What Parents are being taught

I have noticed a general trend of tons of bad information for parents researching marijuana to find. It seems there are sites that make it look not so bad, and sites that make weed seem like the devil.

Mostly, any web pages, or organizations my parents would stumble upon, states many of the things other sites label myths.
Talking Points For Parents-
This site is just a perfect example of what Im talking about. Aren't there some kind of restrictions against publishing questionable information as facts?

 

Not on the internet...anything goes...who's gonna regulate it? It's an international thing.

The only way anything is a crime is if it's a crime outside of the internet (IE: talking to a child online, but then having sex with them in real life...or selling marijuana seeds) something has to be taken off of the internet and made real.

 

O RLY? Nicotine is SO much healthier than pot.

 

I think that parents already know that the government lies about pot. It did when they were kids.

 

this are my favorite "facts" ahahha



6. Research has now established that marijuana is in fact addictive. Of the 4.3 million Americans who meet the diagnostic criteria for needing drug treatment ( criteria developed by the American Psychiatric Association, not police departments or prosecutors ) two-thirds are dependent on marijuana, according to HHS. These are not occasional pot smokers but people with real problems directly traceable to their use of marijuana, including significant health problems, emotional problems and difficulty in cutting down on use. Sixty percent of teens in drug treatment have a primary marijuana diagnosis.
7. Marijuana smoking carries with it the same long-term health hazards as smoking cigarettes, except those risks are higher with marijuana smoke. People who smoke are more likely to suffer from emphysema, lung cancer, and other respiratory problems.

9. Because marijuana is illegal, you never know what you are smoking. No one sets standards of purity. No one assures that dangerous by products are not mixed in with the marijuana that is bought and sold. Some of the most serious problems experienced by marijuana users is caused by the impurities present in the marijuana that they buy.
10. Buying, using, or selling marijuana put people into contact with violent and antisocial drug dealers. Many marijuana dealers are dangerous criminals, especially those at the top of the distribution chain. The more deeply involved people get in using marijuana, the more likely they hare to start dealing with the dangerous criminals who form the back bone of the illegal drug trade..

11. Once people get involved in the criminal underworld, it's easy to get trapped and can be difficult for them to get out. Marijuana dealers are no less violent and antisocial than cocaine and heroin traffickers. They have just as much money to lose, just as much turf to lose, and just as many reasons to kill as any drug trafficker."

yep all the impurities like all the plant matter and the chloroplast and Chlorophyll that shit will kill you, and we all know when someone fronts us a dimebag we better pay back soon cause dealers will hunt you down for the money,remember one hit and you addicted FOR LIFE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, the cancer do you want to die at 30 of lung cancer fuck no, ill stick to my safe and government approved cigs and booze non of that devil weed for me ill be a good citizen and get drunk and smoke 2 packs a day

 

Hmm.

#7 seems likely.

#8 through 11 sound like good reasons to legalize it.

 

thats the best myth they got
http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_myth4.shtml
marijuana doesnt have the added bullshit cigs do

 

The article says that marijuana is safer than tobacco cigarettes.

"Better that cigarettes" is not a very big recomendation.

I am a smoker (both kinds). Marijuana activists need to avoid using misleading exagurations. Leave that tactic to the other side. Breathing the smoke from burning leaves is not good for the lungs. Putting people in jail for burning the smoke from burning leaves is a dumb thing for the state to do. So is jailing people who sell leaves to be burnt.

 

Well said

 

i never said it was good but when was marijuana ever linked to lung cancer sucesfully, i dont hear about people who smoke marijuana getting lung cancer like i do cigs.smoking anything isnt good for your lungs but marijuana is not as bad for you lungs as its said to be

 

My main point is that marijuana does not need to be "a good thing" for legalization to be a wise idea.

Convincing people to legalize pot is a different discussion than convincing someone to try pot.

 

i agree

 

MikeE, I agree with you on all your points

And especially about 8-11 haha

 

10. Buying, using, or selling marijuana put people into contact with violent and antisocial drug dealers. Many marijuana dealers are dangerous criminals, especially those at the top of the distribution chain. The more deeply involved people get in using marijuana, the more likely they hare to start dealing with the dangerous criminals who form the back bone of the illegal drug trade..

11. Once people get involved in the criminal underworld, it's easy to get trapped and can be difficult for them to get out. Marijuana dealers are no less violent and antisocial than cocaine and heroin traffickers. They have just as much money to lose, just as much turf to lose, and just as many reasons to kill as any drug trafficker."



HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!!!

 

lol This reminds me of Fear and Loathing!

"KNOW YOUR DOPE FIEND. YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT! You will not be able to see his eyes because of Tea-Shades, but his knuckles will be white from inner tension and his pants will be crusted with semen fron constantly jacking off when he can't find a rape victim. He will stagger and babble when questioned. He will not respect your badge. The Dope Fiend fears nothing. He will attack, for no reason, with every weapon at his command - including yours. BEWARE. Any officer apprehending a suspected marijuana addict should use all necessary force immediately. One stitch in time (on him) will usually save nine on you. Good luck. The Chief"

 

I don't think I should trust a website who tries to spell "serious", and comes out with "series". If this was a reliable source, you would find no grammatical errors.