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Answer by nikki
Submitted on 2/22/2004
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Marijuana is addicting. Its a substance and can, has, and will continue to ruin lives. You used the example of people on the streets being only heroin and crack addicted, true, maybe in the movies. The fact is peoples lives are being destroyed every day by Alcohol! Gambling! and yes even MARIJUANA! Its not the substance its self which is addicting but the user and their genes and a whole bunch of other attributes such as how often they use, and the reasons behind their usage. The thing is I've smoked weed before, not once either but several times, and I can see how people become naive to the affects it can have on other people. The only reason I know what Im saying is legit and not just an opinion I've conjured up is because I watched my brother throw his life away for..weed..MARIJUANA. Is his life as seriously affected or destroyed as much as it would be if he were on a heavier drug such as crack or heroin. No. But destroyed and destruction is definitely something that has become of his future. This is a kid who in high school never studied and brought home 3.5's, now hes a nothing except a pro at living a hustling life. He knows what its like to be in jail because he gets tickets which he cant pay, because he cant ever hold a job, and the tickets become warrants. He knows how to live off 500 dollars, 50 dollars, and 5 dollars. He's seen the pain in his family's eyes when the look at him and see the disappointment he's become. And he knows he can forget about it and get through the day as long as he has a bag, somethin to smoke in, and a lighter. My brother and I have a very open relationship and I you may still think that this kinda life only takes place to people who are addicted to heavier drugs, but your wrong. My brother tried weed and fell in love. It was an escape to all his problems. A way to deal with the day but not have to really deal with anything at all. Except rolling your next joint that is. So can weed ruin someone's life. Absolutely. And the thing that is even scarier about the drug that is so casual and common, and is ruining lives, is that once you get to a certain point weed just isnt enough anymore. Sometimes it happens early on, sometimes it happened later...but chances are if its ruining your life like it is my brothers your pain will become to significant for "simple" weed to suppress. Like I said I've smoked a fair amount of weed, and its not to say I wont smoke it again, and Im fine. But like any substance that helps people cope, be it food, alcohol, pills ect it can ruin lives. It is. And will always.

Answer by Lil Mama
Submitted on 4/30/2004
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Well there are many pros and cons of Marijuana. But I would have to say I'm on the Legalize side. Like Kitten said whos heard of any one dying of weed. Then again theres thoes people who take advantage of it and let it interrupt with their lives. Like me. I got caught being high at an after school program and now I have to go through drug rehab because I wanted to do it before I went and not after I came home. Its not that I was acting funny or being out of control I got caught cuz ma eyes were red. But I diffently have to say if you do smoke don't let it get in the way of your life and be smart about it. I really dont think its harmful, and to all the idiots who say they did some messed up crap when they got high, learn what you can handle and dont put other people down cuz they can handle their selfs and have fun. Another thing look how much it can help the people who use it for medical reasons so why not.

Answer by heathcliff
Submitted on 5/14/2004
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I've been smoking pot nearly daily for almost 6 years now. The fact is marijuana is only a gateway drug if you allow to be. It's all in the head of the user. I use it at night to help me sleep. Marijuana has never interfered with my life except when it comes time to drop a drug test for a job, and at that point I easily stop smoking. And no I'm not addicted I don't freak out without having it like a crack-head. I live a normal life making 50,000 dollars a year with a great home and plenty of accomplishments. If you use marijuana to suppress your worthless life, it isn't the marijuana's fault it's your own for being a bum. So all you idiots out there saying it's only a matter of time before your putting needles in your arm really need to shut the !@#% up. You give a virtually harmless substance a very bad name, why don't you pick on the drunk who kills not only himself but other people driving. Now I do realize that putting smoke into your lungs is never a healthy thing, firemen where gas masks for a reason! Yet what I do or what anybody else does to their body is there business, is this a free country or totalitarian. Freedom is an American myth.

Answer by stephie
Submitted on 5/21/2004
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OK, My own Opinion on the weed thing is that it all depends on the person, for instance i known and worked with professionals who smoke so much weed daily its ridiculous yet ehy are focused loving and get things done with perfection, to say that weed affects everyones job is ridiculous, I am not saying it enhances it either. I am just saying if the only you thing you care about is weed and getting that joint in daily than that is something that will effect you! For instance my own brother is a pot head, he barely graduated from highschool and flunked out of college...most likely from partying all the time. For me i use it occasionaly allowing my self to get stoned only so often. I think it should be legalized like tobacco and alchol!

Answer by Onedarkday
Submitted on 6/9/2004
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ok .. let see hmm .. the old Is marijuana bad arguement? well i would have to say no .. for one marijuana isnt addictive they have done years of research on it and its not gonna change they had the same result in 1972 and they will have the same result now . hell its even used medicaly now .u conservative pricks .. learn how to be liberal for just 2 seconds and stop listening to what others tell you .. how about try to understand something before u critize it?? i can think of about 2 things bad about Pot and that is . u smoke it .. smoking anything is bad for ur health and another is the User some people are just the biggest dumbass about smoking dont get high every damn second of ur life dont walk around all day not remembering how it feels to not be sober so in conclusion . i love weed . its not bad just depends on the user u gotta be responsible kinda like . drinking..its common sense dont smoke to much and lose all ur motivation ps. NORML!!!

Answer by Sierrah
Submitted on 8/11/2004
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Well, I've been smokin now, and if I counted all the times I'e done it these past two months, I'd say around 17 times. I have noticed that I am getting shorter memory, can't think as fast, and lower immune. I don't like doing it before I go to sleep (Although I am an insomniac, and I smoked it to help me actually sleep) But I got extremely paranoid, and found myself hiding under my blankets with both the TV and my light on, and imagining I see crap, and heard growling. It got to me, and once I got to sleep, I had extremely wierd dreams, were I woke up sweating. The thing is, once you smoke it, there is no turning back. You can't magically become high, and expect it to go away when you want. You lose reality, and you can't jump back in for more than max, 5 seconds. Another thing is when you do it, do it with a bong. If you don't want to buy one, make one. A bong is a hell of alot better than a pipe/joint. If you want long cancer, or you think bongs/joints get you more higher, you're wrong. Bongs get you just as messed up as pipes/joints. I found that I could make a bong with simple around the house stuff. I took a plastic small bubble container, put a hole in the upper part of it(you need to make sure you have enough water for it to run through) an empty pen shell, and a steel/metal little bolt/nut. I wedged that in the pen capsule, and huzzah, I had a good healthy way to do pot. The only reason im tellig you all this, is if you want to be safe, and feel better. Another way you can reduce redness in your eyes is by using the bong (That way you don't really cough) and to remeber to blink occasionly. when you're high you think of different random things, and 'zone out' and you really forget to blink, causing your eyes to become red. Hope this helps! -Sierrah

Answer by levi
Submitted on 8/23/2004
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pot is not bad. you say it ruins your life and im fine. like how they say it kills brain cells yea right it does not it just cotes them and not all mainly the memory cells. they say it makes you stupid if it harms you that bad how come states have it leagle and are leagalizing it. its a herb not a drug remember that.pot makes you more creative and imaginitive and those right there are really important things you need in your life are you just a boring person.i dont understand why they want it ileagle when your stoned the munches kick in and where do you go but to the store for food isn't that acually helping the government.It dont just make you lazy you make you lazy not pot thats all in your head. they say your an addict when you need pot because you dont feel good thats just like being addicted to asprin or any kind of pill you take it because it makes you feel better.i mean damn you make in to a problem by arguing about it when its the less harmfull drug out of them all hell its less harmful then ciggeretts or alchol. so come on peaplegod made pot pot is a plant that grose in the ground if god didnt want it wouldnt be around. i mean it gross everwhere it has seeds its not like itwill run out.and if it is legalized it will probly becomr cheaper in time. so come on people legalize it

Answer by sicc dude
Submitted on 11/15/2004
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im 19 years old and the very first time i used marijuana was at 12 years old. i loved it then and i love it now.i went from using it monthly to weekly to daily and back and forth just whenever i wanted and felt like it. the only thing it affects is my short term memory but other than that im still very successful. in high school i got straight a's being a marijuana user and i played sports too. i was a two time state champion in wrestling and state runner up in track. Marijuana has never slowed me down and i just dont think it ever will. right now im going to college to be a radiologist and im doing good in my college classes too. Marijuana should be legalized because it isnt harmful if you dont let it be. ive been arrested for weed at school and on the streets. and i will still continue to use it often because i love it and it really dont affect me. no one can prove that marijuana will slow me down or ruin my life. i choose to be successful and to use marijuana while doing it. its all up to the marijuana user, whats important to u?

Answer by uNkNoWn
Submitted on 11/24/2004
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Will, i dont know bout ya`ll but dang cuz i`ve been smokein` marijuana for year`s and i dont see what is the problem ... its been like 9 years now it is nuthing but koolness weed in my mind were i can think about the time of the things that i want to.... it is known as Remenesis.. but to ya known as pot smoker or so called... that koo just dont get cought up cuz it might be big trouable cuz i almost got in to that sit but i got out A.S.A.P (As.Soon.As.Possiable)... it was a trip... and to ya none bud smoker it is koo stay that way it is more of a life to u .. oh and u dont want to be like me i some weed like nuthing .. i smoke weed becuz i feel like it and it is nuthing aganist my wayz of that .. will the only way u can tell wedd is Bad or Good is just smoke it once and see how it feelz like cuz even though i tell u .. u might just think imma liein` .. if u dont want to smoke it just go ask ur mom or dad... i bet that smoke it once or twice... "but as for me i will have a storie to tell my young once you know havein` babie`s is one thing that is good but hey just dont smoke the seed cuz that might be true bout smokein` the seed can make u not have babie`".... if u didnt get it the re-read the quote.. get got good ... will i be uNkNoWn=bLu_RideRz need any thing just holla

Answer by Maria
Submitted on 11/29/2004
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I would like to say I have seen people who use the marijuana responsibly and people who have not. I have never seen someone sit there and just waste their life away on this. Let me say my father has always smoked ever since he was a kid probably. He has had the same job since he was 19 years, he is 50 now. My father has never been in dept, has never been lazy, I see him go to work even when he is sick. I have used marijuana since a very young age. I would say I used this drug every single day morning day and night. I got through high school on this. I never let my grades go down, graduated on time, I have a job since I was 15. I am now graduated college with a degree in Pharmacy Technician, passed my national exam. Let me tell I could quit anytime that I want. I quit because I need a job. I am not craving this drug, it doesn't take control of me. I know it will always be there. The only way it could ever ruin a life is if you are being drug tested for a job and you fail. But of course I will not have that problem, because I can quit anytime, why? Because it is not addictive. If anyone lets their life being ruin by this it is because they are probably already lazy to begin with. Depends on the person. If you let it get to you, then it is not for you. And it is people like you that ruin for others. To nikki'sbrother he shouldn't be smoking, maybe he should have had more discipline. It is people like that who shouldn't be smoking. Look at my father at 50 with the same job. Look at me. I used to smoke to help me learn. I guess some people have it and some people don't(nikki and her brother).

Answer by No it's not
Submitted on 12/3/2004
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Marijuana isn't as bad for you as alcohol or cigareetes. Marijuana is it is high grade and smoked out of a water pipe is really not that bad for you. If smoke is filtered through water even just once 99% of harmful tars are removed. It's better for your lungs than cigarettes. The effects of marijuana are less than alcohol. Now matter how much you smoke you can only get so high. Therefor it is less risky than alcohol. And, no, most marijuana that you buy on the streets isn't laced with rat poison or other chemicals. You just have to buy from a reliable person. If it was legalized it could be USDA inspected and taxed for a lot of money. With the number of users the federal debtb could be paid off in 10 years.

Answer by card carrying liberal
Submitted on 12/8/2004
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First of all since there is a spell check on the entry form there is no excuse for some of these people writing like idiots. Second of all, marijuana is not at all a bad substance. I have smoked for over a year now, i have gone to my job and i have driven with perfect precision while being high. Marijuana only becomes a problem if you devote your life to spending every last dime on it. If you are a mature person marijuana is not harmful at all. Smoking daily, yes thats bad sooner or later you'll get cancer. However isn't America based on freedom? So why restrict our right to smoke, we know the consequences. The solution to our national debt? Allow the government to grow, harvest and sell marijuana legally. Bet those billions of dollars would be cut down pretty quick. I am 16 years old, I maintain a 3.8 GPA and a job and have plans to go to college and succeed in life. If marijuana makes you a failure and ruins your life how do i exist?

Answer by kilrogg
Submitted on 12/11/2004
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I highly believe in Legalizing Marijuana for both medical and normal use. For one thing I used to smoke marijuana but because I do have heart problems, i'vequit. Smoking anything is bad for lungs especially cigarettes, the additives and carcinogens in cigarettes are a lot worse then the caniboids in marijuana which are naturally created in our brain. When I was in high school my teacher made me write a report on why marijuana should be legalized. I was sort of forced into having to take this debate and because I thought it was a horrible drug and that it was illegal it shouldn't be ever used etc. But after doing a lot of research I learned things that caused me to this day to fight for the right to be able to choose. After high school and throughout college I used marijuana for recreational purposes but got into a lot of trouble once when a cop found me using it. After a year of probation and being kicked out of VCU in which the majority smoke (one of tops art schools of the east coast) I had decided to quit it completely BUT then thought back to how the cop that had arrested me told me "oh you should have just done it at home cause you would never have been caught". He had told me on the night that I was arrested that he himself thought it was a waste of his time but that it was the law... That had REALLY bothered me and made me question why it really is illegal. After re-researching and learning about Harry J. Anslinger and his EXTREMELY RACIST beliefs, i'vebeen fighting really hard to help legalize it. If marijuana was legalized (even for medical usage) it could be given great help for the problems I have with depression (Its been proven that there is a major connection between heart problems and depression, many other antidepressants have been proven to not help or worsen situation). Medically marijuana can be used for soo many uses BUT because of the fact that its illegal nothing can happen. (THC can be used in creams to help patients) Doctors, Scientists, and Pharmacists all have done vast research and found many many beneficial uses of marijuana... But who would trust a doctor if they told them they smoke or believe in it. They would just end up loosing their lives. If it could be legalized people like me could be saved. Cops wouldn't waste their time trying to capture and recapture potheads and actually do some real work. And lastly America could at least be somewhat a representation of what it strives to be; A country with freedom and the right to choose how to live this dream. For the people who do believe that Marijuana can cause more crime or accidents while driving, I believe that marijuana too can be required to be licensed and monitored by ABC like alcohol. Obviously no one should be driving with mind alterations of any sort including prescribed medication that can cause drowsiness or other side affects. I really don't believe crime would go up but in fact actually drastically drop because of the lack of drug trafficking (at least in marijuana). Hell, even if Marijuana became highly taxed for normal usage, it could help lessen Marijuana users overall, and help the government put the money created to much better uses like education and health-care. Lastly I don't know anyone ever who has been killed as a direct result of Marijuana(vs alcohol over-intoxication). Overall I think marijuana like i said really should be legalized because it can help in many more ways then it can harm a person or group of people.

Answer by Krista
Submitted on 12/13/2004
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I don't think weed is wrong at all if you don't let it control you like everyone else said. I have been around weed for about 3 years now but not until this last year did I smoke for the first time at age 20. I enjoy it and just stay at home and chill. I am currently going to college and getting straight "A's" and "B's." I don't think it affects your brain as drastically as it is made out to be. I smoke when I want to smoke if people around me are smoking and I don't want to smoke it is simple I don't smoke. I never got peer pressured into it I did it when I wanted to. I still smoke when I want to. It's simple it's just a release from a crazy day. I know putting smoke in your lungs is bad but at this point in my life I don't think it will affect me. To me weed is not a life long drug. I will smoke it till I plan on having kids and stop way before I get pregnant and never touch it again. Simple as that. It's called SELF CONTROL. If you don't have it don't smoke. Be an adult about it. I have never tried anything else and wouldn't try anything else.

Answer by marco
Submitted on 12/26/2004
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Anyone ever see Reefer madness? its a wonderful story about how marijuana ruins lives! in the wonderful story, women are raped while under the influence, a man was killed by a high-driver, and they CONSTANTLY link pot with insanity, heroin, violence, and alcohol. I have smoked marijuana for 3 years now, and NEVER been in an accident, and never even been pulled over while high! ive actually avoided quite a few accidents while high, and ive found it does not decrease your reaction time at all. The govt has been lying about marijuana for a very long time, and they always will. If they expose the truth about this harmless substance, it will cost many, many judges, cops, narc's prison wardens, and marijuana rehab people their jobs. Marijuana is a wonderful stress reducing, anxiety reducing, plant that puts you on cloud 9. the only people who don't like it are the ones who have not looked into it.

Answer by zzzYphh
Submitted on 1/27/2005
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Marijauna does not cause brain damage and doesnt not kill brain cells depspite beliefs though it affects the mind THC the substance in marijauna that produces the "High" effects fat and your fat cells have certain receptors that can cause feelings of euphoria, hunger, deminishing of pain messages to the brain and what not ect. Another fact you cannot overdose on marijauna, out of studies THC is a substance that has no possible "LD50" meaning overdose rate, hell if u take to many advils u get liver failure and can die of a heart attack, even water has a LD50 and u can die from to much water. Marijauna'smedical atributes are stronger than any synthetic medecine we make, Marijauna: Pain Killer affect with the no worries of addiction and overdose that other pain killers have, Marijauna: hunger, aids patients will actually have a apetite through mariajuan which they couldnt. Marijauna: Sight, my grandfather went blind because of gluacoma if he had medical mariajuna during the early stages he would still have sight now. Marijauna: Cancer, THC supresses the reproduction of Cancer cells and can kill them believe or not. One famouse case was bob marely, Bob marely suffered from foot cancer as a child, his marijauna use actually prolonged his life by supressing the cancer he had to the max of its possibilities this isnt speculation marijauna does have effects on cancer cells.

Answer by Matt
Submitted on 2/17/2005
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Pot is bad for your health period. However Pot Like Alcohol should be used responsibly and in moderation if you feel you are incapable or feel like you are having a hard time using Pot responsively and in moderation you should quit. Like Alcohol it can easily ruin lives (how many homeless people do you see that are drunkards?) However Alcohol is used (to get drunk) everyday by billions of welly adjusted people their lives certainly aren�t ruined. The same goes for Pot in fact Pot probably ruins less lives then alcohol because it's NON-ADDICTIVE. If somebody tells you they got addicted its all in the head: your body doesn�t begin to rely on pot in any way except for your brain and even then its very rare for a user to get addicted mentally (getting depressed if you don't smoke)