Do you want to know the truth about marijuana?

Question

Then go to this website or buy the book "The Emperor Wears No Clothes" by Jack Herer. We've been lied to for years. We need to open our eyes to the many benefits of this fabulous plant!
http://www.jackherer.com/chapters.html

In response to some answers: I am a firm believer that marijuana is only a gateway drug because it drives people into a sleazy drug infested environment to get it. If it was legal, we could wake up, go out in our gardens and pick some. There wouldn't be a desire to try anything else because we wouldn't be surrounded by dangerous substances.

Answer 1

First off... weed is thought to be a "gateway" drug. More than half of those who start using weed, move on to heavier drugs later. The last thinng we need in this country are more druggies. Second... when they do an updated test on the efects of THC and t-cell receptor site damage... I'll change my mind.

For every person reasoning why it should be legal, there are an equal amount not wanting it legalized.

Answer 2

People who think smoking pot will lead you to harder drugs are full of crap-I've been smoking for pleasure more than 25 years and have NEVER WANTED, NEEDED, TRIED OR CRAVED ANY other drug! I work, pay my bills on time, live in nice house which is always clean, have children that are clean happy and very healthy and many friends some who do and don't smoke and see nothing wrong with it! I don't drink alcohol and resent ppl who say that it ruins your life---if your weak you will move onto harder drugs. Alot of ppl do who never even smoked pot do harder drugs like coke and crack. Yet ppl drink and drive and become alcoholics everyday, they can't carry on a conversation, think rationally and age faster than pot smokers! And what about all the prescription drugs we give to are kids with no problem to calm them down and make um behave! Hypocrites! Kids on those drugs have been known to commit crimes and commit suicide!!!Gee I've never has thoughts of killing myself or anyone else, had a DUI or DWI or a behavioral problem!!!!But lets condemn pot---Newsflash-ANY drug (liquid or solid) can be abused....if taken by idiots!

Answer 3

If they legalized marijuana, those who use it, would be so happy to be legal that they would join with you to fight the use of other drugs like crack. Look at all the new drugs, crack, rohypnol and meth.
The average pot smoker has a good job and just wants the same relaxing feeling that the martini drinker wants without the extra weight and tummy problems.
I would vote for legalizing pot and hemp and I'm 67.

Answer 4

I have known the truth about the hemp for many years. There are other drugs that are illegal that don't live up to the bad reputations branded to them by the government also.

Answer 5

I absolutly agree with you I own the book it rocks! I think its only a gateway drug because of that and people after learning about the fact that the gov't lyed to us about pot think its possible that they are lying to us about the hard drugs as well. If legalized it wouldnt be a gateway drug! 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 6

wellll... I still wouldnt smoke it or "eat it".. I have worked with patients that have told me that marijuana was just a start for them for harder drugs. I am not going to risk it...

Answer 7

never had a use for MJ, but I,m sure there are some who would benefit from it, so thank you anyway.

Answer 8

huh? wha? you're scaring me, help , :)

Answer 9

Fight the good fight!!!

Answer 10

*oky have a joint*