marijuana good or bad?

Question

well ive heard arguments from both sides.
and i think marijuana has a higher percentage of good outcomes over bad..
any facts you'd like to share?

Answer 1

Not good, more like GREAT!
marijuana is the most commonly uses illegal substance in the United States. it is used by many people, most of which aren't your stereotypical "druggie", with no life agead of them. Many of them hapen to be very successful, good people. Think about it almost if not every person who reads this paper will know (even if they don't realize it) at least one if not several regular users of marijuana. Its often made out to be much more harmful htan it really is, unfortunatly not every one realizes this.

What many people don't realize is marijuana is much less harmful than alcohol or tobacco. Yet it's the one of the three that gets a bad rap and is illegal. Marijuana isn't even physicaly addicting. You certanly don't see meetings for marijuana like you do with alcohol and AA. Unfortunatly due to American culture the less harmful of the three is illegal.

The most common reason why marijuana can be harmful is that people can often come across laced marijuana without realizing it. Marijuana can easily be mixed with other more harmful drugs with out the buyer realizing it, until they have already used it. This is a dangerous thing that causes many people to do more harmful, hard core drugs without realizing it. If it were to be legalized the government could provide guide lines, like it does with alchol to insure that people knew what they were putting into their bodies.

Marijuana actually has many helpful benefits toward diseases / sicknesses. Marijuana can reduce nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite caused by AIDS. It can Reduce interlobular pressure, which alleviates the pain and slowing and sometimes even stopping the progress of glaucoma. Common side effects of chemotherapy are nausea, loss of appetite, and vomiting, all of which marijuana would help. It can limit muscle pain and relieve tremor nad unsteadiness of gait for multiple sclerosis patients. Marijuana can help prevent epileptic seizures in some patients. It can also alleviate chronic, often debilitating pain caused by myriad disorders and injuries. Each one of these applications have been deemed legitimate by at least one United States court, legislature, and/or government agency.

Due to these reasons and many others many people are going to jail/prison on a daily basis due to simply smoking a little pot These aren't dangerous criminals that would kill or rape someone. Many of them are teachers, lawyers and respected members of their communities. But yet we still pay thousands of dollars of tax payers money to lock up non dangerous "criminals" yearly even though most aren't going to stop after they get out of jail. Don't you think the money spent here is a waste? Couldn't it be going to more useful things such as hospitals, disease research, or better schools? These are the things that would benifit the people of this country. Certanily you would rather benefit the people more than throwing a non violent pot head in jail who was only trying to smoke a joint and relax after a long days work in jail. There is up to forty million regular (note thats just the regular not occasional users) drug users in the United states. If we were to throw all of them in jail it would cost $500,000 per million people, plus the cost and space of building many more prisons. Couldm't that money be spent on building hospitals? There's already about 1.5 million people tax payers are paying to keep in jail over drugs. From 1990 to 2003, nearly 5.9 million people had been arrested for smoking marijuana. Thats a greater number than the entire population of Alaska, Delaware, The District of Columbia, Montania, North and South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming combined. This country simply can't afford to put 40 million more in jail.

Marijuana should be legalized. It has many uses such as helping sick patients. People are going to smoke it no matter what the government sais, and with out govenment guidelines this can be dangerous. Not to mention the fact that we have no way we can afford to throw all those people in jail. Its much less harmful than alcohol and tobacco, which are legal, so doesn't it make sense that it would be also?

Answer 2

Marijuana Good Or Bad

Answer 3

The number of outcomes in either direction are really dependant on the user. If it is for recreation, then it is bad regardless of the use.

For medical, if they actually use it for medical, it can be good overall as long as it is doctor regulated.

For drivers, marijuana is less dangerous than alcohol. Unfortunately many very stupid marijuana users have decided that "less dangerous" equals "not dangerous". Therefore many marijuana users will smoke while driving without a second thought. Thereby causing marijuana to be second to only alcohol as an illicit substance that causes vehicle crashes every year. This is a trend that needs to change.

The Hemp factor, a big plus. Hemp is a very useful plant. Unfortunately the DEA doesn't want hemp to be grown for normal commercial uses like paper and textiles.

Answer 4

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marijuana good or bad?
well ive heard arguments from both sides.
and i think marijuana has a higher percentage of good outcomes over bad..
any facts you'd like to share?

Answer 5

Aummmm, correction weed does not make you jump off bridges, that would be a hallocinating drug like lcd,acid,etc. Weed in my opinion, and experience is good. It puts you in a happy easy going mood, and leaves all of your worries behind. Even it is prescribed to cancer patients b/c it stimulates that hunger gormone which helps them to eat. The only down fall to it is that you may feel a little bit slower the next day after, but I don't feel they last as a long term effect...If ppl really wanted to get techical, what makes alcohol more acceptible than weed. Ppl kill themselves and others with alcohol, it kills brain and liver cells, I mean, what is the big difference??????? B/c the Gov. possibly can't tax it????Hmmmmmm???

Answer 6

Marijuana is good if u are using it for medicinal purposes (fighting a disease) but it can be bad when u are abusing the substance, using it illegally just for the purpose of having a good time

Answer 7

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Answer 8

If it is used as a medicine -it is good
If u used it as a drug or abuse it, then it is bad
So in it self it is not good or bad, but the way it is used.

Answer 9

Don't knock it till you try it. I did for a few years. I would have to say ....BAD but fun LOL


In Oregon. Not a criminal offense but punishable by a fine

Answer 10

Bad.

Possession of marijuana is prohibited by law. It's mere possession is a criminal offense.

Don't even think about using it. The fact that its possession is prohibited by law is intended to protect the people against its harmful effects.

Take note. Mere possession of marijuana is punishable.