Weed

[Stephen]

i have a question for people, what would you class as excessive use of weed in your opinion? all day every day? once a day?

Once a day

[Andeeh]

There are various accounts of the damage that even 'soft' drugs do to the minds of people, especially younger children. One only has to look as far as Russell Brand who the other day made a silly argument for legalising drugs on the basis that they are safe and generally fun, no harm can be done - taking it from Mr. Brand that drugs do no harm, I think he ought to look in the mirror.



I never said ban it, I just said it is dangerous (which it is). I'd personally legalise it on the basis that you can all be as stupid as you want.

It is obvious that smoking between the ages of 12 - 15 is highly dangerous as the body develops and can cause problems in the brain, a horizon investigation showed that when lab rats were applied with concentrated doses of THC to equivalent 12 - 15 year olds the memory test was poor however when applied to equivalent of 16+ it had little or no effect on their memory.
The big problem with weed is that it can become a gateway drug on to harder things, however this varies on person to person.

[DPS]

Doesnt matter on gender.. ;s only children would think that.

Shouldnt be doing drugs in the first place, wanna end up with bad paranoia?

[Glen Coco]

I would personally say that someone smokes a lot of weed if they do it more than 4 times a week.
People who are saying tha there is no reason behind it being illegal; of course there is!

If it was legal than think of how many kids would be smoking it, let's face it age restrictions don't stop underage drinking or smoking so why would t affect marijuana? It messed with your brain so much if smoked regularly , and people would be more open about it and probably smoke it more if it was legal, this increasing the amount it was used. This would mean more psychological damage to the people smoking it and would dramatically affect how well people did in education. The people that smoke it wouldn't be able to function properly in work because they'd be high or 'coming down'.

Im not being narrow minded, I've done it and I know a lot of other people that have and also people that do it on a daily basis. It changes you as a person and you generally affects your motor skills.

[Judas]

So many people in this thread are just pulling "facts" out of their ass when they evidently haven't done any research and are just going by the myths they've been fed by the media.

I would personally say that someone smokes a lot of weed if they do it more than 4 times a week.
People who are saying tha there is no reason behind it being illegal; of course there is!

If it was legal than think of how many kids would be smoking it, let's face it age restrictions don't stop underage drinking or smoking so why would t affect marijuana? It messed with your brain so much if smoked regularly , and people would be more open about it and probably smoke it more if it was legal, this increasing the amount it was used. This would mean more psychological damage to the people smoking it and would dramatically affect how well people did in education. The people that smoke it wouldn't be able to function properly in work because they'd be high or 'coming down'.

Im not being narrow minded, I've done it and I know a lot of other people that have and also people that do it on a daily basis. It changes you as a person and you generally affects your motor skills.

Too much of anything is bad for you, though. I don't think that should be a reason for it to be illegal because that's at the fault of the user, not the product.

People die from alcohol overdoses. There has never been a fatal marijuana overdose.

Alcohol use damages the brain. Marijuana use does not.

Alcohol is more addictive than marijuana.

Alcohol use increases the risk of injury to the consumer. Marijuana use does not.

Alcohol use contributes to aggressive and violent behavior. Marijuana use does not.

Alcohol use is a major factor in violent crimes. Marijuana use is not.

Alcohol use contributes to the likelihood of domestic abuse and sexual assault. Marijuana use does not.

http://www.saferchoice.org/content/view/24/53/

[Glen Coco]

So many people in this thread are just pulling "facts" out of their ass when they evidently haven't done any research and are just going by the myths they've been fed by the media.



Too much of anything is bad for you, though. I don't think that should be a reason for it to be illegal because that's at the fault of the user, not the product.



http://www.saferchoice.org/content/view/24/53/

no where did i say that alcohol shouldn't be banned though?
i'm not saying that there are no reasons that it should be legalised, i'm just saying i don't personally think it should be due to what i've experienced myself.

[Judas]

no where did i say that alcohol shouldn't be banned though?
i'm not saying that there are no reasons that it should be legalised, i'm just saying i don't personally think it should be due to what i've experienced myself.

I didn't say that you did... I was drawing a comparison between something that is legal and generally considered acceptable and something that is neither of those things, yet arguably less harmful. I was just saying that I don't think the reasons you stated are valid reasons for it to remain illegal.

[Glen Coco]

I didn't say that you did... I was drawing a comparison between something that is legal and generally considered acceptable and something that is neither of those things, yet arguably less harmful. I was just saying that I don't think the reasons you stated are valid reasons for it to remain illegal.

Well let's face it, it's illegal for some reason.
I'm just saying it does mess with your was and is psychologically harmful and personally I wouldn't make it legal. Psychological harm is a perfectly valid reason to it being illegal.
Maybe with a lot more education in schools then legalise it but I personally do not think it would be a wise nove

[Judas]

Well let's face it, it's illegal for some reason.
I'm just saying it does mess with your was and is psychologically harmful and personally I wouldn't make it legal. Psychological harm is a perfectly valid reason to it being illegal.
Maybe with a lot more education in schools then legalise it but I personally do not think it would be a wise nove

If you actually did your research you'd learn that the severity of the impact of weed on the brain is still being researched and debated by scientists. And that to REALLY harm yourself with cannabis you'd have to smoke a hell of a lot of it, which is like I said, at the fault of the consumer, not the product.

Tobacco and alcohol are legal, and they can **** you up in their own respective ways with enough of it, so by the logic you're using here, they should be illegal too? I mean, surely because they are legal that means that everyone that drinks and smokes WILL damage their lungs, livers, brains etc and we're all gonna damage our mental health, get lung cancer, liver disease, brain damage, alcohol poisoning, heart disease, damage our memory and reduce fertility? The list goes on. And marijuana does what? May or may not slow you down a bit if you smoke it excessively every day? Oh.

[Glen Coco]

If you actually read what I wrote instead of going defensive stoner on me then you'd read that I was saying from PERSONAL VIEW POINT I have seen a lot of people who smoke weed regularly who's minds hav been affected dramatically.

And yes, actually I would say everyone who smokes lungs get damaged, because they do.
However I am not saying that everyone that smokes weed will get mental problems. If I believed that then why would I have done it myself.