Pot. I've always been taught its bad.

I've always been taught pot is bad. That if you do it you will get addicted & eventully die. I have a friend who smokes it. I want him to stop & im bugging him about it. When I looked up on the comp info to show him how bad it is I realilized its not @ all that bad. How is it bad?? && why should'nt people smoke it && why should they quit?? if its just as bad as beer & other drinks like that why did'nt they make a law against that too?? HELP!
even comments will help I want your input & wut you figure. thanks.

ok smokingpot is bad for your healthand that's all you need to know to get him or you out of it ok? it can cause serious damage to a human being and being dead is better than being a victim of pot

Marijuana (and similar plants) was originally made illegal in the USA when the government was looknig for ways to harrass poor Chinese immigrants working in California. The Chinese smoked marijuana, and the rest of californians did not, so they made that illegal so that they could put the Chinese people in prison when they wanted to.

Marijuana is the second most harmless drug, after caffeine, as far as I know. Let me also say that I don't use any type of drugs, and I believe they 'rot your brain', or at least encourage you to waste your life. I don't think they are good, but I also believe the laws and lies that are out there about them are 100% wrong.

I have found that nearly everything, EVERYTHING, I was taught in public school was either a lie, partly wrong, or completely wrong. Except of course, math and science, which schools don't usually teach very much anyway.

Take that to mean that almost everything you know (or have been taught) isn't really right, and I think you are starting to see that after trying to find out for yourself about marijuana.

I smoke pot almost as much as I drink water. it helps me in my life by getting me so stoned I dont know whats going on and I dont have a care in the world. yea it may not be good but some people take it to get away from things. me I've never been addicted but I do it all the time. sure it may mess you up. like when I do it and I get high, I hear myself yelling in my head and sometimes I say what I hear but dont feel my lips move. it may mess you up for a while but if you ever try it ul see why its so popular.

Consuming marijuana is not as dangerous as people think. As you have read drinking and cigarette smoking are a lot more harmful to your body and cause many more medical problems. As with any drug, there is potentiel to addiction by abusive consumption. For example having a beer or two with friends once a week is ok but drinking 6 to 12 beers 4 times aweek would be abusive. If your friend consumes pot every once in a while for relaxtion or pain releif then there is truly no reason to get on his case about it. The only big problem is that pot is illegal and therefore he could eventualy end up in court or jail if he isn't careful. Some people smoke pot because they feel it helps them relax or be creative others smoke pot because they have an illness and pot helps eliviate pain as well as increase appetite. Poeple who abuse pot generaly are plagued with little motivation and lazinness which could be a good reason to stop. Abusizing pot can also cause lung cancer in the long run since you are smoking it and all the crap that comes with it (tar, etc.) Some poeple also do not react well to this substance and can feel paranoid or uneasy, this also would be a good reason to stop or reduce consumption. if you want to help your friend accept that he might like to smoke every once in a while but show your concern over the fact that he shouldn't abuse the substance by consuming it every day or in great quantities (as with alcohol or cigarettes!). The legal aspects as to why pot is still illegal in the USA and other countries (not the case in Netherlands for example)is long and complicated. It goes way back into American history and there are many political and economic reasons for keeping it illegal (none that have anything to do with whether it is bad or not for you). If this is a subject that really interests you, continue your internet research, rent documentaries about it and buy books on the subject. It's surprising what one can learn about any subject when one takes the time to research it.

look at my reply that I made to this thread a few mins ago explaning why its illegal etc.. http://www.funadvice...

Who cares about alchohol and cigarettes being bad for your health? The reason pot is worse than alchohol is because the point of drinking alchohol (for smart people at least) is not to get totally wasted, and you can enjoy your tastey alchoholic beverage and not get smashed. However, the only point of smoking pot is to get high, and no one smokes a dooby without this intention. That's why pot is illegal you potheads. Stop smoking pot and get smarter.

OK I really dont know why its leagal for people to smoke cigarets and drink alcohal probably people urg to get a high and back then people didnt no it was bad for you to do that stuff. heck my grandpa (he is dead now) he smoke opeim when it was leagal. and people that drink do drink so much alcohal to get high

Well, me, as someone who personally smokes pot everyday, understand how you feel. The government can legalize marijuana, but the main reason they don't is because they can't tax it. Why? because its a natural herb. .. like fruits and veggies. There can't be tax on crop.. beer is taxable because it's not crop.. A lot of what people say when it comes to pot is false. like, pot makes you stupid, or it can kill you. .. I doubt I am. as a matter of fact, I get mad when I don't smoke. It actually prevents me from being hyper and crazy and pissed off at people. I have bipolar disorder and instead of taking legal drugs.. I smoke. and it makes me feel a lot better than those prescribed drugs.. I am in the funeral business. I've seen a lot of dead bodies. Young bodies. Old bodies. Decrepit Bodies.. Bodies that died from osteoporosis of the liver (caused by alcohol poisoning), AIDS, D.O, but I have never.. never, in my years of business (as well as my father's 35 years), never laid my eyes on a body that died from marijuana. I've been studying it and smoking it for 5 or 6 years now.

No doubt the schools greatly exagerate the dangers of marijuana to scare. Plato called this 'The Noble Lie.' Plato thought that the masses were not smart enough to behave in their best interest and had to be lied to in order to be lead.

To me the biggest danger in exagerating the dangers of marijuana is that it dilutes the message against truely dangerous drugs like Herioin, and methamphetamines.

it is illegal because it was supported by the counter culture and the only reasone cigarrettes arn't illegal is because the cigarrette companys are funnling money into the government

Well in most cases Pot is bad. But it also helps save lives. Whoever told you that you can get addicted to POT??? But I guess it's possible, but pretty unlikely. And dying FROM SMOKING POT well, I could say that whoever told you this was probably high themseves, but im my experienced life of watching the people I love (mother) ruin their lives with drugs dying from smoking pot is the same as the aveage person dying 'naturally'

Peace XO

kinda funked up my sister

aka she barely knew wher she woz half de time...gahahaha...

do it !

it should be leagle-I smoke ppot sometimes and im fine-it actually helps some dieses so its not bad