True or false about marijuana?

I was just doing some research on the net, and i found some interesting information regarding the use of marijuana that i was wondering... could it be fake? i thought about this especially because the US government is against the use of pot, and so it would most likely publicize false information about it.. this is assuming they don't want another kind of hippie revolution similar to the 60's where they lost control... anyway just wanted to know what you guys think about the following information:

http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/marijuana.html

a lot of it is referenced to scientific papers, but who knows if they're right or wrong! and if they are, then extended use of pot does have drawbacks that we should be careful of. i, for one, chose to smoke pot on a not daily basis because smoking anything into the lungs has its effects in the long run... but ever since i've smoked pot, my summer allergies have been eliminated, and it's changed the way i think about life and my area of study (astrophysics).

anyway please let me know what you guys think... and pay close attention to the part where they talk about the carcinogenic implications of smoking dope.

as for me, i find that whenever i'm blazed, i use more of my brain and can interact more with people about whatever topics are being discussed! but i guess that can vary amongst different people.

also, my dad is a doctor and told me that even if you blazed everyday for 2 years straight, you'd find minimal effects on the body... and i trust my dad!

 

You both have very cool parents!

 

honestly, alot of the stuff on here is bullshit. I could go on and on for hours about how much bullshit is on this site.

But, since I dont have hours and hours to talk about this crap, ill just quote a paragraph, and then go ahead and break it down, since it hits me, close to home (and ill tell you why later)


"Marijuana abuse also has the potential to promote cancer of the lungs and other parts of the respiratory tract because it contains irritants and carcinogens9,11. In fact, marijuana smoke contains 50 to 70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than does tobacco smoke12. It also induces high levels of an enzyme that converts certain hydrocarbons into their carcinogenic formÑlevels that may accelerate the changes that ultimately produce malignant cells13. Marijuana users usually inhale more deeply and hold their breath longer than tobacco smokers do, which increases the lungs' exposure to carcinogenic smoke. These facts suggest that, puff for puff, smoking marijuana may be more harmful to the lungs than smoking tobacco."



Notice how alot of what they say is "has the potential to" or "may be" or "may accerlerate"

There are alot of Maybes there, alot of, well, it could be.

Its alot of bullshit.

Why? They twist numbers around. They take statistics and manipulate them..... you may wonder, how so?

Lets say, for a hypothetical, that Marijuana is, as they say, 50 to 70 more carcinogenic than Tobbaco.
But guess what, it doesnt matter..

People who smoke cigs smoke ALOT more than people who smoke Weed. I personaly know alot of people who smoke a pack a day. I dont smoke cigs, so I dont know how many come in a pack, but lets say, you compare a pack a day smoker to a weed smoker.

Lets say, as a hypothetical, that a pack of Cigs has 20 cig in it.
And then lets also say, that about 1 joint = 2 cigs (we are being generous and talking about some fat Js)

then, looking at the numbers, marijuana smoke is about 50% more carcinogenic than tobacco.

So that about equals, 1 fat J = 3 cigs.

So, do the math.
20 cigs = about 6 (I even rounded down) big fat joints a day

How many people do you know, smoke 6 big joints a day?

Even when I was smoking crappy stress weed, the MOST I ever smoked in one day, was about 4 joints worth....

So even on my biggest weed binge, I dont even come close to the ammount of carinogens that 1 pack of cigs does.



You see... All these government sites show you all the bad stuff, they show you all the worst case scenarios and all the shit that could MAYBE happen.



You know why this artical struck me?
Its cause I have asthma.
Its cause I need to use an inhaler and I even ended up in the hospital for four whole days because of my asthma.
In fact, its been a little over a month since I have been out.
Honestly, if my asthma was much worse that day it got really bad, I could have died... and im being totaly serious.

The day I got out of the hospital, I blazed, and I have smoked weed almost every day since I have been out.
And every time I have gone in for a check up with my respritory doctor, he has said "im doing amazing"

a week after I got my first check up, he said "You sound like a new man" (his words, not mine)
But my little secret is that I blazed every single day after I got out of the hospital till I got my first checkup.

 

i trust ur dad too.

 

you don't have to smoke it...by eating it you completely eliminate the side effects and dangers of smoking it.

 

also when they say that it contains more carcinogens than tobacco, they assume one is smoking the leaves of the marijuana, not the bud, which is.. well... what is smoked, lol

 

In addition to eating pot, you could also reduce the carcinogen level way down (maybe eliminating it altogether) by using a vaporizer. With a vaporizer there is no combustion, and virtually no smoke. If the gov't was truely concerned about the health of the millions of pot smokers in this country, why aren't they making a big push and suggesting people eat/vaporize their weed?

90% of the reason that weed is illegal is economic. Breweries, pharmicutical Co's, prison guards unions, judges/lawyers, even the textile and chemical companies all contribute millions yearly to anti-pot politicians.
The other 10% of the reason is that it would really gall republicans to have weed legal--they hate hippie's.

 

I use use a water pipe which filters out a lot of the crap also if you smoke really good bud you only need a small amount. I certainly would not smoke a pure spliff of my bud.

 

people have to realize that marijuana is not some magical or harmless drug.

compared to most other drugs, though, it is unbelievably harmless. but that doesn't make it healthy or good to smoke.

 

You could just as easily piece together an article on how bad chewing gum is for you. Still, dont abuse the stuff. If you use it in moderation, there shouldnt be any problems down the road. Its like alcohol, only probably safer.