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Hey people i was just wondering what your thought's are on marijuana. Do you think it should be legalized or decriminalized?
Science has proved that it is safer then alcohol and cigarettes.
Here is a list of positives of marijuana
*Get's you high
*Relaxes and calm's you
*Reduces pain from cancer
*Reducus pain from Aids's
*Can prevent lung cancer
*Can be used to relieve glaucoma and certain neurological illnesses such as epilepsy, migraine and bipolar disorder
*Can stall Alzheimer's desease (demensia)
*Increased awareness of sensation, including visual stimulation, music, taste, and sexual pleasure
Marijuana long term use does not cause lung cancer and can prevent it
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729_pf.html
Marijuana can stall alzheimer's http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4286435.stm?ls
Here is some negative's on marijuana
*Varying amounts of paranoia and anxiety in some users
*Loss of coordination and distorted sense of time while under the influence
*Impairment of short-term memory in some users while under the influence
*Is said to increase the risk of Schizophrenia but not back up on scientific evidence
*It's illegal
Newer research has also shown that cannabis use is generally higher among sufferers of schizophrenia, but causality has not been established and confirmed that sustained early-adolescent cannabis use among certain genetically predisposed individuals has an elevated correlation with certain mental illness outcomes, ranging from psychotic episodes to clinical schizophrenia
Here is a few fact's and myth's:
MYTH: MARIJUANA IS HIGHLY ADDICTIVE. Long term marijuana users experience physical dependence and withdrawal, and often need professional drug treatment to break their marijuana habits.
FACT: Most people who smoke marijuana smoke it only occasionally. A small minority of Americans - less than 1 percent - smoke marijuana on a daily basis. An even smaller minority develop a dependence on marijuana. Some people who smoke marijuana heavily and frequently stop without difficulty. Others seek help from drug treatment professionals. Marijuana does not cause physical dependence. If people experience withdrawal symptoms at all, they are remarkably mild.
MYTH: MARIJUANA IS A GATEWAY DRUG. Even if marijuana itself causes minimal harm, it is a dangerous substance because it leads to the use of "harder drugs" like heroin, LSD, and cocaine.
FACT: Marijuana does not cause people to use hard drugs. What the gateway theory presents as a causal explanation is a statistic association between common and uncommon drugs, an association that changes over time as different drugs increase and decrease in prevalence.
MYTH: MARIJUANA KILLS BRAIN CELLS. Used over time, marijuana permanently alters brain structure and function, causing memory loss, cognitive impairment, personality deterioration, and reduced productivity.
FACT: None of the medical tests currently used to detect brain damage in humans have found harm from marijuana, even from long term high-dose use. An early study reported brain damage in rhesus monkeys after six months exposure to high concentrations of marijuana smoke. In a recent, more carefully conducted study, researchers found no evidence of brain abnormality in monkeys that were forced to inhale the equivalent of four to five marijuana cigarettes every day for a year.
MYTH: MARIJUANA CAN CAUSE PERMANENT MENTAL ILLNESS. Among adolescents, even occasional marijuana use may cause psychological damage. During intoxication, marijuana users become irrational and often behave erratically.
FACT: There is no convincing scientific evidence that marijuana causes psychological damage or mental illness in either teenagers or adults. Some marijuana users experience psychological distress following marijuana ingestion, which may include feelings of panic, anxiety, and paranoia.
MYTH: MARIJUANA IS MORE POTENT TODAY THAN IN THE PAST. Adults who used marijuana in the 1960s and 1970s fail to realize that when today's youth use marijuana they are using a much more dangerous drug.
FACT: When today's youth use marijuana, they are using the same drug used by youth in the 1960s and 1970s. A small number of low-THC sample sized by the Drug Enforcement Administration are used to calculate a dramatic increase in potency. However, these samples were not representative of the marijuana generally available to users during this era. Potency data from the early 1980s to the present are more reliable, and they show no increase in the average THC content of marijuana. Even if marijuana potency were to increase, it would not necessarily make the drug more dangerous. Marijuana that varies quite substantially in potency produces similar psychoactive effects.
IMO Marijuana should be legalized for personal use, and should go under the same law's with alcohol eg. Have to be 18+ to consume and purchase, illegal to drive while under the influence. I also believe if it is to be legalized you should be allowed to grow it your self.
The only reason why i can see marijuana still being illegal is because the government will have a hard time taxing it as many people are not going to buy it they are going to grow it.
So what are your opinion's about marijuana and do you think it should be legalized?
I got the majority of the info from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijuana
And if you want to see the whole list of the myth's and fact's visit http://www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/factsmyths/
Science has proved that it is safer then alcohol and cigarettes.
Here is a list of positives of marijuana
*Get's you high
*Relaxes and calm's you
*Reduces pain from cancer
*Reducus pain from Aids's
*Can prevent lung cancer
*Can be used to relieve glaucoma and certain neurological illnesses such as epilepsy, migraine and bipolar disorder
*Can stall Alzheimer's desease (demensia)
*Increased awareness of sensation, including visual stimulation, music, taste, and sexual pleasure
Marijuana long term use does not cause lung cancer and can prevent it
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729_pf.html
Marijuana can stall alzheimer's http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4286435.stm?ls
Here is some negative's on marijuana
*Varying amounts of paranoia and anxiety in some users
*Loss of coordination and distorted sense of time while under the influence
*Impairment of short-term memory in some users while under the influence
*Is said to increase the risk of Schizophrenia but not back up on scientific evidence
*It's illegal
Newer research has also shown that cannabis use is generally higher among sufferers of schizophrenia, but causality has not been established and confirmed that sustained early-adolescent cannabis use among certain genetically predisposed individuals has an elevated correlation with certain mental illness outcomes, ranging from psychotic episodes to clinical schizophrenia
Here is a few fact's and myth's:
MYTH: MARIJUANA IS HIGHLY ADDICTIVE. Long term marijuana users experience physical dependence and withdrawal, and often need professional drug treatment to break their marijuana habits.
FACT: Most people who smoke marijuana smoke it only occasionally. A small minority of Americans - less than 1 percent - smoke marijuana on a daily basis. An even smaller minority develop a dependence on marijuana. Some people who smoke marijuana heavily and frequently stop without difficulty. Others seek help from drug treatment professionals. Marijuana does not cause physical dependence. If people experience withdrawal symptoms at all, they are remarkably mild.
MYTH: MARIJUANA IS A GATEWAY DRUG. Even if marijuana itself causes minimal harm, it is a dangerous substance because it leads to the use of "harder drugs" like heroin, LSD, and cocaine.
FACT: Marijuana does not cause people to use hard drugs. What the gateway theory presents as a causal explanation is a statistic association between common and uncommon drugs, an association that changes over time as different drugs increase and decrease in prevalence.
MYTH: MARIJUANA KILLS BRAIN CELLS. Used over time, marijuana permanently alters brain structure and function, causing memory loss, cognitive impairment, personality deterioration, and reduced productivity.
FACT: None of the medical tests currently used to detect brain damage in humans have found harm from marijuana, even from long term high-dose use. An early study reported brain damage in rhesus monkeys after six months exposure to high concentrations of marijuana smoke. In a recent, more carefully conducted study, researchers found no evidence of brain abnormality in monkeys that were forced to inhale the equivalent of four to five marijuana cigarettes every day for a year.
MYTH: MARIJUANA CAN CAUSE PERMANENT MENTAL ILLNESS. Among adolescents, even occasional marijuana use may cause psychological damage. During intoxication, marijuana users become irrational and often behave erratically.
FACT: There is no convincing scientific evidence that marijuana causes psychological damage or mental illness in either teenagers or adults. Some marijuana users experience psychological distress following marijuana ingestion, which may include feelings of panic, anxiety, and paranoia.
MYTH: MARIJUANA IS MORE POTENT TODAY THAN IN THE PAST. Adults who used marijuana in the 1960s and 1970s fail to realize that when today's youth use marijuana they are using a much more dangerous drug.
FACT: When today's youth use marijuana, they are using the same drug used by youth in the 1960s and 1970s. A small number of low-THC sample sized by the Drug Enforcement Administration are used to calculate a dramatic increase in potency. However, these samples were not representative of the marijuana generally available to users during this era. Potency data from the early 1980s to the present are more reliable, and they show no increase in the average THC content of marijuana. Even if marijuana potency were to increase, it would not necessarily make the drug more dangerous. Marijuana that varies quite substantially in potency produces similar psychoactive effects.
IMO Marijuana should be legalized for personal use, and should go under the same law's with alcohol eg. Have to be 18+ to consume and purchase, illegal to drive while under the influence. I also believe if it is to be legalized you should be allowed to grow it your self.
The only reason why i can see marijuana still being illegal is because the government will have a hard time taxing it as many people are not going to buy it they are going to grow it.
So what are your opinion's about marijuana and do you think it should be legalized?
I got the majority of the info from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijuana
And if you want to see the whole list of the myth's and fact's visit http://www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/factsmyths/