Marijuana Is Deadly: The Real Truth.

by Staff October 6, 2015 19 Comments Health News Opinion Weekly Columns

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(ThyBlackMan.com) First of all, if you are a marijuana/pot head, I expect you to resist the facts and make excuses. Most people who want to continue to smoke weed do not want to acknowledge the truth. I also expect you to try and contradict the facts with data you have never checked independently of where you found it. Therefore I will present those facts that are verifiable, well known knowledge and clearly understood by every person who addresses this issue with a pure heart and not a hidden agenda to get high.

This article is only in reference to recreational marijuana, not medical marijuana. With these things in mind, here are the reasons (facts) why marijuana must be made illegal. Just remember this is a partial list of reasons and common sense should tell all of us that the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. If you have been told otherwise, you have been deceived. And because so many people seem to smoke marijuana, others believe it is ok. But that’s just not true. Marijuana Addiction is a real thing, and one should seek help if dependent on such a drug.

HEAR WHAT THE DOCTORS SAY ABOUT MARIJUANA USE

http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/marijuana-use-and-its-effects

The THC in marijuana is addictive and the medical industry knows it. Ask any doctor you like and see what he/she says. The mental health industry also knows it too. http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana/marijuana-addictive

Legalizing marijuana will create a new rehab industry and the medical industry knows that too. The government knows that as well and they have all the research and test cases on either side of the coin, not just part of it.

Marijuana, unlike cigarettes, is a mind-altering drug. This is what the governments says – the same government that is trying to legalize marijuana and deceive you into thinking it is harmless. And even if you don’t experience all of the reactions or affects below, that does not mean you are ok. As for cigarettes, remember everybody was smoking them and ignoring the warnings of the Surgeon General for decades. But now the research is irrefutable and the victims and the devastation are obvious. http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/marijuana

Marijuana over-activates part of the brain.

Marijuana alters the mind in the following ways:

altered senses (for ex. seeing bright colors)
altered sense of time
changes in mood
impaired body movement
difficulty with thinking and problem solving
impaired memory
reduced thinking and learning functions
long-term use has been linked to mental illness (paranoia, hallucinations, schizophrenia)
depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts among teens

Marijuana affects your physical health.

1. breathing problems from prolonged use or exposure

2. increased heart rate (for hours)

3. thus may increase chances of heart attacks

4. problems with pregnancy – increased risk of behavioral and brain problems in babies

Marijuana does not solve problems. Many people who smoke marijuana are trying to escape life, stress or depression. But marijuana is not a solution. When the high is over, the marijuana user has less money, no high and problems that return because they never really went anywhere.

Click here to get a Free Booklet On Marijuana

http://www.drugfreeworld.org/request-info/truth-about-drugs-booklet.html?bk=marijuana

Legalizing marijuana will not decrease the prison or jail population like you think it will. First of all, criminals are not sent to prison for using marijuana. Secondly, those in jail for using marijuana do not stay locked up very long because they are released and/or placed on probation to make room for other inmates with more severe crimes. The idea that marijuana users are filling up our jails and staying there to soak up tax payer dollars is an exaggeration at best and a lie at worse.

Street Weed is often laced with several poison chemicals. These chemicals include rat poison and embalming fluid, to name a few. If you do not believe this, do your research into what is found in street weed. The toxic chemicals enhance the high, prolong the high and allow the dealers to stretch the supply. Did you really think street weed drug dealers were offering pure marijuana? Ask a police officer about that then wake up. A good test to see if the “weed” is laced is to look at what you paid for it.

Marijuana usage devastates the life of our teens. It interferes with concentration, thus education.

https://www.teentreatmentcenter.com/teen-marijuana-addiction-lp/?mm_campaign=C693F42DCEF2276012C6D6B2D6B2E02C&keyword=%2Bteen%20marijuana%20statistics&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=Teen44&ad_type=b&creative=81782850320&position=1t1&gclid=CLCpndaHrcgCFQ4paQodwkgIPA

Marijuana is therefore not harmless. How would you like to have an operation while the surgeon is high on marijuana? How would you like to encounter a police officer on duty while he is high on marijuana? What about an ambulance driver taking your mother to the hospital while he is under the influence of marijuana? Driving while impaired by marijuana actually doubles the risk of a car crash. http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/at-the-edge/2014/10/07/is-marijuana-harmful

If marijuana is legalized, there is no industry that can regulate it’s purity at the time of sell. Which industry is stepping up to regulate “quality marijuana”? Then how would you know if you are getting pure marijuana or not when you visit an “authorized dealer”?

Marijuana increases violence. You may say it doesn’t and many others will agree. But that is because they are not asking the right questions on purpose. Ask those incarcerated people who recently committed a crime if they had smoked marijuana recently. There is your link. Ask them where they got it. Off the street. Most did not grow it in their backyards or greenhouses. Thus the street weed laced with hundreds of other chemicals and poisons causes some very strange, bold and deadly behaviors.

Marijuana is not a victimless crime. The user is the victim. If we legalize marijuana, we might as well legalize prostitution. The family of the user is the victim. The teachers in school are the victims. Society is the victim. Some honest states, courts and congressmen and women realize this.

The legalization of marijuana will not stop black market weed dealers. Marijuana smoking has been compared to alcohol during the Prohibition. But that was a totally different time, this is a completely different generation and comparing apples and oranges is a deception. At some point the weed store will close for the night. And unless “legal marijuana distributors” give the public as much as they want, whenever they want, at whatever age they want and for the price they want, there will be a black market of drug dealers who will do just that and fill that void. Street drug dealers will simply open up after the marijuana store closes.

Marijuana is a gateway drug that requires greater and greater usage then other drugs. Even if you could show statistics on pure marijuana usage to disprove part of this point, the claim I just made would still be true of street weed and you cannot guarantee it’s purity. Nor is it likely to be pure. Your local street drug dealer knows this. Research also shows many people who later used harder and more deadly drugs first started with marijuana. If you smoke marijuana all the time, soon it will be harder to reach the same high. You will then have to smoke more and some people move to something harder and stronger.

Links and Resource Information

http://www.healthline.com/health/addiction/marijuana/effects-on-body

http://www.truemediafoundation.org/marijuana-and-the-teen-brain/?gclid=CIeujo2JrcgCFRc9gQodk-QA-g

http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana/marijuana-addictive

http://www.newportacademy.com/marijuana-rehab/teen-marijuana-statistics/

http://parentingteens.about.com/od/marijuana/a/Marijuana-Use-By-Teens-Statistics.htm

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/at-the-edge/2014/10/07/is-marijuana-harmful

This article is only a tiny portion of the research that tells the truth. And for those of you who want to offer information to contradict these findings, I can offer 10 reputable sources for every one you share. Check with your doctor. Check with your local police officer. Check with the CDC. But wake up!

Staff Writer; Marque-Anthony

19 Comments

Deep Dish says:

October 9, 2015 at 11:02 am

You missed the part where I said it’s relative harmless “in relative comparison to other substances, like alcohol.” It’s not to say it’s totally harmless but it’s safer than alcohol.

And marijuana does not fit the definition of addiction:

“’9 Percent of Those Who Use Cannabis Become Dependent’ Is Based on Drug War Diagnostics and Bad Science”

“…The problem is that these criteria are chock-full of bias that ignore the reality of non-problematic or beneficial cannabis use. In the early ’90s in the U.S., all cannabis use was seen as illegal, even for medicinal purposes. Cannabis use could be causing problems for a subject more because of its illegality than anything else, and this is not accounted for in the measuring tool.”

(Source: Huffington Post)

The Office of National Drug Control Policy is required by federal law to lie.

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Marque Anthony says:

October 8, 2015 at 4:13 pm

TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE ZOMBIES STILL IN DENIAL,
Have you even read the info I posted or did you just jump up and disagree because you want to smoke weed? You are the ones buying into the propaganda lie that is in place to get you hooked. Not one of you can dispute that THC is addictive etc.

There is much more data and I have a 41 page report completed by the RAND Corporation (I suggest you find out who they are) which examines the links between marijuana and violence.

THE TRUTH IS BEING HIDDEN SO YOU WILL GET HOOKED AND FIGHT TO STAY HOOKED.

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Marque Anthony says:

October 8, 2015 at 4:09 pm

How Does Marijuana Affect the Brain?

Scientists have learned a great deal about how THC acts in the brain to produce its many effects. When someone smokes marijuana, THC rapidly passes from the lungs into the bloodstream, which carries the chemical to the brain and other organs throughout the body.

THC acts upon specific sites in the brain, called cannabinoid receptors, kicking off a series of cellular reactions that ultimately lead to the “high” that users experience when they smoke marijuana. Some brain areas have many cannabinoid receptors; others have few or none. The highest density of cannabinoid receptors are found in parts of the brain that influence pleasure, memory, thinking, concentrating, sensory and time perception, and coordinated movement.1
Not surprisingly, marijuana intoxication can cause distorted perceptions, impaired coordination, difficulty with thinking and problem solving, and problems with learning and memory. Research has shown that, in chronic users, marijuana’s adverse impact on learning and memory can last for days or weeks after the acute effects of the drug wear off.2 As a result, someone who smokes marijuana every day may be functioning at a suboptimal intellectual level all of the time.

Research into the effects of long-term cannabis use on the structure of the brain has yielded inconsistent results. It may be that the effects are too subtle for reliable detection by current techniques. A similar challenge arises in studies of the effects of chronic marijuana use on brain function. Brain imaging studies in chronic users tend to show some consistent alterations, but their connection to impaired cognitive functioning is far from clear. This uncertainty may stem from confounding factors such as other drug use, residual drug effects, or withdrawal symptoms in long-term chronic users.

Addictive Potential
Long-term marijuana abuse can lead to addiction; that is, compulsive drug seeking and abuse despite the known harmful effects upon functioning in the context of family, school, work, and recreational activities. Estimates from research suggest that about 9 percent of users become addicted to marijuana; this number increases among those who start young (to about 17 percent) and among daily users (25-50 percent).

Long-term marijuana abusers trying to quit report withdrawal symptoms including: irritability, sleeplessness, decreased appetite, anxiety, and drug craving, all of which can make it difficult to remain abstinent. These symptoms begin within about 1 day following abstinence, peak at 2-3 days, and subside within 1 or 2 weeks following drug cessation.3
Marijuana and Mental Health

A number of studies have shown an association between chronic marijuana use and increased rates of anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia. Some of these studies have shown age at first use to be an important risk factor, where early use is a marker of increased vulnerability to later problems. However, at this time, it is not clear whether marijuana use causes mental problems, exacerbates them, or reflects an attempt to self-medicate symptoms already in existence.

Chronic marijuana use, especially in a very young person, may also be a marker of risk for mental illnesses – including addiction – stemming from genetic or environmental vulnerabilities, such as early exposure to stress or violence. Currently, the strongest evidence links marijuana use and schizophrenia and/or related disorders.4 High doses of marijuana can produce an acute psychotic reaction; in addition, use of the drug may trigger the onset or relapse of schizophrenia in vulnerable individuals.

What Other Adverse Effect Does Marijuana Have on Health?

Effects on the Heart
Marijuana increases heart rate by 20-100 percent shortly after smoking; this effect can last up to 3 hours. In one study, it was estimated that marijuana users have a 4.8-fold increase in the risk of heart attack in the first hour after smoking the drug.5This may be due to increased heart rate as well as the effects of marijuana on heart rhythms, causing palpitations and arrhythmias. This risk may be greater in aging populations or in those with cardiac vulnerabilities.
Effects on the Lungs

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 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;6 however, a recent case-controlled study found no positive associations between marijuana use and lung, upper respiratory, or upper digestive tract cancers.7 Thus, the link between marijuana smoking and these cancers remains unsubstantiated at this time.

Nonetheless, marijuana smokers can have many of the same respiratory problems as tobacco smokers, such as daily cough and phlegm production, more frequent acute chest illness, and a heightened risk of lung infections. A study of 450 individuals found that people who smoke marijuana frequently but do not smoke tobacco have more health problems and miss more days of work than nonsmokers.8Many of the extra sick days among the marijuana smokers in the study were for respiratory illnesses.

Effects on Daily Life
Research clearly demonstrates that marijuana has the potential to cause problems in daily life or make a person’s existing problems worse. In one study, heavy marijuana abusers reported that the drug impaired several important measures of life achievement, including physical and mental health, cognitive abilities, social life, and career status.9 Several studies associate workers’ marijuana smoking with increased absences, tardiness, accidents, workers’ compensation claims, and job turnover.

What Treatment Options Exist?
Behavioral interventions, including cognitive-behavioral therapy and motivational incentives (i.e., providing vouchers for goods or services to patients who remain abstinent) have shown efficacy in treating marijuana dependence. Although no medications are currently available, recent discoveries about the workings of the cannabinoid system offer promise for the development of medications to ease withdrawal, block the intoxicating effects of marijuana, and prevent relapse.

The latest treatment data indicate that in 2008 marijuana accounted for 17 percent of admissions (322,000) to treatment facilities in the United States, second only to opiates among illicit substances. Marijuana admissions were primarily male (74 percent), White (49 percent), and young (30 percent were in the 12-17 age range). Those in treatment for primary marijuana abuse had begun use at an early age: 56 percent by age 14.**

How Widespread is Marijuana Abuse?
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)***
According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, in 2009, 16.7 million Americans aged 12 or older used marijuana at least once in the month prior to being surveyed, an increase over the rates reported in all years between 2002 and 2008. There was also a significant increase among youth aged 12-17, with current use up from 6.7 percent in 2008 to 7.3 percent in 2009, although this rate is lower than what was reported in 2002 (8.2 percent). Past-month use also increased among those 18-25, from 16.5 percent in 2008 to 18.1 percent in 2009.
Monitoring the Future Survey****
Results from the 2009 Monitoring the Future survey show, as in the past few years, a stall in the decline of marijuana use that began in the late 1990s among our Nation’s youth. In 2009, 11.8 percent of 8th-graders, 26.7 percent of 10th-graders, and 32.8 percent of 12th-graders reported past-year use. In addition, perceived risk of marijuana use declined among 8th- and 10th-graders, and disapproval of marijuana use declined among 10th-graders. This is a concern because changes in attitudes and beliefs often drive changes in drug use.
Recent Trends
Marijuana Use by Students – 2009 Monitoring the Future Survey
Use 8th Grade 10th Grade 12th Grade
Lifetime 15.7% 32.3% 42.0%
Past Year 11.8 26.7 32.8
Past Month 6.5 15.9 20.6
Daily 1.0 2.8 5.2
Past Trends
Percentage of 8th-Graders Who Have Used Marijuana, 1995-2001:
Use 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Lifetime 19.9% 23.1% 22.6% 22.2% 22.0% 20.3% 20.4%
Past Year 15.8 18.3 17.7 16.9 16.5 15.6 15.4
Past Month 9.1 11.3 10.2 9.7 9.7 9.1 9.2
Daily 0.8 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.3
Percentage of 8th-Graders Who Have Used Marijuana, 2002-2008:
Use 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Lifetime 19.2% 17.5% 16.3% 16.5% 15.7% 14.2% 14.6%
Past Year 14.6 12.8 11.8 12.2 11.7 10.3 10.9
Past Month 8.3 7.5 6.4 6.6 6.5 5.7 5.8
Daily 1.2 1.0 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9
Percentage of 10th-Graders Who Have Used Marijuana, 1995-2001:
Use 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Lifetime 34.1% 39.8% 42.3% 39.6% 40.9% 40.3% 40.1%
Past Year 28.7 33.6 34.8 31.1 32.1 32.2 32.7
Past Month 17.2 20.4 20.5 18.7 19.4 19.7 19.8
Daily 2.8 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.8 4.5
Percentage of 10th-Graders Who Have Used Marijuana, 2002-2008:
Use 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Lifetime 38.7% 36.4% 35.1% 34.1% 31.8% 31.0% 29.9%
Past Year 30.3 28.2 27.5 26.6 25.2 24.6 23.9
Past Month 17.8 17.0 15.9 15.2 14.2 14.2 13.8
Daily 3.9 3.6 3.2 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.7
Percentage of 12th-Graders Who Have Used Marijuana, 1995-2001:
Use 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Lifetime 41.7% 44.9% 49.6% 49.1% 49.7% 48.8% 49.0%
Past Year 34.7 35.8 38.5 37.5 37.8 36.5 37.0
Past month 21.2 21.9 23.7 22.8 23.1 21.6 22.4
Daily 4.6 4.9 5.8 5.6 6.0 6.0 5.8
Percentage of 12th-Graders Who Have Used Marijuana, 2002-2008:
Use 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Lifetime 47.8% 46.1% 45.7% 44.8% 42.3% 41.8% 42.6%
Past Year 36.2 34.9 34.3 33.6 31.5 31.7 32.4
Past Month 21.5 21.2 19.9 19.8 18.3 18.8 19.4
Daily 6.0 6.0 5.6 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.4
“Lifetime” refers to use at least once during a respondent’s lifetime. “Past year” refers to use at least once during the year preceding an individual’s response to the survey. “Past month” refers to use at least once during the 30 days preceding an individual’s response to the survey.
Other Information Sources
For additional information on marijuana, please visit our Marijuana information page.
Data Sources
** These data are from the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) Highlights – 2007: These data are from the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) Highlights-2007: National Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment Services (Office of Applied Studies, DASIS Series: S-45, DHHS Publication No. SMA 09-4360, Rockville, MD, 2008), funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The latest data are available at 800-729-6686 or on line at http://www.samhsa.gov.
*** NSDUH (formerly known as the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse) is an annual survey of Americans aged 12 and older conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services. This survey is available on line at http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh.htm.
**** These data are from the 2009 Monitoring the Future survey, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, and conducted annually by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. The survey has tracked 12th-graders’ illicit drug use and related attitudes since 1975; in 1991, 8th- and 10th-graders were added to the study.
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2 Pope HG, Gruber AJ, Hudson JI, Huestis MA, Yurgelun-Todd D. Neuropsychological performance in long-term cannabis users. Arch Gen Psychiatry 58(10):909–915, 2001.
3Budney AJ, Vandrey RG, Hughes JR, Thostenson JD, Bursac Z. Comparison of cannabis and tobacco withdrawal: Severity and contribution to relapse. J Subst Abuse Treat, e-publication ahead of print, March 12, 2008.
4 Moore TH, Zammit S, Lingford-Hughes A, et al. Cannabis use and risk of psychotic or affective mental health outcomes: A systematic review. Lancet 370 (9584):319–328, 2007.
5Mittleman MA, Lewis RA, Maclure M, Sherwood JB, Muller JE. Triggering myocardial infarction by marijuana. Circulation 103(23):2805–2809, 2001.
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Marque Anthony says:

October 8, 2015 at 4:04 pm

The impact on children caused both authors’ concern. White said states that have legalized the drug experience a much higher rate of usage: “9.4 percent of children have used marijuana in states that have legalized medical marijuana, whereas the average in non-medical marijuana states is at 6.7 percent.”

Citing findings from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s 2013 National Survey of Drug Use and Health, White said the numbers are even more stark in Colorado. There, 10.2 percent of 12-17-year-olds have used the drug.

“In the 18-25 range, which are critical years for brain development, nationally, 18.78 percent of the age group have used in the past month, while in Colorado it stands at 27.26 percent,” White added.

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Marque Anthony says:

October 8, 2015 at 4:03 pm

Speaking at a Heritage Foundation event Monday, former drug czar William J. Bennett and federal prosecutor Robert A. White outlined the evidence in their new book, “Going to Pot: Why the Rush to Legalize Marijuana Is Harming America.”

“Almost all evidence is on our side, the side of science and fact,” said Bennett, former director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under President George H.W. Bush. “The legalization advocates are winning the debate,” added White, a former assistant U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey. “They are organized and well-funded. And they are winning because the public is not informed of the harms of marijuana.”

White said misinformation was part of the problem. He pointed to the fact marijuana is stronger today than in the 1970s. “Tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive drug in marijuana, has risen from 5 percent to an average of 13 percent as a part of marijuana.

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Marque Anthony says:

October 8, 2015 at 3:59 pm

It is so obvious that you people who want to smoke weed regardless of the cost are rationalizing because you hope I am wrong. Yet you have not knocked out all the facts I mentioned and the references I cited. I am in Atlanta where the CDC is and I have spoken with several people there who agree with what I stated. But unlike you zombies, they know what is really going on yet cannot say it to the public in most cases.

YOU ARE BEIG DECEIVED JUST LIKE PEOPLE WWERE DECEIVED ABOUT CIGARETTES! The sciencenordic info has been discredited on so many levels by hundreds of drug and controlled substance experts. Nice try.

John just because there are more deaths from other things, that is a weak argument to say Weed deaths are ok or not that bad. That is not true, especially if those deaths are people close to you or even yourself. There are not many plane crashes but would you want to be in one that is going to crash? No.

To Deep Dish, you are not telling the truth. All the info I cited says you are wrong and I have a ton more. Wow you just want to ignore it and buy into the deceptive propaganda that weed is harmless? Are you that much of a zombie? So all the sources I cited including the government and the medical industry are all wrong? Not so. Wake up. Are you addicted?

Gusto stop lying to these people by citing bogus studies that do not contradict real ones. And NONE of YOU address street weed which is laced with rat poison and embalming fluid. Do you find this harmless? Then you are very lost.

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gusto11 says:

October 7, 2015 at 10:34 pm

@Diego
These scientist can…marijuana is scientifically proven to be safer than alcohol and tobacco
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/07/31/opinion/what-science-says-about-marijuana.html?referer=&_r=0

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diego meyreles says:

October 7, 2015 at 8:20 pm

obviousely all who has commented against the article are scientists with a PhD since most research is being done at universities by people whom do have a PhD and all you know much more then them.
what i find amazing is that all you people can say is “it’s a lie” but you cannot present one single scientific research paper confirming it’s a lie.
you all just sound exactly as any other pot head would….brainless

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Matthew says:

October 7, 2015 at 10:46 am

This is such propaganda

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Freedom Fighter says:

October 6, 2015 at 9:14 pm

What a crock of reefer madness nonsense!
Cannabis is not harmless, but by comparison to alcohol, tobacco and pharmaceutical drugs, serial killers which cause the death of over 650,000 Americans every year, it is way less dangerous.

All the data needed to make an informed decision on cannabis legalization can be found at the CDC web site. Nothing complicated or hard to understand.

Figures directly from the CDC dot gov web site on numbers of deaths per year in the USA.

* Prescription Drugs: 237,485 + 5000 traffic fatalities
* Tobacco: 390,323
* Alcohol: 88,013 + 16,000 traffic fatalities
* Cocaine: 4,906
* Heroin: 3,365
* Aspirin: 466
* Acetaminophen (Tylenol): 179
* Marijuana: 0, none, not a single fatal overdose in all medical history and almost no traffic problems.

So, which is safer????

Legalize it, regulate it, TAX it!

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wade says:

October 6, 2015 at 9:06 pm

Here you go marque Anthony;

http://www.msnbc.com/all/does-marijuana-lower-the-crime-rate

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Jay says:

October 6, 2015 at 8:05 pm

You clearly have no clue what you’re talking about. Lmao quite drinking the governments kool aid

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Walter says:

October 6, 2015 at 7:52 pm

followed this link – http://sciencenordic.com/association-between-cannabis-use-and-violence where even they said other factors were involved “In the next step of the analysis, the researchers therefore took several other factors into consideration that might contribute to the correlation, such as alcohol use and impulsivity.

“While the link between cannabis use and violence was significantly weakened, a link remained all the same”, she says.”

and um, read this – http://sciencenordic.com/danish-psychiatrist-attacks-norwegian-study-linking-cannabis-and-violence

and this – http://sciencenordic.com/cannabis-makes-inmates-behave

So surprise! Not everybody reacts the same. I’m waiting on the article looking at alcohol the same way! It’s problems are well known and you aren’t requesting prohibition again?

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Deep Dish says:

October 6, 2015 at 7:50 pm

Marijuana is relatively harmless, in the grand scheme of things, in relative comparison to other substances, like alcohol. It’s less addictive than caffeine. Dangerous chemicals are the result of criminal prohibition, which is the total absence of regulation; chemicals are also the result of the heat of smoke combustion, but nobody needs to smoke it since there are edibles and vaporizers. It doesn’t cause violence, but people with aggressive tendencies need to chill out. The pro-legalization side has facts, history, science, reason, logic, and compassion. Prohibitionists have lies, half truths, scare mongering, prejudices, and sadism.

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John says:

October 6, 2015 at 7:36 pm

I didn’t go through he links, but deaths/illness/auto accidents by alcohol is far worse. Puff, puff, pass!

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Marque Anthony says:

October 6, 2015 at 6:56 pm

MARIJUANA LINKED TO AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR
(Not in everybody but some is too many an a bad thing)

http://www.mmyvofficial.org/marijuana-and-violence/

http://learnaboutmarijuanawa.org/factsheets/aggression.htm

http://sciencenordic.com/association-between-cannabis-use-and-violence

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Marque Anthony says:

October 6, 2015 at 6:50 pm

Mike you must be a weed head. You did not disprove anything I said and you can’t accept the truth. I just referenced what doctors are saying, what the government is saying etc. You are a zombie.

To Gusto11 I already made the connection in the article if you can read and follow along. I am not going to do all your homework for you. I did the research now you do yours. If you are too lazy to do it, you don’t want to know the truth. And you responding to one point about violence does not negate all the other FACTS in this article. Ask any doctor or healthcare professional. You are already sticking your head in the sand. Where is your disproof of anything I have said?

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Gusto11 says:

October 6, 2015 at 2:43 pm

Still waiting on book title and links for your informative speeches.
” MARIJUANA INCREASES VIOLENCE” ?? LOL. Is this an article or copy and paste of mainstream foolishness.

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Mike says:

October 6, 2015 at 2:10 pm

I’m sorry but everything you said just is pure ignorance and you just sound stupid.

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