+450 To the people who think weed should be legal because it's better for you than cigarettes, A LOT of things are better for you than cigarettes, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

like apples.....

by Anonymous 13 years ago

yes, just like apples

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Or cleaning their house..... I've seen some of those houses, and they need to save their money for a house cleaner, and not weed

by Anonymous 13 years ago

They should clean their houses.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

But apples aren't illegal...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

yes, but that doesn't make it less true. the point is that cigarettes are legal and weed is not, even though cigarettes are worse for you and addictive.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Many people make the argument that weed should be legal because it's healthier than tobacco, which is a shitty reason

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well the main reasons that i think it should be legal are because there are way to many people in the prisons, and most of them are there just for stupid reasons like getting caught with weed or other drugs. prisons should be for helping people rather than punishment. Also, the government could make money off of weed like they do with cigarettes. And we could use hemp more instead of cotton which is better for the environment because it grows faster and cotton is hard to grow without pesticides, unlike hemp. And people should be able to make their own decisions with how they treat their bodies, not the government.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Weed gets you high. Cigarettes don't. Your argument is null.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

People can still function while high. Alcohol gets you so fucked up that you can't stand straight. Your argument is invalid.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And I bet they're all legal, aren't they? :P

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Weed is actually worse for you body, especially your lungs. So saying it's better because it's "natural" is a load of crap.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Tobacco's natural, too.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Tobacco is grown from a Tobacco plant. However, there are over 200 chemicals added to a tobacco cigaret, one being nicotine. Marijuana is usually smoked soley in its plant form.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That being said, if weed were legalized, it would be issued out by big dealers much like today's tobacco companies. And being that these companies put "200 chemicals" in cigarettes, who's to say they don't start putting 200 hundred chemicals in weed?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm not supporting weed. I am against that as well as tobacco, I'm just stating facts.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

How is it worse for your body? Give me your source for this information.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2002/smoking-marijuana-more-than.html

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Alcohol and cigarettes are legal and more harmful. Why isn't weed legal? People die from them everyday, yet how many people do you hear die from smoking weed?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's not so much that it's healthier than tobacco, so much as it is that it's healthier than almost everything else in existence. Many people die from drinking too much water, and nobody has ever died from smoking too much weed. The smoke doesn't damage your lungs or body. Perhaps you should also consider the fact that weed is extremely useful. Hemp can be used for well over 25,000 different products, from clothing and food, to cellophane and dynamite. As a medicine, weed also treats a far wider range of illnesses and conditions than any other medicine could ever dream of achieving. So; not harmful, mind blowingly useful, and most effective medicine on the planet. Why exactly shouldn't we legalize it? If you are against legalization, you are either a dealer, a Government official, or completely ignorant. That's a fact.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I really liked the way you used water poisoning in your argument and yes I totally agree with you.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This is just my opinion, but I think you're a moron.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The funny part is you're 100% wrong

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That's funny, 'cause I'd like to know why you think so.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Binnyandthejets provided plenty of reason.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

He didn't provide anything useful. I can do the same: http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/408/60640.html http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/32229.php http://www.buydutchseeds.com/facts_cannabis.html http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1277837/ http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Preventable_causes_of_death.png http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/?q=node/30 (check number 5) Watch 7:26 and on of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoK6NztH3eQ And watch the first few minutes of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUU2YB9OgaU I'm sorry, sir, you're WRONG.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm sorry sir, but tl;dr JK. The first article says the studies are incomplete. The second seems very indecisive. It uses the word "suggests" too much, which shows that studies weren't done over a broad amount of people, or that the effects are very circumstantial. In one paragraph it even says that the effects depend on the part of the plant you smoke. The third article is completely unreliable and biased, as it is trying to sell you marijuana seeds... I really don't have time to read all of these so I'll come back later.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Then I'll call upon my girlfriend for a bit of anecdotal evidence. She smokes absolutely insane amounts of weed everyday, all the while smoking a medium amount of cigarettes. She quit both multiple times (at different times), and noted that quitting weed has no effect on her lungs, while quitting cigarettes makes her lungs clear up a lot.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Because that will definitely compete with multiple medical journals.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Truth is, the health of an individual does not solely depend on whether or not someone smokes weed. There are many contributing factors-like diet, physical activity, and mental well being. Not everyone smokes weed everyday, some people do it occasionally or just a little bit. Smoking weed even say 3 times a month or even just on the weekends isnt going to destroy someones health. A person that doesnt smoke weed, but inhales the smog of LA everyday is not more healthier than a person that lives out in the clean air mountains and smokes a little weed.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Any backup to that statement?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

A lot of people take one side of this argument without knowing anything real. I'm pretty sure 90% of people on this website have 'false' or inappropriate arguments whether they show support or disapproval to the legalization of Cannabis. If you do some serious research on the subject, you'll surely find a whole new concept for this argument. Actually, the legal status of cannabis isn't even a question of public health in first place, it's all about an economic asset to a party depending on the situation.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think weed should be legal because arguing with stoners is the same as arguing with Christians. Neither one will ever shut the hell up no matter what evidence you put in front of them to prove them wrong.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Hey look above-Iwannafingeryou-is saying what im saying. Its not about public health, its about MONEY

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah, I used to think that when I smoked weed.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Weed makes people happy.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

http://www.prosebeforehos.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/marijuana-revenue-by-states.jpg

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The argument about legalization isn't really about health concerns- yes, they play a role, but the other factors are much more important. In terms of how healthy smoking weed is, the only proven detrimental effect of smoking it is on the lungs- as someone posted above, people who smoke multiple joints per day can expect lung damage similar to a pack a day of cigarettes. However, the number of people who actually smoke this much is pretty small; most people I know smoke on average two or three times per week. Also, THC has been shown to fight cancer growth, suggesting that it would be harder to get lung cancer from smoking it than from smoking cigarettes, despite the fact that it contains carcinogens. The most important argument in favor of legalization is money. Our government is broke. Legalizing weed would help that, no so much from taxing it but from saving billions of dollars on law enforcement /prison upkeep.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i smoke erryday. but when i blow cigarette smoke through a piece of toilet paper it turns the toilet paper brown, that doesnt happen with weed. the only way weed is bad for your lungs is because carbon monoxide is always going to be mildly irritating to your lungs. and why are people talking about how much healthier it is publc health concern isnt why it was made illigal.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

this post is like saying, "to the people who think murder should be illegal because it's wrong: there are a LOT of wrong things in the world, amirite?"

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Most people smoke weed with a bit of tobacco, hardly anyone always smokes it in its healthier forms so it will still affect your mouth throat and lungs. It DOES affect the brain if you have underlying issues, studies and seeing how people are will show you this and no I will not link as using my phone and if I can look up your shit you can look up mine. I hear a lot of bull about how it should be legal and it is all complete crap. If we make rape legal the gov can save money from court trials and free space in prisons - that is the same argument. As for the gov needing money, as Churchill once similarly said, a country taxing itself out of debt is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift it by the handle. Tobacco should be illegalised but it is hard to uproot such deeply seeded trilliondollar business. And alcohol is only so terrible as people do not know their limit or how to be responsible and take in moderation. If your life so desperately needs drugs to be good I think...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Your argument about making rape legal is NOT the same as weed because: I say that if LESS people are in court and prison because of weed, then THERE IS MORE ROOM FOR THE RAPISTS/KILLERS. http://stash.norml.org/judge-james-p-gray-testifies-for-california-marijuana-legalization That is what this JUDGE is saying in the video essentially, the more time and money we spend enforcing bogus marijuana laws-the less time/money we spend on more important stuff like catching real freaks that need to be locked up.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yes and making rape legal makes more room for murderers and tax dodgers. Same thing essentially of lessening one crime to make room for others. It works both ways. Make slavery legal and people can make higher profit. Fact is you can make a benefit from lessening any illegal act. Why should weed be considered for this when it is of equal gain for others.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Because smoking weed is nowhere near as bad as raping or killing someone, in fact its pretty harmless. Alcohol is more dangerous. Honest hardworking people should NOT BE TREATED LIKE CRIMINALS for smoking a doob at the end of the day like another person would have a martini. It is decriminalized in many states including mine, and you dont really go to jail for it-unless you get caught with a lot. But it still shouldnt be put on a criminal record, especially if it doesnt affect their ability to work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrYXD0QI_l8&feature=channel_video_title Please watch this full video, millions of women/parents are like this. I think its kinda ridiculous you would stand this woman next to a rapist/killer and say they shes just as bad.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Weed should be legal because the govt can make bank on it. People are already smoking it behind their backs so whats the difference? Alcohol is legal. Whats the difference between being high and being drunk. I dont know for sure if you can die from weed but you can die from alcohol poisoning so I dont see the big deal. Grow weed, package weed, sell weed, make bank. And I've never smoked weed, ever in my entire life, this just seems like a good idea.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Though I am on your side, the way you argue makes us smart pot smokers look bad. There is a HUGE I MEAN HUGEEEREE difference between being drunk and being high. When Im high, I HAVE CONTROL OF MY BODY and im aware of what im doing and im functional. Drunks on the other hand are gross and all over the place. I you go into a room at 10 am with 2 beds, one has a person that got high the night before and one with a person that got drunk-I guarantee that you will wake up the pot smoker with ease. While the hungover person may puke on you or punch you in the face.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No i get that. I guess I didnt make myself clear enough. What I meant was they both have effects on your body. Obviously the drinking one is worse and has worse side effects.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm not saying they are AS bad, simply saying an argument to decrease one crime to make room for others works both ways so is a stupid reason to decriminalise weed. Weed DOES affect your ability to work and to drive and to care for your children and many other daily things. Sure weed is harmless if the user is a single orphan hermit but how many of them are there in the number of users? Your thoughts and reactions are distorted and this means you shouldn't be near anything that needs your attention. There is no real reasonable argument to legalise. Profiteering off it is silly; it is natural - so is cyanide and mushrooms that kill; makes room for other crimes is clearly stoner logic and as for harmless, well there is much it effects and it is clear when someone is using - if it was harmless you'd not notice it so much.

by Anonymous 13 years ago