marijuana ?

[hwilliams591]

Everyone always states these imaginary benefits to smoking weed when there is none.
It cures cancer? NO it doesn't, is can relief pain but that is all it does to add cancer patients.
It doesn't kill? No this is correct there the has never been a recorded overdose of weed. BUT there have been DUI's related deaths....(driving under the influence of marijunana).
It will help the economy and lower crime? WOW.....really! No, if they do tax it how much do you think this will do to a economy that can barely pay its bills now.
Do you think marijuana willbe cheaper then it is on the street? NO so why would it effect crime?

IDK....you got to be high to think there are benefits to it.

[sflynt]

Everyone always states these imaginary benefits to smoking weed when there is none.
It cures cancer? NO it doesn't, is can relief pain but that is all it does to add cancer patients.
It doesn't kill? No this is correct there the has never been a recorded overdose of weed. BUT there have been DUI's related deaths....(driving under the influence of marijunana).
It will help the economy and lower crime? WOW.....really! No, if they do tax it how much do you think this will do to a economy that can barely pay its bills now.
Do you think marijuana willbe cheaper then it is on the street? NO so why would it effect crime?

IDK....you got to be high to think there are benefits to it.

Can I ask you a personal question hwilliams? you don't have to answer, or course, but have you ever smoked it before?

[ninajay]

I'm not sure about this one :-... I don't believe that marijuana is any more dangerous than alcohol, but alcohol is legal. So should alcohol NOT be legal since marijuana isn't? Some say it's a gateway drug...don't believe it  ...I smoked for several years and never wanted to do cocaine, heroin or any other drugs. If you are only looking to get high at any means possible, maybe.  For me it was really just a way to "de-stress", "chill out" or relax which is same reason some people drink alcohol. I think the affects of smoking mj is different for everyone, just like drinking alcohol. Some people become crack heads or alcoholics while others like myself quit smoking and go on with life.

[MisterAuthentic]

I really disagree with the concept of marijuana being a "gateway drug" to harder substances. That really depends on the person. There are more than plenty of people who use marijuana but never even consider getting into the harder stuff; because honestly, marijuana is not as harmful to the human body as it has been mythologized to be. In fact, over-the-counter medication is more harmful than marijuana. Alcohol and cigarettes are much, MUCH, worse for the human body, yet ironically enough they're the ones that are legal and marijuana isn't. The only true problem with marijuana is that when consumption is abused, people not only become physically but mentally lazy as well. This is only reason why I still don't agree with legalizing marijuana, but keeping it for medicinal purpose is something I'm definitely behind because I'm a patient myself lol.

[ShadeTree]

Marijuana is NOT a 'gateway' drug. What leads to people trying marijuana, meth, alcohol, cigarettes, etc. is something everyone has in common...it's called CURIOSITY. Some people wonder about drugs, but never actually try them and some people don't. It's our own choices that lead us other things. I had never tried anything, or even really wanted to until after I was 18. The first thing I ever did was drink a beer. Wow, big deal. I didn't become an alcoholic or anything, and even to this day I RARELY touch alcohol. I don't smoke cigarettes, and can't stand them. I don't abuse prescription pills, or buy them illegally. And I don't buy alcohol/tobacco for people underage. As far as marijuana goes, I tried that a couple years AFTER I had initially had my first beer. So the argument of it being a gateway drug is total bs. Now if you're somewhere trying to get some weed, and there are people there trying to get you to try other drugs, if you're weak when it comes to peer pressure, then you may try them & potentially become addicted or just move on from pot to the harder drugs. But again, that is a personal choice to give in and try them. Marijuana is not what made you try them. YOU are what made you try them. And when it comes to becoming addicted to 'harder' drugs, that can also have a lot to do with your body. Some people are more susceptible to becoming addicted than others are.
But I must say, that some people just shouldn't be smoking marijuana.

[ShadeTree]

I really disagree with the concept of marijuana being a "gateway drug" to harder substances. That really depends on the person. There are more than plenty of people who use marijuana but never even consider getting into the harder stuff; because honestly, marijuana is not as harmful to the human body as it has been mythologized to be. In fact, over-the-counter medication is more harmful than marijuana. Alcohol and cigarettes are much, MUCH, worse for the human body, yet ironically enough they're the ones that are legal and marijuana isn't. The only true problem with marijuana is that when consumption is abused, people not only become physically but mentally lazy as well. This is only reason why I still don't agree with legalizing marijuana, but keeping it for medicinal purpose is something I'm definitely behind because I'm a patient myself lol.

Don't forget about the fact that second hand cigarette/cigar smoke can cause damage to others who have never touched one themselves. Thus resulting in lifelong nonsmokers being diagnosed with emphysema, lung cancer, throat cancer, etc. Marijuana has no such consequence. And to even get a 'second hand' buzz from weed, you'd have to be breathing in fairly large amounts. Alcohol also effects those around the drinkers, especially when the drinkers are either alcoholics, or drink and drive.
Use and abuse of any substance is always a key factor. There are medicines available otc that can produce a type of 'high' when taken in large enough amounts, and they are available to virtually any age group. I think most people who are so anti-marijuana are people who have never tried it, and instead of just been "poisoned" against it instead of deciding for themselves. Smoking weed and drinking alcohol can be done responsibly, but the same cannot be said for tobacco. Just sayin..

[masked_brown_guy]

if you smoke weed, you'd get why people want to legalize it. if you smoke weed and are still not sure whether it should be legalized, then stop doing things are not sure of, you are just giving something that people enjoy a bad name.