Stimulants are bad

That statement is referring to the study where they used fan leaves, seeds, and stems to compare to tobacco. Cannabis buds, the part you smoke, has less tar than tobacco.

THC and other cannabinoids have been shown to have anti cancerous properties and actually kill tumors in mice, while nicotine has been shown to expediate the formation of malignant cells. So these anti cancerous properties override any carcinogens produced in the smoke (carbon monoxide, etc).

I smoked tobacco from 15-20, and my lungs were fucked. They ached, I couldnt breathe, and I always coughed.

Smoking pot does none of that. In fact it makes my lungs feel more healthy.

How old are you?

 

You're really arguing against science now, and its just not worth wasting my time right now.

And I smoke about 5 times a day.

 

Guess what, you are going to die too.

 

So for the amount of enjoyment brought through smoking, I consider it innocuous.

Live and let live.

 

i just drank some bleach, it burned

then i got some anti-freeze, it tasted delicious

 

Smoking buds doesn't cause lung cancer.

 

Despite what your drug dealers mom told you, yes marijuana does contain carcinogens and can cause lung cancer.

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Smoking_Marijuana_May_Increase_Cancer_Risk.asp

 

lol. people....

 

its common sense that injesting any kind of smoke into your lungs is bad.....

for all the people that think marijuana does not cause any harm, then they are truely stupid.

 

It cures glaucoma and a buncha eye problems. Isn't glaucoma a type of cancer? And anyway, even if it has a little bit of harm ascosciated with it, don't you think people should be free to live their lives their own way?

 

*sigh*
no, glaucoma is an optic nerve disease. Seriously dude, if you're going to try and use medical reasons to justify something normally illega, at least be knowledgeable about them.

it's kind of like saying surgery cures a lot of cancers, so why can't I just cut people open at random and play with their organs? Bestest logic ever.

 

People are free to live their lives as they wish.

Marijuana does cause cancer, and glaucoma is not a form of cancer.

Nor is Marijuana used as treatment for glaucoma but to ease the pain associated with glaucoma.

 

i had a friend with rheumatoid arthritis who would toke when she had a bad flare up. it was all that treated all her symptoms, including the temporary depression. but she wasn't a habitual user. she was hurting so bad i don't think anyone begrudged her the usage.

 

i don't mind people using pot to help their pain, i figure it's no worse than pharmaceuticals, better in some cases. but i hate when people are ignorant of what they're using, like it alone on this planet has no adverse effects.

 

It actually prevents the progression of the disease, by limiting intraocular pressure. It can and has saved many people their vision.

 

Wow. It seems like no-one really cares if they fuck up their minds for the rest of their lives... just who dies first :|

 

no I'm using medical resons to justify a safe (meaning NOT METH) way of getting high.

 

The only way anyone would hurt anyone just stoned of marijuana is iff they drove stoned. I've never driven stoned or drunk or any other way except sober. Fuck stoned drivers. But just being high doesn't cause violence and angry behavior. Meth will. Why don't you read a book. By the way I dig the picture in your signature (seriously). It depicts native americans (I assume). They smoked herb, and used mescaline (from the peyote catcti), and various spiritual purposes, and it didn't make them violent. Yes, the various tribes sometimes fought against eachoher. But when the shaman used plants to commuicate with the spiritual world, or when they smoked, they weren't violent. American History as taught in grades 1 -12 is bullshit. By the way, the indians called their bowls a "PEACE pipe". Where do you think the term peace (for glass bowl) originated????? Or mabye you just want to argue with me to spite me, which makes you REALLY cool.

 

its different to other medications in that it is much healthier than them, mimics natural processes, and does not disturb the body in any long term manner.

it can cause anxiety in many people, like most drugs, but that is a personal issue not a pharmological one

the only things that CURE disease are also very harmful in situations which are not optimal

 

this thread was bullshit from the start, how can anyone demonise meth for its ANTI-SOCIAL and VIOLENT effects, and then claim that ALCOHOL is all you really need? meth users usually get angry when theyre coming DOWN off meth, or if theyre on a meth bender, or yadi ya, its NOT an inherent quality of taking meth. just like alchohol. you can drink and be nice and social, and you can take meth andbe nice and social too. but depending how much you take, how often you take it, and largely what sort of person and culture you live in, taking meth can turn people into banshees. the only difference between a drunk horror and a meth horror is that the drunk one cant feel pain and the tweaker moves and talks like a dying cockroach