Marijuana facts from abovetheinfluence.com

[Sweeney]

What is it?
Marijuana has a chemical in it called tetrahydrocannabinol, better known as THC. A lot of other chemicals are found in marijuana, tooâ??about 400 of them, some of which are carcinogenic.42

Risks
Pot affects a userâ??s judgment, motor coordination, and short-term memory. Weed can cause increased heart rate and make some users extremely anxious or paranoid. Smoking marijuana also causes some changes in the brain similar to those caused by long-term use of cocaine and heroin.43

Research found that students with an average grade of â??Dâ?� or below were more than four times as likely to have used marijuana in the past year as students who reported an average grade of â??A.â?�44 Students who have smoked marijuana within the past year are more than twice as likely to have cut class than those who did not smoke, while health problems associated with using marijuana can keep students from attending school due to illness.45

Regular marijuana users often have shortened attention spans, decreased energy and ambition, poor judgment, high distractibility, and impaired ability to communicate and relate to others. Young people who use marijuana weekly have double the risk of depression later in life.

Also in the myth section; Smoking pot is not as bad as smoking cigarettes. I also hate the commercials they have. It really grinds my gears.

Sweeney Reviewed by Sweeney on 01-20-2008. Marijuana facts from abovetheinfluence.com What is it? Marijuana has a chemical in it called tetrahydrocannabinol, better known as THC. A lot of other chemicals are found in marijuana, tooâ??about 400 of them, some of which are carcinogenic.42 Risks Pot affects a userâ??s judgment, motor coordination, and short-term memory. Weed can cause increased heart rate and make some users extremely anxious or paranoid. Smoking marijuana also causes some changes in the brain similar to those caused by long-term use of cocaine and heroin.43 Rating: 5

[TimidK]

I found somethin like this on the ad section of my AIM window lol.

[GrinS]

I fucking hate the commercials.

Like when the alien comes down and the guy smoking offers to the alien and hes like, "No TY" and its like , "Be ABOVE the INFLUENCE". Like what is that SUPPOST to mean? Aliens don't smoke weed, so neither should you? these commercials are rediculas and are for IDIOTS.

The other one I saw was that one with that girl and she walks in and her DOG, thats right HER DOG, starts talking to her, and its likem "Sarah, I dont like it when you smoke weed", "you just not the same anymore", Like what is that trying to say? IF YOU SMOKE weed you will suddenly learn and be able to speak to dogs, and some how humans know that dogs dislike weed. Its fucking redic and companys that spew garbage should REALLY be held accountable, NO ONE is ever held accountable these days.

I remember reading a time, when someone would say a outlandish statment and would get shunned for it, We NEED MORE SHUNNING, WHOS WITH ME?!?

[poseidon]

hhah, true that!

[CaptainDank]

Yeah, a lot of information on weed from the internet is just bullshit. When I was younger, my mom showed me a website describing the effects. they said stuff like

"Heavy Marijuana use can induce brief bouts of psychosis in new users"

"Drivers using Marijuana were 4 times more likely to get in an accident than sober drivers. Marijuana causes a decrease in attention span, sleepiness, loss of energy and loss of focus, which all adversely affect a user's ability to drive"

I had smoked for about 6 months by then, so i didn't let the bullshit get to me and Ive been tokin ever since :jointsmile:

[Ghengis Chron]

It's all bullshit, in the words of Ben Harper.

"Herb the gift, from the earth, and what's from the earth is of the greatest worth. So before you knock it, try it first, oh you'll it's a blessing and it's not a curse"

[Spellbound]

Ghengis love the pic by Caspar David Friedrich.

I think we should keep these silly ads and counteract them with pro-Marijuana messages like clips from documentaries where people in pain are helped by it. We need Michelle Rainey's Crohn's disease and this lady...oh my god...I watched a documentary of this lady, she had MS, was a widow with 4 young children. She could barely talk without this painful studder...she took 2 hits from a pipe and she could talk clearly...it was amazing and beautiful. I think we should make commercials advocating and put them next to the stupid dog one...

[Ghengis Chron]

Thanks, he's one of my favorite painters.

[Frickr]

you know i think personally, they are just digging themselves deeper and deeper holes with these outlandish statements they are making. pot doesnt make you lazy. the short term memory loss and decreased attention span is only when your stoned, and fades when you sober up. and most stoners will agree, that when they smoke, they can actually focus better on a boring task... all bullshit. i agree with spellbound, we should start making commercials advocating it. any body have any idea how much it costs to get a commercial on tv?

[Spellbound]

Last time I remember hearing about it...No. Lots of money. Millions. But the real issue would be finding someone who would let you put it on television. It's not like freedom of speech is really free. Someone owns it and profits.