lkeller
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There is a lot of controversy going on about the topic of legalizing marijuana. After talking to a wide range of people at school, including people who smoke marijuana, use to smoke marijuana, and people who still think if you take a hit of marijuana you’ll kill your brother. (My dad is one of these people)
I found out that there is a great interest in non smokers and smokers alike about the legalization of marijuana. Often I find myself in a Q n A type of routine where non smokers are asking all sorts of useful questions that are based off of the infamous “Reefer Madness” Propaganda. A lot of the questions I get include:
“Is marijuana addictive? “
Short Answer = NO
Well everything that makes you feel good is addictive to an extent, take sex for example. It makes you feel good, so why wouldn’t you want to have sex at every chance you get? Same goes with marijuana.
You also need to factor the persons self control. Even then a person who does not have much self control will not be addicted to marijuana. You will not have any ‘comedowns’, your not going to feel horrible if you don’t get ‘a fix’. So to the majority of the people In this world Marijuana would not be addictive.
“ Does it cause cancer?”
Scientist to this day have yet to find any traces to cancer. Actually Medical Marijuana has actually helped cure patients with cancer. A particular story that I heard was that a patient had terminal cancer. He could eventually be healed of it… If the chemo didn’t kill him first. He started smoking medical marijuana, and went from a sick dog to someone who you would think was an adequately healthy person. Apparently marijuana counteracts the negative effects of chemo therapy, and could easily be the answer to never letting another cancer patient die a horrible and terrible way to die.
“But If I smoke marijuana am I going to just get tired of it and seek a more
hardcore, addictive and deadly drug?”
This is essentially known as the gateway theory. It has been proven again and again that this is just a theory and in no way is true. What is actually happening is when a person is buying marijuana from there dealer (Someone who is selling all kinds of drugs) they ran out of marijuana but they suggest something else, something stronger more addictive and more profitable. If marijuana was legalized this theory would altogether diminish.
“I have heard that it is easy to overdose on marijuana because you become incoherent and cannot decide when you have had enough, is that true?”
NO! It is impossible to overdose on marijuana! There has not been one recorded death from the use of marijuana. There has been however many deaths because the plant is illegal and the evil drug cartels are the ones who have control over it
“Whats the dangers of marijuana?”
Wiping a weeks worth of food out, you can have more control over this when your body becomes accustomed to the plant.
“What kind of effect does marijuana have?”
This is one that causes a lot of confusion. People are often confused and say it makes you hallucinate, if your hallucinating that means an additive like PCP (most common) is in your weed. (***IMPORTANT*** The Cannabis plant does not produce PCP, it is an entirely different drug in itself and I encourage for you to stay away from it)
“Why should marijuana be legalized?, it’s obviously illegal for a reason, so it must be bad.”
Right now the main push for the legalization of marijuana is for its medicinal purposes. Although the legalization for the recreational use of marijuana is being pushed forward on a strong argument that marijuana is safer than tobacco, alcohol, caffeine and pharma meds. The average death total from aspirin is 1000 deaths per year, while marijuana is still at 0. Marijuana is essentially safer than water! You can kill yourself by consuming too much water, but you can’t kill yourself from consuming pot!
As for it being illegal, remember the alcohol prohibition? This is essentially the same exact thing, except the motives are different. I would suggest reading up on the popular reefer madness propaganda. The government outright lied to the people (what a surprise?) All in all marijuana was banned because of greed and the fact that pharma companies couldn’t put a patent on a 100% organic plant. No Profit? No Cure, is the attitude that has been taken. It goes deeper than that, hemp paper is a much more fine paper than the paper we use today. With the popular and widespread growth of marijuana cultivation the lumber companies would not be what they are today. (Again please look up the true intentions of reefer madness)
I urge you to research all of this for yourself. Please don’t take my word for it, I’m just an activist, talk to the scientist and what there research has uncovered
P.S.
Oh and to Christians (Includes me) you might remember a man named Nero from your history books. Long story short he outlawed Christianity and persecuted them severely, this is a great example that mans law is often misled, twisted, and perverted.
I found out that there is a great interest in non smokers and smokers alike about the legalization of marijuana. Often I find myself in a Q n A type of routine where non smokers are asking all sorts of useful questions that are based off of the infamous “Reefer Madness” Propaganda. A lot of the questions I get include:
“Is marijuana addictive? “
Short Answer = NO
Well everything that makes you feel good is addictive to an extent, take sex for example. It makes you feel good, so why wouldn’t you want to have sex at every chance you get? Same goes with marijuana.
You also need to factor the persons self control. Even then a person who does not have much self control will not be addicted to marijuana. You will not have any ‘comedowns’, your not going to feel horrible if you don’t get ‘a fix’. So to the majority of the people In this world Marijuana would not be addictive.
“ Does it cause cancer?”
Scientist to this day have yet to find any traces to cancer. Actually Medical Marijuana has actually helped cure patients with cancer. A particular story that I heard was that a patient had terminal cancer. He could eventually be healed of it… If the chemo didn’t kill him first. He started smoking medical marijuana, and went from a sick dog to someone who you would think was an adequately healthy person. Apparently marijuana counteracts the negative effects of chemo therapy, and could easily be the answer to never letting another cancer patient die a horrible and terrible way to die.
“But If I smoke marijuana am I going to just get tired of it and seek a more
hardcore, addictive and deadly drug?”
This is essentially known as the gateway theory. It has been proven again and again that this is just a theory and in no way is true. What is actually happening is when a person is buying marijuana from there dealer (Someone who is selling all kinds of drugs) they ran out of marijuana but they suggest something else, something stronger more addictive and more profitable. If marijuana was legalized this theory would altogether diminish.
“I have heard that it is easy to overdose on marijuana because you become incoherent and cannot decide when you have had enough, is that true?”
NO! It is impossible to overdose on marijuana! There has not been one recorded death from the use of marijuana. There has been however many deaths because the plant is illegal and the evil drug cartels are the ones who have control over it
“Whats the dangers of marijuana?”
Wiping a weeks worth of food out, you can have more control over this when your body becomes accustomed to the plant.
“What kind of effect does marijuana have?”
This is one that causes a lot of confusion. People are often confused and say it makes you hallucinate, if your hallucinating that means an additive like PCP (most common) is in your weed. (***IMPORTANT*** The Cannabis plant does not produce PCP, it is an entirely different drug in itself and I encourage for you to stay away from it)
“Why should marijuana be legalized?, it’s obviously illegal for a reason, so it must be bad.”
Right now the main push for the legalization of marijuana is for its medicinal purposes. Although the legalization for the recreational use of marijuana is being pushed forward on a strong argument that marijuana is safer than tobacco, alcohol, caffeine and pharma meds. The average death total from aspirin is 1000 deaths per year, while marijuana is still at 0. Marijuana is essentially safer than water! You can kill yourself by consuming too much water, but you can’t kill yourself from consuming pot!
As for it being illegal, remember the alcohol prohibition? This is essentially the same exact thing, except the motives are different. I would suggest reading up on the popular reefer madness propaganda. The government outright lied to the people (what a surprise?) All in all marijuana was banned because of greed and the fact that pharma companies couldn’t put a patent on a 100% organic plant. No Profit? No Cure, is the attitude that has been taken. It goes deeper than that, hemp paper is a much more fine paper than the paper we use today. With the popular and widespread growth of marijuana cultivation the lumber companies would not be what they are today. (Again please look up the true intentions of reefer madness)
I urge you to research all of this for yourself. Please don’t take my word for it, I’m just an activist, talk to the scientist and what there research has uncovered
P.S.
Oh and to Christians (Includes me) you might remember a man named Nero from your history books. Long story short he outlawed Christianity and persecuted them severely, this is a great example that mans law is often misled, twisted, and perverted.
