[QUOTE="swatsickle"]Marijuana turns people into trash. They become addicts who need to light up and they get cranky when they can't smoke their weed. It provides a euphoric feeling, yes, but it also makes you stupid. It kills your brain cells, you make a fool of yourself, and one of the worst side effects, you rapidly gain weight. I was stoned once, and the euphoria was there, but to me it was not worth it because I like to be in control of myself, not put my faith in some burning plant. The drug made me stupid, very funny, very cute I suppose, but lowered my mental speed and just turned me into a burnout 45-minute junky. I walked to a convenience store soon after that and bought and ate 6 rolls, like donut-type rolls, and I also ate a large bowl of oatmeal and raisins, and I also ate a can of pineapple because I was very hungry. The 'high' subsided and my gut ached from thee copious amount of food inside of it. I ached from all the food I had eaten when before I had been 'so darn hungry.' To make a long story short, I realized that this drug wasn't me. I didn't want to become a loser, a loadie, or a fat kid. I wanted control of my own brain back and I didn't want to fork it over to some 'hunk of mistletoe.' No, this drug is destructive, it destroys a person's mind, it destroys their body, and also importantly, it destroys their ego. I cannot support the legalization of such a thing that knowingly causes so much damage.BobaFett118
Haha this is hilarious. Addicting? Hardly, it is not physically addicting (your body doesnt go through withdraws without it), but it can be mentally addicting like pretty much anything. Destroys brain cells? no. Gain weight? Not really, unless you really cannot control what you eat. You do not completely lose control of yourself, i think what you are describing here is alcohol, which is way more harmful of a drug than weed, yet is legal.
Sorry, but my friends experiences differ from yours. When my brother tried to give up weed he experienced panic attacks, heart palputations, vivid nightmares and severe paranoia and my other friends all experienced one of the above as well. Also, my brother's short-term memory is very bad now so that's proof that weed can damage the brain (he smoked it for 5 years).
In 2007 my housemate developed schitzophrenia because he smoked weed too much. He thought he was God and the Devil in the same person and that Jimi Hendrix was his spirit guide. I found him standing on the street giving all his money to strangers and eventually had to section him because he was threatening to kill himself. Hebroke out and came back aday or so later asking everyonehe knew if they could get him some weed and said they shouldn't like to him because he had 'powers'. He also called me his Judas.
Despite all of this I'm actually for legalizing it. It would mean the stuff would come from purer sources, making it a lot safer for general use. But please, don't say weed doesn't damage people because it can. Just like any other drug.
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