Why do potheads reject the medical and scientific evidence about marijuana that suggests it isn't harmless?

Question

This is not about being for or against legalization. I just wonder why they refute the evidence.

Poppies and coca leaves grow out of the ground. I don't think those were good for you. It may have been meant for medical and scientific use and not for the creation of recreational drugs.

Answer 1

i am sure they can find as much evidence as you that its good for them....... live your life,be happy for what you have and dont try to change people doing what THEY believe is right (as long as they dont hurt anybody).marijuana is not any worst than alcohol or tobacco or else...but you never hear the media/people complain about that?

Answer 2

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Answer 3

All drugs cause some harm. Even alcohol and nicotine and the OTC meds. But as a former Pharmacist, I have yet to see a definitive non-biased double blind study showing that (in your case the negative so) marijuana has no added benefits over Marinol. My family all has a rare blood cancer with leg pains similar to MS and I have threatened to try it on more than one occasion. I'm not necessarily saying it needs to be legalized to the level of alcohol, but it is time we take it off Schedule I listing and put it on Schedule II so that some true clinical usage can be tried. Or if you can show me some reputable medical journal studies via University studies using a significant amount of subjects in double blind studies with NO government lab involved that proves your point then I'll join your bandwagon, but I've seen 70yr old cancer Pt's it has helped with pain where morphine only knocked them out. And WHY IS IT the US Government legally grows and dispenses marijuana cigs for 13 patients yet will not add any to the list. Are they "killing" these people on purpose? Or did the courts just make them look at the logical in situ evidence for these patients?

Answer 4

I don't think they reject the evidence, I think they see no difference with the risk one takes when CHOOSING to use cigarettes or alcohol. Both of those drugs have been scientifically documented to affect your health in a bad way, yet the government does not interfere. They believe the same should be for marijuana.

Answer 5

^These people don't know what they're talking about...

Of course it's not harmless... I'm sure "potheads" know that... It's got good and bad side effects, just like most things we do. Should they be illegal? It's less harmful than cigarettes or alcohol.

Answer 6

marijuanna does alot of positive things for the body.
smoking obviously hurts the lungs... but it also has a high level of thc which is really good for you.
eating it is even better for you.
i dont smoke weed personally.
and never have and never will.
however my friends all do it, so ive read alot.
i use to be really against it.
i watched this video on youtube, terrible reference, but there is the grandpa guy who talks about weed and he wrote a book, and tells you all the good things about it.
check it out.
its harmless if you eat it, steep it for tea, or inhale it via humidifier.
perhaps thats why potheads deny it.
plus, smoking is 100 times worse.
a little addition because i quickly read a comment someone made.
weed is not addictive.
it is a natural plant.
the only thing that is addictive at all is the process and emotional connection.
by process i mean rolling it, cutting it, growing it... they enjoy doing all those things... inhaling the smoke, adn how it feels inside of them, the warm feeling aparently.
the drug itself is NOT addictive.
emotionally, some people become addicted to it, because they use it as an excape from reality to get through bad times, like a death. equalling in coping issues.
many people who smoke pot do it for fun, at parties, or to pass time when they are bored.
i have only met a few people who were actually addicted.
emotionally that is.
but its because they did it all the time every day.

Answer 7

Probably because they are addicted to the drug, and why would they want to hear negative things about what they like? It's like an alcoholic, that thinks his/her liver is fine. A smoker that feels cancer free. If you're addicted to something, you only look for the positive in it, and disregard any negative.

Answer 8

bc they want to smoke their weed and don't give a ****. they will argue that its ok to make them feel better, and they may even convince them self that it is good. In the end they are pot smoking dumb asses anyway.

I don't haven't seen any proof of the long term effects of weed but that's not bc it is false, just bc I'm not that old yet. I have though seen some crazy **** happen to some of my friends siblings that smoke....and none of it was good. Lay off the weed

Answer 9

um i don't smoke but those scientist could be working for the government and making up lies against it legalization because the sale of marijuana isn't being taxed. this is my theory marijuana grows out from the ground and god wouldn't let something so harmful grow.

Answer 10

you know, for decades, people denied the fact that cigarettes were bad for you. Why should those who smoke pot be any different? It's all rationalization, they don't want to know all the reasons for quitting.