How many people agree that natural marijuana is safer than chemical drugs i.e., prozac and other drugs?

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sloop_sailor, you have been misinformed sorry to say. Every reason you gave is complete misinformation. Brain cell are not destroyed as a result of marijuana in fact a brand new study has found that marijuana actually grows brain cells. Not only that, but it has also recently been determined by the medical community that smoking marijuana is actually healthy for you too. It is an expectorant so it actually helps people who have been log term smokers and those with pneumonia. go to www.jackherer.com for more REAL information!!!

Answer 1

All those drugs you get in the pharmacy have many hamful side effects that pot doesnt have, your absolutly right. 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

I totally agree... If it were legal, I'd smoke damn near everyday. Just think.....Maybe people would get along with each other better without hatred and war. I would pay $25.-$30. for a pack of real natural smoke. How about you? Would you pay the taxes if it were legalized? I believe that THEY are afraid that we will continue buying and growing underground so they will not only lose THAT $$$ but also look @ all the $$$ THEY would lose from the Jail, Court, etc. Chemical drugs are made to be addictive so that we continue to need them...like cigarettes. You think the government isn't involved in that scam?

Answer 3

If you can avoid the use of any drugs, prescription or natural, that is your safest bet. As for the safety of marijuana over manufactured drugs, it is more dangerous. Would you say the same about cigarettes and nicotine vs. prescription drugs? By smoking marijuana you would be inhaling cancerous carcinogens, so you have many of the health issues associated with cigarettes. THC impairs cognitive ability and impairs brain cells associated with memory and reason. Not a good choice. Been there, done that. Wouldn't do it again.

Answer 4

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree... the USA is one of very few countries in the world that, for some reason, refuses to admit that marijuana is much safer than smoking regular cigarettes or drinking alcohol. I firmly believe that part of the reason why it will not be legalized in this country is that people will realize that it is much more natural and safer than perscription drugs, and if that happens, the multi-BILLION dollar pharmaceutical industry will lose all kinds of cash.

Answer 5

I'm not totaly against marijuana but i also dont use it anymore. i wouldnt say its safer than any drugs out there. there are side effects of marijuana it kills brain cells and slows down your reaction time as if you were intoxicated. also marijuana a lot of times is laced with other harmful drugs to give more of a high so to speak.

Answer 6

The problem with drugs is every new drug has to be called off the market because of unexpected effects. With marijuana , we know the facts we can decide if we should use . No narcotic has helped me with my pain, I sometimes wonder if marijuana would help.

Answer 7

Agree.

Answer 8

If you're asking if Marijuana should be legalized then I vote yes.

Answer 9

if the Dr. in Ca. prescribe it for glacoma then it must be safer than chemical drugs

Answer 10

I definitely agree!