An intelligent, thoughtful discussion on the pros and cons of marijuana

#77
#77
Pros:
It feels good
It helps you relax
Has some medical benefits
Not physically addictive
The price has not gone up in 20 years
Smells good (really only applies to potheads)

Cons:
Makes you lazy and unmotivated
Can make you very paranoid
Causes over consumption of snacks
Chronic use can lead to depression
Destroys short term memory
Too many employers drug test
Keeps getting basketball players kicked off the team
Causes do-gooders to create truly awful commercial campaigns for television
 
#78
#78
Some pro & cons

It can relieve stress, but if abused it can cause stress.
It raises metabolism, but you can counteract that with to many late night trips to Krystal.

It fights cancer, [BOT] New Study Explains How Pot Kills Cancer Cells[BOT] New Study Explains How Pot Kills Cancer Cells
but breathing the smoke cant be good for your lungs & heart.

It makes good music sound better, it makes bad music sound a little better than it really is.

It will mess with your allergies

It is a cure for hangovers...I dont know personally, just something I read on the internet somewhere.

It is a crippling addiction for some people I know, they cant operate if they dont smoke a ounce a day :no:

be heart healthy VolNation, enjoy in moderation
 

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#79
#79
I can guarantee you that when you compare the dangers of pot to the dangers of some of the drugs the pharmaceutical companies push on us, pot comes out looking very harmless. Pot isn't illegal because it's dangerous, pot is illegal because the U.S. hasn't cornered the market.
 
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OWB said:
I can guarantee you that when you compare the dangers of pot to the dangers of some of the drugs the pharmaceutical companies push on us, pot comes out looking very harmless. Pot isn't illegal because it's dangerous, pot is illegal because the U.S. hasn't cornered the market.
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Agreed. Look at aspirin for goodness sake. It kills around 7000 people per year. I challenge anybody to find me a comparable statistic for pot.

Marijuana should be legal, with the caveat that if you smoke it for years and develop an adverse health condition from it you don't come running to the government for help. I see no danger in making it legal to sit in the privacy of your own home and toke up on occasion.
 
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Cartervol said:
They can't figure out a good way to tax it. Thats probably the only reason it isn't legal now. Short term memory loss, lack of motivation are the two worst things about it. I guess its possible it could give you lung cancer eventually, but there isn't a single case of that happening i don't think.
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That's definitely not the reason. Pharmaceutical companies are the main reason it's illegal.
 
#82
#82
If it had a powerful lobby presence in D.C. it would have been legal years ago.
 
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The Dude said:
That's definitely not the reason. Pharmaceutical companies are the main reason it's illegal.
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Well thats their own fault then. Its a gold mine and it would seem they would be the first ones to jump on that bandwagon. Are they scared outsiders would corner the market and get a slice of their pie?
 
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Cartervol said:
Well thats their own fault then. Its a gold mine and it would seem they would be the first ones to jump on that bandwagon. Are they scared outsiders would corner the market and get a slice of their pie?
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Corner the weed market? No, fortunately no pharmaceutical company owns the patent for Cannabis.

I absolutely believe that the use of certain meds would drop if it was legalized.
 
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#85
rjd970 said:
Agreed. Look at aspirin for goodness sake. It kills around 7000 people per year. I challenge anybody to find me a comparable statistic for pot.

Marijuana should be legal, with the caveat that if you smoke it for years and develop an adverse health condition from it you don't come running to the government for help. I see no danger in making it legal to sit in the privacy of your own home and toke up on occasion.
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If aspirin had been discovered today, I'm not so sure it would be approved for pharmaceutical use. It's sort of been grandfathered into today's pharmacopoeia.
 
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The Dude said:
Corner the weed market? No, fortunately no pharmaceutical company owns the patent for Cannabis.

I absolutely believe that the use of certain meds would drop if it was legalized.
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I guess i should have been clearer. In so many words you just explained what i was saying. Take money out of their pockets, because weed would be a alternative to many sedatives on the market. I see the point your making, but i don't believe thats 100% why. Some just feel its morally wrong and link weed to hippies and label it a gateway drug. Its less harmful than tobacco or alcohol, but they don't see it that way.
 
#88
#88
actually wrote a paper about this in HS, figured this would be a great place to put it. Granted this was in HS so it might not be as....elegant, but I did do the research. It's on legalizing medicinal marijuana, but still. So here you go.

EDIT: You know, Idk if I want to put a whole research paper up here without any way to prove it was actually mine if someone else took it. Eh... idk. What do you guys think? If I ever use it again I don't want something like turnitin.com saying I plagiarized the whole thing bc it was on here.
 
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#89
#89
I don't want some guy in front of me doing 45 in the hammer lane but other than that, no problems here.
 
#90
#90
Didn't Thomas Jefferson say that "Hemp is one of the foundations of a strong country", or something like that?
 
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