Quote Originally Posted by CymekSniper View Post
THC may not be that addictive but if you increase the amount of the chemical in marijuana, don't you think you might have a larger chance of getting addicted? Not only that, but people might continue to use marijuana because it is more powerful and its effects last longer so it makes them feel it more so then they continue to use it and then have a higher risk of getting addicted. People may have a lot of health problems due to food but many aren't addicted to it. If people would stop eating so much fast food then people's health might increase.[/b]
When you previously replied to this part of what I said you sounded a bit more freaked out : )

Anyhow: Do you know how many people do Marijuana in the U.S.? A great deal. How many deaths does Marijuana cause, and how much does obesity cause? No-one has died directly from marijuana (THC) over dosage. Also, you don't think people are addicted to food? Then please, tell me: Why do SO many people fail at going on a diet? Why do so many people in America and more and more in Europe say: "I am to fat, I am going to lose weight." but fail at it? Really, food can be quite addictive.

Also, you just assume more THC means more addiction. I doubt that's the case. THC isn't even physically addictive. Besides, if people have weaker marijuana they just smoke more. In America, most weed is smoked pure (so I have heard), In the Netherlands, where there is far more THC in the marijuana, people smoke it with tobacco. You get get just as high with low-thc weed as with high-thc weed, it just takes other dosage. It is like with alcohol, addicted to wine or addicted to whiskey, does that really matter? I doubt it.

Are we going to ban email too? It is worse for your mind then marijuana
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04...l_destroys_iq/

Addictive, what isn't? Sex can be addictive. Food can be addictive. Racing cars can be addictive. I don't see why marijuana should be banned for use by adults and racing cars shouldn't.

Nicotine is more addictive. For alcohol, I cannot say. I wish there was a way to stop the usage of both, however.
When exactly was it proven marijuana was one of the most harmless drugs out there?[/b]
While I was looking that up, I came across a whole bunch of interesting studies:

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Alcohol is worse then Narcotics
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,...=rss-topstories

Heroin and cocaine were ranked most dangerous, followed by barbiturates and street methadone. Alcohol was the fifth-most harmful drug and tobacco the ninth most harmful. Cannabis came in 11th, and near the bottom of the list was Ecstasy.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/s...502012,00.html

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_me...T00:00:09-00:00
There was little evidence that ecstasy caused extensive harm, despite its widespread use by young people in clubs and pubs at weekends. Cannabis has been cited as a cause of schizophrenia but the authors said a causal relationship had not been established. If it were, evidence showed no more than 7 per cent of cases could be attributed to use of the drug.


lol the schizophrenia-argument isn't even proven properly, yet they use it to scare children.

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Anyhow, http://tailrank.com/1592243/Alcohol-is-mor...us-than-ecstacy here is a whole list of articles.

Point being:


I might have made somewhat of a mistake there: Cannabis isn't the most safe drug... XTC is more safe, as is LSD... as are some other drugs that can get you hard time in jail. However, of the 3 most popular drugs, alcohol, tobacco and marijuana, the latter is by far the safest.

Some people can function fine, but some get addicted and others turn to other drugs. You are still killing your mind by smoking pot and even if you can still function properly at you might be ruining your chance at something higher,[/b]
what a bunch of nonsense. I know of a whole bunch of students that like to smoke marijuana in the weekends, but preform fine. HOW is it killing your mind? You are just talking American-government-scare-infomercial nonsense. Marijuana does nothing with your mind on long term, expect for an unproven small percentage of people that probably would find an other addiction.

Why don't you tell the victims of drug overdose that drugs aren't dangerous? Everything is dangerous to and extent, but there are better things you could be doing with your life than snorting cocaine three times a day or sitting inside your house and smoking joints.[/b]
Like sitting behind your TV, eating McDonalds 3 times a day, and base-jumping?

FYI I consider getting drunk and dieing in a car accident to be a drug overdose.[/b]
Do you also consider someone drinking 10 red bulls, or 25 cups of coffee and dieing in a car accident to be drug overdose?

and BTW I am offended that you would even mention Nascar here. You assume I like Nascar and watch Nascar. I DON'T. Example of stereotypes everyone.....[/b]
Actually, I just recently learned that especially rednecks like Nascar, I didn't even know. Also, I was just pointing out that a lot of people get a kick out of certain things that are dangerous. Sky diving, nascar, any form of racing, ect ect.

How different is people getting addicted to sky-diving from people getting addicted to marijuana? Both rarely happen. If anything, all you named is an argument FOR drug legalization, so you don't give the group that is most likely to get addicted access anymore: Children. Name a reason why not to legalize LSD, a very safe, studies show, harmless, un-addictive drug. Drugs should be regulated, not forbidden, like sky-diving, car-racing and base-jumping is.

There still isn't a reason not to legalize marijuana, -and now I have learned, LSD, XTC and some other drugs found to be safer then tobacco-, since people are going to use it anyway.