no offense guys, i used to indulge myself.
while i DO adamantly support the legalization of medicinal marijuana, and the decriminalization of recreational use, lets not kid ourselves on this issue. some people out there, and perhaps on here, will tell you that herb is harmless, and it makes you smart, etc, etc..
1. it makes you stupid. you might think it makes you really smart, but it doesn't. it just makes you think you're really smart. ever watch cops? you know the guys that you laugh at who are stoned off their asses, trying to explain to the po-leese why they were driving 30mph in a 45, with no headlights on? that's what you (and when i say you, i mean any of us who indulge(d) look like.
marijuana has proven to delay reaction time to stimulus, as well as hinder decision making abilities. heck, marijuana was recently decriminalized here in mass, but you bet your ass if you get pulled over driving, and it becomes obvious to mr. john law that you're oui of mary j, you're still going to jail for oui. and rightly so. i dont want my mother, or my sisters getting killed, because someone has the giggles, and drives them off the road.
is drinking alcohol a more impairing drug? there is no question that it is. but don't kid yourself. it's still a drug.
2. marijuana is bad for you.
again, flame me all you want. that wont change anything. hear me out.
next time you're smoking a cigarette, exhale the smoke through a layer of paper towel that you hold over your mouth. now examine. there will be a little yellow spot on the towel where the nastiness that wasn't absorbed into your lungs, was deposited on the towel. gross, nasty, and undoubtedly carcinogenic. now, roll yourself a nice fattie. take a pull of of that, and repeat. you will see an even greater deposit on the paper towel. even worse isn't it? don't tell me i'm wrong, i have done it.
"but nailman, nobody has
ever died from smoking herb!" ORLY?
I'm not even going to repeat the above mentioned oui scenario's that have undoubtedly happened over the years. how about long term marijuana smoking studies? has there been one published by the fda? american journal of medicine? new england journal of medicine? NOPE.
however, you can bet your ass there will be. and in time, you will see.
don't be fooled. smoking anything causes cancer. tobacco, marijuana, opium..... think of the concept of putting that nasty stuff in your lungs, a porous living tissue. feel sick a lot of the time? cough and hack up bad nastyness? yea. admit it or not, i've been there.
that being said, i'm sure herb is pretty harmless in it's other forms. . . tea, butter, delicious, delicious brownies. . .. .
legalize it for the terminally ill? YES!
decriminalize the use of, and possession of small quantities for personal use? YES
regulate it the way you would alcohol, with restrictions on sale to minors? oui penalties, and taxation similar to tobacco? YES