why...?

Does everyone call Marijuana a drug. I don't think of it as a drugs. Drugs are meth, heroin, cocaine, lsd. Marijuana is a PLANT ... if you wanna get literal then its just the bud. But I hate it when people call it a drug....

Thats just my opinion....

 

ANYTHING that alters how the mind/body works is a drug, including food, caffeine, sugar, whatever. Marijuana IS a drug, but the term "drug" doesn't necessarily equal "bad".

Wise up, homie.

 

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drug

It technically is a drug esp. now that is has legit medical use.

I dont think the problem is with it being a drug, I think its with peoples views of what drugs are.
Advil is a drug, but you don't typically see it referred to as one, because drugs are bad

 

What he said.

 

They call it that because it is a Schedule 1 Narcotic

 

Cocaine comes from a plant, LSD comes from a fungus, alcohol comes from fermented or distilled fruit and vegetables, opiates come from a flower. Don't justify your drug use by saying your drugs aren't drugs.

 

Marijuana is a drug, but so is water, air, etc.

We shouldn't be trying to get people to stop calling marijuana a drug; we should be trying to get people to stop thinking "drug = bad"

 

drug1    [druhg] Show IPA noun, verb, drugged, drug·ging.
–noun
1.
Pharmacology . a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being.
2.
(in federal law)
a.
any substance recognized in the official pharmacopoeia or formulary of the nation.
b.
any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or other animals.
c.
any article, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals.
d.
any substance intended for use as a component of such a drug, but not a device or a part of a device.
3.
a habit-forming medicinal or illicit substance, esp. a narcotic.
4.
drugs,
a.
chemical substances prepared and sold as pharmaceutical items, either by prescription or over the counter.
b.
personal hygienic items sold in a drugstore, as toothpaste, mouthwash, etc.
5.
Obsolete . any ingredient used in chemistry, pharmacy, dyeing, or the like.

 

Since when was the term negative?

 

I was going to say something like that

 

its a good thing coke and heroin dont come from a plant...oh wait

 

Ok now you made me feel stupid. But you're all right. ITS A DRUG....

 

Anything the government says is a drug warps 90% of society into believing its bad, thus making billions of dollars off of the population thru traffic laws and violations. They are the real enemies.

Although marijuana, methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, crack are all considered drugs, i wouldn't call weed one. Mainly because the rest of the drugs make your teeth fall out, you can't eat, your heart might explode, up for days on end with horrible delusions, your sinus can be ripped apart, and chemicals from under your kitchen sink are added for a better high.

Blame the government, ignorant parents, and 14 year old kids who think they don't have time after school to sell.

 

Thankyou machinist.
language is comprised of words that have meanings and definitions. Regardless of what you personaly feel about it, you still have to rely on the accepted defintions of the words that comprise language.

 

I know, right? I love drugs

 

Yes yes yes.

Perhaps the government ought to consider calling themselves a drug... of course the act of voting would be made a felony by conspiring to traffic contraband (senator or representative) across state lines. I think the DEA should confiscate the government and do what it does to marijuana seized during drug busts.

 

There's a vast enterprise called "the war on drugs" that generates HUGE amounts of money for those against them. They know it's good for them to consider certain "things"illegal. Alcohol is legal because it's "good for society. Car wrecks,incarceratins,homicides,DD tickets,hospital stays--the whole gamut of the results of alcohol creates MONEYfor the powers that be. Weed and the rest of the drugs mentioned do the same things ,only are illegal--MONEY. It's all the same game-just played differantly. Sometimes I think legalisation of all drugs might be helpfull to weed out the feckless wastrels that show not a lick of sense.

 

water and air are elements

 

@OP.. Trying to say marijuana is not a drug also shows your immaturity towards the plant and drugs in general.. IT IS A DRUG... until the majority of smokers admit to this.. then maybe the government and other political powers will take marijuana users more seriously.. until then... they will just think you're some uneducated ass clown..

 

why do they call grapefruits, grapefruits.. They look nothing like grapes and grow on trees..

The world may never know..