Marijuana Vs. Alcohol

[Psybash]

Chemicals wouldn't necessarily be added to marijuana if it was legalized..

well it depends, if a company that prudeces it (if it becomes legalized) wants people hooked on marijuana then they might put chemicals in it, but you still have people growing there own NATURAL weed.

 

[mikeymac00]

Are you people serious? Marijuana is about as harmful as tylenol. I dont know what drug war propaganda bullshit from the 80s you got caught in. But Ive been smoking weed for a couple years now and I can tell you 100% that I have no side effects from it. Ive also enduldged in other drugs including ecstacy, cocaine, LSD, mushrooms, morphine, salvia and of course alcohol. And out of all those, I like Alcohol the least. I also know for first hand and being around other people while there are on these things, that alochol is the most desctructive in the short term. And obviously cocaine in the long term. But the point is, if you dont have extensive first hand experience with drugs. Dont pretend to know what your talking about. And along with my first hand experience, I also do a lot of research (usually a couple hours of constant reading) before I even consider doing a drug. I know what Im doing. I would never touch crack, heroin or meth or any of that instant addiction shit. But on a scale of 1-10, 1 being as harmful as tylenol and 10 being heroin. Marijuana is a 2. Just because smoking any substance causes the inhalation of carcinogins. Carcinogins = cancer risk. And alcohol is a 7. And just for some reference I would say that cocaine is an 8. Alcohol is far worse than people like to admit. And marijuana is a lot less harmful than the government would like to admit, because it would prove them wrong in their 100 year "war" against it. The "war" isnt about its harm anymore. Its about the governments pride and the fact they cant and wont admit that they were wrong all along. For 100 years infact.

 

[The Supreme Intelligence]

There is no age for marijuana, its ILLEGAL.

Also if it was produced, it wouldn't be marijuana. Especially if nicotine was added to it, then it would simply become cigarettes. But that would never happen, because anything that gets you high, will always be illegal.

 

[Drift]

Alcahol is a beverage.
Too much of alcahol is a problem.
Too much of anything is a problem, just like eating and weight
not eating and weight.

marijuana is a depressent
a little bit is worse then a problem and is worse then alcahol
more accidents are from alcahol because more people drink
der, that's why, and it's not because of marijuana, its still worse then alcahol

 

[xfire mode]

Ill say alcohol at a low consume.

 

[r4ng3pwn]

i think they shoud both be illigal unless you need weed for medical purpose's

 

[bocagangsta9]

i agree i think weed should have a age limit because it is far less destructive than alcohol is

 

[sellitsmokeit]

Weed is illigal because the cant tax it is what im guessing. But compare this Salvia witch is legal in many places and for you who know what salvia is you cant even compare it to weed maybe lcd or shrooms can compare to salvia. And its legal in so many places :S for you who dont know what it is look it up on youtube. Whats the problem on a friday night sitting back with a couple freinds and take a few shots and get buzzed and have a good time nothing? well then i ask whats wrong with a friday night sit back with a gram or 2 and smoke a couple joints or a couple bong rips. nothing is wrong with that either when your on weed you dont even want to break laws or anything you just chilled out sitting there watching tv and youll might get some munchies the only side effects of weed i know of are (while your high)
-shakes(twitch every once in awhile)
-trippin out( uncontroled laughing)
-drips (feels like a wet bogger is coming out of your nose)
-munchies (eat alot obviosly)
-burnt out (tired probly fall asleep)
-red eyes (get really red eyes and half open eyes)
-heart beats fast (doesent happen much but when I smoke alot at one time it feels as if my heart wont stop beating and it beats really fast for awhile)

 

[verryberry10]

the problem with weed is, if you smoke it when youre having problems, and repeat many times, if you dont have any you cannot deal with any of your problems without it anymore. then youre basically screwed, man!

 

[accountmerchant]

WHY, WHY are you guys talking about tobacco vs weed?

For one, unless you are a chronic smoker(Pun not intended) of straight marijuana you will most likely not become addicted.

Note I said STRAIGHT SMOKER. most people mix marijuana with tobacco to reduce the harshness, and this is what causes addiction.

I completely agree with your stance on alcohol being more harmful than weed, but I just can't see it being outlawed.


PS. verryberry you could argue that same point about basically anything.

Somebody that cuts to reduce stress frequently will get to the point where they can't function without it, so will a heavy drinker.

EDIT: I like weed as much as the next person, but frankly the arguments some people put forward embarass those with good points.

There are MANY better painkillers than weed, which is why it isn't legal.

The worst excuse for weed that you hear often is the "it's natural" argument.

Yes, it is natural but this doesn't stop it from being harmful, a thistle is natural too, but I wouldn't be eating one of them anytime soon.

The only problem I can see with mariuana becoming lawful is that younger people will be exposed to it.
Take alcohol's legality for example: Older brothers/sisters buy it for their siblings who are too young to legally drink. How many people do you know that can truthfully say they didn't drink until they were 18?(Apart from your parents )

If marijuana was to become legalised the same thing would happen.
Younger kids with less judgement would be exposed, putting them at greater risk of more harmful and addictive drugs.

My friend started smoking when he was 10, did weed at 11-12, LCD when he was 14 and is now addicted to cocaine and ice.

Think how many more children this would happen to if marijuana was legal.

If marijuana was to become legalised the same thing would happen.

 

[sunsta]

Mainly because Marijuana affects your body more then alcohol does. Marijuana ruins your lungs, heart affects your brain everything and marijuana is by far more addictive then alcohol.

Alcohol is not bad for you if taken every now and again, The law expects people to be sensible in thier intake of alcohol, if you do that you wont get addicted in the first place.

 

[accountmerchant]

WTF. I'm willing to bet you failed your PE class...

Here are the MAIN points..

Marijuana(also cigs, anything smoked basically) Kills - Lungs
Alcohol kills - Liver

Equally important wouldn't you agree?

Also what you said makes no sense, of course it affects your brain, that is the reason people smoke it. The same goes for alcohol, would you drink if it didn't get you drunk?

BTW weed is minimally harmful if taken less than once a month

 

[Nunk]

Marijuana's effect is too mild.

 

[G3`]

Marijuana effects are to mild?

wtf..
All you retards know shit about pot besides what you learned in health class which is all just bullshit used to scare you..
first of all

for those of you who think America will turn into a shithole if weed was legalized look at Canada..
there doing fine..we have way more deaths then they do..

second of all for the retard who said weed made you hallucinate wtf? are you an idiot?

third of all saliva is legal and you can trip from that..


fourth of all- grow legal bud ! http://www.highgrow.us/download.php

fith of all-

Here are good points I found spread across the internet

"NO I think alchohol is worst, I have never been so high I passed out, or couldnt walk the worst Ive ever had was a horrible case of the munchies! But in the past Ive been so drunk I fell INTO the toilet bowl while puking, Ive did the whole "drunken exboyfriend calls!" AND worst - Ive been so drunk I peed myself (thank god is was just me and my girls chillen)"

"alcohol is way worse then weed, weed aint even bad its just a plant, come on MAN MADE BOOZE, GOD MADE GRASS, WHO DO YOU TRUST?"

"Yes, its the way that we obtain and what people go through to get it. Is what makes it worse then alcohol. But alcohol does do bigger damage to person in a shorter period of time. My opinion though"

"no they both have their bad points , you can abuse either one but on pot I didn't drive as badly."


"I think moderation is key."

 

[Lulz]

Pots great. Lets me drift off into my own, made-up reality. Not to mention makes me horny and hungry as hell.
It may be ignorant but if it feels good do it. We shouldn't be restricted from it if it's in moderation and theres requirements and guidelines.

 

[Billyy]

Agreed with G3`

 

[gaytime]

i think that marijuana has more of a long term effect.

 

[accountmerchant]

No offence 3G but those are just random quotes from the internet, and I'm sick of hearing the "weed is safe cos its natural" bullshit.

I agree with you about the Canada thing though, the only repercussion would be that of America losing respect throughout the world, something they seem to not give a fuck about anyway, sending troops to further mess up troubled countries and whatnot.

 

[FourFeetOver]

and marijuana is by far more addictive then alcohol..

What a load of crap. Have you even read the previous 9 pages?

Physically it is impossible to become addicted to Marijuana - only mentally - so even coffee and tea are more addictive.

-- Anyway --

Myself, I much prefer green (Marijuana).
It allows me to escape reality and touch another side of myself. (Eww not that.)
Alcohol just makes me act like a dumbasshole...

About weed, to those who say you can't hallucinate from it, get this -
One day I hadn't eaten at all but I had a load of weed in the evening. As a lightweight, it didn't take much for me to get stoned and soon I had a mega case of the munchies (xD!), helped by the fact that I hadn't eaten all day.
Lol, anyway, I ran back upstairs and just stood for a while. (My bro and a friend were there too.) After a while, I noticed the gravity getting really strong, and even the smallest imbalance felt large. I soon started feeling as if these weird things were attached to my feet and when I walked they moved in a strange fashion too. 'Twas awesome. But I didn't see nothin'. Does it count as a hallucination if it's any sense, not just visual? Anyway, thought I should bring that up.

Here in Britain, there's not so much fear associated with green. While people believe a lot of dumb shit about it, it's not uncommon and quite a few people are ready to accept it rather than protest against it.

I'm not of the view that Marijuana should be legal to be honest - while alcohol is at least just as bad (if not worse), there's no reason to add Marijuana to that. I accept the points made for it being legalised but just the fact that people think it's bad (regardless of whether it really is that bad) makes it enough to illegalise it. Btw, I'm a regular weed smoker, so I'm not against it.

 

[stankinrange]

LEGALIZE!
they should legalize marijuana because it's only addictive if you abuse it heavily and alcohol is addictive to, it runs in my family to be addicted to alcohol, and marijuana doesn't impair you that much, and it isn't near as deadly as cigarettes or alcohol..