How is marijuana illegal? Why do people think it is so bad for you (besides health issues)?

Question

There are many legal things i.e. McDonalds that will kill you so I dont believe health is a reason to criminalize things

Marijuana does not lead to heroin use. i am proof of that

Answer 1

they don't care about the health reason, the true reason why governments make it illegal is because you can grow it yourself, therefore they cant monitor it and place the huge taxes on it as they do on fast food, Cigarettes and alcohol........

as for McDonald, i believe if they forced cigarette companies to put warning labels on smoke packets they should also brand warnings on the wrapper of a big mac!

Answer 2

Several reasons. Politicians wouldn't push to legalize it, they have nothing to gain. Their opponents would use it against them, not gonna happen.
Another, and maybe the biggest reason is the paper companies. The paper companies spend millions a year, to lobby politicians to keep pot illegal.
Why? Simple. Marijuana (hemp) makes a much better quality paper than trees. Its cheaper and also better for the environment. But, if pot were legal, the paper companies would fear being put out of business. Billions of dollars would be lost.
That is the best and most logical reason I have ever been told!

Answer 3

i'm 14 and that i've got friends who use the two, and individually i do no longer care what they do as long as they do no longer do it close to me or communicate approximately it close to me. they are in a position to the two be undesirable, noticeably in case you utilize them on the comparable time, individually myself i dont smoke marijuana and that i wont drink alcohol till im 21. If someone is to blame adequate that they are in a position to pass some the place and drink and not get below the effect of alcohol than alcohol isnt that undesirable, yet while tthey pass get below the effect of alcohol and then attempt to force it incredibly is while that's undesirable, I additionally think of that smoking marijuana is the bigget turn offf, yet thats purely me, i think of they aare ruining it for the folk who actual choose marijuana for scientific motives. to tell the fact i think of the two may well be the two incorrect.

Answer 4

It is illegal because laws were passed against it!
Health issues are why it is bad for you!
Are you high right now?

McDonald's is another issue altogether!
Besides what would you eat when you got the munchies?

Answer 5

The court system makes billions of dollars each year from pot smokers in the U.S. Thats the main reason.

Answer 6

The push to reform laws regarding marijuana use has increased dramatically in recent years as increasing evidence of the benefits of marijuana use as well as the failure of criminalization has become known. However, studies refuting the benefits of marijuana use, reiterating the dangers associated with it, and praising efforts at reducing its use have also been published. Proponents to the reform of marijuana laws range from those seeking only legalization for medical use to those fighting for all out legalization of the drug. Their arguments vary widely at times and are often based on evidence that opponents consider insubstantial. A few of these are: (1) The war on marijuana is an estimated $10 billion failure. Tax dollars used to investigate, prosecute, and incarcerate marijuana users should instead be used to educate the public about marijuana and other drugs or to increase efforts to fight serious and violent crime. (2) Marijuana is less dangerous than both alcohol and tobacco. The European medical journal, the Lancet, says that "The smoking of cannabis, even long-term, is not harmful to health," and "It would be reasonable to judge cannabis as less of a threat . . . than alcohol or tobacco." (3) Research has suggested that uses of marijuana in medicine include appetite stimulation for HIV, AIDS, and certain cancer patients; pain relief (particularly of pain from nerve damage); relief of nausea; and a reduction of the eye pressure related to glaucoma, just to name a few. (4) Hemp, a cousin of marijuana that contains less than 1% THC, has, according to Popular Mechanics, as many as 25,000 environmentally friendly roles. While organizations such as the European Union actually subsidize farmers growing hemp, the U.S. federal government continues to uphold its 1957 ban on all hemp production. Opponents to reform also range from opposition of any change in current laws to merely opposing various legalization scenarios. Their arguments include: (1) Long-term use of marijuana can be linked to cancer, heart attack, and neurodegenerative disorders. (2) Marijuana impairs the central nervous system in several of the same ways as alcohol. Data on alcohol use and drunk driving indicates that legalization of marijuana may lead to hundreds of secondary deaths each year. (3) Studies of medical uses of marijuana show it to be only minimally helpful at best. Researchers have noted that the large doses and adverse side effects make marijuana inadvisable for treatment of any long-term illness such as glaucoma. Marijuana has also been linked to low white blood cell counts in its users. Such a condition fuels fears that its use by patients with weak immune systems, specifically AIDS patients, would lead to increased susceptibility to life-threatening infections. (4) Marijuana is considered to be a "gateway drug," leading its users to use stronger drugs. A report by the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) claims that marijuana users are 85 times more likely to try cocaine than are those who don't use marijuana. Those in favor of reform seem to be on the winning side. Over the last three decades, several states have moved toward decriminalization of the drug (though some, such as Alaska, have recriminalized it), and countries such as the Netherlands and Sweden have instituted a regulated marijuana industry. However, the DEA and the current White House still hold that marijuana is a dangerous substance and the war against it must continue.

Answer 7

it's a first step to other stuff like heroine
and this will put you to crime and even to killing for money to get the drugs and you will hurt many innocent people
and please don't tell me you're not one of "them" - that you do it for fun and you can stop whenever you want
ask them - they all said that before, when they started only with marijuana