What do Cheech Marin, Matthew McConaughey, Whitney Houston, Michael Phelps, and Sir Paul McCartney all have in common? They all smoke (or used to smoke) cannabis aka marijuana. Marijuana is currently illegal in America except for medical use (and even then it's frowned upon) but why?
Depending on which article you read marijuana is either the safest recreational drug available or worse for you than crack. http://www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/factsmyths/ tells you that "There is no convincing scientific evidence that marijuana causes psychological damage or mental illness in either teenagers or adults" and "Most people who smoke marijuana smoke it only occasionally. A small minority of Americans - less than 1 percent - smoke marijuana on a daily basis. An even smaller minority develop a dependence on marijuana. Some people who smoke marijuana heavily and frequently stop without difficulty."
On the other hand http://www.drugabuse.gov/Infofacts/marijuana.html says that "long-term marijuana abuse can lead to addiction; that is, compulsive drug seeking and abuse despite its known harmful effects upon social functioning in the context of family, school, work, and recreational activities. Long-term marijuana abusers trying to quit report irritability, sleeplessness, decreased appetite, anxiety, and drug craving, all of which make it difficult to quit."
Drugabuse.gov...if you're trying to convince me that weed is as bad as crack don't say "or example, cannabinoid withdrawal in chronically exposed animals leads to an increase in the activation of the stress-response system and changes in the activity of nerve cells containing dopamine." Instead, tell me the actual effects on HUMANS. Secondly, that same site later claims smoking mary jane can lead to schitzophrenia. Bill Clinton has admitted to smoking reefer. Would he have been president if he had schitzophrenia?
If weed were to really be this bad for you no one would doctors prescribe it for glaucoma and cancer? They don't prescribe ecstacy for cataracts or acid for AIDS. If you don't like it...don't do it. Simple as that. As for those who want to do it, why does it hurt you? They're not going to be murdering someone for being high. More than likely, they'll be sitting on the couch watching South Park
Instead of just listing the links to your cited webpages, turn them to hyperlinks so your audience can click on them and be directed to your source material.
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