i need to know about weed?

Question

a friend of mine recently got into this stuff... he says he just does it cuz "whatever" and if he ever wants to he can stop. I've never tried it, and I don't know what it does really, and I don't want him to get hurt. He talks to me about it alot and I want to try to help him if he's in trouble but I don't know much about weed like is it addictive or what harmful effects it can have on your mind or body. any christians out there? i'm a christian and I wanna help him.. what can I do.. he's one of my best friends.

Answer 1

Sweetie I wouldnt worry about it unless he starts doing hard drugs. Marijuana is natural and is only a class one drug, which means its much much less harmful then heorin, coke etc. 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?

By the way im a very devoted christian and I strongly beleive god wont punish you for using a plant he put on this planet for our own use. It sais right in the bible that he put all plants animals and everything else on this planet for us. He will punish us for stuff that we make to harm our body like coke but marijuana is gods gift to us. Dont worry about your friend he should be fine. Good luck!

Answer 2

It's not physically addictive, but can be psychologically addictive. It is, in my opinion far less dangerous than alcohol.

Other than short term memory and testosterone, side effects would be similar to smoking cigarettes if it's smoked - cancer risk, clogging up the lungs and destroying alveoli and all that - but it does not have to be smoked.

As far as I'm concerned, it should be legal... but since it is not, then it is a problem. How old are you and your friend? If he's a minor, you can tell his parents, but you'll need to think about the consequences of that and make sure you are prepared to face them. If he's an adult, then I would just leave him be if I were you.

Answer 3

In and of it's self it is nothing but substance. It is illegal and there fore a criminal enterprize. As for medicine I am sure it could be used as well as some of the meds that are out there, but we are not there yet. I think that it should be legalized and perhaps taxed and regulated, like alcohol. Not because I believe in altered concousness at all, but because it would take the criminal element out of the game and the devil could not use it to distroy lives and families.
Our jails are full of young people that are not dangerous criminals. They are there because the stuff is illegal and they see an opportunity to make fast bucks. This is very appealing to someone that feels stuck in the hood, so to speak.
Now, If you were suppose to have weed to be complete, or to meet God or whatever your justification is, then wouldn't you be born with a bag attached to your embelical cord? It, like everything else on this Planet, could be used for positive things, but it is not at that place yet.
God does not need weed to introduce Himself to you, and it not medicine to help His children through the end times.
I smoked pot for over 35 years until I woke up one morning higher then anything had ever gotten me before. It was a beautiful natural good feeling and I knew something had touched me. That has been over 20 years and I still have the buzz. God got me high, and it is forever, and I don't have to drink, shoot things in my arms with needles, snort, or smoke anything, to get there.

Answer 4

It's not particularly physically addictive thogh it is psychologically addictive. I am a boomer with buddies that still occassionally embibe in their Toke (Weed) and they're fine. Continuous and constant daily use over long periods of time have been proven to be harmful to brain function. If your friend is a recreational smoker than you needn't worry much. Of course don't let him get behind the wheel when he's on the stuff cause that's still dangerous. PEACE!

Answer 5

It's not physically addictive. The effects are mostly limited to short term memory loss and a drop in testosterone levels.

Answer 6

God put these things on earth to be used wisely, medical purposes, not to be used as a way of getting high, if this buddy of yours is still a child living with his parents, tell his parents, maybe make an annonymous phone call, i know if it were my child she would be in TROUBLE!

Answer 7

your a christian and you tried weed? well recently?

Answer 8

just let him do what he wants to do. and y do u need a christian?

Answer 9

ask him what his intentions are. usually its just for curiosity.anything too much is dangerous