(August 11, 2009 at 5:01 am)Giff Wrote:(August 10, 2009 at 7:07 pm)dry land fish Wrote: Legalize it. It's not as harmful as alcohol and can be compared to cigarettes. I've smoked pot for years and I run a lot, have never had brochitis or any other lung problems. I don't know any tobacco smokers that could run one lap around their house without falling over.
Smoke is dangerous to your lungs no matter if it is tobacco or cannabis. Also cannabis have the bad side affect, to men, that it make the sperm quality worse and other sexual disdvantages. Also it affects ones memory too. But it all depends how much a person smokes and what kind.
Also we don't want to become like the dutchmen, damn them
Of course all smoke is harmful to the lungs. Most people who smoke pot don't smoke one after another like a tobacco smoker. Note I said most people because I do know a couple of gas station clerks that smoke pot constantly. You have to rely on the research that has been done. There has been a carcinogen found in pot. There are not any studies on whether or not it has caused many cases of cancer in pot smokers. I do believe according to research that Tobacco causes the most cases of lung cancer. Even though it can cause lung cancer...is that a reason to keep it illegal? That would be a personal choice for each of us to make and it's definitely not going to harm anyone else if we decide to smoke pot that might cause us to get lung cancer in the future.
All of the pot smoking men I know have kids. Some have more than one. It can affect their ability to get someone pregnant but it's not going to make them sterile!! It's also said to cause women to skip periods and I have never had that problem and neither have any of my female pot smoking friends. Back in high school I smoked pot constantly and even then it didn't bother me in that way.
Memory is said to be affected but I can't personally vouch for that. It has never hurt my memory. I make A's and B's and I have never noticed my short or long term memory to be faulty. I also never smoke and then try to learn new information. I'm assuming if you go around stoned all the time then of course you will not remember things but ...that's another personal choice and still doesn't give any good reason for it to be illegal.
Even if I didn't smoke I'd vote YES at the polls if given the chance. I'm all about giving people the right to make choices about their lives. Marijuana is only mildly harmful and so people should be able to choose to smoke or not to smoke without fearing any consequences from the law. I have never been harmed by the pot heads that live next door to me. They smoke all the time and I doubt they know I smoke too. I see them on the porch burning one down all the time. The guy actually was nice enough to bring over some of our mail that was delivered to his house. Come to think of it...most all potheads I've met have been really nice and thoughtful people.
