Pot smoking worse than Cigarettes

[LatinoSTAR]

Arguing over which is worse is like arguing over which bullet would kill you.

I see see people all the time who don't just smoke occasionally, it's a 4 to 5 times a day thing.

and if 1 full joint is equal to 1 pack of cigarettes than these people are smoking the equivalent of 5 packs of cigarettes a day.

Not to mention that pot also causes short term memory loss, slow reaction times, and a general lack of any kind of ambition and you have to wonder... is the high really worth it?

To me personally, it's just as bad as heroin. I watch my neighbours blow almost their entire paycheque on pot and wonder why they don't want to go out and do stuff and wonder why they are always broke.

Pot isnt going to have that same exact effects on everybody who smokes it, Marijuana is perfectly healthy (IMO) I dont care what a "Study" says, afterall it is just a "Study", and who knows, the Scientests who conduct said "Studies" could be lying to protect the potential money the government could lose, if they said Marijuana is Perfectly safe for the human body, ive never heard of anyone dying from smoking marijuana, so until i do, imma be lighting up.....

And its just not the High people are after, its the Calm feeling, the strees reducing, and the pain relieving powers that Marijuana can give to you.
Most people that buy marijuana, from me, are people that are sick in some way, and who need something to relieve pain.

 

[USEDCAR]

Marijuana is overrated simple as that im not getting into that.


I figure its bad for you just like cigs

 

[josher]

Most people that buy marijuana, from me, are people that are sick in some way, and who need something to relieve pain.

I'm presuming you meant to say: To me, most people that buy...

Otherwise you just confessed to commiting a felony on a message board. (And if that's your picture in your avatar, that would make it worse.)

I'd have a Mod change that sentence, if I were you.

And while there may be some who might benefit from pot for medical reasons, the only people that i can see agreeing with your argument are pushers and users.

 

[sabot3ur]

Anyone who thinks smoking pot isn't harmful to the body and the brain is deluding him/herself.

SURE it's slightly harmful to your body and brain, but so is overeating, eating junk, and depriving yourself of sleep.

smoking makes you cool, and less effeminate, so you should do it. this goes out to queenphobic men, gay or not.

bahaha whenever I get uberbaked I sound soooooo camp, it's hilarious!


and to anyone else reading this, don't just read about marijuana and assume you know everything, it's also something you should experience before you vomit out your opinion for the world to hear. and think of how many people it makes happy!

 

[chatolandia]

Alcohol is worse for your brain


And I know very few people that smoke a whole Joint by themselves, even once a day!

Of course smoking pot is bad, but the amount that people normally smoke is much less


Besides, if it was legal, I would have a vaporizer

 

[kevbo]

It's so interesting seeing the people who smoke pot say that weed is healthy for you...

I know there are bad things that I do, but at least I know they are unhealthy.

I drink a lot of alcohol. I know it's not healthy, but it's not going to stop me!

I smoke cigs. I know it's not healthy, but it's not going to stop me!

Fess up, buddies! As adults, we are allowed to do things that are unhealthy for us! Just don't lie to yourself!

 

[Kulindahr]

I dont care what a "Study" says, afterall it is just a "Study", and who knows, the Scientests who conduct said "Studies" could be lying to protect the potential money the government could lose, if they said Marijuana is Perfectly safe for the human body

Most people that buy marijuana, from me, are people that are sick in some way, and who need something to relieve pain.

"The potential money the government could lose"?!
Check your facts, dude: the government has spent enough in the misnamed "War on Drugs" since it started to pay for a year of Bush's military adventure in Iraq. At present, about $40 billion a year could be saved if that "War" were ended. The government would gain more money by legalizing (besides the fact that the crime rate would divebomb, saving even more).

I'm presuming you meant to say: To me, most people that buy...

Otherwise you just confessed to commiting a felony on a message board. (And if that's your picture in your avatar, that would make it worse.)

I'd have a Mod change that sentence, if I were you.

Good point, good advice.
I don't know what policy on this at JUB is, but some boards will report you for confessing to a felony as much as they would for you committing a crime online.

and to anyone else reading this, don't just read about marijuana and assume you know everything, it's also something you should experience before you vomit out your opinion for the world to hear. and think of how many people it makes happy!

No kidding.
And everyone please note that a judge actually ordered a panel to consider supplying prison inmates with marijuana after a study discovered that prisons in which marijuana is easily available there is far less violence.

 

[sabot3ur]

sorry, I just don't feel that weed is harmful enough to merit comparison to those on your list(kevbo)...

I'm not saying it's healthy though, just that it's demonized and *highly* exaggerated. if it WAS as unhealthy as alcohol, or whatever rediculous amount of tobacco they said, we'd have a lot of people dying of related illnesses, caused solely by marijuana. I have seen many people die from tabacco related diseases, but the ones that only smoke reefer always seem to live quite old.

and as for the addiction thing, yeah sure it is... but only psychologically, and not nearly as much as alcohol/tobacco/other hard drugs. beyond that, there are no physical symptoms, and I'd compare it to an extreme craving that wanes quickly over time.

 

[Kulindahr]

Alcohol is worse for your brain


And I know very few people that smoke a whole Joint by themselves, even once a day!

Of course smoking pot is bad, but the amount that people normally smoke is much less


Besides, if it was legal, I would have a vaporizer

I know a guy with severe ADHD who smokes a joint almost every day -- and when he doesn't, he starts getting hyper, highly suggestible, and will take any drug offered him. As long as he has his MJ, other drugs are of no interest to him.

 

[LatinoSTAR]

Oh Please dont get all your panties in a bunch, i havnt sold drugs in like almost two months, i work at the mall, so im good now.

and for those who say it is unhealthy, look at Willie Nelson, how old is he? my god

 

[kevbo]

Oh Please dont get all your panties in a bunch, i havnt sold drugs in like almost two months, i work at the mall, so im good now

Two months?

I think the statute of limitations is measured in years when it comes to felonies, so I still wouldn't say anything incriminating if I were you...

 

[LatinoSTAR]

Two months?

I think the statute of limitations is measured in years when it comes to felonies, so I still wouldn't say anything incriminating if I were you...

incriminating, Puhhlease! listen i have two family members who are cops, and they know that i used to sell drugs, and if you ask me, i think they're corrupt, cause i sold it to them too, so...i have the law on my side as far as im concerned, and im never selling drugs anymore, so dont worry about it

 

[theFallenGod]

Oh Please dont get all your panties in a bunch, i havnt sold drugs in like almost two months, i work at the mall, so im good now.

and for those who say it is unhealthy, look at Willie Nelson, how old is he? my god

yes you're right... look at Willie...

Than look at George Burns who smoked cigars for over 60 years... he lived to be how old? and How healthy was he when he died of old age?

According to you because someone doesn't die from it... it is healthy?

That makes cigars healthy too....

My grandmother drank straight gin. She had no problems associated with drinking when she died? I guess drinking is good too?

And lastly, well I'll just say that some of the people I've known who've had a mad and passionate love affair with weed seem a little...slow. They don't realize it of course, but from the outside it seems like they're in a perpetual fog.

Every single person I know personally who smokes pot is just like this... I have yet to meet an exception personally

I know a guy with severe ADHD who smokes a joint almost every day -- and when he doesn't, he starts getting hyper, highly suggestible, and will take any drug offered him. As long as he has his MJ, other drugs are of no interest to him.

Well of course he's docile when he smokes... I would be too when my brain isn't firing on all of it's cyclinders

 

[Mitsukuni]

The article is nonsense IMHO. A couple of hits does the trick, compared to a ciggy, gimme a break.

 

[3stripes]

Why is Fox News picking up on a very old NZ story?? 10th October 2005 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10349472

 

[drhladnjak]

There is no real evidence to support those accusations, its only illegal cause thats what the government wants, Marijuana is an amazing painkiller, and if made legal, doctors could lose possibly hundreds of millions of dollars a year, people will stop buying prescribed Medications, and go buy an eigth off their friendly neighborhood Drug dealer, money is the object of Everything, do you think our government wants to lose close to a billion dollars a year?? i dont think so..

If it was made legal, do you think anybody would be buying it from some shady dude around the corner still? Legalization would bring everything out into broad daylight. Just look at what happened with alcohol prohibition. Prices dropped, crime went down, booze became safer and of better quality, people were able to buy in bars and stores again instead of from shady moonshiners and smugglers.

Moreover, does anybody buy anything legal from a some place that's not a grocery store, a drug store, a liquor store or Walmart these days? How many people actually even grow their own food or make their own, well, anything? Sure, a few people would probably continue to grow it themselves just like a few people brew their own beer, but most people would buy it in a store. You can bet your bottom dollar that all the big corporate agriculture interests would get involved right away and start producing high yield, high quality, low cost marijuana. New technology would be developed for improved growing and harvesting just like with every other crop grown today.

And the government would be able to collect all sorts of new taxes. Sales and excise taxes on the pot itself. Income tax on everybody from the growers up to the sellers. It would be a boon for the government, for big agriculture and for consumers. The DEA/local law enforcement (less need for all those draconian enforcement actions), big pharma (less need for expensive pain killers--can't patent pot) and alcohol producers (maybe people would get intoxicated differently) would all probably be hurt by cheap, legal and high quality pot though.

 

[theFallenGod]

Why is Fox News picking up on a very old NZ story?? 10th October 2005 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10349472

Maybe because the study ended... The story you linked to shows the forming of the study the original link is the results from the study.

 

[3stripes]

Maybe because the study ended... The story you linked to shows the forming of the study the original link is the results from the study.

Maybe, and then again maybe NOT.

The only recently published study I can find by Prof beasley concerning marijuana is from December and concerns emphysema. Not lung cancer.

Original statement stands, why is fox news dredging up old stuff?

 

[gangineer]

hm... let's see. the article is from fox news, a more conservative news station. now, i'm not saying that there's a connection or anything, but it would make sense that they'd print an article lke this. no? I mean, it can't be GOOD for you, but 1 joint=20 cigarettes? come on now. that doesn't seem to make sense.

well, ok, so what do they have to say about eating? no smoke, so is it as bad for you?