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Originally posted by Wendydagny
>Isn't it worse than cigarette smoking on your lungs though?
From what I remember, yes. My memory says that 1 complete marijuana cig= 2 packs of tobacco in terms of lung damage. But that may be because of the unfilter/filter thing. And I don't have a source on that-- just what's stuck in my head.
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Now, I have read the opposite. They also have yet to be able to link cancer and marijuana smoking.
Plus, you have to remember, most recreational users aren't going to sit down and smoke a complete joint by themselves. Back in my smoking days, one joint would be shared between a group of us. Plus, I don't know many people that smoke a pack of joints a day
Okay, there are some serious users that would, but they are much fewer than people that smoke a joint every once and awhile.
I support the legalization of marijuana. Heck, just went to Seattle Hemp Fest last weekend. That doesn't mean I smoke anymore, I just think the reasons that pot are illegal are ridiculous, it is all about $$. Cotton growers don't want hemp used, nylon makers don't want hemp used, people benefiting from the war on drugs don't want marijuana legal.
If pot is illegal they should at least make it fair and make alcohol and cigarettes illegal also. I think alcohol is far more dangerous - pot makes you mellow, I don't know anyone that gets stoned and rapes or fights, beats their family, etc, unlike alcohol.
Just for the record, I think all drugs should be decriminalized. The war on drugs is a freaking joke and a waste of money. Countries where they have decriminalized all drugs have way lower drug usage rates than we do. We spend the most money on fighting drugs than any other country yet we have the highest drug usage rate. Makes me sick.