"Marijuana affects your brain. THC (the active ingredient in marijuana) affects damages the nerve cells in the part of the brain where memories are formed, making it hard to remember things. "~~ Health.org

I know of people in their early 50's who have smoked since 13. They can remember all important things. I have not seen long term memory loss, yes you lose memory of certain things while under the influence, but the same as for alchohol. It is a drug aswell, and if abused, can be bad.



Marijuana affects your lungs. There are more than 400 known chemicals in marijuana. A single joint contains four times as much cancer-causing tar as a filtered cigarette. ~~ Health.org

Their are more chemicals in cig. and those are still legal, so why do we have legal cig. and alchohol?

Marijuana is not always what it seems. Before it is sold, marijuana can be laced with other dangerous drugs without your knowledge. "Blunts"-hollowed-out cigars filled with marijuana-sometimes have substances such as crack cocaine, PCP, or embalming fluid added to them.

Which is why if weed was legal, it would be factorized, causing it to be illegal to lace or combine substances without the listed ingredients on the package.

Marijuana can be addictive. As with alcohol and many other drugs, not everyone who uses marijuana becomes addicted, but some users do develop signs of dependence on the drug. They may experience such withdrawal symptoms as loss of appetite, sleep problems, weight loss, and shaky hands. In 1995, 165,000 people entered drug treatment programs to kick their marijuana habit. ~~ Health.org

Not everyone, true. I have many friends who quit cold turkey and never had problems, the only reason they wanted it was whenever they were bored, depressed, or needed help sleeping. How many people do you know that could give up weed quicker than cig.?

Stay informed. It has not yet been proven that using marijuana leads to using other drugs. But, the fact is very few people use other drugs without first using marijuana. Teens who smoke marijuana are more likely to try other drugs, in part because they have more contact with people who use and sell them ~~Health.org

I have never used any other drug other than marijuana. I have no intentions of using anthing higher either. The only reason people move to different drugs is because once you get high, you can never become that high again, it takes more and more. But itf you wait awhile before using again, you will feel the effects again (the same as a cigarette, if you smoke regularly, and stop for 2 days, the next time you smoke, you will def. feel it)

Look around you. Most teens aren't smoking marijuana. According to a 1997 study, four out of five 12- to 17-year-old youth had never even tried marijuana. ~~Health.org

Which is exactly why we should have our own choice. And not everyone will admit to using it either.

Reasons why it is illegal in the States they say?
Organized crime, gives all control over selling and distribuiting to criminals, prevents state taxes.

What a laugh, and it still continues since it was outlawed in 1937 because people from mexico were smuggling in that time.
In that era the United States were experiencing a depression, so the outlaw of it did make sense. Now, we have people who can easily factorize it.
They say people will just grow it. Ha! Yes they will, and would they rather waste their time trying to find all the people to sell it to, rather than sell it to a factory for quick money?
It also takes alot of time to grow and take care of those plants so not that many people are going to sit and grow their own plant when they can go to the local gas station and pick up a pack.

Their would also be less argument over drug prices and such, for it would no longer be considered an illegal deal, no one would have to hide it anymore, and would want to be more public to make a greater profit. In some states you can aquire a license to grow , you renew it every year, but you are not allowed to distribute, so it seems they have bent the rules just a little bit.

I read an ex-Narc's (undercover narcotics officer) testimony. He went on and on about him, and his "friends" (victims used to get in and out) were in the position to be killed many times. The druggies, for the right to smoke, the Narc, trying to stop him. At what point does this make sense?

Over half the world experiences depression, and marijuana can make things much more enjoyable (but they do have different effects on certain people.) People will not confess to their doctors that they use drugs, in which if they have a potential disease that can be bad when combined with THC content of marijuana cant be bad. This would also help people to be more open, weed is the most commonly used drug i know of so far besides hemp (or hash).

It also says it produces famine which I find ironic. I could eat grass with mustard if I was high, it also speeds you metabolism up. You will waste almost no food when high.

We should have a united vote, on if weed should be legal and factorized as to help the economy, depression, insomnia, and the rights of the human being to do to his body as he wishes. Everyone will run to the poll to give their opinion. Lets see how many yes's we get over no's .
BongBoy Reviewed by BongBoy on . Gotta start somewhere In more ways than one... This forum was looking all lonely so I thought I'd make a post to set the ball rolling (mwahahaha, I'm really trying to get the first post in as many forums as I can... JOKE :p ) I can't really comment on activism outside the UK, but there's plenty going on here. For anyone looking to get involved, good places to start are http://www.lca-uk.org/default.php . I'd advise anyone intersted in cannabis issues to join the LCA today. I recieve email updates regularly (in Rating: 5