Pot isn't bad for you, is it?

Question

I don't do tons of drugs, mainly pot, but lots of my friends at school do. They say pot is just like smoking cigarettes. Is it really the same, or is it worse for you?

Answer 1

It impairs your judgment like alcohol

Answer 2

Long term and heavy use can result in short term memory loss, and problematic motor skills. But IT IS NOT as bad as cigarette smoking. Cigs are 100 times worse. Alcohol is even worse for you then pot. Most prescription drugs are worse, and can even kill. Light use is best in this situation. Fact is, kids are being told that pot on any term is bad for you. Too bad that Canada is in the process in the future of legalizing it. What about those 2 university professors in Toronto that have been granted a smoking room in the universities to smoke their medicinal marijuana?

Marjuana has been proven to have theuraputic and medicinal purposes. Back in the 1930's when it was being banned in the U.S., it was the Food and Drug Association that wanted it to stay! It was mostly a conflict with the Mexicans. I love living in Canada, you can have up to 2 grams at any times, unrolled, and you probably won't get any punishment if caught. You can smoke, just not buy.

As well, if you read some of those answers below, I have to say they are gravely mistaken. Pot DOES NOT CAUSE CANCER, if it did, then why is it given to cancer patients? Would it be some sick joke?

Answer 3

Pot can't kill you: in all of American history, there has never been one death due to smoking pot. However, pot can ruin your mind and cause lung cancer, and living with those ailments isn't much of a life. Pot is not like smoking cigarettes, since cigarettes ONLY cause lung cancer. The main problem with pot is it impairs your judgement, which can cause you to do things you will later regret. Finally, it's also a "gateway drug," and it might lead you to do more potent drugs such as meth. Distance yourself from your friends, because things will get worse. Hope this helped!

Answer 4

Well in some ways it is worse and in some better. Both require that you inhale smoke and we all know smoke inhalation is dangerous. Pot can prey a bit on your nervous system if you smoke too much and can be estrogenic (hence the man boobs on older male potheads) which can be a problem for both sexes, really.

Marijuana actually works best as a relaxant when it is drunk in a tea mixed with red wine (and I hear you can smoke the pot after you let it dry out even).

Cigarettes can have any number of things in them (like sugar for example and chemicals that help it burn more evenly etc.) and frankly the nicotine is much more addictive than pot and in my opinion is more harmful.

Peace!

Answer 5

Smoke a lot of pot and (among other things) it can make you sterile, cigs don't do that. You can get addicted to pot if you smoke a lot of it, people get addicted to cigs faster. Pot is considered a 'gateway drug', while pot isn't as bad as say, heroin etc., pot can get you started using other kinds of drugs, "they say". Like being comfy with pot could impair your senses to the point where you might be fine with trying something else, where you might not have if you hadn't smoked pot in the first place. Plus the fact that some creeps might lace the pot with something worse and you won't know. I say pot is worse than cigs. Not that cigs are ok for you either. They each do your body in, over time, in different ways.

Answer 6

Mainly it's bad on you lungs, not to mention your judgment. If your going to indulge make sure you're around people you can trust. I'm not sure about it being more severe than cigarette smoke but it can still do some damage if your a constant user. An uncle of mine passed recently and was found in his home alone. Not really sure of the actual cause but the men who did the autopsy claimed he had the worst lungs they'd ever seen...completely from marijuana smoke which he smoked like a cigarette addict. He may not have died from it but was well on his way.

Answer 7

Okay, this is a hard question but I'll do my best to answer it. Pot and cigarettes are different on many levels. They are in no ways the same. Unless you consider the inhaling part. Pot can mess with your body and head BUT in my opinion, its all about moderation. I would also say it depends on how the drug affects you. Anytime I've done it I've felt relaxed and mello. I am in no way promoting it just use judgement.

Answer 8

Nothing that you smoke is really good for you... Pot is a lot better than cigerettes, meth or heroine... but how can you be sure it's really natural if you weren't the one to grow it... I've had some friends of mine in the past lace their weed with other things to make it more potent and addicting so that they have regular customers... I would just be careful of what you put into your body because it's the only body you have... trust me I speak from experience... my body hasn't recovered from my past drug use and I haven't done anything since I was a teenager.

Answer 9

cigarettes are so much worse for you then pot i mean pot is still bad for you but not as bad trust me i smoke both.

Answer 10

first of all, what makes you believe that smoking cigarettes is okay? it definitely causes cancer, other lung and heart disease, and complicates asthma, not to mention other things i don't even know about but pot? it literally damages neurological cells creating non-reverable memory loss and has the same carcinogenic effects as cigarettes. never think that just because a lot of people are doing it, that there's safety in numbers. and the legal problems it can cause is also horrible. i work with women who have their children taken away from them because of pot smoking and other drugs. i don't mean to preach--but my sincerity makes me sound overly concerned. please take my advice and just don't do it. it isn't cool.

Answer 11

all unhealthy. mind, body and soul. I doubt that will stop you though. Those who say pot won't kill you, need to look at the suicide statistics from pot smoking. Mental illness is enhanced from any mood and mind altering drug.