Question about pot?

Question

If it is so damaging to the brain, why is pot legal in some countries?

Answer 1

Most likely because they can tax it, considering the people are going to do it regardless!

Answer 2

why are cigarettes legal even tho they're so damaging to the body?

because many people should know the effects of the things they are putting in their body, and if they choose to do something that harms them, its their choice. the countries know that people are going to do it no matter what, because theyre stupid, so why even bother making it illegal? they figure that anyone with half a brain wouldnt start smoking pot because of the long term side effects

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Answer 3

These other countries are more enlightened than us. They understand that individuals have the right to do things they enjoy, even if they are somewhat dangerous, as long as they are hurting only themselves and no one else. (Hopefully the non-pot smokers are protected from secondhand smoke.)

These same countries have national health insurance, because they understand that it is important to provide decent health care to everyone, and people shouldn't have to go bankrupt or be left to die just because they are unfortunate enough to get a serious illness.

Answer 4

Mostly because people have given up trying to illegalise it and society's willing to tolerate it's negative effects. For exactly the same reasons why prohibition of alcohol was overturned and smoking persists. It's a compromise between the damage done to the abusers of marijuana versus the social cost of the crime associated with the black market.

Answer 5

That's a myth that came from bad studies. Newer, more reliable studies show it actually helps grow new brain cells, and kills old cancerous cells. Someday it will be recognized for it's amazing medical uses, but unfortunatly propaganda and lack of education on the subject is delaying that moment.

Answer 6

its not as damaging to the brain as most teachers and adults will tell you. it also has medical benefits such as pain relief, sleep aid, calming, and even reduces risk of heart attack. it is illegal because 1. it makes more $ for the gov't being illegal than it would being legal. 2. it inhibits your productivity. 3. it is intoxicating.

Answer 7

Because some people are really slooooowwwww learners....look what it has done to meeeeee......honestly everyone...I smoked it solidly for years, and it really has effected my brain......I'm 54 and I am a living example of too much dope is really bad...my memory is shot to peices....my good friend of 35 years died a year ago from brain tumors....from smoking dope........that's when I gave up...it's not worth it.....

Answer 8

Marijuana is not damaging. Read on...

MARIJUANA MYTHS

Myth: Today's marijuana is more potent and more harmful than it was many years ago.
Fact: There is no medical evidence that shows high-potency marijuana is more harmful than low-potency marijuana. Marijuana is literally one of the least toxic substances known. High-potency marijuana is actually preferable because less is of it consumed to obtain the desired effect; thereby reducing the amount of smoke that enters the lungs and lowering the risk of any respiratory health hazards. Claiming that high-potency marijuana is more harmful than low-potency marijuana is like claiming wine is more harmful than beer.

Myth: Smoking marijuana can cause cancer and serious lung damage.
Fact: There chance of contracting cancer from smoking marijuana is minuscule. Tobacco smokers typically smoke 20+ cigarettes every day for decades, but virtually nobody smokes marijuana in the quantity and frequency required to cause cancer. A 1997 UCLA study (see page 9) concluded that even prolonged and heavy marijuana smoking causes no serious lung damage. Cancer risks from common foods (meat, salt, dairy products) far exceed any cancer risk posed by smoking marijuana. Respiratory health hazards and cancer risks can be totally eliminated by ingesting marijuana in baked foods.

Myth: Marijuana contains over 400 chemicals, thus proving that marijuana is dangerous.
Fact: Coffee contains 1,500 chemicals. Rat poison contains only 30 chemicals. Many vegetables contain cancer-causing chemicals. There is no correlation between the number of chemicals a substance contains and its toxicity. Prohibitionists often cite this misleading statistic to make marijuana appear dangerous.

Myth: Marijuana is a gateway drug--it leads to harder drugs.
Fact: The U.S. government's own statistics show that over 75 percent of all Americans who use marijuana never use harder drugs. The gateway-drug theory is derived by using blatantly-flawed logic. Using such blatantly-flawed logic, alcohol should be considered the gateway drug because most cocaine and heroin addicts began their drug use with beer or wine--not marijuana.

Myth: Marijuana is addicting.
Fact: Marijuana is not physically addicting. Medical studies rank marijuana as less habit forming than caffeine. The legal drugs of tobacco (nicotine) and alcohol can be as addicting as heroin or cocaine, but marijuana is one of the least habit forming substances known.

Myth: Marijuana use impairs learning ability.
Fact: A 1996 U.S. government study claims that heavy marijuana use may impair learning ability. The key words are heavy use and may. This claim is based on studying people who use marijuana daily--a sample that represents less than 1 percent of all marijuana users. This study concluded: 1) Learning impairments cited were subtle, minimal, and may be temporary. In other words, there is little evidence that such learning impairments even exist. 2) Long-term memory was not affected by heavy marijuana use. 3) Casual marijuana users showed no signs of impaired learning. 4) Heavy alcohol use was cited as being more detrimental to the thought and learning process than heavy marijuana use.

Myth: Marijuana is a significant cause of emergency room admissions.
Fact: The U.S. government reports that marijuana-related emergency room episodes are increasing. The government counts an emergency room admission as a marijuana-related episode if the word marijuana appears anywhere in the medical record. If a patient tests positive for marijuana because he/she used marijuana several days before the incident occurred, if a drunk driver admits he/she also smoked some marijuana, or if anyone involved in the incident merely possessed marijuana, the government counts the emergency room admission as a "marijuana-related episode." Less than 0.2% of all emergency room admissions are "marijuana related." This so-called marijuana-causes-emergencies statistic was carefully crafted by the government to make marijuana appear dangerous.

Answer 9

because its not harmful

Answer 10

i have no idea