Vote To Legalize Marijuana

Since I already explained myself to you I'm just going to copy and paste what I said before in this thread.

Your asking me to show you proof of no documented cases of cancer caused by marijuana. I dont know how to show you something that never happened. By me not being able to show you a case is more proof that is because there is no document made by the government that says these are all lies. Everything bad said about marijuana was just said based off of no evidence.

What about the video I posted on how they said marijuana causes brain damage?


There is no actual evidence that marijuana is a gateway drug either. Just another thing was said without any real evidence.
 
Since I already explained myself to you I'm just going to copy and paste what I said before in this thread.

Your asking me to show you proof of no documented cases of cancer caused by marijuana. I dont know how to show you something that never happened. By me not being able to show you a case is more proof that is because there is no document made by the government that says these are all lies. Everything bad said about marijuana was just said based off of no evidence.

What about the video I posted on how they said marijuana causes brain damage?


There is no actual evidence that marijuana is a gateway drug either. Just another thing was said without any real evidence.

I'm not asking you for the evidence that the government uses, I'm asking you for something the government said. Anything recent. A government article condoning the use of marijuana from within the last five/ten years.
 
The fact that two of your so-called sources come from facebook and another one leads to an article where the so-called unbiased source misspelled tobacco shows how dependable they are. I want something official. I want something that an ACTUAL scientist studying marijuana says about marijuana. If you can find that, and he/she agrees that marijuana should be legal then, and only then, will I agree with you and only then will marijuana being made legal get my stamp of approval.
 
It's a pretty commonly understood and referenced side effect, but I dug up the first article a search gave me.

Paranoid or Placid? Brain Scans Show Pot's Effect On Mind.

Dr. Sagnik Bhattacharyya said:
A number of studies have (also) clearly shown that regular marijuana or cannabis use in vulnerable individuals is associated with increased risk of developing psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, where one loses contact with reality.

Marijuana is also linked to an increase in testicular cancer amongst users:

NBCNews- Dude It's Your Junk, Pot Linked To Testicular Cancer
Cancer.org- Study Links Marijuana Use to Testicular Cancer
The Atlantic- Marijuana Doubles Risk of Testicular Cancer

And literally over a thousand more articles on the subject I could link, I just picked from a diverse sample of media outlets.
 
It's a pretty commonly understood and referenced side effect, but I dug up the first article a search gave me.

Paranoid or Placid? Brain Scans Show Pot's Effect On Mind.



Marijuana is also linked to an increase in testicular cancer amongst users:

NBCNews- Dude It's Your Junk, Pot Linked To Testicular Cancer
Cancer.org- Study Links Marijuana Use to Testicular Cancer
The Atlantic- Marijuana Doubles Risk of Testicular Cancer

And literally over a thousand more articles on the subject I could link, I just picked from a diverse sample of media outlets.

They use words like may or might in your articles. There still are not any recorded cases of cancer caused only from smoking pot.

And yet they are still more reputable and believable than your links to articles or youtube videos posted by potheads or people who have the same concept of grammar as yourself.

Very enlightening Rayne. And Todd 'may' or 'might' coming from a scientist equals 'will' and 'does'. It's been LINKED to these diseases and disorders which means it is a cause.
 
http://www.political.com/Reports/Marijuana_Should_Be_Legalized


(From the link that I Posted)
Scientists long ago abandoned the idea that marijuana causes users to try other drugs.
As far back as 1999, in a report commissioned by Congress to look at the possible dangers of medical marijuana, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences found that no conclusive evidence that the drug effects of marijuana are causally linked to the subsequent abuse of other illicit drugs. Since then, numerous other studies have also failed to support the “gateway” idea. 88% of Political.com respondents agree that marijuana is not a gateway drug and does not lead to the use and abuse of more serious drugs. Additionally, 45% of voters believe legalization will increase marijuana usage nationwide, while 26% believe it won’t increase usage and 29% are unsure.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/marijuana-and-cancer_n_1898208.html


What about all the people who smoke medical marijuana?
 
They use words like may or might in your articles. There still are not any recorded cases of cancer caused only from smoking pot.
There are no recorded cases of cancer caused from one and only one risk factor. For ANYTHING.

Instead, we say that certain activities increase your risk of cancer. Smoking cigarettes doesn't cause lung cancer; it leads to a drastic increase in the incidence of lung cancer amongst smokers. Being exposed to radiation doesn't cause cancer; it increases the likelihood of developing cancer.

It would appear that your unshakable faith in the items you provide would be caused by a failure to understand how scientific research works, coupled with the gullibility to follow any lunatic who uses definite terms like "will" and "does".

I can do that all day with the articles, by the way. It's nothing impressive, and something that anyone interested in researching the topic honestly should weigh in addition to whatever else they can find on the topic, judging each source individually for its veracity.
 
Smoking marijuana might cause testicular cancer while every pill on the market has so many negative side effects and if you take to much it will kill you. Yet all of them are still legal That still doesn't give you a reason to outlaw marijuana. The positive effects from marijuana outweigh the negative ones. Too much of anything is bad for you.
 
Smoking marijuana might cause testicular cancer while every pill on the market has so many negative side effects and if you take to much it will kill you. Yet all of them are still legal That still doesn't give you a reason to outlaw marijuana. The positive effects from marijuana outweigh the negative ones. Too much of anything is bad for you.

I don't know now. You can never have too much sex.
 
Marijuana is makes sex feel better too.
It increases sexual arousal.

I can say with 100 percent confidence that you cannot speak from experience here. Maybe your dirty hippie parents told you this, it doesn't make it true.
 
When it comes to gang violence all I said was less even if you say there won't be. Making pot legal will still has way more benefits.

As for Ramarley Graham all the cops did was think there wasn't a single time during that chase that those officers life were at risk. All the cops did was think he had a gun that doesn't make it right for them to shoot a kid dead even if he did run away from them. They didn’t see a gun or he didn’t draw a gun at the cops. Those cops didn't ask questions they just shot him.

Actually you said there would be MUCH less gang violence. I'm telling you as someone who is around gang violence that marijuana is a very small fraction of what gangs care about. A lot of them won't even deal it because it doesn't bring in enough money. That's why they deal harder drugs and often leave marijuana to small time dealers.

They THOUGHT they saw a gun. Again given the people he was with when he ran they decided to make a judgement call. I agree that it was a bad call but you can not give me a valid argument that the ONLY reason they shot him was because he had marijuana on him. If he had stopped and put his hands up then the cops could have searched him, seen that there was no gun, questioned him and arrested him for possession. He would have done a minimal amount of jail time and would still be alive. He decided to put himself in danger.
 
I'm going to comment on 4 comments above me. I'm not going to quote just responded to each person in the order of the response.

Have you ever smoked weed? Marijuana doesn't make everyone paranoid, I smoke and I never feel paranoid I feel more relaxed and laid back not paranoid though.

Once again more false assumptions. What makes you think my parents are dirty hippies? You talk about how I shouldn't insult people but it's OK for someone to say my parents are dirty hippies. That doesn't make any sense

You asked me why I insulted you in the other thread. Saying things like this is the reason why or asking me to show you evidence of things that don't exist.

Sorry thanks for correcting me with that MUST. Then if you say that marijuana is a small fraction of what gangs are about then thats just even more of a reason to make marijuana legal. If you say marijuana is a small part to the gang violence then that means it wouldn't make a difference if marijuana was legal.

Yes he was wrong for running but that does not give the cop the right to shoot him. There wasn't a single time that those officers life were in danger during the chase. He never drew a gun or threatened to shoot. In the end he got killed for only having pot. Yeah it might have been wrong to run but I also don't blame him for running. Prison is no place for someone who smokes pot they don't belong there because they are not criminals.
 
http://norml.org/laws/penalties/item/new-york-penalties-2

According to this if it was his first time he would have had to pay a $100 fine and serve no jail time.

Also you continue to ignore that they thought they saw a gun in his waistband. He may not have pulled a gun at them but they still thought he had one. We agree that they made a terrible choice by shooting him. But they only shot him because they thought he was armed. He was shot for his actions. Not for the bag of weed that he threw in the toilet.

Also I want to state that I am not against the legalization of marijuana. I have smoked it a few times myself and all it ever did was make me really relaxed. I have friends who smoke it every day and they are able to work full time, pay their bills on time and function in society. Then there are the people that I used to be friends with that smoke every day and they are some of the laziest people I know. They'd rather smoke every day than work and contribute to society. Just like any other vice it's different for anyone who uses it.
 
also responding to and that's the bottom line and mack militant from the other thread

That's the Bottom line

The one and only thing that I agree with what you have to say that it all depends on the person when it comes to marijuana. It's not for everyone. I think the paranoia has something to do with marijuana's reputation because I never got paranoid and I smoke with a lot of people and I never seen any of them act paranoid.

I have ADHD and marijuana helps me a lot. When I smoke I feel more relaxed and makes it easier for me to concentrate.

I tried adderall and that made me feel like a walking zombie I would get out of breath easily, I had no appetite and it just made me not feel like myself. With marijuana I can still be myself and be able to focus. After I smoke I can concentrate and get work done. My advice for people if they get paranoid after smoking pot is just tell yourself that it is just a plant and nothing bad will happen to you. Remember how you can’t overdose on pot and don’t let negative thoughts get the best of you

Mack Militant

Are you asking me for sources of the DEA shooting dogs when I showed videos of them doing it? If that's what your asking for then go back a few pages here.
 
You keep telling me this from your own experience but that doesn't make it fact. I've seen pot smokers whom are paranoid as fuck and I'm already paranoid due to having OCD. It may or may not make that paranoia worse but I'm not going to take the chance.
 

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