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Crono 12-01-2012 01:21 PM

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Posted by fp4 (Post 244555)
It's just another type of cigarette to me and should be treated as such.

I think if it gets legalized in US it will help stop the flow of money currently going to extremely violent drug cartels in Mexico (not to mention all the shady dealers currently selling it), and that countries that are "in bed" with the USA will get to be more lax about it and even legalize it as well.

Hopefully the feds will back off of Washington and Colorado and let the effects of legalization speak for itself.

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except i'll disagree with treating it as a cig. it has a stronger effect than that, but alcohol is much worse and society hasn't exactly collapsed just yet.

also, weed is overrated

Higbey 12-01-2012 03:49 PM

Weed will become just as bad as cigarettes, big companies will produce it, put in those chemicals, and use their cash to get lobbyists to make sure they get what they want.

I see these pages and see the uses for the hemp plant and how there are species you would need to smoke 50 pounds of to get high, you would pass out of smoke inhalation before then.

Hemp has a lot of uses, but the pages that support it ruin it by having pro marijuana posts and things about using marijuana. Its just sad. They lose all support and credibility when they do that.

MrSimons 12-01-2012 06:51 PM

I don't think it should be treated like cigs, cigs are addictive and have chemicals that are gonna mess you up. Marijuana is a plant.

Shock 12-01-2012 07:00 PM

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Posted by MrSimons (Post 244914)
I don't think it should be treated like cigs, cigs are addictive and have chemicals that are gonna mess you up. Marijuana is a plant.

It's the best way to sell it. Marijuana still produces tar, which is detrimental to health.

Godoco 12-01-2012 07:01 PM

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Posted by Shock (Post 244923)
It's the best way to sell it. Marijuana still produces tar, which is detrimental to health.

Yeah, but they pack cigarettes with rocket fuel, carbon monoxide, Acetic acids, Stearic acid (candle wax), toilet cleaner, paint, cyanide and way more tar.

Shock 12-01-2012 07:03 PM

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Posted by Godoco (Post 244924)
Yeah, but the pack cigarettes with Carbon monoxide, cyanide and way more tar.

Adding chemicals is ******ed. They might. All I was saying is that the tar is harmful, even though marijuana has less of it.

Snimppa 12-01-2012 07:16 PM

Are you people ****ing stupid?

Marijuana is way more bad than cigarettes.

Blah64 12-01-2012 07:18 PM

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Posted by Shock (Post 244927)
Adding chemicals is ******ed. They might. All I was saying is that the tar is harmful, even though marijuana has less of it.

That is why people eat it or use a vaporizer.

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Posted by Snimppa (Post 244952)
Are you people ****ing stupid?

Marijuana is way more bad than cigarettes.

Solely because it is illegal, and if legalized, will be difficult to tax since it is easy to grow.

Godoco 12-01-2012 07:20 PM

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Posted by Snimppa (Post 244952)
Are you people ****ing stupid?

Marijuana is way more bad than cigarettes.

I find that humorous, as your title is "The Cancer"

fsh 12-01-2012 07:21 PM

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Posted by Snimppa (Post 244952)
Marijuana is way more bad than cigarettes.

dumb ****

Snimppa 12-01-2012 07:42 PM

Some of you people seem to be completely oblivious of what it does to you and your brain and childishly defend your views with inaccurate points. I know some of you guys feel rebellious and badass being in your 13's, but the fact is, that there is nothing good to it.

Enjoy your problems with your short term memory, psychosis and your weakened body immune system and maybe even a possible heart attack. You ****ed up potheads.

Blah64 12-01-2012 07:56 PM

Yes... with no recorded deaths associated with it.

Whereas cigarettes are the single greatest cause of preventable death globally.

From Wikipedia, cigarette negatives:
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Tobacco use leads most commonly to diseases affecting the heart, liver and lungs, with smoking being a major risk factor for heart attacks, strokes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (including emphysema and chronic bronchitis), and cancer (particularly lung cancer, cancers of the larynx and mouth, and pancreatic cancer). It also causes peripheral vascular disease and hypertension
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Tobacco also contains nicotine, which is a highly addictive psychoactive drug. When tobacco is smoked, nicotine causes physical and psychological dependency. Tobacco use is a significant factor in miscarriages among pregnant smokers, it contributes to a number of other threats to the health of the fetus such as premature births and low birth weight and increases by 1.4 to 3 times the chance for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).[10] The result of scientific studies done in neonatal rats seems to indicate that exposure to cigarette smoke in the womb may reduce the fetal brain's ability to recognize hypoxic conditions, thus increasing the chance of accidental asphyxiation.[11] Incidence of impotence is approximately 85 percent higher in male smokers compared to non-smokers,[12] and is a key factor causing erectile dysfunction (ED).[12][13][14]
And then addiction and withdrawal effects are far more severe than cannabis.

Thus, I find it hard to believe your statement of
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Marijuana is way more bad than cigarettes.
Short term memory vs. Death


I agree with F4P in that its legal status should be similar to cigarettes. It just doesn't make much sense to me otherwise.

It is also kind of embarrassing to have such a racist and xenophobic law still intact in this day and age.

Snimppa 12-01-2012 08:06 PM

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Posted by Blah64 (Post 244985)

Short term memory vs. Death


Short term memory loss + bigger risk of cancer + 4 times higher risk of hear attack + weakened immune system + possible psychosis + impairs intelligence of under aged people VS. Possible death

Higbey 12-01-2012 08:12 PM

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Posted by Shock (Post 244927)
Adding chemicals is ******ed. They might. All I was saying is that the tar is harmful, even though marijuana has less of it.

once major companies start growing it like the tobacco industry, and use pesticides and genetically modified plants and apply the chemicals and us chemicals that are addictive so they profit more, and the actual plain plant grown naturally wont satisfy what the body is addicted to, the chemicals the companies will put in it, that means that the whole growing it easily and selling it and it being pure and chemical free will never happen.

in fact, because of the USA not taking out big companies, they have been able to get all sorts of power, did you know you can legally own a life forms genetic code? and that if the pollen from that genetically modified plant goes and contaminates someone elses plant, and the companies agents can check and prove that your plants next generation has that genetic code in it, they can sue you for patent infringement.

this means that big corporations like monsanto can do what ever they want.

if marijuana is legalized, it will just be like more horrible cigarette companies. if you work for those companies, you know what they do, and you dont quit, you deserve to die with the companies, thats why i have no qualms with people that blow up those companies buildings.

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Posted by Blah64 (Post 244985)

It is also kind of embarrassing to have such a racist and xenophobic law still intact in this day and age.

racist and xenophobic.....cant tell if you are just a idiot or if you are failing to troll us.

Rexx 12-01-2012 08:16 PM

All I see in this thread is a bunch of kids blindly bashing something they know nothing about. Your knowledge of marijuana probably extends to some video you were forced to watch in 5th grade.


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