Marijuana Myths & Facts

-contrary to popular belief, marijuan does not cause lung cancer. in fact, it doesn't cause any sort of disease.

-in order to suffer a minor heart attack from marijuana use, one must smoke 136 joints, in a period of 6 days. now, imagine eating 136 cheese burgers in a period of 6 days...

-it is impossible to become physically addicted to marijuana; it doesn't contain nicotine or any other addictive properties.

-only one person has died from marijuana use, and it was from choking on their own vomit.

-bruce lee was an avid marijuan smoker. before his death, he and his mistress smoked marijuana. however, doctors confirmed his death wasn't linked to marijuana at all. it was a man made pill which caused an allergic reaction in his brain.

-george washington cultivated marijuana. though he didn't smoke it, he praised it for it's durability & strength.

-early assassins were given marijuana for the most dangerous missions; there was no other way for them to do it, they were too afraid. this lead them to be called hashasshins

if you can't tell, i'm pro-legalization.

fun facts for the day:marujana

...Do you want us to discuss anything, or are you just stating this for the record? :P

All you posted was statements that you claim are facts. Weed is addicting and there is lots of evidence.

roulettethedog

First of all, I'm all for legalization. But two of your points are total bs. The smoke you inhale can and does affect your risk of lung cancer. It doesn't matter what leaf you smoke, smoke inhaled directly to lungs causes harm. Period. Secondly, while not an addictive drug, people do become dependent on it. The "Smoke weed err day" saying gets thrown around like a joke. Weed can kill motivation and will to help ones self. Again, legalize it, but please, as with anything, use in moderation.

Thanks for the info. I'm firmly against legalization of any drugs, including Marijuana. If it ever does manage to get legalized, I hope those who buy it are taxed into the ground. :D raven_squad

I didn't know marijuana was spelt marijuan :|

All you posted was statements that you claim are facts. Weed is addicting and there is lots of evidence.

roulettethedog

Also you may want to read this article on the possible links between marijuana and cancer http://lungcancer.about.com/od/causesoflungcance1/f/marijuana.htmBumFluff122

[QUOTE="roulettethedog"]

All you posted was statements that you claim are facts. Weed is addicting and there is lots of evidence.

LeGoofyGoober

How about you respond to my post buddy

LeGoofyGoober

First of all, I'm all for legalization. But two of your points are total bs. The smoke you inhale can and does affect your risk of lung cancer. It doesn't matter what leaf you smoke, smoke inhaled directly to lungs causes harm. Period. Secondly, while not an addictive drug, people do become dependent on it. The "Smoke weed err day" saying gets thrown around like a joke. Weed can kill motivation and will to help ones self. Again, legalize it, but please, as with anything, use in moderation.

fatzebra

When will people get it that weed has no side affects other than the fact you have to breathe in smoke and to fix that you can use a vaporizer.cs45F

[QUOTE="LeGoofyGoober"]BumFluff122

[QUOTE="fatzebra"]

First of all, I'm all for legalization. But two of your points are total bs. The smoke you inhale can and does affect your risk of lung cancer. It doesn't matter what leaf you smoke, smoke inhaled directly to lungs causes harm. Period. Secondly, while not an addictive drug, people do become dependent on it. The "Smoke weed err day" saying gets thrown around like a joke. Weed can kill motivation and will to help ones self. Again, legalize it, but please, as with anything, use in moderation.

LeGoofyGoober

[QUOTE="fatzebra"]

First of all, I'm all for legalization. But two of your points are total bs. The smoke you inhale can and does affect your risk of lung cancer. It doesn't matter what leaf you smoke, smoke inhaled directly to lungs causes harm. Period. Secondly, while not an addictive drug, people do become dependent on it. The "Smoke weed err day" saying gets thrown around like a joke. Weed can kill motivation and will to help ones self. Again, legalize it, but please, as with anything, use in moderation.

LeGoofyGoober

you can never have too much love :oops:

First of all, I'm all for legalization. But two of your points are total bs. The smoke you inhale can and does affect your risk of lung cancer. It doesn't matter what leaf you smoke, smoke inhaled directly to lungs causes harm. Period. Secondly, while not an addictive drug, people do become dependent on it. The "Smoke weed err day" saying gets thrown around like a joke. Weed can kill motivation and will to help ones self. Again, legalize it, but please, as with anything, use in moderation.

fatzebra

Most of the harm from it right now is due to lack of standarization. There are ways to get high from weed that are a lot less harmful than smoking a joint as well. Marijuana itself may not be addicted to it, the only reason people might become dependant on it are due to the chemicals released in the brain that cause pleasure (can't think of word right now). Anything that causes pleasure can make someone dependant on it, it just so happens that marijuana causes a lot more pleasure than most things.

[QUOTE="LeGoofyGoober"]

[QUOTE="fatzebra"]

First of all, I'm all for legalization. But two of your points are total bs. The smoke you inhale can and does affect your risk of lung cancer. It doesn't matter what leaf you smoke, smoke inhaled directly to lungs causes harm. Period. Secondly, while not an addictive drug, people do become dependent on it. The "Smoke weed err day" saying gets thrown around like a joke. Weed can kill motivation and will to help ones self. Again, legalize it, but please, as with anything, use in moderation.

BumFluff122

Marijuana is addictive and it can cause cancer.

[QUOTE="fatzebra"]

First of all, I'm all for legalization. But two of your points are total bs. The smoke you inhale can and does affect your risk of lung cancer. It doesn't matter what leaf you smoke, smoke inhaled directly to lungs causes harm. Period. Secondly, while not an addictive drug, people do become dependent on it. The "Smoke weed err day" saying gets thrown around like a joke. Weed can kill motivation and will to help ones self. Again, legalize it, but please, as with anything, use in moderation.

LeGoofyGoober

Okay, it causes harm and should be use din moderation. Two sides of the fence have established this. Now I did this to make a point. Let me reiterate. IT CAN CAUSE HARM, and should be used in MODERATION. Does anyone, on either side, disagree with that? If not, then it should be totally legal, no questions asked.

[QUOTE="LeGoofyGoober"]

[QUOTE="fatzebra"]

First of all, I'm all for legalization. But two of your points are total bs. The smoke you inhale can and does affect your risk of lung cancer. It doesn't matter what leaf you smoke, smoke inhaled directly to lungs causes harm. Period. Secondly, while not an addictive drug, people do become dependent on it. The "Smoke weed err day" saying gets thrown around like a joke. Weed can kill motivation and will to help ones self. Again, legalize it, but please, as with anything, use in moderation.

fatzebra

Okay, it causes harm and should be use din moderation. Two sides of the fence have established this. Now I did this to make a point. Let me reiterate. IT CAN CAUSE HARM, and should be used in MODERATION. Does anyone, on either side, disagree with that? If not, then it should be totally legal, no questions asked.

...Do you want us to discuss anything, or are you just stating this for the record? :P

GabuEx

[QUOTE="fatzebra"]

[QUOTE="LeGoofyGoober"]

i never once said it was harmless, "buddy". obviously it carries harm, but not to the extant that the government and your parents will make you believe. lastly, i am aware it kills moderation if abused. but then again, too much of anything is a bad thing. that saying is universal with everything.LeGoofyGoober

Okay, it causes harm and should be use din moderation. Two sides of the fence have established this. Now I did this to make a point. Let me reiterate. IT CAN CAUSE HARM, and should be used in MODERATION. Does anyone, on either side, disagree with that? If not, then it should be totally legal, no questions asked.

No it's fine, I'm on your side. My point is, EVERYTHING has risks of some sort. Some worse than others. But damn it if you can smoke a cigarette, why not this? That's my point.

Marijuana is addictive and it can cause cancer.

SuperVegeta518

but like i said, the article states it is a very, very small risk. even so, it's only a theory. not the word "probably" not "will" in the article.LeGoofyGoober

Mental illnesspossibly is linked to marijuana...

At least, in Australia research has been done linking marjiuana use to bipolar disorder/manias.

I don'thave the link, but watched an hour long documentary about it...it had a lot of doctors and mental health practitionersopining...

Mental illnesspossibly is linked to marijuana...

At least, in Australia research has been done linking marjiuana use to bipolar disorder/manias.

I don'thave the link, but watched an hour long documentary about it...it had a lot of doctors and mental health practitionersopining...

Stowik

[QUOTE="SuperVegeta518"]

Marijuana is addictive and it can cause cancer.

_en1gma_

[QUOTE="Stowik"]

Mental illnesspossibly is linked to marijuana...

At least, in Australia research has been done linking marjiuana use to bipolar disorder/manias.

I don'thave the link, but watched an hour long documentary about it...it had a lot of doctors and mental health practitionersopining...

fatzebra

[QUOTE="fatzebra"][QUOTE="Stowik"]

Mental illnesspossibly is linked to marijuana...

At least, in Australia research has been done linking marjiuana use to bipolar disorder/manias.

I don'thave the link, but watched an hour long documentary about it...it had a lot of doctors and mental health practitionersopining...

Shhadow_Viper

The documentary was made in Australia and for all I know marijuana is legal there.

The only thing I know about marijuana use is that MORE THAN 25 of my friends who smoked weed ended up washing cars for living while the rest of us went to college and got jobs.

I'm 30 years old, so maybe I'm too young to know everything, but in my experience the ONLY responsible people I know who smoked weed quit at some point because it was incompatible with adulthood...at least, working, raising a family, keeping a job, etc.

By the way, it's illegal...

I don't care if you want to smoke pot and feel that people who work their butts off to go to medical school and practice medicine and obey the laware up late at night worrying about some losers tuning out from reality and stealing market share...it just doesn't sound reasonable to me.

[QUOTE="LeGoofyGoober"]but like i said, the article states it is a very, very small risk. even so, it's only a theory. not the word "probably" not "will" in the article.BumFluff122

I smoked pot for 11 years, multiple times a day, from hash to skunk to hydro laced with horse tranq. It was very difficult to give up, harder than cigarettes, harder than xanax. It is very muchly addictive :(

I also got acute anxiety disorder and heart palpitations from it. Anyway if they legalise it, the cigarette companys will pump them full of chemicals like they do with there tobacco and you'll be back to getting cancer.

If you smoke it my advice is have it in moderation and avoid hydroponics.

kate_jones

Right. So why can't we all acknowledge weed carries risks but so does everything else we indulge in (e.g. cigs) so therefore should be legal. Okay, any opposers to that statement?fatzebra

[QUOTE="fatzebra"]Right. So why can't we all acknowledge weed carries risks but so does everything else we indulge in (e.g. cigs) so therefore should be legal. Okay, any opposers to that statement?fatzebra

[QUOTE="LeGoofyGoober"]but like i said, the article states it is a very, very small risk. even so, it's only a theory. not the word "probably" not "will" in the article.BumFluff122

too a degree

there are 3 or for chemicals in marijuana that are potentionally cancurous, there are over 70 in cigarettes.

Right. So why can't we all acknowledge weed carries risks but so does everything else we indulge in (e.g. cigs) so therefore should be legal. Okay, any opposers to that statement?fatzebra

Sure why not, some good would come of it, like not having to go to some dodgy drug dealers.

actually no. the article never said it "does." you're just saying it does so you sound more legit. tell me, how many people have contracted lung cancer in the U.S. due to marijuana, in the past century? none. i think thats all the proof you need.LeGoofyGoober

I still don't understand how marijuana is illegal while mcdonalds is still legal. One has to give. Every bad side effect of weed is 10 times worse with mcdonalds.

Numerous studies have shown marijuana smoke to contain carcinogens and to be an irritant to the lungs. In fact, marijuana smoke contains 50-70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than does tobacco smoke. Marijuana users usually inhale more deeply and hold their breath longer than tobacco smokers do, which further increase the lungs' exposure to carcinogenic smoke. Marijuana smokers show dysregulated growth of epithelial cells in their lung tissue, which could lead to cancer;8 however, a recent case-controlled study found no positive associations between marijuana use and lung, upper respiratory, or upper digestive tract cancers.9 Thus, the link between marijuana smoking and these cancers remains unsubstantiated at this time.

http://www.nida.nih.gov/infofacts/marijuana.html

Ok, so marijuana contains more cancer causing properties than tobacco but AS OF YET the link has not been PROVEN.

If as many people smoked marijuana as smoked cigarettes, then I think we might substantiate that link.

Oh, wait, CIGARETTE SMOKING WAS GOOD FOR YOU UNTIL AROUND THE 1960's...remember?

Just because a study has not substantiated something yet does not mean that common sense is not applicable.

wtf? you laced it with horse tranquilizer. that was your problem.

LeGoofyGoober

No it came that way, found out afterwards, only had that once through no intention of my own.