Yeah and so does the chemicals in the air... And processed food... The government is poisoning autistics, and who knows what the other side effects of the poisons are... Smoke pot or whatever... Just make sure you know the dealer... They might be poisoning that too.
Firstly stop being so rude, and secondly if it's good for you then why is it illegal? Plus it's still an addiction which is bad for you because your body won't be able to take it if you suddenly stop giving it the drug, so what happens if you find you haven't got enough money to get any more? Also, what about it being a gateway drug to more harmful substances which definitely are bad for your health?
Pardon me, I believe I missed the part of the post where I was rude.
1. Unlike alcohol, MDMA, cocaine and many other drugs, cannabis does not work along the reward pathway of the brain, therefore it is not addictive in the sense that there is a physical dependance. Lacking physical dependance (which occurs in both cigarettes and alcohol, which are legal) one can liken addiction to marijuana to addiction with coffee. How many people in the world need their coffee in the morning? But we dont ship them off to rehab. And in my opinion (being a weed smoker) its a weak individual who becomes addicted to such a mild substance.
However there are essentially no physical symptoms to quitting smoking weed, its not like pills or heroin where youll be horribly sick and might die. You might might be a little grumpy or a little less hungry for a day or few. :P
2. Gateway drug theory is nothing more than a logical fallacy. Essentially it would be the same thing as claiming riding a two wheeler is a gateway to joining Hell's Angels, because thats how the Hell's angels got started. (Ill include the article I got that from :3) http://healthland.time.com/2010/10/29/marijuna-as-a-gateway-drug-the-myth-that-will-not-die/
Hopefully I have managed to answer all your questions thoroughly; I can provide more links, just hard to find the same articles over again sometimes.
Sorry, I thought the "if you've been paying attention" was supposed to imply I was thick or something.
Thanks for the info.
For the person who wrote this question: Whether or not pot is harmful or not, it is normal to be worried as a lot of people think it is. So you're not weird.
Is it normal to be so bothered that my gf smokes pot?
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Of course it's normal! She's your girlfriend so you must care about her and it's bad for her health.
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Pot is bad for your health? Oh my god, it's totally true, it can cause cancer!
Oh wait, cigarettes do way more damage than weed does.
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Yeah and so does the chemicals in the air... And processed food... The government is poisoning autistics, and who knows what the other side effects of the poisons are... Smoke pot or whatever... Just make sure you know the dealer... They might be poisoning that too.
I don't care if cigarettes are worse, it's still bad for you.
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Show scientists the studies that can prove that and they might just give you a nobel prize. ;P
All evidence points to it being a treatment for cancer if youve been paying attention.
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Firstly stop being so rude, and secondly if it's good for you then why is it illegal? Plus it's still an addiction which is bad for you because your body won't be able to take it if you suddenly stop giving it the drug, so what happens if you find you haven't got enough money to get any more? Also, what about it being a gateway drug to more harmful substances which definitely are bad for your health?
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Pardon me, I believe I missed the part of the post where I was rude.
1. Unlike alcohol, MDMA, cocaine and many other drugs, cannabis does not work along the reward pathway of the brain, therefore it is not addictive in the sense that there is a physical dependance. Lacking physical dependance (which occurs in both cigarettes and alcohol, which are legal) one can liken addiction to marijuana to addiction with coffee. How many people in the world need their coffee in the morning? But we dont ship them off to rehab. And in my opinion (being a weed smoker) its a weak individual who becomes addicted to such a mild substance.
However there are essentially no physical symptoms to quitting smoking weed, its not like pills or heroin where youll be horribly sick and might die. You might might be a little grumpy or a little less hungry for a day or few. :P
2. Gateway drug theory is nothing more than a logical fallacy. Essentially it would be the same thing as claiming riding a two wheeler is a gateway to joining Hell's Angels, because thats how the Hell's angels got started. (Ill include the article I got that from :3) http://healthland.time.com/2010/10/29/marijuna-as-a-gateway-drug-the-myth-that-will-not-die/
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Sorry, I thought the "if you've been paying attention" was supposed to imply I was thick or something.
Thanks for the info.
For the person who wrote this question: Whether or not pot is harmful or not, it is normal to be worried as a lot of people think it is. So you're not weird.
Actually, yeah. Heres another good one for yah. Their cannabis FAQ is very informative as well.
http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_myth9.shtml
Yeah weeds only been illegal 1% of its lifetime. People think its bad because of what they hear or see in the media.