Marijuana use?

Question

Why does our society have such a double standard regarding this substance. Publicly its an evil thing that supposedly leads to bad endings. But LOTS of people including our parents have used it with no ill effects. IS THIS GOVT PROPAGANDA? Is there a further reaching implication that the govt sees that we as responsible adults dont?

Answer 1

few countries have legalized marijuana such as the Netherlands, the drug is no worst then alchoal yet being banned also is the cause for prison overcrowding and a outlet for gangs and suppliers to make money tax free; this in turn also takes valuable resources away from investigating those who may be distributing lethal drugs such as meth. I suppose if most governments had it there way the plant would be extinct. alcohol itself was once illegal at least in the US with similar results st. valentines day massacre, resource issues, gang problems.

Answer 2

Government look at it as a Multi-Million $ business. They will make less money off of it if they taxed it because the value will go down. People can grow their own product. Wow what a cool thought. I bet the crime rate would drop, it is a mellow thing.

Answer 3

Marijuana’s effect on the user depends on the strength or potency of the THC it contains. THC potency has increased since the 1970s and continues to increase still. The strength of the drug is measured by the average amount of THC in test samples confiscated by law enforcement agencies.

* Most ordinary marijuana contains, on average, 5 percent THC.

* Sinsemilla (made from just the buds and flowering tops of female plants) contained, on average, 12 percent THC, ranging from less than one percent to 27 percent.

* Hashish (the sticky resin from the female plant flowers) had an average of 10 percent, ranging from one percent to 26 percent.

Answer 4

the real problem is the goodie two shoes PPL... the prudes.... the xtians.....weed is organic...ALL of GOD's plants! YEAH U Xtians out there...I smoke it till i die........ppl who say it leads to worst things? what a lie !!!! it leads to crimminal things and violence when the individual themselves chooses to go to a harder high....been smoking for twenty years and NEVER had the need to go any harder....ITS all about the INDIVIDUAL...theyre the ones claiming bad weed...am i right????

Answer 5

The laws against marijuana started with racial prejudice against Mexican immigrants in the period of 1914-1930. The real purpose of the laws was to punish Mexicans and therefore, all sorts of silly stories were made up to justify the laws.

When Harry Anslinger became head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics in 1930, he started a steady and deliberate campaign of Reefer Madness. He later related that, after the Marihuana Tax Act was passed in 1937, he realized that the marijuana laws were unenforceable with his meager budget of one million dollars.

He said he realized this when he walked out on a bridge over the Potomac River and saw before a field of cannabis that stretched off as far as the eye could see. He knew enforcement was hopeless so he decided that the only method of combating it would be a campaign of stupendous lies.

In furtherance of that campaign he hired Dr. James C. Munch as his Official Expert on marijuana. Dr. Munch's claim to fame was that he had injected some extract of the cannabis plant directly into the brains of 300 dogs and two of them had died. When he was asked what he concluded from this experiment, he said he didn't know.

One of the claims made about marijuana during the Marihuana Tax Act hearings was that it caused insanity, criminality, and death. After the law was passed, some bright criminal defense lawyers got the idea of using the "marijuana insanity" defense.

In a few murder cases, they got their clients to testify that they had smoked a joint and it had made their incisors grow six inches long and drip with blood. (I understand this is a common effect, often seen at college parties. All those people huddling in the corner, giggling with their hands over their mouths.)

Dr. Munch then got on the stand (paid expert witness, of course) and -- as the world's leading expert on the subject -- testified that this was certainly possible. He went on to say that he tried marijuana and, when he did, it turned him into a bat.

That sort of thing made sensational headlines several times. Then Harry Anslinger figured out that, if this went on, there would never be another murder conviction because of the marijuana insanity defense. Therefore, Anslinger told Dr. Munch to knock it off or he would get fired, and Dr. Munch never testified again.

No other doctor would make the same kind of ridiculous statements so the "marijuana insanity" defense was never used again. But, in the brief time that this went on, it created quite a stir.

The propaganda campaign continues to this day. You can read the short history of the marijuana laws (which contains a longer version of this story) at http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/History/whiteb1.htm

You can find further references on why marijuana was outlawed at http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/mj_outlawed.htm

You can find the full text of the transcripts of the hearings for the Marihuana Tax Act at http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/taxact/taxact.htm You may notice in Anslinger's testimony that he is asked specifically if there is any connection between marijuana and heroin. He replies that there is none.

You can find additional historical references at http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/history/history.htm

You can find a large collection of Reefer Madness in books, magazine articles, comic books, and other publications over the last century at http://druglibrary.org/mags/reefermadness.htm You can safely assume that nearly everything in that collection was promoted or heavily aided by Anslinger.

Answer 6

MR.D.LOVE took the words right out of my mouth.

Answer 7

yes it is government propaganda.

Answer 8

You are wrong, there is no such thing as a safe drug. there will always be consequences after indulging in it.