top 10 reasons not to legalize weed in the US

[slipnslide087]

yeah thats weird....bc i know for a fact i was taught every 200 years

[koshea]

it could be causing damage...like shortness of breath and such, but he was saying it hasnt been proven to cause cancer, emphysema, etc. Any kind of smoke would ahve an effect on your lungs man. peace.

well his exact words were "They have yet to prove smoking cannabis causes lung damage."...

lol...his exact words were lung damage....

is damage the same word as diseases?

if so then my brothers car had $600 worth of diseases after our wreck!!!

[Likes to build bongs]

dont try to bullshit me saying weed isnt bad for your lungs, believe me i smoke weed daily and i also play football. it is offseason, aka nazi camp...anywho...being the smoker i am i can literally feel my lungs being fucked up cuz of smoking when i run and such

Hey man, nobody's telling you that you have to smoke. I dono, maybe I'm just being an ass. I have a tendisy to do that. Then again, I can't spell worth a shit...

[Dick Justice]

drinking and ciggs are bad too, but ciggarettes dont change the way you see or function physicaly so they arent a danger to others, and drinking is legal because they tried to outlaw it and the prohibition was so corrupt it failed, they are both too deeply rooted in the worlds culture to be outlawed

To be fair, prohibiting weed hasn't been too effective either.









I think it ought to be legalized, to a point. I'm just some stupid kid who likes to blaze and sit there making weird art, but even I have to agree that it should have age and usage restrictions. Granted, some people do just fine when they drive and smoke, but if you aren't allowed to have an open can of beer in your car (here in America that's a problem) you shouldn't have a roaring blunt either. Just as a general rule. Driving with cell phones is illegal in some places for the same reason: not everyone is bad about it, but you can't allow for those exceptions.

And there ought to be an age restriction. Just makes sense that you don't want twelve-year-olds smoking up at recess. It's just not good for them. Neither is drinking or smoking. And they wouldn't be old enough to make mature decisions about it.

Holland, being the progressive, magical fairyland that it is, has a good compromise. You're free to smoke in certain designated bars, and in your own home. Makes sense to me.

And finally, if it were ever legalized in the states (*snicker*), they ought to encourage use of vaporizers. Sucking smoke into your lungs is just not good for you, no matter if it's wacky tobacky or just regular tobacky.

But ultimately, pot won't be legal in the US. Hell, owning assault rifles will be legal before pot is. Oh, wait. Ha! Zing. Fuck you, Mr. President.

[koshea]

lol, i love smoking and im not bashing it, im saying that we cant deny the obvious truth, it causes lung problems end of story

[NzPoThEaD]

because when they do drug tests at every cop stop like they r planning 2 do in nz and have already done in aussie...dunno where else, there wud b no-1 on the road and id b constantly in trouble with the wankers

[Computer Monkey]

I'm not sure if anyone else saw this but last week I was channel surfing and came accross a documentary style show talking about the history of MJ and how/why it became a regulated substance. According to the show durning the depression since there was a lack of jobs certain states (mostly west coast) lobbied the federal gov and to make MJ a controlled substance. The reason was not the worry of health reasons or anything like that, although they were trying to tell the general public that it was the cause for concern. The major reason was that it was know that mexicans smoked weed and to lessen the number of mexicans in the job pool these western states wanted MJ outlawed. Apperently there was opposition against this. Not only was weed popular during the probabition since it was the only way to get trashed, but it is a weed and no one was interested in trying regulate a weed. It would just be too hard. But with the pressures from the western states MJ was listed as a control substance at the same time as cocaine.

I was not sure about this story but checked to see what channel I was watching and saw it was the history channel. Gotta think there is some validity to this if it is on the history channel.

[Computer Monkey]

It boils down to smoking MJ is as dangerous as drinking the difference is that people just didn't want mexicans taking jobs from unemployed americans 80 years ago. Might be time to reveiw and update this antiquated law

[dylan]

i am so dissapointed to see people on a mj website wanting mj to stay illegal. if we don't stand up for ourselves who will?

mj was made illegal for many reasons.....too many for me to list here.

here is a link that tells the whole truth!!! from 1900!!!

[Nullific]

People have been smoking marijuana for thousands of years, there have been no deaths attributed to it and if it caused any significant lung impairment you would think it would have been documented. Instead all the anti-marijuana propaganda claims that smoking marijuana may cause lung damage to the same if not worse extent than tobacco. If you read the links I posted on the subject you would see why this is not the case.

I believe one article I read about a marijuana/lung function study stated that marijuana smokers appeared to have 10-16% greater risk of developing lung infections such as pneumonia.
If you're a frequent or heavy smoker and you believe you have harmed your lungs or experience shortness of breath don't be so quick to attribute this soley to cannabis. Do you smoke tobacco products which would include blunt wrap, use soda cans as smoking devices, tin foil or plastics, have moderate-high exposure to second hand smoke, smoke low quality or uncured/otherwise harsh weed etc.
I have been smoking multiple times a day for the past six months or so, and still frequently about a year prior, I experience no pain in my lungs, am able to run without shortness of breath and have had no lung infections.
It should also be considered that legalization of cannabis means easy access to more potent bud and hash, this means a user would not be required to inhale much smoke to get high, less smoke means less potential for damage.