Awww, come on Scott, you know your teeth will get rotten if you eat too many brownies. I don't know if you remember the old movie "Reefer Madness" but you can get many pointers for avoiding "pot smokers" because they can turn "mad" at any moment and you never know what they will do. Hey, I think we should all pitch in and do our part for the "war on drugs", for our country's sake, and buy a copy of that movie and send it to the DEA and all of the other participants so they can use it in their campaign. What a brilliant idea! And that was my contributing two cents.
Gaynel in Arkansas

it makes you extremely happy, is not addicting, and when under the infulence of it would probably be the most unlikely time to be violent. God gave us this plant, it's here for a reason. Drugs such as crack are man-made. Humans have creates some harmful and messed up drugs. Marijuana came here with nature.

Well, Duh! I mean SMOKING anything will possibly generate those problems. I hope they weren't paid to research something that almost anyone with common sense all ready knows???

Look at the food nowadays. Most of it isn't completely real but where is the fight to stop us (the american people) from eating it. All marijuana distributors need to do is bride the right politicians. Most the people want the drug to take us out of the real world which is so disturbing since the inception of America or what I like the call it GREED.

A question: So, if your kid sister or brother, or better yet, your teenage son or daughter asks if it's OK if they start smoking weed, YOU'LL SAY WHAT? I'm asking for an honest answer. My 17 year old son said THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. I ask him, "So it's OK for your younger sister to smoke it too then? - (she's 16) - and he says (emphatically, I might add): NO, I DON'T WANT HER TO.

Comments? ...heartfelt ones please. How can one so easily rationalize a drug as HARMLESS yet protect loved ones from this HARMLESS drug?

honestly its probably more of the idea that it is socially unacceptable and can cause legal issues. the worst side affect of marijuana is the jail time... thats all there is to it he protecting his sister from the man....

i think weed isnt bad, i try anyting to get it but then i found out a few days ago that my friends mom smokes it so she steals it for me nd ya emai me bac at kaylazwarich6@yahoo.com!

I've been smoking pot pretty much every day since I was 15,
My cough Is usually worst In the morning when I hack up bit bits of greyish phlegm (I know...) but I dont smoke cigs or joints and I don't have trouble breathing.

FIRST OF ALL, EVERYBODY IS DIFFERENT AND I CAN ONL SPEAK FROM MY EXPERIENCES. IF YOU CHOOSE TO SMOKE WEED PLEASE KNOW THAT THERE IS A CHANCE YOU CAN DEVELOPE EXCESS PHLEGM. ALTHOUGH ALL THAT COUGHING MIGHT BLOW YOUR HIGH, THATS ABOUT AS SERIOUS AS IT GETS. BUT ONLY IF YOU TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO REST YUOR LUNGS AND CLEAR THE PHLEGM. IT'LL BE ORTH IT. BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T YOU'RE JUST WASTING YOUR TIME. BECAUSE OF THE PHLEGM IN YOUR THROAT YOU WONT BE ABLE TO REALLY INHALE THE SMOKE WITHOUT COUGHING OR MAYBE EVEN CHOKING. AND IF THAT CONTINUES YOU'LL HAVE MUCH BIGGER PROBLEMS ON YOUR HANDS. SO I CANT TELL YOU TO STOP SMOKING, (EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU), BUT WHAT I AM TELING YOU IS DONT LET THE PROBLEM LINGER TAKE CARE OF IT AS SOON AS IT BECOMES A PROBLEM, CAUSE IT WILL ONLY GET WORST. PUT ONE IN DA AIR FO YA BOY AND BREATHE EASY.

I have been smoking marijuana since I was 12 years old. I stayed in school and went to college, and now I work for the government. We all know marijuana does affect the memory but it is not hard to be successful and still smoke weed. I believe it is your own choice to smoke weed or do other drugs. You should read up and find out information on the drug you would like to do before using.I am currently detoxing from marijuana after 11 years of smoking weed almost everyday. I am not totally quiting, I'm just going to smoke on occasionally. I am coughing up phlegm excessively. I am slowing down smoking weed because I feel marijuana is making to lazy after work and is holding me back from launching my business. I know I may be a little hypocritical by saying you can be successful and still smoke weed, then saying is it's holding me back. I'm just being honest I am successful and plan to make my business successful and I need a clean mind to do so. Take what you want from my post, but don't push your family member (Parents, Siblings, friends too) away because they smoke weed, except their chooses.

Thanks for reading!
Kevin Robbins

I am a 22 year old Canadian University student and I have smoked marijuana every day for the last 3 years. I completely agree that Marijuana does no harm to your body except for the fact that you can get a cough, lol. But there is other side effects to this drug, as it makes it ok for you to be bored. I know some people who have smoked weed their whole life and over time they get so used to doing nothing that eventually that is all their life is. Weed is an addiction, but it is a life style addiction.

Also as much as I hate to say "Gateway Drug" I have to say this kind of is. As everyone is saying, marijuana makes you happy when you are depressed. Well after time, marijuana starts to lose some of its effects and a person must smoke more in one sitting in order to feel that high. Well sometimes I have a bad day and weed just doesn't bring me to that "stoned" level and I wonder what Ecstasy would feel like. I would never do anything but marijuana, for the fear of some kind of brain damage or death by man-made chemicals. But, none the less, it can still bring unwise people to other drugs.

Again, I am Pro Marijuana. But I am not Pro-Legalization. I think this is a wondrous drug in its natural form, and if the government legalizes it and gets their hands on it, I know they will change it for mass-marketing and it would never be the same.

And I agree with the poster above me. Always read up on a drug you plan to use and use it wisely. I also agree that you should not force people to either try marijuana or to not try it. I have friends that tryed it and dont like it and thats fine.

I am off to smoke a bowl and write an essay. Everyone enjoy your life.

The "Gateway drug" argument is a fallacy. The link is coincidental not causative. People who go on to harder drugs have probably drank alcohol the same or even more then the number of people who smoke pot and go on to harder things. This little argument is pretty weak imho.

The only thing about pot opening up other drugs for people is that people can be led to think that drugs are all not very bad. Then they try pot, its not that bad. This doesnt match up with what they've been told and people realize they've been sold a pack of lies. It then discredits all of the anti-drug information they've heard. Scare tactics about pot backfire and erode the entire anti-drug message. The Nazis understood very well that propaganda has to resemble the truth as much as possible and they tried to put out some pretty untrue crazy propaganda! Anti-drug fighters havent learned that lesson and imagine they can spew out a pack of lies and people wont see through it. Its incredible some of the things that are claimed about pot that are obviously untrue. It makes me think about how masturbation was associated with hairy palms and blindness.

Pot has no link to cancer (it seems that THC may accelerate cell death inhibiting cancer) This is counter-intuitive, since pot has carcinogens and leaves four times as much tar in your lungs as a cigarette you would expect this to cause cancer - yet it doesnt. It has beneficial effects as a pain killer, Alzheimer inhibitor, and appetite stimulant.

Why do you need to take drugs or smoke weed to get high? Don't you know how to be happy with the simple things in life? Like holding someone's hand you love, or taking a walk in nature, or having a bubble bath, or having a conversation with a good friend, or playing cards, or baking cookies, or calling a loved one ( your grandma would love to hear from you) ,or volunteering in a seniors home and making them laugh, or be a Big Brother or Big Sister, or sitting on a park bench and watching the birds, or go for a bike ride in a nice neighbourhood, or, or, or ,do you get it? I think relying on a substance that alters your mind is copping out. Quit using something to get you where you can go yourself, quit faking it and get a reality check !! Why not make someone else happy instead of self indulging? By the way I have had my share of difficult times and I have pulled through without any foreign substances which alter the mind.

weed is great
being high is great
love it
and if you love it
work around it and work with it
dont try to stop doing what you enjoy
and if you dont love it
keep livin life without it
and leave it for the rest of us to enjoy
and dont judge
cuz we dont judge you

if u smoke pot your just as low and pathetic as brittney spears!

i hate pot smokers and if u do it ... then you suck!

you dont know what you are talking about. try weed before you criticize it and act like you understand the drug. It could end up being the best decision of your life :)