IT'S NOT A DRUG!

[Jizzle Blizzle420]

Ok well im tired of people looking down on me cuz i smoke pot. Im also tired of people saying weed is a drug. If you have any good ideas to state in an arguement post them here. that way all of us stoners can defend ourselves when people attack our lifestyles. everyone put in some input. thanks.:rasta:

[TheFatKid]

Weed is a drug. It alters your mind. It may not be harmful, but it is still a drug.

[Blowboy]

I always point people annoying me "cause I use drugs" on the fact that alcohol is a hard-drug, and therefore, we have a century-old tradition of hard-drug manufacturing...
and btw, it's a plant!
Goddamn

[Nochowderforyou]

It is a drug, but there are different classes of drugs. :)

Caffiene is a drug, nicotine in tobacco is the drug, THC in the cannabis plant is a drug.

Some drugs are more addictive than others, but I find cannabis to be one of the only substances out there that people can start and stop whenever they please. When people think about it all the time, it's not that their body is going through severe withdrawls, it has just become a habit. It's something they are used to doing everyday, and then they stop, it's a hard habit to get out of.

[Podge_Boro]

more people die from cigarettes, alcohol, and pretty much anything you can name, than they do from cannabis
due to the fact that it never has, and never will cause a death

[chisme]

i se it your way like people saying oo you smoke drugs,

i know yes it is a drug but i put a spin on it,

i say yeah...so's the coffe your slurping and so is the cigs your smoking so are we so diffrent?

[higher4hockey]

Ok well im tired of people looking down on me cuz i smoke pot.

then take off your tie-die t-shirt. if you're tired of people looking down on you because you smoke weed, don't advertise the fact that you smoke weed....that simple.

[NextLineIsMine]

its about keeping an upstanding image of it man. If youre vocal about your pot use show everyone you are an upstanding and amiable individual. Stoned kidiots give us a bad rep. Every stoner should be like the PR person of cannabis

[EATproteinGetHUGErUS]

Ok well im tired of people looking down on me cuz i smoke pot. Im also tired of people saying weed is a drug. If you have any good ideas to state in an arguement post them here. that way all of us stoners can defend ourselves when people attack our lifestyles. everyone put in some input. thanks.:rasta:

Besides your friends, the question is why do people know you smoke pot?

Thats what the problem is.




weed in fact is a drug. And if used in moderation, it will fuck your shit up

[Jizzle Blizzle420]

If you want to classify weed is a drug cuz it alters your mind then fine, but it is just a plant, nothing is added to it (in most cases). also i refuse to hide the fact that i smoke cuz its a part of who i am. i dont go around wearing clothes with weed leaves on it or anything. but if someone asks me i wont lie (unless a cop or something). people automatically assume i do hard drugs and im a bad person. when im really a good citizen, i dont go lookin for trouble, i dont steal, and im pretty responsible when it comes to my marijuana. it just upsets me that people are so misinformed when it comes to ganja.

[EATproteinGetHUGErUS]

i se it your way like people saying oo you smoke drugs,

i know yes it is a drug but i put a spin on it,

i say yeah...so's the coffe your slurping and so is the cigs your smoking so are we so diffrent?

I Dont buy that arguement because nicotine and coffe are not exactly mind altering. THC is substantially different than those 2. so yes, a thc user is different than a nicotine/caffeine user

[burnable]

its about keeping an upstanding image of it man. If youre vocal about your pot use show everyone you are an upstanding and amiable individual. Stoned kidiots give us a bad rep. Every stoner should be like the PR person of cannabis

exactly. Logical arguments don't have an impressive effect when they're used to convince a majority bias. The best thing to do is be vocal about your cannabis enthusiasm because it will promote closet tokers to come out and after a while pro-weed will be a majority opinion. This is idealistic. All we can do is be as responsible and articulate as possible so people with start associating weed with respectable ethics and consider it an integral part of society.

[OniEhtRedrum781]

If tulips and daisies got u high, people would call them drugs. Weed grows from the ground, weed flowers, weed is a plant, not a drug... :twocents:

[iwantFUEGO]

Heres an arguement...

Recent science has shown to be able to target cannabinoid receptors on prostate cancer cell to induce apoptosis. This is a significant finding considering we have just found a whole new apoptotic pathway. Although the cannabinoid they were using for these experiments was sythetic, i have read a few articles claiming the activity of THC on these receptors. This applies to a few different cancers including, but not limited to, prostate cancers, breast cancer, and brain cancer. I wont get into the science of it cuz that would take hours and most of you probably wouldnt even read it... but if you are interested...

Cannabinoid Receptor as a Novel Target for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer -- Sarfaraz et al. 65 (5): 1635 -- Cancer Research (http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/65/5/1635)

[MrsDarkIdol]

definitely with nochowder on this-"technically" it is a drug, and exactly right that yes ganja is habit forming, but not addictive. I know what you mean though, the connotation that people say "drug" in reference to weed as though it's heroine.
The constant assupmtion that if you show any sign of being "lazy" it's because of the pot, yadda yadda. Truth be told if your lazy your lazy don't blame the ganja. I know many a business owners, etc, people with jobs which do not allow for the weed stereo type.

Also, very cool article iwantFUEGO. Also heard on NPR recently there is a study showing promising uses for marijuana on alzheimers!

[AlwaysBlazed]

Weed is a drug. It alters your mind. It may not be harmful, but it is still a drug.

Exactly what I was going to post :thumbsup: Most people classify something as a "drug" if it alters your mind or causes some sort of addiction.

(from Wikipedia)
A drug is any biological substance, synthetic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic) or non-synthetic, that is taken primarily for non-dietary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietary) needs. It is usually synthesized outside of an organism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism), but introduced into an organism to produce its action. That is, when taken into the organisms body, it will produce some effects or alter some bodily functions (such as relieving symptoms, curing diseases or used as preventive medicine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preventive_medicine) or any other purposes).

Short version, a drug is something either created in a lab or is natural that isn't taken as food. It's made outside of your body but can be injested by many ways. When you take drugs it has some sort of effect on you. Drugs have many varied effects, from curing illness to causing euphoria.

I wouldn't personally call Marijuana a drug (I don't call it 'pot' ever unless im talking to someone who I don't want to know I smoke, saying pot makes you seem more innocent :thumbsup:). Although it alters your mind and body I feel that you can't simply lump it in as a drug, it's cannabis, it's own catagory. It can be used medicinally to relieve pain, cure glaucoma, quell nausia, increase appitite, and recently some are saying that it can help cure cancer. Then theres it's recreational use. Blah, blah, blah I can go on about that for hours.

Anyway, it's not a drug to me, but by definition, yes it's a drug.


more people die from cigarettes, alcohol, and pretty much anything you can name, than they do from cannabis
due to the fact that it never has, and never will cause a death

Actually, a few years ago there was a cannabis reported death that occured after somebody was given some of those THC pills as medicine. She probally died from some sort of allergic reaction to the cannabis though because it's been proven that there is no way to die from cannabis unless you smoke about 15 lbs. in 15 miniutes which is physically impossibe and mentally impossible because you would pass the fuck out after your first ounce.

:hippy:

[intrepidus6]

Weed is a drug. It alters your mind. It may not be harmful, but it is still a drug.

Yessir

[b0Ng h!tz 4 mE]

Ok well im tired of people looking down on me cuz i smoke pot. Im also tired of people saying weed is a drug. If you have any good ideas to state in an arguement post them here. that way all of us stoners can defend ourselves when people attack our lifestyles. everyone put in some input. thanks.:rasta:

weed is a drug

THC is in weed.. THC is a drug :rolleyes:

[iwantFUEGO]

Also, very cool article iwantFUEGO. Also heard on NPR recently there is a study showing promising uses for marijuana on alzheimers!

Yes i heard about that too... and not only that... but schizophrenia and tourette's also!

[AlwaysBlazed]

Yes i heard about that too... and not only that... but schizophrenia and tourette's also!

Yeah I heard about that also, my grandma has alzheimers so I should have smoked her up more before she got bad. Also I was thinkin... smoking weed on tin foil... does that kinda cancel out the tin foils effects on alzheimers or something... im a stoner.:rasta:

[tnman1492]

THC is the chemical "drug". Cannabis is a plant. Pretty straight forward.

[JeenYuss]

I Dont buy that arguement because nicotine and coffe are not exactly mind altering. THC is substantially different than those 2. so yes, a thc user is different than a nicotine/caffeine user

just because the drugs have different effects? coke is a drug, viagra is a drug, thc is a drug, nicotine is a drug, it doesnt matter what the effects are its still a drug and theres not "levels" of drugs either its a drug or its not a drug so if you say something to me about using cannabis ima bring up yr little blue pill to keep yr dick erect and yr pillz u pop for a headache

[Skink]

weed is just happy stuff...

[JeenYuss]

Actually, a few years ago there was a cannabis reported death that occured after somebody was given some of those THC pills as medicine. She probally died from some sort of allergic reaction to the cannabis though because it's been proven that there is no way to die from cannabis unless you smoke about 15 lbs. in 15 miniutes which is physically impossibe and mentally impossible because you would pass the fuck out after your first ounce.

:hippy:

umm if it was THC pills it wouldnt really be cannabis-related it would be THC related ainit?

[EATproteinGetHUGErUS]

just because the drugs have different effects? coke is a drug, viagra is a drug, thc is a drug, nicotine is a drug, it doesnt matter what the effects are its still a drug and theres not "levels" of drugs either its a drug or its not a drug so if you say something to me about using cannabis ima bring up yr little blue pill to keep yr dick erect and yr pillz u pop for a headache

Ya a drug is a drug, but a marijuana user is not always the same as a coffe drinker. Thats absurd. Not that I think their is a damn thing wrong with mj, i just acknowledge it is different and the argument about "hey you do viagra is no better than me doing mj". It is in fact different.


My grandma drinks coffe, but would never dream of using a mind altering substance. Trying to convince yourself that her caffeine use is equivalent to your mj use is a slightly flawed idea imo. In my eyes, That is substantially different.


Now when i start taking performance enhancing agents, scheduled 2 substances, even though that counts the same as coke, its just not. You cant compare me to a coke user, that would be absurd

[birdgirl73]

As you’ve already seen, most of the folks here are intelligent enough to recognize that a psychoactive substance IS a drug whether it's in the form of a plant or a pill or a powder. Sure, cannabis and its chemical components are not pills or pharmaceutical products prescribed by a doctor, at least in most cases. And cannabis is not a narcotic in the way that some of the heavier illicit street drugs (those derived from poppies) or synthetic narcotics/analgesics are. But it's an ingestible substance that causes neurological, psychoactive effects. And by that definition, it is indeed a plant-based drug. A largely harmless, beneficial one, but definitely a drug.

Instead of taking issue with the semantics of the word "drug," you might be wiser to argue the merits of whether or cannabis is harmful or not with those who look down upon you for using it. Just be realistic. There are always going to be uninformed people out there who make a judgment without knowing all the facts. Above all, as NextLine has already urged you, if you believe strongly in cannabis for either medicinal or recreational use, you’ll want to present yourself as a well-informed, intelligent proponent—steering away from anything remotely resembling the brainless stoner-kid stereotype—so you can help advance, rather than hinder, the cannabis cause.

[make it legal]

Ya a drug is a drug, but a marijuana user is not always the same as a coffe drinker. Thats absurd. Not that I think their is a damn thing wrong with mj, i just acknowledge it is different and the argument about "hey you do viagra is no better than me doing mj". It is in fact different.


My grandma drinks coffe, but would never dream of using a mind altering substance. Trying to convince yourself that her caffeine use is equivalent to your mj use is a slightly flawed idea imo. In my eyes, That is substantially different.


Now when i start taking performance enhancing agents, scheduled 2 substances, even though that counts the same as coke, its just not. You cant compare me to a coke user, that would be absurd

So your grandma wouldn't drink alcohol? That's mind altering. That should be used most as a comparison because it gets you drunk and it's even worse for you. Btw, caffeine is a mind altering substance, we just don't take enough at a time.

I also don't know why alcohol isn't called a drug, and why it's called being drunk, not high. whether you smoke weed or smoke crack, you are still high. You can be high on acid, shrooms, extacy, and many other things with a wide range of effects, but it is still called 'high'. What makes the effects of alcohol so much different that it had a different name? It's just the gov. trying to make it seen different from other drugs. I'm sick of hearing the term "drugs and ALCOHOL." WTF makes alcohol not a drug?

[Deep Toke]

Weed is a drug. It alters your mind. It may not be harmful, but it is still a drug.
:rastasmoke: Whatever, mang.

[RIH]

Weed is a drug. Many have probably already said this, but a drug is anything that alters your mood and mind, and weed definitely does this.

It's not that bad for you, but it's still a drug.

[Matt the Funk]

Anyone have more info about weed and schizophrenia....

[Purple Banana]

Anyone have more info about weed and schizophrenia....

As of yet, scientists claim there is some sort of link between cannabis use and the so-called 'risk' factor of schizophrenia. It's EXTREMELY rare to have schizophrenia with no previous cases in your family, but the scientists claim a person is more likely to develop schizophrenia if they use cannabis and have a family history of schizophrenia.

I think it's truthful to a point, but I don't see how cannabis can so radically alter your brain chemicals and functions if you use it maybe 1-2 times per week. I think because schizophrenia shows its primary symptoms during the late teens and early adult years- the years when cannabis smoking is at its peak- that scientists feel there is some sort of link to schizophrenia.

I have Disorganized Schizophrenia- not the visual hallucinations part, but I somtimes hear noises, like beeps and a cellphone ring. Cannabis hasn't altered or brought my symptoms on- I had them before I began smoking. It doesn't really affect me as much as scientists are pushing. I'm actually more motivated and energized because it helps with my chronic pain and sleep problems- I have a few hits before bed, and I sleep beautifully.

There are so many genetic mutations and forms in humans, that something hereditary is almost BOUND to surface. You can blame it on triggers and substances that may trigger it, but odds are, you're going to have it anyway eventually.

My point? Keep smoking :stoned:

[orangeman]

It is a drug, just not a hard drug. But just because it's labeled a drug doesn't make it any worse than any over the counter pain pill :).


A drug is any substance that can be used to modify a chemical process or processes in the body, for example to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, enhance a performance or ability, or to alter states of mind. The word "drug" is etymologically derived from the Dutch/Low German word "droog", which means "dry", since in the past, most drugs were dried plant parts.

The word "drug" doesn't have to be a bad thing. Just most of the time people think it does. Especially people that seem to have a grudge with a substance they have never even tried lol.

[rayhaha]

whatever weed is drug or not, just let it be.. man. do wot u do, dont have to worry lots of thing on the earth. otherwise u will be fucked by yourself.

[Skink]

Maybe our problem is the debate... We constantly develop synthetic compounds instead of looking to nature for a drug...

[EATproteinGetHUGErUS]

So your grandma wouldn't drink alcohol? That's mind altering. That should be used most as a comparison because it gets you drunk and it's even worse for you. Btw, caffeine is a mind altering substance, we just don't take enough at a time.

I also don't know why alcohol isn't called a drug, and why it's called being drunk, not high. whether you smoke weed or smoke crack, you are still high. You can be high on acid, shrooms, extacy, and many other things with a wide range of effects, but it is still called 'high'. What makes the effects of alcohol so much different that it had a different name? It's just the gov. trying to make it seen different from other drugs. I'm sick of hearing the term "drugs and ALCOHOL." WTF makes alcohol not a drug?

When my grandma drinks coffe, the intent is not to get intoxicated. when someone smokes weed or alcohol, many times, the intent is to get intoxicated. Intent seperates "drugs" from other substances

Marijuana is a pscyhoactive substance....clearly different than alcohol.....apples and oranges.....this is why they are different

[UtopianDreamer]

of course its a fucking drug, thc is a psychoactive chemical, just like morphine. so is alcohol ...i cant stand all this bullshit people spout about weed not being a drug !

[crudemood]

PEOPLE ARE MEAN AND FUCKED UP. I HATE WHEN THEY HAVE THIS THOUGHT THEY CANT GET RID OF NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO OR DAY. I AGREE WEED IS NOT A DRUG. I HATE NOT HAVING CONTROL OVER THINGS I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT. IN THIS CASE WEED. CAN'T EVERYONE JUST LEAVE MARY JANE ALONE? GOD!!!

[Skink]

PEOPLE ARE MEAN AND FUCKED UP. I HATE WHEN THEY HAVE THIS THOUGHT THEY CANT GET RID OF NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO OR DAY. I AGREE WEED IS NOT A DRUG. I HATE NOT HAVING CONTROL OVER THINGS I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT. IN THIS CASE WEED. CAN'T EVERYONE JUST LEAVE MARY JANE ALONE? GOD!!!

Whoa...

[UtopianDreamer]

so why isnt marijuana a drug crude mood ? because its a natural plant and all that right ? well opium grows naturally also in poppies, and thats a drug for sure. sure, weed is a safe drug which is pretty harmless in moderation but its still a drug, why cant you accept this ?