MARIJUANA ....is it bad? is it addictive ? is it a stimulant? do many people smoke it?

Question

I have a big problem with seeing these dudes getting busted and treated like dirt by police when they just sit at home stoned and do nothing. Its the heroin freaks and all the junks that shoot up that make marijuana get a bad name..Fair enough they are lasy as and they eat all your munchies ...They are allowed to make up there own mind wether or not they are stoned and tired or straight and bored. You must agree that potheads are harmless . Alcahol is so much worse than marijuana. It is a shocker...
I would be interested in hearing everyones opinion on the goods and bads of it ...thanks...

Answer 1

>MARIJUANA ....is it bad?

That depends on what you mean by "bad". Is it a major threat to society or individual health? The answer is NO.

>is it addictive ?

A chart of the addictive qualities of various drugs can be found at http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/basicfax5.htm The short answer is that it is about as addictive as caffeine. In other words, not very addictive. It does not cause physical addiction in the sense that heroin does.

>is it a stimulant?

It is better described as a tranquilizer.

>do many people smoke it?

Estimates of the number of smokers in the US vary from about 13 million to around 40 million. All the surveys have the same problem -- people are not likely to be honest when they are asked about their own participation in illegal activities.

Answer 2

I personally dont smoke it, but my brother does and he's been doing it for almost 15 years. In the beginning he saids he use to just do it because it was cool, and to show off to friends. For 10 years now he uses it to relax him. from a bad day at work, to arguing with his girlfriend, it helps him feel mellow and calmer. He saids he has better sleep and feels much better in general when he smokes it which is every other day.

I know that marijuana is used for cancer patients.

any drug can be addictive.

only bad thing i heard about marijuana is that it kills brain cells.

Answer 3

although I used to think the same exact thing as you, I hate weed now. I have smoked it occasionally or recreationally in the past. It ruins lives. I was roomates with my good friend and I had no idea how litle he accomplished. there was an incident with the cops that I wont even bother explaining but basically we got in a huge argument and I left the school not because of the incident but because I had had it with all the drugs ( acid, ecstasy, cocaine, opium) as well as alcohol 4 days a week. It was disgusting and marijuana only made things worse. Every day, 4 times a day. the feeling associated with marijuana is addictive, but it is not physically addiciting, meaning it has no physical withdrawl symptoms (like with cigarettes). Weed is not a stimulant(cocaine is, caffeine is). It is a psychoactive cental nervous system depressant.


people should be out making a difference in their lives and others lives and not sitting on their couch or palynig counter strike at their computer stoned. it is such a waste. Kids smoking and drinking away their parents money. you can do that anywhere why waste your parents money on an educaiton you are obviously not using. marijuana is decriminalized in most states, so it is a civil offense (like under age drinking) as long as you dont have like a dealers amount of weed on you. weed is very psychologically addicting, so it is much easier to quit than cigarettes or heroin. but like cigarettes it can become socially addicting ( social cues make them wanna smoke). believe me, once you've witnessed your best friends lives go downhill your opinion of marijuana goes down quickly. I saw my best friends who I hanged with all the time start smoking in 10th grade, become complete potheads, and then start becoming all out drug addicts, doing terrible drugs like ecstasy and cocaine as well as opium. it got way out of control at college and I couldnt stand it anymore. I suggest everyone stays away from marijuana as it has destroyed my friends lives and my frienships. it alone hasn't but what it led to did.

Answer 4

Pot has been around since before christ.. And most people I know who smoke it hold down jobs, GOOD, well paying jobs. Some people smoke it for pain, it does work..

It is NOT a stimulant, where on eath did ya get that info (wrong info)??!!

I would rather my husband smoke pot than drink any day! He has NEVER missed work and works his butt off.

Leave the pot smokers alone I say, and go after the crack heads and alcoholics who make their children retarded and fry their little unborn brains!

PS: We have a son, adoted who's bith mother drank while PG, now he is 18 and is at about the level of a 5th grader!! POT doesn't do that... And pot has actually been proven to PREVENT cancer.. Do some research and you will see for ourself!

Answer 5

Marijuana is said to have some of the cancer causing agents that cigs have but no one's sure if you can get cancer from it.

Someone on MySpace said they stopped doing Mari because it was making them very paranoid.

A lot of ppl do drugs, but that doesn't mean you have to. The phrase "all these ppl can't be wrong" isn't always true.

Any drug can be addictive. Ppl keep telling me Mari isn't that bad. I'm thinking if it isn't, why is it an illegal drug. If it wasn't that bad everyone (including the President) would be doing lots of it all the time.

That's my 2 cents...

Answer 6

MARIJUANA ....is it bad? = NO (Medicinal use- It is used to relieve glaucoma and certain neurological illnesses such as epilepsy, migraine and bipolar disorder. It has also been found to relieve nausea for chemotherapy patients. A recent study has also indicated that cannabis can be used to prevent Alzheimer's disease)

is it addictive ? = YES

is it a stimulant? = YES (Medically, cannabis is most often used as an appetite stimulant and pain reliever for certain illnesses)

do many people smoke it? = YES

Answer 7

I don't use it. Thousands of people do. I like my body and mind just the way it is. It's really not good for you unless you have a condition like glacoma that relieves some of the effects. M. alters yr mood, etc. I don't know much about it, but they test for it when they do Drug Testing. Consider this- when the others, on a late Friday/Saturday night are driving home from the concert/bar or whatever-- I'm bright, alert, happy and I also feel good in the morning, upon waking up.

Answer 8

Alcohol is not worse than marijuana, they are basically both the same, marijuana is NOT a stimulant. It has been proven that it can lead to other more lethal drugs in SOME people and no I will not agree that potheads are harmless because once their funds are depleted they resort to stealing other people's money and that is NOT harmless. Marijuana has been proven to deplete the fertility in women as well as kill off braincells in frequent users. I'm wondering if the original poster is a pot head because based on the spelling of the original post the point about killing off braincells would be quite obvious...

Answer 9

you know a couple of years after you stop taking heroin your body can be pretty much back to normal and your mind remains unaffected by the use of the drug even over a long period of time....


a few years after stopping taking marijjuana one brother and two nephews are still suffering from drug induced schizophrenia.... this is a permanent condition that has affected these young men for the rest of their lives... they will never get better.... the marijauna has permanently and seriously affected their mental health..... So please do NOT preach this untrue garbage about marijuana not hurting anyone....

One of my nephews is presently serving time in prison in a psych unit and will be there for a very long time after assaulting many total strangers during one of his psychotic rages.... You do not know what you are preaching so please STOP.

Answer 10

I am against marijuana and all drugs because I have never done them and I hear they are fun and I am opposed to fun. I think life is about suffering and I try to set an example.