hemp in gourd pipes, asserting that by 1884 the King of the Baluka tribe of the Congo had established a "riamba" or hemp-smoking cult in place of fetish-worship. Enormous gourd pipes were used. Cannabis was used in Africa to restore appetite and relieve pain of hemorrhoids. It was also used as an antiseptic. In a number of countries, it was used to treat tetanus, hydrophobia, delirium tremens, infantile convulsions, neuralgia and other nervous disorders, cholera, menorrhagia, rheumatism, hay fever, asthma, skin diseases, and protracted labor during childbirth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_and_spiritual_use_of_cannabis
I'll gladly debate with you when you come back with something that isn't pure ********.