Why Is Marijuana A Big Deal?

Question

It's a natural pain-killer! I've looked up many non-partisan medical journals that all state marijuana is not dangerous (except to the lungs, if you smoke it). It doesn't kill brain cells, isn't physically addictive, and has no long-term effects. What's more, no one has ever contracted cancer from using weed (in the recorded, medical world). And what drug doesn't have any short-term effects? In fact, tobacco, caffeine, alcohol, and other prescription drugs (all legal) are all very destructive (i.e. physically addictive, physically degenerative, have long-term as well as short-term effects, and are even deadly). And, of course, nobody should operate machinery or do anything that requires the importance of critical thinking while using any drugs, legal or not. If it were legal to buy, there wouldn't be crime on the street from its (illegal) distribution, tax dollars could be made and even used to fight addiction. Does anybody have a real reason for it's continued criminalization?

Answer 1

I actively (as much as I am able) work for the legalisation of medicinal marijuna. It is an excellent drug for many many things. I am, due to internal problems, unable to take any standard pain killers. allergic to codeine, morphine etc ... so herbal remedies are my only altentive.

I also work with the education of younger people on the MisUse of marijuana. Younger people (especially pubescent) have many natural chemicals being produced by their brains. They need to give their mind/body its uninfluenced time to adjust to these new chemicals and other changes that occur in our bodies. I try to encourage them to use Very moderately, not when they have school the next day etc .... just like caffeine & nicotine it is still a drug.

As a drug it should not be used for escapism. That will not help you cope in the long run because you do not learn any life lessons which are so necessary to live successfully.

It is a great medicine, one side is the ability to relax (thus the muscle pain reducing effects). It also stimulates the production of dopemine (thus also being called dope). Used wisely and responsibly this is a fantastic medicine.

cannabis is still a drug and thus if taken in conjuntion with other chemicals it can cause unknown effects.... but don't blame marijuana for this behaviour because if taken on its own this behaviour would not have occured. Their is of course a very small number of people who do become very agitated if they take marijuana. Plus others such as those who suffer schzophrenia.

Mardi Grass, nimbin aust - 5/6th may 2007
http://www.nrg.com.au/~hemp/
http://www.nimbinmardigrass.com/
http://www.midac.com.au/nimbin/history.htm

Answer 2

Well it may be a 'natural pain-killer' that still doesn't make it ok just to smoke for fun. The only time that people should even consider using it is when a doctor prescribes it, and even then it's not good for your body. Also people may see that marijuana isn't addictive (so you claim) then they might think that other drugs aren't bad either, and they could get into some serious addictions. So my advice don't even try it.

Answer 3

I copied this from another one of my posts:
I am against making it legal, in public.
In private, it seems harmless enough, and is even a nice medicinal remedy, so sure, legalize it there.

I don't want to be walking down the street getting contact highs because people are smoking. Nor would I want a surgeon to get high, even a little, before work because he had to walk through people smoking. Either you have them wait to get off it, or you deal with a surgeon who is high. Nor would I want elementary school kids to get contact highs because the local teens that live next door to the playground decide they want to give the kiddies a contact high. Nor do I want to deal with the people who are high, as they become very dumb.

But that's the thing. People will then start fighting over what is public and what is private property. It's easier to ban it all out then have to deal with the trials that would occur. 'I was smoking on my lawn, that is my property.' 'Your smoke was drifting out of your property, forcing people to get high.'

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Sure, you can say the same about cigarettes, but there are laws springing up making smoking in public illegal, or more difficult to do. It also became a symbol of the culture when it came into more popular use, so it's more difficult to target. With alcohol, you have to drink it or physically force someone to get drunk. Same with any other non-smoking drug.

Answer 4

You are absolutely right and the fact that the government is still wasting tax dollars on anit-marijuana propaganda (a.k.a. the Above the Influence campaign) is a complete joke. And not only is weed less harmful than almost every other drug, it's damn useful, not only medicinally. Hemp can be used to make paper, textiles, plastics, clothes...the list goes on. And get this: Marijuana is my states THIRD largest producing cash crop, and that's only for it's illegal consumption!

Answer 5

You have an impressive collection of reference material but if you ask any hard drugs users who have conformed, they almost all will tell you that their first step into drug use was with Marijuana without question. So the answer is clear. Marijuana is the first ( Baby ) step to hard drug use. So that is why it is a big deal. Just like Booze, beer is the first step to the hard stuff, just like theift, it starts out with something small and ends up with something big. When you take a drug test, tobacco, caffine, and most prescription drugs do not show up in your pee test. Weed always does. Why, because it is a brain and body altering fuctioning drug.

Answer 6

Look at our society. There is nothing really wrong with marijuana, but the government (which seems too religiously fundamental) enjoys causing addictions by banning things that people may use moderately. It is just the way things are in our society - it is a big problem, look at sex education - they dont teach safe sex, they teach abstinance if anything at all - and well we all know young people have sex, right. Actually all of this is called "deficit thinking"

Answer 7

IDK...theres no real good reason y it is illegal. Alcohol is way more deadly. i wonder the same thing about Acid as well...I mean its about impossible to overdose, its non-addictive, and dosnt really have any negative long term effects. Plus it can give people a life changing experience such as a spirtual awakening. I thought the universe was meaningless until i met psycheldeics. I think all 'soft drugs' like grass, shrooms, mescaline, and stuff should be legal.

Answer 8

If you want to know about marijuana,go to norml.org.,you will get all the truth like there is no such thing as a contact high,not unless you go in a closet and smoke alot for a long time with someone who not smoking!Its decriminalized in a lot of states!

Answer 9

Honestly, yes. Only because we shouldn't put anything in our bodies that deludes our true conception of reality. Gosh, I wish I had the true answer of how to quell the human anxiety of reality which is so painful at times, but I don't. I do know, from experience, that mind altering drugs: alcohol, marijuana, whatever, doesn't make anything better. Peace and love to you.

Answer 10

because many single parents are addicted to it and money earmarked for there children go towards drugs and alcohol.
i used the excuse that i was going through nausea cause of the chemotheropy i had to go through but thats just an excuse drugs are bad for children and no excuse can make up for that. And many children with pot smoking parents become addicts themselves so i deeply regret smoking for about 10 years but have been clean for over 3 months now.