Is it normal to want real facts on weed?

this is a good post, i hear alot of bull shit from drug-users that heard stuff from other drug-users and the facts seem to differ all the time. i'd like to know the truth from someone who actually knows what they're talking about. i'm definately going to make sure to come back to this post once someone posts some facts on here.

Thank goodness people are starting to demand the facts!
Cannabis and hemp are two cousin plants that have a long and rich history.
Hemp is the stuff they make clothing, paper, rope, and other products out of.
Cannabis is weed or pot and is a medicinal herb.
Americans are currently engaged in a battle to gain back the freedom to cultivate hemp and cannabis.
The reason that cannabis and hemp are illegal have to do with politics, money, control, and companies like Hurst publishing and DuPont chemicals. And of course Harry Anslinger. (Please look him up)
Cannabis is safe to smoke with little to no negative long-term health effects. Of course any smoke in the lungs is an irritant but, human bodies are made with the incredible ability to heal damage done during the day - when we sleep. Provided we give our bodies the tools to do the job.
It is my opinion that the junk food you eat when you have the munchies is WAY worse for you than the weed you smoke. Junk food can cause diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. Weed can affect your short-term memory but, so can being pregnant, being distracted, or being anxious.
The fact is that for most people the benefits of smoking cannabis outweigh the minimal risks.
And this is coming from a college educated, 30 something, wife, and mother.
Oh yea - and pot smoker for 20 years!

Smoke on my friends and help make cannabis and hemp legal again.

Wow finaly someone who thinks like me. Allright well wikipedia realy tells everything about it ahah. It cures glocoma, anxiety, adhd, helps bipolar disorder, helps/cure cancer, best medecine against lost of apetite, multiple sclerosis, headaches and so much more it cure helps/cures about 50 diseases. And its proven. They just won't legalise it because we would stop buying all those stupid dangerous drugs they make and it would bankroute the pharmaceutical companies. You know its better for them that we stay sick so we keep buying their stupid crap. Have you realised yet that they only come up with temporary cures? Make some research youll be so frikin pissed its not even funy.

Drugs are fascinating! For example, did you know over 2,000 drugs are stemmed from Opium? Yeah buddy haha go get the book, Amazon it "Uppers, Downers, All Arounders" It tells you everything you'd ever want to know about drugs, origins, effects on the brain and body, etc. I had to take that class in my major, which was kinesiology. I don't quite get it either :)

I guess it's normal to *want* the real facts about cannabis. What's never going to happen is *getting* those facts.

All you're going to hear is either Reefer Madness or Cheech & Chong. Anyone who's done any of the real science has long since been silenced, because there's no money in facts. There's only money in fear and coolness, so that's all anyone ever hears.

i do too, im tired of all these bullshit answer from people who just make up shit cuz they are 100% against it or 100% with it

Time magazine did a story couple of years ago and its conclusion was that it is as harmful for a healthy person as exercise. Though, this is not to say habitual use is safe. Like alcohol, occasional use seems to be fine or even beneficial.

Online information about marijuana I've found to be accurate and non-judgemental:
goaskalice. Columbia university's health website. Great for many other health concerns too.

Wikipedia. I know the dangers of believing wikipedia 100% but it's a solid starting point.

Well, Im was once Chronic Weed smoker and it makes me feel like im here on earth like really here everything seems so much more real like I guess I probably sound dumb. After while I started feeling Depressed everytime I smoked I guess thats when ur suposd to go up to a higher grade of weed instead i just quit.

I second Hotchickie81's recommendation.

"THE UNION" is an excellent documentary that addresses your concerns.

You should watch the movie "The Union." Very informative :)

I would love to hear from someone who is neither pro or anti-drug... I see so many facts yet I still have no real knowledge.

Weed will kill you slowly, 19,000 people in Australia die per year from Cigarettes. Yet Weed has an even higher chance to cause death. Weed causes short term memory loss and has higher chance of spreading Hiv since studies show that people under the effect of weed are VERY unlikely to use condoms.