Marijuana, in Congress

[Woodsprite]

We're not talking about lethality, we're talking about what it does do, and the effects are not good.

Josie, since when is "freedom of choice" an established law anywhere in America? We're talking about what marijuana does. Does it ruin countless lives? Yes. Does it lead to all sorts of different bodily problems? Yes.

Devourment, read this, please. By the way, why is "Illegal Drugs" on that caption listed as causing 15,000 deaths, and marijuana somehow magically doesn't belong with it? As far as I know, marijuana is still an illegal drug.

[josie20]

Removing my post because I refuse to take part in such an idiotic and hypocritical debate.

[Woodsprite]

Originally Posted by josie20

??? Where the hell did you read that? Your arguments are flawed beyond belief. I have first hand experience that this isn't true, and with multiple subjects. Get your facts straight before you post. Also, try reading legitimate articles before saying such asinine things.

Josie, marijuana is an addictive drug that causes most to spend large sums of cash to obtain it. It then, in many cases, leads to harder drugs afterward. Yes, it ruins lives.

[Devourment]

Originally Posted by Woodsprite

Devourment, read this, please.

It's just things they suspect and have yet to actually test, no concrete evidence.

By the way, why is "Illegal Drugs" on that caption listed as causing 15,000 deaths, and marijuana somehow magically doesn't belong with it? As far as I know, marijuana is still an illegal drug.

Are you for real. Look at it again and think.

Originally Posted by Woodsprite

Josie, marijuana is an addictive drug that causes most to spend large sums of cash to obtain it. It then, in many cases, leads to harder drugs afterward. Yes, it ruins lives.

1.]It is mentally addictive. You can be addicted to sex because it feels good, you can be addicted to marijuana because it feels good. If you stop smoking weed, you don't have horrible withdrawals, you just get cravings(and thats only in a select few people.)

2.]****'s expensive, but I have yet to hear of someone selling their house and possessions to buy weed. Stoners realize that food, shelter, etc come before weed, it doesn't have that much of a control on someones life.

3.]Smoking weed does not make people do harder drugs. People make people do harder drugs. I have yet to meet one person who went to a different drug because weed was not strong enough. A weed high and a coke high are two different things, one is not stronger than the other, just different.

4.]The only lives ruined by marijuana are those of the people and families of those killed in the constant drug wars between police and dealers. No one has ever committed suicide because of marijuana on its own.

The fact is, marijuana alone is not the cause of harm. You can have a heart attack exercising or smoking weed, it's not the work out or the pot, it's your heart. Marijuana can act as a catalyst to certain conditions, yes. People with mental disorders shouldn't smoke, people with high blood pressure shouldn't smoke, and the like. If someone is horribly depressed, smoking a drug that makes them feel not depressed is a ****ty idea, because the lack of it will worsen their depression. I am not saying that it doesn't make pre-existing conditions worse, but no one who has a good life and has things under control has ever gone into a deep depression because they smoke a lot of weed.