Why Is Marijuana A Big Deal?

pixie_proof

I actively (as much as I am able) work for the legalisation of medicinal marijuna. It is an excellent drug for many many things. I am, due to internal problems, unable to take any standard pain killers. allergic to codeine, morphine etc ... so herbal remedies are my only altentive.

I also work with the education of younger people on the MisUse of marijuana. Younger people (especially pubescent) have many natural chemicals being produced by their brains. They need to give their mind/body its uninfluenced time to adjust to these new chemicals and other changes that occur in our bodies. I try to encourage them to use Very moderately, not when they have school the next day etc .... just like caffeine & nicotine it is still a drug.

As a drug it should not be used for escapism. That will not help you cope in the long run because you do not learn any life lessons which are so necessary to live successfully.

It is a great medicine, one side is the ability to relax (thus the muscle pain reducing effects). It also stimulates the production of dopemine (thus also being called dope). Used wisely and responsibly this is a fantastic medicine.

cannabis is still a drug and thus if taken in conjuntion with other chemicals it can cause unknown effects.... but don't blame marijuana for this behaviour because if taken on its own this behaviour would not have occured. Their is of course a very small number of people who do become very agitated if they take marijuana. Plus others such as those who suffer schzophrenia.

Mardi Grass, nimbin aust - 5/6th may 2007
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az_showers

the government has no way to control it because you can grow it in your closet. if they can't get a piece of that profit, they don't want anyone else to!

*<dEzI>*

good question...it doesn't make much sense

justagirl33552

Can't patent it can't sell it can't control its profits?

Anti-Socialist

The only reason it's a crime is because liberals love to smoke it. Personally I think pot is a heck of lot safer than alcohol but trying to use logic with conservatives who make the pot laws is impossible.

hah

concervative neo-con here,,,,,,,,think it should be legal....100 %...if we live in a society that supports alcohol and butts......bring o the pot......grow up america...it is time.

IcK

Government officials and churches are making money off of it, which they would lose if it were legalized. Oh, and don't forgot the snakeoil salesmen from the Pharmacuetical companies and their owners.

Mythos

Why is the "land of the free" the only country where its illegal?

leslie

Honestly, yes. Only because we shouldn't put anything in our bodies that deludes our true conception of reality. Gosh, I wish I had the true answer of how to quell the human anxiety of reality which is so painful at times, but I don't. I do know, from experience, that mind altering drugs: alcohol, marijuana, whatever, doesn't make anything better. Peace and love to you.

I copied this from another one of my posts:
I am against making it legal, in public.
In private, it seems harmless enough, and is even a nice medicinal remedy, so sure, legalize it there.

I don't want to be walking down the street getting contact highs because people are smoking. Nor would I want a surgeon to get high, even a little, before work because he had to walk through people smoking. Either you have them wait to get off it, or you deal with a surgeon who is high. Nor would I want elementary school kids to get contact highs because the local teens that live next door to the playground decide they want to give the kiddies a contact high. Nor do I want to deal with the people who are high, as they become very dumb.

But that's the thing. People will then start fighting over what is public and what is private property. It's easier to ban it all out then have to deal with the trials that would occur. 'I was smoking on my lawn, that is my property.' 'Your smoke was drifting out of your property, forcing people to get high.'

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Sure, you can say the same about cigarettes, but there are laws springing up making smoking in public illegal, or more difficult to do. It also became a symbol of the culture when it came into more popular use, so it's more difficult to target. With alcohol, you have to drink it or physically force someone to get drunk. Same with any other non-smoking drug.

Leah

You are absolutely right and the fact that the government is still wasting tax dollars on anit-marijuana propaganda (a.k.a. the Above the Influence campaign) is a complete joke. And not only is weed less harmful than almost every other drug, it's damn useful, not only medicinally. Hemp can be used to make paper, textiles, plastics, clothes...the list goes on. And get this: Marijuana is my states THIRD largest producing cash crop, and that's only for it's illegal consumption!

macruadhi

Because it was perceived as being an awful violence causing drug, and now everyone thinks it causes horrible damage. But I think it's no worse than tobacco, but I personally don't like it.

rocswife

i don't know right this minute but let me finish smokin this blunt and i will get back at cha.

= )

Well it may be a 'natural pain-killer' that still doesn't make it ok just to smoke for fun. The only time that people should even consider using it is when a doctor prescribes it, and even then it's not good for your body. Also people may see that marijuana isn't addictive (so you claim) then they might think that other drugs aren't bad either, and they could get into some serious addictions. So my advice don't even try it.

Rider (12NI)

Dude only one honest way I can answer this it's against the law because they say it is.........and yeah I know ...you're preachin' to the choir brother..

Lou A

my guess is that the govt. doesnt know how to put a tax on it.

stoner745

If you want to know about marijuana,go to norml.org.,you will get all the truth like there is no such thing as a contact high,not unless you go in a closet and smoke alot for a long time with someone who not smoking!Its decriminalized in a lot of states!

I AM=iam

because many single parents are addicted to it and money earmarked for there children go towards drugs and alcohol.
i used the excuse that i was going through nausea cause of the chemotheropy i had to go through but thats just an excuse drugs are bad for children and no excuse can make up for that. And many children with pot smoking parents become addicts themselves so i deeply regret smoking for about 10 years but have been clean for over 3 months now.

Kenny Ray

You.

Kathy23

if used for wrong purposes. the drug takes over a month to detox from. ur high for a month or more.

Treyza T

Actually you make very good points. But, I guess it's the fact that under the influence, some people tend to go all out. When, I say that I mean that, they just run amok in the streets, without absolute control of themselves.

I am Ringo Starr

IDK...theres no real good reason y it is illegal. Alcohol is way more deadly. i wonder the same thing about Acid as well...I mean its about impossible to overdose, its non-addictive, and dosnt really have any negative long term effects. Plus it can give people a life changing experience such as a spirtual awakening. I thought the universe was meaningless until i met psycheldeics. I think all 'soft drugs' like grass, shrooms, mescaline, and stuff should be legal.

cork

DOPE DOPEY.

Well its kinda like anything else thats ILLEGAL its againist the LAW!!!!

Lola H

Do you think it is not a big deal? It is your opinion and really it is a problem because it can kill you.

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