Cannabis is probably the world’s most popular casual use drug that is illegal in most nations. It has become so widespread that many people wouldn’t think twice about asking to light up at a friend’s or to smoke in public places. It is an ancient drug that has been used throughout history for medical, magical, and pleasurable purposes. Thanks to the scare-tactics of propaganda in the 1960s and 1970s, there are many myths surrounding the drug – this list intends to put things straight once and for all.
Myth: Cannabis’ active ingredient THC gets stored in body fat and its effects can last days or even weeks
Fact: It is true that cannabis (like many other drugs) enters the body’s fat stores, and it is for this reason that it can be detected long after use, but that is the only part of this myth which is true. The fact is, the psychoactive aspects of the stored cannabis are used up quickly and while the residue of the drug remains, it no longer has any effect on the person. Furthermore, the presence of THC in body fat is not harmful to the fat, the brain, or any other part of the body.
Myth: Cannabis use causes memory loss and a general reduction in logic and intelligence
Fact: This is another myth which has elements of truth to it – no doubt the reason it is believed by so many. Laboratory tests have shown that cannabis diminishes the short term memory – but only when a person is intoxicated with it. A person who has taken cannabis will be able to remember things learned before they took it but may have trouble learning new information during intoxication. There is no scientific evidence whatsoever to suggest that this can become a long-term or permanent problem when sober.
Myth: Cannabis has been scientifically proven to be harmful
Fact: Let us start with a quote: “the smoking of cannabis, even long term, is not harmful to health.” This quote comes from the peer-reviewed British medical journal The Lancet (founded in 1823). There is certainly no scientific consensus on cannabis use, and certainly no scientific proof that casual use is dangerous to health.
Myth: Cannabis use causes apathy and a lack of motivation
Fact: In fact, studies done on test subjects in which they were given a high dose of cannabis regularly over a period of days or weeks found that there was no loss in motivation or ability to perform. Of course, abuse of any intoxicating substance over long periods will reduce a person’s ability to function normally, but cannabis is no better or worse. Furthermore, studies indicate that cannabis users tend to have higher paid jobs than non-users.
Myth: Cannabis causes crime
Fact: Some people believe that cannabis use leads to violence and aggression, and that this, in turn, leads to crime. But the facts just don’t stack up. Serious research into this area has found that cannabis users are often less likely to commit crimes because of its effect in reducing aggression. Having said that, because of the number of nations that have outlawed cannabis, most users in the world are technically classified as criminals merely for possessing the drug.
Myth: Cannabis kills brain cells
Fact: Cannabis does not cause any profound changes in a person’s mental ability. It is true that after taking the drug some people can experience panic, paranoia, and fright, these effects pass and certainly don’t become permanent. It is possible for a person to consume so much of the drug that they suffer from toxic psychosis, but again this is not unique to cannabis and is very rare.
Myth: Cannabis is a gateway drug – in other words, it leads to abuse of more potent drugs
Fact: For most people, cannabis is a terminus drug, not a gateway drug. Users of high strength drugs such as heroin or LSD are also statistically more likely to have used cannabis in the past, but this is just toying with statistics; when comparing the number of cannabis users with hard-drug users, the numbers are extremely small – suggesting that there is no link at all.
Myth: Cannabis is more potent now than in the past
Fact: The reason that this myth has come about is that samples taken by drug enforcement agencies are used to test for potency but they are a tiny sample of the cannabis on the market. The vast majority of cannabis taken today is the same potency as it has been for decades. In fact, even if the potency were greatly higher, it would make little difference to the user as cannabis of varying potency produces very similar effects. Furthermore, there is statistical data on cannabis potency dating back to the 1980s which is more reliable than present methods of detection, and that shows little or no increase.
Myth: Cannabis is more damaging to the lungs than cigarettes
Fact: First of all, people who smoke cannabis but not cigarettes tend to smoke far less frequently – thereby limiting their exposure to the dangers in the smoke. Furthermore, smokers of cannabis are not inhaling the many additives that go into commercial cigarettes to make them burn down faster or to stay alight. There has even been some evidence that marijuana smoke does not have the same effect on the bronchial tubes as cigarette smoke, so even heavy use may not lead to emphysema.
Myth: Cannabis is highly addictive
Fact: Less than one percent of Americans smoke cannabis more than once per day. Of the heavy users, a tiny minority develop what appears to be a dependence and rely on the assistance of drug rehabilitation services to stop smoking but there is nothing in cannabis which causes physical dependence and the most likely explanation for those who need assistance is that they are having difficulty breaking the habit – not the “addiction”.
This list was inspired by the excellent work of the Drug Policy Alliance Network.
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Contributor: JFrater
Mary jane is the gateway drug to cartoons and cereal.
in my opinion it was a gateway drug for me i started as a teen and thought this feels good ill try something diff,(doctors didnt help from there) but i dont think weed alone should ilegal.I’m now a clean single father of 3 and don’t even drink but i smoke after my kids go to bed to help my stress,appetite,and insomnia i think alcohol or tobbaco products should be ilegal before weed
This list was made by a pothead trying to justify their addiction. a friend of mine developed a serious dependence on the drug, to the point where he physically couldn't get by without it.
thc is not addicting i been smoking for 35 yrs. It was all in your friends head!!!!
You've been smoking for 35 years…ever try to stop? Most people don't realize they have a problem if there is no reason to stop. That dosn't mean there not addictced. Also you should look at the definition of addiciton. "my only problem with smoking weed is your problem with me smoking weed"
Studies have shown marrijuana to be about as addictive as caffeine. And there’s 2 kinds of addiction, physical addiction and mental addiction. If you’re physically addicted to a drug you will go into withdrawl if you stop taking it and get sick. If you’re mentally addicted you might feel depressed if you stop taking it, but you won’t get physically sick. You can get mentally addicted to anything, even things like books, and video games. But you can only get physically addicted to certain drugs, such as opiates. A mental addiction can be formed when using marrijuana for an extended period of time and in large doses, but this is far easier to brake than a physical addiction. Furthermore, it’s quite childish to say he’s just a pothead trying to justify his addiction, it’s ignorrant even given the fact that the entries are quoted from peer reviewed scientific studies. Which is infinitely more credible than your anecdotal evidence. Maybe you should be alittle more rational when it comes to this subject, look at the evidence objectively and then make an informed decision, because you clearly haven’t done that.
You sir, are a gentlemen and a scholar.
BOOM! You’ve been served.
AMEN MY BROTHA
If there’s no reason to stop, what exactly is the problem?
Smoked 3-4 times a day for 20 years straight, put the stuff down 10 years ago because it was getting too expensive for me and haven’t touched it since… OBVIOUSLY it isn’t that addictive…
I can stop and start whenever I like to, I don’t feel physically challenged or mentally challenged without it. On the other hand, my boyfriend thinks about it all the time. And there are many other people around myself that react differently.
As far as addiction goes (not adding harmful factors), anything can be addictive to people, yes considering other factors, some substance already has chemicals that wire your brain to get addicted but people are always addicted to *****, prescribed drugs, exercising and etc.
It just varies on different people, and but if there are no health defects that comes out in result of smoking cannibus, I don’t see why it’s bad. It’s not cannibus that’s bad, its the people that abuse it that put a bad name on it.
I smoke five to six times daily and I can go days with out. I rather not but if I’m going out of town or something it doesn’t hold me back. Except the pain in my back which is the reason I smoke…
You do realise you can't get addicted to weed. You can however, get a "mental" addiction to it, even still that's a load of bull.
I have smoked 10-20 grams of ***** a day for 11 years now and can stop with no ill side effects any time. I have stopped for jobs, when I had my baby or just to see if I could. Less addictive than cigarettes. Your friend is a moron and the science doesn't back up your theory. ***** is mildly psychologically addictive but not physically addictive at all. Just check in medical texts, or ask a doctor.
you clearly haven't smoked 10-20 grams a day or youd be spending stupid amou nts of money and never getting anthing done
I have a feeling Jaigg intended to write 1-2g a day…. which is completely reasonable, I smoke about that much (unless, as Jaigg stated, [I'm] working or taking care of children, etc). I would be shocked if someone with a child smoked a half OUNCE to almost full ounce per day. Practically physically impossible.
Lucky you. I smoke about a gram a day regularly and whenever I need to quit I get nausea, insomnia, anxiety, loss of appetite and night sweats. Someone earlier said *****’s about as addictive as caffeine. Well, caffeine is pretty addictive. Ever try quitting caffeine? What happens to you physically? Nothing fun.
I understand that people are trying to legalize ***** and that the “reefer madness” hysteria prevents that, so people want to minimize any stigma.As a pothead myself, I’m all for legalizing and all for de-stigmatizing, but not at the expense of telling people who are having legitimate physical problems weaning themselves off of weed that “it’s all in your head.” Of course it’s nothing like cocaine or heroin–I think a better word than addiction for ***** is dependency–but the physical symptoms do exist for some people, just like they do for people who go cold turkey on caffeine. It might be possible that some people don’t develop a dependency and can quit cold turkey with no ill effects, but those people would do well to realize that everyone has different physiology and will react differently to foreign substances put into their bodies.
So, my post isn’t for the people who want to keep insisting that pot is as harmless as air. It’s for the people who are having trouble laying off the weed and finding that it gives you unpleasant physical symptoms when you quit. No, it’s not in your head. I deal with it too, and one of the most obnoxious aspects of it is people who tell you that it’s only psychological.
Wow, it bleeped out the word mar.i.juana. In an article about *****. Okay then.
lol ur a jackass
Oh I see what you mean lol. That’s kinda ridiculous!
Insomnia, night sweats, nausea and loss of appetite are classic symptoms of anxiety, which is a mental condition- not a physical one.
Withdrawal involves things like seizures, vomiting, phantom pain, uncontrollable tremors, hallucination, and the shutting down of vital organs.
Your outrage that your problem may be mental and not physical suggests you’ve bought into the stigma surrounding mental health issues, and it helps to further stigmatize those whose suffer with incredibly common, easily-managed ailments.
Perhaps you should consider whether you have, in fact, been self-medicating all along.
Thankyou GJJ, I was on the verge of considering myself crazy after reading this list and its comments… that is untill I read yours. I have been smoking ***** for about 8 years and whenever I have tried to quit I suffer terrible night- sweats and insomnia. My partner goes through the same thing. We are otherwise healthy both physically and mentally. Judging by these comments, most ***** smokers don’t suffer any withdrawal symptoms or side-effects when they stop smoking it but I wish they wouldn’t speak for the world!
u obviously have no idea what u r talkin about, first off there is no physical addiction in pot. the only thing that u could even remotly come close to classify as an "addiction" is the fact of the enjoyment of of bein high. you might have an urge to wanna get high, but still no addiction
With that logic I could argue that I’m not addicted to alcohol, I just want to get drunk a lot… I think you’ll find desire to use a substance of any kind frequently is exactly what an addiction is. Not all addictions have “withdrawal symptoms” as most people would classify them, but craving something when it is removed is itself a withdrawal symptom.
Would you also argue that people who constantly crave cigarettes aren’t addicted then?
your dumb man, your friend was not physically addicted to the actual chemical (THC) but was mentally addicted to the act of smoking it. Just how kids play Call of Duty, and get on Facebook everyday. not because they need to but because they are are scared not to. I smoke on and off all the time its all in your head.
Of course jfrater made this list most if these are not myths at all jfrater ur retarded and I absolutely hate u
I'm really starting to lose interest in this site. First 2 sports lists and then this!? Where's the mystery lists? The good stuff? Look, we get it. Some people smoke this stuff occasionally and don't suffer many if any long term effects. But many people DO. There is a reason other then propaganda that the average person sees pot-smokers as lowlifes. It's because they typically are! Teenagers are attracted to the stuff BECAUSE it's illegal and they get a kick out of temporary losing their mind. Toss all the statistics you want but what good can possibly come out of "panic, paranoia, and fright"? I just don't understand why people want to do this to their selves…
Foohy if you have never smoked a joint or experienced the high then you have no right to judge…PERIOD!!
no no no i am far from a "low life" i go out on adventures almost every day when im high because its fun to do stuff when im high i might even go buy a cop a doughnut. but hey only bums and low lifes do the sacred drug… your ignorant… btw im not attracted to it because its illegal… infact i wish it was legal!!! i love the stuff it gives you paranoia from like spiders and stuff like anybody not high wouldn't get paranoid from weird ***** like that plus stoners are the most loving and caring people in the world that protect eachother and care for eachother nomatter what. if a guy says could you smoke me up im going through alot right now? id be like yes i would my friend lets invite some friends take tons of rips and watch a awesome movie and walk to the nearest grocerie store to get some food (munchies) but yeah all your being is ignorant and a foul for just saying lowlife teenagers like it because its illegal and its a thrill. listen stoner live stoner die do not tell me what i am and how i live my life. i want you to get high atleast once you wont get dependent on it or need to do it again. if its not for you just leave it be. do not hate on other people and say something they aren't when you dont even know.
here here!!!
it feels good/ im a teenagers illegal things don't really interest me/ i don't like to lose my mind i like to be relaxed/ long term effects not as bad as cig's/ im not a low life – i have straight a's and am on the varsity swim team… try it before you judge
I feel that you watched Reefer Madness once and based all your ideas on that. I'm love getting stoned, and I'm not, believe it or not, a low-life! People get drunk to get all gitty and stupid and people toke up to feel relaxed and calm. I find it's a fantastic way to unwind or get motivated to finish work I don't want to do, but it's by no means addicting. It's just a easy stress-release.
*****, people used to believe if you listened to metal, you'd become murderous and satanic. People are ignorant and need to stop preaching to the masses. It's not working!
It SHOULD be legalized. Sometimes I hate having to find private places to smoke.
You are so far from wrong I feel bad for you. People like you are the reason it is illegal. The propaganda has sheltered you sufficiently I see. “I’m a low life because I have improved the quality of my life through the use of mary jane.” Ignorant people are funny!
Well-said!
Course you dont, how can you understand if you never tried? It’s like telling a blind man how red and blue looks like
pot smokers are lowlifes?
some of the smartest, athletic, and happiest people I know smoke pot, and most people I meet who hate it with a passion are synical ass holes
Cannibis will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no cannibis.
just perfect
I'm sorry jfrater – but i cannot indulge in the 'ceremonial back-patting' engendered by this list: Have you actually WORKED with long-term ***** users? Have you witnessed DAILY the damage these people have caused themselves – all manner of pshological conditions – schizoid and paranoiac being the most prevalent. The apparent 'dopiness' of the long-term user – NOTE: I am NOT saying heavy user, either.
THC is a psychoactive chemical, the ***** itself has been determined to be approximately 7 times more carcinogenic than clean tobacco (fresh-grown) – check the various cancer organisations.
This 'Myth' list is a larger pile of garbage than your last Mediaeval one.
C'mon man – get back to the interesting ones and stop pandering to those looking for an excuse to indulge in something which is harmful to them.
if its so harmful and causes cancer, why do cancer patients smoke? to get more cancer? wrong, another ignorant person who has set aside the fact that cannibis has never killed anyone who has smoked it. maybe just maybe acouple of people have died from a car accident because of it but im sure thats not even true. alchol and tobacco is much more dangerous and has killed. it has been proven that that kills. ***** has not. will never and can never kill (smoke wise) the smoke barely takes down any lung capacity if so only 2% watch up to date movies to re-educate yourself before you babble on how ***** is dangerous and "evil"
Actually, recent studies show no link between heavy pot smokers and cancer. In fact, the THC might have a protective effect by killing off dying cells before they turn into tumors and cancer.
http://patients4medical*****.wordpress.com/20…
Even the guy who did the study(which was funded by the anti-pot National Institute on Drug Abuse) said he thought that they could prove a link between cancer and ***** smoking but his hypothesis was very wrong and he is now in favor of legalization.
As for the lazy pothead wasting away on the couch myth, lets take a look at some famous potheads:
Bill Gates
Sir Richard Branson
Michael Phelps…….there's perhaps the biggest proof that the lazy pothead claim is false!
Stephen King
Morgan Freeman
Michael Bloomberg
http://coedmagazine.com/2009/02/06/the-10-most-su…
There's a wide variety of people who smoke pot. Just because some teenagers do it for the wrong reason without knowing enough about what they are putting in their body, doesn't mean all stoners don't know.
By the way, I wrote this while puffing on some Sour Diesel *****. Mmmmm tasty ^_^
Actually, it cures cancer. Go on youtube or google or something, and type in "hemp oil cancer" or the like. Maybe try "***** pubmed" for the official versions. You need educating man, really. You're a bigot, I'm sorry to ahve to say it, but you are
maybe you should check if some of those people you’ve “worked” with are actually using other drugs or have family issues or mental problems instead of just dumping the problem on weed, and also maybe you should go to google and look up “list of ***** related deaths” and see what pops up
thats right
nothing..
Foohy – you don't understand why people smoke pot because you obviously never have.
You CAN have an opinion on something you have no first hand experience with, but it'll usually be wrong.
I'm sorry, but, while i am for legalization of ***** and do indulge, your argument of "You can have an opinion with no first hand experience, but it's usually wrong" is a bad argument. I can think of a ton of things that I have an opinion on that are considered quite correct by the general populace, without first hand experience necessary. For Example, Rape, Genocide, Meth, Heroin, Incest, and Pedophilia are all wrong and horrible things in my opinion.
i second dat
My problems are with numbers 1, 3 , and 4.
4: I know first hand that ***** can lead to other drugs. In order to get ***** you have to go to an illegal source. Which often times have other things for sale. Not to mention you will make contacts with people who use other things.
3: almost every single drug has gone up in potency over the years with the exception being LSD. LSD is one of the only drugs which has gone down in potentcy. Pot has increased in potency due to new strands being made from cross pollination.
1: It's very debatable as to whether pot is addicting. Your definition of addiction seems to be whether a drug is physically addictive or not. Yet many drugs that are considered addictive are only psychologically addictive, not physically. Opiates are one of the only drug grioups that are physically addictive. Cocaine for instance is prely mentally addictive.
I used to do drugs and are in fact not against certain drugs uses (including pot.) However the pro-pot facts and statistics are often just as twisted around as the anti-pot facts.
u r lost jack ass
bah, as far as i'm concerned, frequent users of mind-altering substances are losers.
i dont care what job you have, how much money you have or even if you do loads of charital work. i dont care that weed isn't as dangerous as many believe, i dont give a ***** about that. bottom line is: drug-users are pathetic. same goes for alcoholics.
when your the one trolling.
well aren't you just a great person then. Get off your *****ing high-horse.
HHmmm…so I suppose you have never taken a prescription from the doctor or aspirin….whether you feel it or not…THEY ARE MIND-ALTERING/BODY-ALTERING DRUGS too…also there are many chemicals in our food that are much worse and DO cause cancer, etc….Maybe you should smoke a little and calm down. Wonder what your job and pay is??
Namaste…smoke..smoke!!!
Yeah man! Water is a body-altering drug! Notice he said mind-altering, not body-altering. I’m sure taking an aspirin for a headache is just the same as taking LSD… God drug users come up with some stupid excuses. The worst one I’ve heard was ‘it’s all natural, man’ well if that’s the case then I’m off to smoke some wood, or ingest some arsenic, I might eat a rock. It’s all natural after all.
Uh. I’m on some pretty powerful Migraine pills. A couple of them in a short period and I’ll be lucky if I’m not running down the street without clothes, try to flush the dirty dishes down the loo, or start writing mail for my dog….
how u write states hw u think n the amount of knldge in ur thik head GO TO SCHOOL
ummmhh mr springs hw u write states hw u think n the knldge in ur thik head plz try goin BACK TO SCHOOL
you have no concept of the real world
the fact that people are successful while still smoking is proof in itself that it has no effet on such things. a good person is a good person no matter if they smoke or not. same for ass holes
take yourself for example
troll ass….
This is a very dangerous list in my opinion. I had a chronic ***** habit for about ten years, stopped smoking the stuff about 4 years ago. My head's still up my bloody arse.
thats cuz your an iddiot
ni ukweli
Awesome list! I’ve always believed #1 is true. T_T
damn good…..missed being first by a fraction
Damn.. I was first on the scene but had to quickly see to the tiny detail of actually being registered.
this list is going to give lots of people amunition when they are told off for smoking pot!!!! good list tho, lots of things on here i didnt know! X
good list
Point 6 is completely misleading. The crime associated with ***** is not necessarily associated with the user, i.e. ‘If you take ***** you become a criminal’. The fact that ***** is controlled by gangs or drug cartels means that the problem of crime and drug use are far more endemic.
Im not anti-drugs or anything but I think this list is giving out the complete wrong message: For instance, you say “It is true that after taking the drug some people can experience panic, paranoia, and fright, these effects pass and certainly don’t become permanent.” I would like to know where the certainty comes from? By all reckonings there is nothing certain about the long term affect of *****. This doesn’t seem a very neutral, or useful statement.
***** was the first cultivated plant, it has been used for thousands of years, I think we know what there is long term affect.
***** wouldn't be the cause of some gang violence if it was legal. You don't see gangs peddling alcohol through underground tunnels, do you?
Drugs are bad, mmmkay!
Jamie! holy *****, that was great and not one wiki quote. Thank you for giving this topic the credit it deserves!
cool list!! but ppl who smokes pot shud have known this facts(maybe 2 or 3)…
surprisingly, nicotine and achohol kills far more than *****~
nicotine doesnt kill anyone you dumb ass, it the reasons cigs are addictive
Isn’t nicotine poison when pure ? Am i wrong?
I agree dhily cigarettes and alcohol are the killers not ***** remember ***** is all natural weed alcohol and tobacco is made by man with all kinds of chemicals in them.
I’ve long thought that ***** should be legalized and taxed. The prohibition against it is ridiculous and destructive. Very good list.
The reason why it is illegal i coz the gready american cant tax it, becose you can just grow it in your backyard.
Well you can just make growing it Illegal and people will gladly buy it themselves; It's not like anybody grows their own tobacco
Nejikun, there are plenty of people who i know that can’t go about their daily lives without being on *****. That doesn’t make them addicted, it’s just a habit, and one that can be difficult to break if you get too used to it. That’s basically what was in #1.
Good list though, i’m sure this will clear many myths up.
Nejikum, do you know the author personally?
dhily, actually nobody in the U.S., or the world for that matter, has ever died from smoking *****. I believe you have to smoke half your body weight in ***** in order to become asphyxiated from it, and that’s not even humanly possible. After about five minutes one would not continue to keep smoking… they’d probably be eating chips and/or watching “Dazed and Confused.”
Actually you have to smoke your ENTIRE body weight in pot to die, which is even more impossible hahahah
It was always true that cigarettes and alcohol killed way more people then *****.
Great list, and as somebody said, thanks for giving it the credit it deserves.
Respect.
Huzzah! This list is amazing and the kind of thing that should be publicized further. ***** should be legalised and de-demonised; alcohol is almost certainly more dangerous with more deaths, more crime and a plethora of health-issues attached to it which far outweigh those of *****.
I smoke (only at the weekends and only in the comfort of my own home) and I’m not a criminal or an addict, I’m just a hard-working student who likes to unwind
Thank you for this list!
first off pot heads r not low lifes or crimnals most r hard workin people, granted the fact that we can b lazy form time to time, i have been smokin pot for literly half my life and the only trouble i have gotton in wit johnny is a mipt and drivin with out a dl,and further more the reason we smoke is cuz we enjoy it thats like sayin why would you wanna have ***** cuz its pure phuckin enjoyment
As someone who works in law enforcement I do see the correlation between ***** and crime. However, I agree with the point that it is not because of the user, but instead with the lifestyle and associations it leads to. What it boils down to though is the law is the law. Just because the facts are there doesn’t make it any less illegal. Same as with alcohol, there is a responsibility that comes with smoking weed that many people just cannot handle.
well johnny law help legalize for the sake of humanity buddy ol pal
they must find it difficult those who take authority as the truth, rather than the truth as authority.
Would you agree that if we would stop trying to instill “scare tactics” on the public and actually educate them with the facts that we could better prepare our youth for the real world. Sheltering them works real well until they are about 14 or 15, then they start learning about what’s actually out there. If we educated them on how to use alcohol and weed in a safe a responsible manner, do you think we would have kids running around getting stoned outta their mind and binge drinking at every opportunity? Nope. I was raised knowing exactly what the common drugs would do, without being lied to. When I heard about friends trying weed and alcohol for the first time, it wasn’t a big deal to me like it was for them because I had been exposed to it and taught to be responsible about it. Amazing what a little knowledge will do for ya.
Another great comment!
beutiful.. smoke weed every day
About #6 -
“Nederwiet”, which is weed grown in The Netherlands (“Netherweed”), has actually seen an enormous increase in potency when you compare the stuff we smoke nowadays to that which was smoked in let’s say, the sixties.
I’d have to look up the specific study on this for proof, but a couple of years ago an extensive research took place about *****, its current half-legal status, social consequences, the illegal plantations and all the crime problems that go with it.
The research showed that whereas weed contained about 3 or 4 % THC in the sixties, ‘Nederwiet’ has become far more potent over the last decades, and holds about 18% THC today. No kidding.
so you get baked eventually you wont want to take another hit just because your high it saves more weed more potency doesnt meen you'll smoke more if anything you'll probably quit mid-bowl because your so high and you dont need anymore
Its the same here in Australia. You only have to look at the physical difference between 'bush' (outdoor grown) and 'hydro' to see the obvious difference. hydro plants are pretty much entirely sticky, compact buds where as bush plants have small loose buds and heaps of leaves. There was a show called Botany of Desire where they spoke about the evolution of ***** throughout the war on crime. definitely worth a look, fascinating stuff.
Actually the resin in some of the Indica (Skunk) strains can contain 90%+ pure THC. This resin is collected to make “Hashish” which like Opium has been in use by numerous cultures around the world for thousands of years. In contrast however; modern science has enabled us to collect exotic varieties from around the world and hybrid them. They are bred for the differing effects of the different types of THC’s ranging from Zombie to Euphoria and of course flavour.
Now if you’ll excuse me – I’m off to have a cone….
wee @ 19
and then everyone can spell beautiful like you do.
luv it! keep it up list verse
y’all dont know *****
im kidding, y’all know everything
I might have to argue with you on the one about lung damage. I’m definitely more wheezy and full of phlegm than I used to be. But that’s after 8 years and if that’s the worst that happens to me, well, I can live with that!
I would much rather be stoned and on my couch watching a good movie than puking my guts up after drinking too much.
I’ve always argued that alcohol is much worse than weed (not that I don’t enjoy a drink every now and again).
And yes, I graduated with a masters degree, have a good job and no criminal record.
As far as the link between crime goes, yes it’s true that it’s not just down to the user, it’s about supply chains, drugs cartels, etc., but all those things exist for one reason and one reason only – because it’s illegal. To say that ***** leads to crime is a truism. It’s illegal so of course it leads to crime. Make it legal and that crime would disappear by definition.
BEST – LIST – EVER
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I am for a decriminalization for moral reasons. When people disagree with this I just shrug. The law is the law, they say. I usually tell them that I hope they feel the same way when alcohol and tobacco are criminalized, and of course, God help them if they ever go over the speedlimit, litter, jaywalk, or any of the other thousands of laws that the majority of people break as a matter of habit.
As a person who is 100% behind decriminalization, I’ve still gotta say this list bugs me. Too many broad brush-stroke claims in there… the couple of footnotes at the bottom don’t justify some pretty strong claims in there. Claims such as this: “For most people, ***** is a terminus drug, not a gateway drug.” really need some strong evidence for them. Maybe that evidence is in one of the footnotes… but I have no idea which one. And the addictive side of ***** is definitely understated here.
I agree that yes ***** is addictive… although it is one of the easiest substances to "kick the habit" in the world. yeah your gonna feel like ***** that your not on flying high cloud nine anymore, but its only mental, unlike alcohol, painkillers, or tobacco for that matter, in which they give you psychical withdrawals. from personal experience after being addicted to hydrocodone for a year vs quitting bud after a year was astronomically easier. also agree that these are some broad claims due to the fact that ***** research is stunted due to its illegality, but there is some scientific proof to most of them.
Also, half of those footnotes are more than 20 years old…
The quality of this website is going downhill. Less lists like this and less sports lists, please.
I know all of these and I really think it should be legalized everywhere. In my 11th grade english class we were told to make a poster to argue your opinion on an issue so I did legalization of *****.
When I get caught bonging away on weed, Im gonna tell the judge ListVerse say its OK to smoke and get high!!!! XD
@mcsquida: 1 % uses it requlary vs. around 30% that have tried it. Doesn’t sound very addictive to me. Chocolate, beer and owning sportscars seem way more addictive…
I think the biggest issue your missing is that *****, like any toxic intake, is harmful to the body, and chemically alters the mind. I am an avid supporter of Hemp, having being involved in the industry for years, however i cant agree that ***** actually adds any value to society, it merely is a trigger for apathy!
If something is not bad, it does not by definition make it good, there is nothing wrong with the plant, but the issues arise when we observe its effect of individuals, and the damage created from personal lifestyles. The fault is not in the nature of the plant, but the ignorance of the people! Dont smoke weed, it does nothing good to you!
but it does nothing bad, either if anything it should be legalized so that the myth of gateway drug can be killed with the sellers of harder drugs that also sell ***** if we destroy the lords of the trade then we can live in a world with out hard extremely bad drugs that are very harmfull and keep drugs that are good(if a person wants to do a drug that is not going to hurt them of course) or if they just get tired of living normally and want to get a kick, like getting drunk
it does nothing good to you – no ***** i dont smoke to have good long term effects i smoke to feel relaxed… relaxed = good
*prely = purely
Just ask yourself: If your teenaged son or daughter came to you and said they wanted to smoke weed, could you refer to this list and in good conscious say “Sure,go ahead. It won’t hurt you”.
I smoke with my parents on occasion and I am 18 years old, an honor student, volunteer regularly, involved in many organizations, and going to a pretty good university. It hasn't ever hurt me to smoke pot.
Muttley: You’re full of *****. I’ve smoked dope pretty much consistently since the age of 16. The only time I didn’t was when I was pregnant. Most of my acquaintances also smoke weed; none of them are schizoid or paranoid or underachievers. Yes weed will cause anxiety and panic in high, high doses and to those with a low tolerance for it. Just like some folks are sensitive to the effects of alcohol. Now I don’t entirely agree with this list – I can’t imagine how sucking down all that smoke can be good for your lungs or for that matter, do no damage. Nor would I suggest anyone take up the habit (except maybe those needing appetite enhancement or have some other debilitating disorder that weed relieves); in a perfect world none of us would require/want an aid to relaxation; seeing as it isn’t – I’ll keep my vice. A far less damaging habit than many I could avail myself of; for instance booze, prescription anti-depressants etc.
btw when I forgo weed I do have trouble sleeping for a few days and tend to be a little touchy…but these symptoms are very short lived.
Living in the UK it is becoming a B Class drug this week
To Johnny T: (Re: 4) That’s why legalising it should be imperative to eliminating the problem. If people didn’t have to trek to criminals to purchase it, then they wouldn’t be enticed to buy hard drugs.
Although the point about high salaries and *****: I know that in the UK that’s because a lot of private schooled kids do *****, more so than state schooled kids simply because they have the money to spend on drugs when they are at school. Statistically private schooled kids end up at better universities and go on to have high salaries and continue to bun…
Interesting. I knew most of these from my college days but a few new things. Pot does not do a thing for me but to each his own. Pot heads who complain that the smoke from my cigarettes smells and bothers them do annoy me, pot smells way more and it has to be bad to smoke something that smelly. I dont care how natural it is!
well we can make a sploof to knock out the smell but the smoke isnt good for you period but that doesnt meen that it can kill you. if you smoke out of a bong, it will remove all the bad chemicals and pretty much makes the weed pure and clean. thus making weed much better than cigs or alchol btw im fourteen and i smoke cigarettes for atleast 2 months but quit because i dont need it i started smoking weed because the smoke and the high but i also do it because of pains and stuff from breaking bones or stuff like that but i am unchanged from it i have been clean for about 3 weeks now i was egey but i got over it but i will do it again just because i was so used to doing it alot and have my normal state of high kind of like how your normal state is sober but my sober is like my un-high that totally sucks my normal state is high if i get to do it atleast once a week ill not get mad or anything at all my lungs might just be a little worse but it close to none because i have watched and seen and known what it does
so if somthing smells bad there fore it must b bad for you so ciggs must smell like bacon to you
Paro and Johnny T. – We also forget that the folks most likely to try drugs and experiment are Type A personalities. The driven type of person most likely to succeed. A coincidence? I think not.
(Also the most likely to crash and burn
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While this list is good and even has some scientific studies behind it, in the real world we have a saying that goes like this:
Know how to tell when a drug addict is lying? His lips are moving.
In other words, you can come on here and tell me all day that all those stupid drug-addicted kids and adults who waste away their lives, stealing my stuff, are a rarity I know you’re full of S#!t.
hard drug addicts steal your *****. ***** users like myself just would be like "thats not cool man that is a dickmove taking someones crap only a meth head or crack head whould do that. and you know what its true only a crack/meth head whould do that. weed users dont need to steal for they make money in the real world and use some of there earnings to help them relax with *****.
hope i helped you think alittle more on the situation im 14 and dont say that i am making a bad dicision with what i am doing. i know what i am doing, well aware of that. and im glad that i am confident that this is the only drug i will use in my life time. i wont even use anything else because i do not need to. if i have ***** (which i will) lol yeah man just think of other people before you say that there relaxint is bad. just look at people who drink usually steal beat and hurt people around them when pot smokers most of the time help other people by smokin them up
pufonthis: Bah! No weed smokers I know need theft to support their habit; lawyers? teachers? real estate agents? working men? Now the crack-heads next door? and the oxy addict? You bet.
I have to say, the people *****ing and moaning about the ‘quality of this website’ can take a long walk off a short bridge. These lists may not be to your liking but other people may really appreciate them…. The sports lists weren’t my favourite but I read them anyway and learned something from them…… maybe you should try it.
It seems incumbent upon me to point out that there is a HUGE difference between a drug addict and a casual weed smoker (which, as previously stated, most users of weed are.) If I need books and am strapped for cash (which I am from time to time being a postgrad) I buy books, not weed. Addict? I think not. Please don’t belittle the actual problem of drug addiction by implying that ***** users are of the same vein.
And I must add, if I ever have children I would much rather they sat around in their rooms getting stoned than went out, got blind drunk and caused a fight or ended up lost or in hospital or passed out in a car park. Which would you prefer?
Good list. I’m going to print it out and give a copy to all the kids in my neighbourhood with a list of where they can buy some.
LOL I’ll repeat it so that all the dope heads on here can let it sink in.
“Know how to tell when a drug addict is lying? His lips are moving.”
Harmless? How would you feel if Airline pilots were allowed to use it? Or Policemen, firemen, doctors, surgeons, bus drivers etc etc etc etc etc.
hey if it was legal you still woulnt be able to do it in public hence public intoxication which can get you arrested btw same with alchohol do pilots, policemen, firemen, doctors, surgeons, bus drivers drink on the job? no same with *****? you will not be aloud to do it wilst operating machinery and you are aloud to do it in a public place where you are aloud to do so like a bar or at home in privacy there will be shops to but it like a liquor store only called a dispencerie. Just think for a moment please?
I would feel fine as long as they don't do it while on the job. Same with alcohol.
They do and you would never know or ever be able to tell. Highly successful people smoke and they smoke alot. I think it's hilarious that the last fact states that only one percent of Americans smoke everyday. Who the hell are they kidding? Everyone does it and it's much better than smoking cigs or drinking alcohol.
…Wow. Way to go promoting ***** use.
mitchsn- They are allowed to use alcohol though, and that comes with a hangover too.
This list entirely misconstrues what the word “myth” means.
Great list, uh, dude. Uh, you know, uh, smoking grass is, uh…I forgot what I was gonna say.
Someone is trying justified their being a loser pot head.
Someone is trying justified their being a loser in their mothers basement. Loser.
Just coz ya sill at Home n ya 40 don’t meen all pot heads are