Marijuana Causes Many Deaths Reported as 'Accidents'
Hamish Turner, the president of the Coroners' Society, told The Telegraph that the marijuana, often portrayed as harmless, has increasingly been the cause of deaths that have been reported as accidents or suicides.
"Cannabis is as dangerous as any other drug and people must understand that it kills," said Mr Turner. "From my long experience I can say that it is a very dangerous substance. Increasingly it is mentioned not only as the first drug taken by people who overdose, but also in suicides and accidental deaths.
"It is an awful waste of young lives. People are trying the drug at a very young age. Many go on to harder drugs and I am dealing with more and more heroin overdoses. People can also suffer severe consequences from the cannabis alone, however.
"Bereaved parents say to me, 'We didn't realise how dangerous it was until it was too late, if only we had done something'. It is heartbreaking."
Turner said that stronger varieties of cannabis are now common, leading to physical and mental problems in young people, compared to the pot that was available in the 1960s.
Source: The Telegraph. "Cannabis use causes 'hundreds of deaths a year', coroner warns" February 2003.
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i think that this artical is full of crap, i have smoked marijuana for the most part of my young adult life, i even roof houses after i have smoked it, and never once has there been an accident. you need to be making these articles about things that are a real problem in society, alcohal, meth, cocaine, and other drugs of that nature.
I think that this article is very misled and full crap.I am 25 years old
and I have smoked marijuana for 7 years. My little brother smokes it and he has a 4.0 gpa in school. I have never had an accident while “under the influence” of marijuana. In fact I think I can focus more and come up with ideas better. Kids who are too young to smoke may have accidents because they are not mature yet. But the extent of the accidents are limited and more than 99% of the time are minor. Alcohol,meth,cocaine,heroin,ecstacy, and other drugs are what should be focused on. Not marijuana. And as for pot being a gateway drug it is only a gateway drug if you allow it to be.
This article is disgusting and makes me sick. Yet another idiot trying to say that a PLANT which has been around forever kills people or is harmful. Not one person in this world has died from marijuana, because it isn’t possible. Hundreds of thousands of people die from the use of cigarettes and alcohol a year. Two things that are government allows to be legal but just attaches an age requirement to it. Alcohol and cigarettes are man made with potent chemicals, yet marijuana grows out of the ground without the help of machines. God made grass man made booze and other nasty drugs. WHO SHOULD YOU TRUST? Wheres the real problem here? Get your facts straight before you go rambling on about “accidents” from marijuana there isn’t any you disgusting government officials you make me sick, and you’re the problem. Keep it Green and smoke on.
its funny how alcohal companies make articles like this and how all the commercials you see on TV about how bad weed is are funded by alcohal companies.
its all about the money thats why its illegal not b/c its dangerous
Tobacco kills about 400,000
Alcohol kills about 80,000
Workplace accidents kill 60,000
Automobiles kill 40,000
Cocaine kills about 2,500
Heroin kills about 2,000
Aspirin kills about 2,000
Marijuana kills 0
There has never been a recorded death due to marijuana at any time in US history.
All illegal drugs combined kill under 20,000 per year, or a small percent of the number killed by alcohol and tobacco.
Tobacco kills more people each year than all of the people killed by all of the illegal drugs in the last one hundred years.
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From The National Center On Addiction And Substance Abuse at Columbia University.
All YOU FOOLS WHO WRITE RETARDED STUFF LIKE THIS HAVENT SMOKED wEED!
If you want to read actual facts based on research reported by respected governmental agencies and universities, go to DrugWarFacts.com and find all kinds of data on this and related topics. From their site:
“Drug War Facts provides reliable information with applicable citations on important public health and criminal justice issues. It is updated regularly by its Editor, Douglas A. McVay.
“Most charts, facts and figures are from government sources, government-sponsored sources, peer reviewed journals and occasionally newspapers. In all cases the source is cited so that journalists, scholars and students can verify, check context and obtain additional information.
“Our mission is to offer useful facts, cited from authoritative sources, to a debate that is often characterized by myths, error, emotion and dissembling. We believe that in time an informed society will correct its errors and generate wiser policies.”
A site sponsored, bought & paid for by the lucrative drug re-hab industry claims marijuana kills. Gee, big surprise. Where’s the data in support? Because there’s a wealth of data that says otherwise.
i hate you bastard liars.
get it str8 damn. Im with u ^ I Hate u guys get some facts before u talk about stuff u dont know. Smoke on
ummm yeah i have smoked weed for about 2 years str8… maybe i like skipped a day or two cuz i was sick. but i smoke at least 5 blunts a day for 2 years. i have never thought about doing n e other drug. i dont know wht this guys is talking about. weed doesnt kill n e one stop lying! really! STOP! people do other drugs because thy want too not because if weed. weed doesnt force u to do n e thing. people MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICES.
thanks bye
p.s smoke a blunt!!!!
whoever wrote this article isnt the ignorant one, they gots a job to do. whoever payed them to write this crap should hang their head. i feel sorry for them based soley on the fact that they refuse to open their minds to the possibility that there is in fact reality other than what they were told.
Smoked pot for over 20 years and thought it was OK until I quit and realized what I had been missing. As far as being dangerous. Two of my close friends were each conviced of manslaughter and sent to prison due to fatal accidents they caused while “only” being high on pot. Those who deny it’s impairing effects are morons. The reason you smoke it is because it DOES IMPAIR YOU making you feel good in the process.
well said Petra.
I agree that the effects while high on pot maybe different for some people, and different for others. I do not currently drive at the moment, however I can absolutely agree that pot does affect your reaction timing. In that scientific fact alone, you can understand that its not the THC in the marijuana that causes you to Overdose, its the time spent at various industrial workplaces while impairing your judgement in the decisions you make that will eventually cause and result in serious industries.
Myself, Im taking an INdustrial pre-trades program in Canada, and am Giving serious thought to quitting pot alltogether. Only because of the scientific tests that have determined that percentages highly increase among accidents while stoned. Even if it is still in your system for more then 2weeks to a month, it can still affect you.
I’ll only speak for myself, I finding out in the course im taking that was unaware of a learning disability that i’ve had, in not being able to memorize, process, and learn the material that I need to be fully qualified to do industrial jobs. Im currently 19, ive been a longterm, and frequent daily user for the past 6+ years of my life. Im unable to comprehend and memorize the information being taught to me. I was completely unaware of that long-term and short term effect of the THC in my system, hey man, maybe I was ignorant in the past. However it is NOT a lie that when users decrease the use of weed, your grades in school, will also see an increase in performance. Thats not just a coincidence you know? Now ive suffered and am now finding out the conseqences of that.
your comment Jeff Siglinger , I can understand, maybe the physical requirements of roofing houses doesnt require a whole lot of physical stress, more of a mental awareness. ANd hey sure, maybe it doesnt effect your performance directly, it does increase the percentage of even a minor injury happening. Industrial trades, such as a machinest or a welder, etc. require more mental alertness and awareness on site, if your working under the influence, or maybe have pot in your system in the last week up to a month, your greatly putting others at risk, operating machinary, drill presses etc. and most importantly putting yourself at the most serious risk of minor, and worst case a serious fatal injuries man, So Dont say that those statistics are “liars” or “inaccurate” its been proven man, scientific tests have shown that, over and over, its fact, you cant ignore facts. For that reason alone, ive choosen to quit smoking pot, maybe the short term effects arent that harmfull, in my case, memory loss has effected my ability to learn and comprehend and prossess the information I JUST LEARNED, I was unable to recognize that in the past duruing my highschool classes etc. Its a proven fact dude, so just dont say that some of theese tests are “false” or inaccurate, because their not.
It’s funny when a Government uses something as harmless as Marijuana.
There are 11 states in the USA that have legalized Marijuana. They have done studies on the subject and have realized that the FDA has GREATLY falsified Marijuana and its effects.
Marijuana has been used for thousands of years on EVERY continent in the world.
What people need to realize is that Marijuana helps a lot of people as well as our economy.
There are more and more stresses and disease popping up and Medical Marijuana is here to save the day.
Relax.
Float Downstream…
Man grows plant.
Man uses plant for industry, medicine and food.
Man is surrounded by men in blue with guns.
Man is sent to prison, where his meals and bed will be paid for by the citizenry for days to decades.
Enjoy soft fascism. So long as you have half a dozen fast food places to choose from, you’re free. Freedom = Fast Food and Football.
America shot itself in the foot by criminalizing the most useful plant on earth. Try this: Google “most useful plant.” What’s that top result? Hmmmm.
go play in traffic
-peace, love, weed
as long as alchol and tabacco, along with other harmful products (food, cosmetics and medicinal drugs) remain legal then there is no reason for marijuna, along with other substances should be illegal. If someone decides to take a mind altering drug then that is their choice, not of the public. As long as they do not effect other persons rights. It is a moral issue.
The medicinal benifits far outway those of the disadvantages, which are close to or none.
And just for aesthetic argument, I quote Bill Hicks, “If someone is aggresive at a sports game, are they high or drunk?”
(All together)
“Drunk”
Sorry alcholics, just accept it
Ok, here’s my 2 bits:
I don’t smoke pot. I gave it an honest chance, 4 or 5 times, and it simply wasn’t for me. I have no desire to ever try it again. However, simply because it’s not my thing, doesn’t mean I should get on my high horse and preach fire and brimstone about how “evil” pot is. THAT is exactly what most of these anti-pot people do.
Most of these people who speak out about the dangers of pot are religous and social prudes. If it were up to most of these repressed morons, we’d change our name from America to Jesusland and anyone who didn’t believe would be burned at the stake. I don’t mean to rag on religion, but how can you say pot is so horrible for your body and then host pot-luck dinners and all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinners. Fried chicken is ok for you because it’s legal? No.
And as for these people that commit crimes while high, well they’re probably just idiots to begin with. They would have done it anyway, they just HAPPENED to be high at the time. For every moron that does something dumb while high, there’s 30 that know their limits and do it for fun.
Part of being an adult is being responible for your actions. If you can’t handle your drugs (whether thats pot, heroine or potato chips), seek help. Otherwise, smoke on, shoot up or whatever else you want to do. I believe they call that freedom, don’t they?
While I can see how marijuana has some negative effects, it’s not a direct killer. If you drink 3 cups of coffee, and then make an error in judgment that kills you, it wasn’t the coffee.
Similarly, people who smoke weed, then do stupid stuff may just be stupid. Mixing drugs is always bad, and can cause your to die. Weed and Coke are very bad. Weed and Alcohol are potentially dangerous if you do not know your limits.
This is still the same propaganda put forth in Reefer Madness, and it’s false. Everything that they say about marijuana can be said for other legal substances, and with more statistical backup. Alcohol, xanax, cigs, etc. Weed is illegal for no good reason.
this is so stupid, i would bet my life on the fact that he has never tried marijuana, yet he judges it.
Has he not read all of the articles all over the internet proving that alcohol is far worse then marijuana, hundreds of death’s from alcohol, and even more from cars for Christs sake. when will politicians stop taxing us for the use a plant.
I bet the government would legalize it if they had a plantation, and could rip off the whole country.
This article is nothing more than ####### propaganda and this mentality is the reason millions of innocent lives are destroyed in the legal system!
how do you not know if the people had thoughts about suicide before using marijuana? and THC the chemical that makes up marijauna wont kill you after using it ( depending on you immune system) once or twice , or mabe over a long period. the only thing i have heard of is dieing from lung cancer.
MARIJUANA OR AS I CALL HER MARY-JANE IS THE MAIN KEY TO OUR MINDS THAT RELEASE THAT INNER KID IN ALL OF US. U.P.S REPRESENT!
was up
I find it interesting that the majority of comments posted defending marijuana use are written by people who are current users… therefore, have affected thinking processes. Of course you’ll defend it’s euphoric effect on your life ~ who wouldn’t want to fight for the right to “feel good”? Pehaps you’d be better off renaiming your fight “the right to be stupid”.
Do some serious CURRENT research on web sites other than NORML, especially you young men. The latest research out there, not offered by religous freaks who want to remname America “Jesusland” (Gary), but by medical doctors and researchers at places like the Mayo Clinic, Brown University, and the like… did you know for instance, that marijuana smoking can cause erectile dysfunction and decreased sperm count at a very early age? If that’s not “life threatening” I don’t know what is! (Sorry honey, I just can’t seem to get it up but hey… why don’t we light one up and relax… it’s all good baby!)
I see the same defense of marijuana in my own son. He is 17 years old and has been smoking pot for two years. Sadly, he is a changed kid. I empathize with Chad,who is trying to further his education and he doesn’t have the memory racall or capacity that he once had. My sons gpa has had a slow an steady decrease. His relationship with his family is fragile at best. He has been kicked out of a class, asked to leave the wrestling team, sullied our name in the school community where we had already graduated three other well respected students. When I talk to him, it’s not him talking but the marijuana. He’s in there somewhere and I remain hopeful that he’ll emerge from his self induced cannibus cocoon. It is a false reality. And Stephanie? “go play in traffic” is not the best of advice.. I would advise you to stay out of traffic!!!
Don’t tell me that marijuana doesn’t change you. You don’t see the change because you live in a euphoric state of mind. If you have been using for a long time, it’s still in your system even when you’re not high. You want freedom? You got it. Freedom to attach your life to a substance that you can no longer feel good, relax and have fun without. That is not freedom my friend , that is bondage. You have enslaved yourself to the very thing you shout that you want the freedom to do! What twisted thinking! You are mistaking freedom for self indulgence. If that’s your rationale, then I want freedom too… freedom from having to deal with the ramifications of my son’s stupid decisions. Feeedom from waking up in the middle of the night wondering where he is. Freedom from the arguing, the door slamming, freedom from watching what was once a vibrant young kid now lay around on the couch sleeping off his high. Freedom without boundaries is nothing but chaos. Here’s a simple little lesson ~ think of a river. A strong and mighty river. Now take away the banks of the river, the boundaries if you will. Give that river freedom. Over time, you’ll have a swamp. Now take a look at your life.
One more thing… for those of you who give the same weak and feeble excuse that my son gives “it’s a plant, it’s all natural, blah, blah, blah” I give you the following list - All Plants, All Natural, Came from the good earth, came from “God” as Dan says… try ingesting one of these and let me know how it works for you.
Aconite
Apple (Balsam)
Apple (Bitter)
Baneberry
Bloodroot
Bryony, Black
Bryony, European White
Bryony, White
Cabbage Tree
Calabar Bean
Calotropis Cherry Laurel
Clematis
Coca, Bolivian
Cocculus, Indicus
Dropwort, Hemlock Water
Foxglove
Gelsemium
Hellebore, Black
Hellebore, False
Hellebore, Green
Hellebore, White Hemlock
Hemlock, Water
Hemp, Indian
Ignatius Beans
Ivy, Poison
Laburnum
Laurel, Mountain
Lovage, Water
Mescal Buttons
Nightshade, Black
Nightshade, Deadly Nux Vomica
Paris, Herb
Poppy, White
Saffron, Meadow
Spurges
Stavesacre
Strophanthus
Thornapple
Wake Robin, American
Yew
P. S. Why is it that most people who defend the right to smoke… write like they’ve been smoking? They can’t spell, they can’t punctuate, they can’t form complete sentances, oh yeah.. and the government is ALWAYS a target. They, of course, are to blame for you not being able to indulge in your illegal little habit. This would be the same government that protects your right to whine, complain, swear, and pretend like you know what you are talking about while you post it in cyberspace. That government right?
DIDO what Donna said! Well put. Unfortunately, I don’t think you can talk someone out of an addiction. They will defend it like the good little pot slaves they are. They live in a cloud.
not once in this article does he specify what those oh so disturbing dangers are. he sais suicides, and accidents. how much more General can it get? i’m 20 years old and been smoking since 12. not once did i have a problem physically or mentally. i’ve smoked cigarettes since last july, and i already feel the affects of that!!
FREE THE WEED!!!
hey chad you’re a jackass. I’m a machinist and I smoke at least two joints a day. I do a good job , I don’t scrap parts, and I don’t have accidents. as far as your comments on concentration goes. I have had concentration problems since childhood, it’s called ADD not “marijuana abuse”. Maybe you should refrain from smoking pot while you’re doing something important.
Hey Donna, if you would~
“I find it interesting that the majority of comments posted defending marijuana use are written by people who are current users… therefore, have affected thinking processes.” Well what about the many pharmacuticals or OTC drugs? Or alcohol or tobacco? I’m sure you have your drug too, even if that happens to be food! It all alters your body and your mind.
“Of course you’ll defend it’s euphoric effect on your life ~ who wouldn’t want to fight for the right to “feel good”? Pehaps you’d be better off renaiming your fight “the right to be stupid”.” Well first of all, regardless of its use as a euphoric effects or its use as a medicine, to fight for the right to feel good makes complete sense. Responsible adults should be allowed to make their own decisions as adults. This includes if they want to be stupid. As long as they don’t use it irresponsibly and don’t harm any others, its their own personal decision and no one should have control over it.
“Do some serious CURRENT research on web sites other than NORML, especially you young men.” Yes, well I would say about 95% of all research you find on and off the internet support marijuana as a non-lethal, relatively safe drug. It is often referred to as the “most safe psychoactive drug,” which includes alcohol as well as many perscription drugs. I’ve only found about 10 sites against marijuana, and they all seem to be refrencing to the same sites which the government uses. And they are all either lieing, biased, or worded in a way to make people misinterperet.
“The latest research out there, not offered by religous freaks who want to remname America “Jesusland” (Gary), but by medical doctors and researchers at places like the Mayo Clinic, Brown University, and the like… did you know for instance, that marijuana smoking can cause erectile dysfunction and decreased sperm count at a very early age? If that’s not “life threatening” I don’t know what is! (Sorry honey, I just can’t seem to get it up but hey… why don’t we light one up and relax… it’s all good baby!)” Gary did not want to rename America “Jesusland,” he was mocking the many neo-conservative Republicans in America who want to inflict their religious beliefs on the citizens. Also, what makes you creditable? Marijuana can not cause erectile dysfunction because the chemicals in it cause blood vessels to widen slightly with inital, short-term use, and have no affects on them at later times. This information I have found in several reports from UCLA, Cambridge, The Center for Substance Abuse, President Bill Clinton, and has been included in NIDA notes. It is definately NOT life threatening. And even if those statements were true, as Americans we should have the right to choose if we want to be sterile or not. But thankfully for the millions of marijuana users, it is not true.
“I see the same defense of marijuana in my own son. He is 17 years old and has been smoking pot for two years.” It looks like you have some disciplinary issues, if your child is doing something that you dissaprove of, then it’s your job to do something about it.
“Sadly, he is a changed kid. I empathize with Chad,who is trying to further his education and he doesn’t have the memory racall or capacity that he once had. My sons gpa has had a slow an steady decrease. His relationship with his family is fragile at best.” You, like so many others, blame the marijuana for the problem. It couldn’t possibly be the environment he’s in, the parents, what he might be dealing with in or out of school, etc. And if he really does have a problem, which it is possible to get MENTALLY addicted to marijuana, as it is possible to get MENTALLY addicted to ANYTHING, then he needs help. As for Chad, again he blames those problems on marijuana, which has been proven scientifically numerous times not to cause those. How do we know he did not have learning disabilities before he began using marijuana? Reports tie many accidents to marijuana, when they rarely in actuality they don’t say whether or not it was in their system or if they were under the influence of said drug. Often, they weren’t under its influence at the time, or they were as well as under the influence of other substances. Marijuana does slow reaction time, but it also decreases risk taking, meaning you are less likely to do something requiring a great reaction time. And regardless, unless its to cure an ailment, being a responsible adult means not handling heavy machinery under the influence of any drug. Your father-in-law (I assume, unless you call your own father your son’s grandfather) is suffering memory and social problems? This couldn’t possibly be due to his family’s lack of acceptance to his marijuana use, or his increasing age. Don’t be so quick to judge all your problems on marijuana because a few people you know who have problems use marijuana.
“He has been kicked out of a class, asked to leave the wrestling team, sullied our name in the school community where we had already graduated three other well respected students.” You ridiculed others about their bad grammar and spelling and you have a lick of that yourself. Don’t think that marijuana has caused this, it’s society’s lack of acceptance of marijuana. And on top of that, drug use SHOULDN’T be used during school hours even by adults because while UNDER THE INFLUENCE (usually a couple hours after intake) short-term memory is decreased and the chance to convert short-term memory into long-term memory is decreased, hence unless you’re curing an ailment that further decreases your ability to learn, it should be left for another time. Also, he obviously seems depressed and outcast, which makes him dependent on finding an outlet, whether that be marijuana for him, chocolate for someone else, or video games for another, he’s trying to bury his troubles instead of getting help, not a good thing. This isn’t a result of the marijuana use, this is why he’s using marijuana.
“When I talk to him, it’s not him talking but the marijuana. He’s in there somewhere and I remain hopeful that he’ll emerge from his self induced cannibus cocoon. It is a false reality.” As someone who has experienced great depressions and anxiety, and also a person who has experienced the influence of marijuana (but has not for a significant amount of time to where none affects my body currently), I can tell you that when someone is depressed or anxious, as your child must obviously be, they sound droned and uninterested in anything at all. They usually have an outlet and all of their attention goes to that outlet. He needs help not drugs, as I’ve said earlier. And his distance from you must also stem from your ridicule and dissaproval of him.
“And Stephanie? “go play in traffic” is not the best of advice.. I would advise you to stay out of traffic!!!” She was telling the original writer and the people who were quoted in it to “go play in traffic,” as to say “go become seriously hurt or killed.” It’s not general advise it’s a general animosity towards someone who opposes her for no viable or true reasons.
“Don’t tell me that marijuana doesn’t change you. You don’t see the change because you live in a euphoric state of mind.” Marijuana can change you, as can the introduction of anything new into your life. As well, any drug’s effects are caused by changes in the body, so if it didn’t change you it wouldn’t be doing its job. And that change is most often a more calm, peaceful change that makes people relax and feel easy, not an effect like LSD or extacy. Socially it may change you because so many people will not accept you. Marijuana’s illegality is its most detremental effect.
“If you have been using for a long time, it’s still in your system even when you’re not high.” Regardless of how long you have been using, it stays in your body for no longer than an average of a month without using any kind of detoxification methods, including sweating from working out. After a couple hours, it stops affecting you at all psychoactively. Just because it is in your system does not mean it has any effects on you other than showing positive on a drug test.
“You want freedom? You got it. Freedom to attach your life to a substance that you can no longer feel good, relax and have fun without.” First of all, Americans should have that freedom if they so choose. Second, you’re basing that off of twisting observations biased by personal experiences. I know many very successful, healthy people who smoke marijuana, feel good when they’re not on it, and can relax and have fun perfectly sober! Use does not inhibit or prevent these during sobriety in any way, shape or form.
“That is not freedom my friend , that is bondage. You have enslaved yourself to the very thing you shout that you want the freedom to do! What twisted thinking! You are mistaking freedom for self indulgence.” That IS freedom, or have you forgotten what freedom is? Freedom of CHOICE? And marijuana is not bonding any more than anything else, it is mentally addictive because it makes most people relax and feel good. But mental addiction may happen with ANYTHING in the world. It is not physically addicting, and does not produce withdrawal symptoms. Even after long-term use.
“If that’s your rationale, then I want freedom too… freedom from having to deal with the ramifications of my son’s stupid decisions. Feeedom from waking up in the middle of the night wondering where he is. Freedom from the arguing, the door slamming, freedom from watching what was once a vibrant young kid now lay around on the couch sleeping off his high.” You have that freedom, you have the legal rights to stop these actions, and you have the legal rights to leave so long as he is placed with a viable gaurdian. Marijuana smokers do not have the freedom to smoke. And, again, many of the problems you listed above are not stemming from marijuana use, but from social, emotional, and psychological problems, none of which are caused by marijuana use, but may be influenced by the outcast set upon him because it is not socially accepted and you do not accept it.
“Freedom without boundaries is nothing but chaos. Here’s a simple little lesson ~ think of a river. A strong and mighty river. Now take away the banks of the river, the boundaries if you will. Give that river freedom. Over time, you’ll have a swamp. Now take a look at your life.” You think there are no boundaries, and you think that removal of marijuana laws would mean there would be no boundaries? And you think that responsible adults can’t decide for themselves when to stop smoking marijuana, the same way responsible adults decide to stop drinking alcohol? Take away the marijuana laws and you have lower crime rates, lower marijuana use, lower other illicit drug rates, and lower TAXES since you won’t have to pay for all the innocent pot smokers in jail!
“One more thing… for those of you who give the same weak and feeble excuse that my son gives “it’s a plant, it’s all natural, blah, blah, blah” I give you the following list - All Plants, All Natural, Came from the good earth, came from “God” as Dan says… try ingesting one of these and let me know how it works for you.” I do give you this is a very good point, the excuse “it’s a plant, it’s all natural,” is not viable as is so many dangerous things. However, it is proven safe in many ways, and if you drag God into this, it seems that marijuana is referred to in the Bible numerous times, such as the “Tree of Life” which promotes “the healing of all nations.”
“Aconite
Apple (Balsam)
Apple (Bitter)
Baneberry
Bloodroot
Bryony, Black
Bryony, European White
Bryony, White
Cabbage Tree
Calabar Bean
Calotropis Cherry Laurel
Clematis
Coca, Bolivian
Cocculus, Indicus
Dropwort, Hemlock Water
Foxglove
Gelsemium
Hellebore, Black
Hellebore, False
Hellebore, Green
Hellebore, White Hemlock
Hemlock, Water
Hemp, Indian
Ignatius Beans
Ivy, Poison
Laburnum
Laurel, Mountain
Lovage, Water
Mescal Buttons
Nightshade, Black
Nightshade, Deadly Nux Vomica
Paris, Herb
Poppy, White
Saffron, Meadow
Spurges
Stavesacre
Strophanthus
Thornapple
Wake Robin, American
Yew” All viable points, as I said earlier.
“P. S. Why is it that most people who defend the right to smoke… write like they’ve been smoking? They can’t spell, they can’t punctuate, they can’t form complete sentances, oh yeah.. and the government is ALWAYS a target. They, of course, are to blame for you not being able to indulge in your illegal little habit. This would be the same government that protects your right to whine, complain, swear, and pretend like you know what you are talking about while you post it in cyberspace. That government right?” You had numerous grammatical and spelling errors in this portion of your writing, if you’d notice. And random comment posts are in no sense a way to pass judgement on someone’s English skills as they are often typing in shorthand. Besides, these people are indulging in a peaceful, harmless habit that happens to currently be illegal do to slander in politics, but should they be indulging in “good” legal habits like smoking, drinking, eating, or using perscription drugs? And what of the people who don’t use it as a habit and use it in medicinal purposes, even if it is for treatment in depression, anxiety or insomnia? I greatly appreciate our (limited) freedom of speech, but giving the excuse that the government gives you one freedom isn’t enough to take away another. That’s a completely faulty arguement.
How do you like that? You thought you were so smart and I tore you apart with facts and knowledge. Ignorance will never rise above the truth, even if it seems in control. So don’t come busting in on something without knowing everything. And note that I do not know everything about your relations with the people you mentioned, but I made general inferences from the information supplied. So if I was wrong and you can truely prove that, I apologize.
Legalize marijuana.
I don’t smoke pot. But I know people who do. One of the people I know smokes daily and gets straight A’s in college. And 1 I know smokes daily and gets straight F’s. I have yet to find some who died from oversmoking and I doubt I will. So, like any other drug on the market, Marijuana effects people differently. Which is why, like any drug on the market, people should understand that until you know the effects the drug will have on you set aside a few hours where you don’t have anything to do. And if its not your first time, please go somewhere that you will be safe from causing anyone or yourself harm.
I def agree with bigbear. ^^^^ It’s not the fault of the drug but rather the fault of the user. (guns dont kill people, people kill people).
ok what hard proof is there in direct deaths and what direct deaths are from alchol cigs and other drugs. yup knowone died from weed
This is ridiculous. If it kills, tell me how. If it kills, give me some science. Give me facts. Show me.
The truth is, it does not kill. It is not as dangerous as heroin, so don’t give me that string of incredible lies.
If someone dies who is known to use marijuana, there is absolutely no evidence–medical or simply discovered via common sense– that points directly to the marijuana. There is no killing chemical in killing amounts. There is no physical dependency (such as with heroin). If an accident occurs that kills a person? You know, it’s the person. If they’re being “stupid” and that’s what makes weed so dangerous, then why isn’t alcohol finding the same outcry?
There is no science here. There is no real statement in this article except for the same old baseless, matronly weeping that everyone hears and only the incredibly ignorant believe. Is this the best out of the Coroners’ Society? How shameful.
I wish things such as marijuana were better understood by those who don’t partake of it’s amenities. Sadly it’s harder to explain to a person what the smoking of the plant actually causes within a person’s mind than it is to explain the effects on the body. Surely, those that debate it’s “harmful” effects have better things to do than to try and prove something so trivial. Listen to me and listen carefully, marijuana effects you and your mind the way you want it to. Many times, just after smoking I’ve sobered up instantly because something needed my full concentration, it’s all mental. For those with a week will power, it’s definitely harder only because they lack the capacity to understand what they want.
Just so I’m not sitting idlely by and letting someone so uneducated about marijuana go on about how their seventeen year old son is a “changed child” because of it. Come on! Seventeen? Of course he is going to change! I swear, some people would rather blame something they don’t understand than to see the truth behind anything.
Myself, being a person well versed in today’s society, understand that certain emotions arise when a person is under the influence. Of course we get deffencive, everyone does just look at war. I have yet to hear of a war starting because someone was smoking pot, and I believe that it will never happen. However, wars have started for more idiotic reasons, like because someone didn’t like the way another looked at them and decided to fight them, for a simplistic example.
But I digress, I have lived a life smoke free off and on and throughout my years of living in this world, I have come to realize that those who would try and exert their will on people that smoke come from the same dogmatic and ill advised persons of “authority” albeit misplaced authority, and it is from those people that arise the rediculous notion of marijuana having “harmful” effects. If it is, then so is air, water, the ground you walk on, the sunlight you use to see with and the goddamn orange color of my walls!
I leave you now, not with the hopes that some of you incorrect persons will change your standing. Just the hope that all of you feel ashamed of yourself for holding such idiotic ideas. Go out and get a real education, and I’m not talking about money loving colleges, go out and experience life! Or, stay cooped up inside your silly little caves and your wastefull jobs and careers, I don’t care. Just make sure that the next time you say something about which you haven’t the slightest clue, you reflect on what lies you spread and realize that you really aren’t a good person, realize that you don’t deserve this life, or this world. I wash my hands of this insanity.
You all are idiots!
Pot may not kill anyone directly but I will tell you it kills the mind, memory, reflexes, and just plain makes you stupid! I smoked daily for years and years, ended up flunking out of school and ballooned up to over 200#! Now I am sure that pot wasn’t the only culprit but definitely the main one! Once I got sober, I lost an immediate 20# and I graduated Magna Cum Laude! Hello! A definite correlation!
To Samantha who reported the yearly stats, al beit very interesting - most of those drug related deaths were folks who probably first started smoking pot! My father was one of the Heroin deaths but guess what he started with first and did the most? POT! He could barely hold on a converation because he had no memory! This was before the Heroin!
I am beginning to believe that the Fallen Angels really are here on earth, and they arrived in the early 20th century. They are responsible for banning all good plants that God gave us. Unfortunately for all humanity, articles like this are written by people who dont know the power of the Devil, and have the backing of the Media. Is’nt it crazy that one of the most important plants on earth is illegal worldwide?
have you ever seen someone smoke a joint ,and then want to git in a fight ? now have a few people get drunk and then see how meny fights there are . The only reason that it is not legal is becuse it would be hard to tax the hell out of it .
SMOKE WEED EVERY DAY! doesent harm a soul so shutup you old man river canadian bastard?
Just another load of BS from the white haired fools who run our countries. Once again no solid reason and please spare me the accident antics. I’m sorry I don’t buy it at all nor do I buy the it ruined my childs life BS. Ridiculous myths and not facts at all. I mean we have Lawyers, Politicians, Physicians, and Scientist backing us up here. There is no way people as dignified as them wold represent or even think of legalizing something that could truly put someone in harms way. This all boils down to the tax issue as well as society being very close minded. I mean if we can drink liquor until our skin is yellow and smoke cigarettes till we develop lung cancer. Why can’t we hit a blunt come down off our high and go on with regular life just like everyone else. No we are junkies, low life’s, and accident prone idiots. Everyones experiences are not the same. My heart goes out to those who feel Marijuana ruined their lives or affected their lives in a bad way. However there are millions of others with a much better perspective to share. Legalizing or at the very least lowering the severity of punishment is the best answer IMO. I mean if the government was run off of a handful of accidents or occurrences the system would be in shambles.
ive been smokin weed for 5 years everyday and i dont think it hurts me or anyone else. im only in 10th grade and it doesnt affect my school work i still get A’s and B’s so it should be legalized! In order to die you have to smoke 5 times your weight and if you ever got that much you would pass out before you even came close to finishing. but cigaretes kill around a half million people a year and alcohol kills around 80,000 people, when weed has killed none. i can drive better when im high rather than when im drunk. so therefore alcohol has a worse affect.
ok here if you have died from weed you are just stupid and you definatly win the darwin award -congrats-
i mean as much as it is used in this argument it holds a valid point ciggs and alchohol are so much worse for you then marijuana both physicly and mentally i mean alchohol is rated up there as being as addictive as heroine if marijuana were to be legal it is said it would bring in annually 7 billion dollars hmm dont you think that then educational and health providers and even harder drug control agencies could use that money? i mean tax payers you are messing up almost getting screwed. we pay all this money in taxes that go toward the war on drugs and as far as marujuana goes it has been a total failiure and is just a waste of money. marijuana is still the united states biggest cash crop and will always be. you say that big companies will get involved and add addictive subsstances into it but why not keep it like it is and have regular people grow it for the state like medical providers do. ultimatly you get clean people to do it and hey its another job that may be needed for families. you say that kids become dumber well i know kids with varying gpa’s that all smoke marijuana. show me the proof!!!!!!! they have done studies showing that long time and short time use have almost no effect on the mind and body. ok think of this maybe ur kid is just a freakin idiot and thats why he can not seem to pass a damn class. think of this when al capone tried selling alcholhol illegaly what happened? he got alot of money and got other people to catch on to his crimes. what happened when alchohol became legal? he lost his buisness lost money and crime ultimatly went down. do we have any alchohol dealers today? no, but we do have marijuana dealers the kind of people all you soccer moms complain about being in ur neighbor hood but yet you refuse to fix the issue by legalizing marijuana. now the same thing would happen drug dealers wont make any money there will be less crime and to satisfy all the soccer moms the neighbor hood will be less “dirty” you have all heard the death ratio on other drugs compared to weed so i wont bore you with it but i mean 0 deaths i mean religion kills more people for gods sakes should we not make church and religion illegal? i mean hell id get killed faster in a religios debate over smoking a joint every once in a while. my sister went into a AA meating where there are drug addicts as well with my alchoholic step mom ( another long story of the differace of alchohol and weed lol) and when she announce that she was there for weed the councilor just laughed and said honey thats not a real drug lol anyway i have to go school is over so all in all i say let freedom grow peace
Together we can stop the war. The war is a spirit cancer. Every country must invest in EDUCATION. Every country must recognize THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.The young people are THE PEACE OF THE WORLD.
Substante toxice de lupta se impart in doua categorii :A.Letale;B;Neletale; Psihodislepticele fac parte din categoria SUBSTANTELOR TOXICE DE LUPTA NELETALE. Psihodislepticele sunt substante care produc perturbari grave ale activitatii psihice, substante care deviaza judecata in mod delirant. Din categoria psihodislepticelor fac parte si substantele halucinogene de origine naturala fara azot in molecula.TETRAHIDROCANABINOLUL (THC). THC este principalul principiu activ halucinogen prezent in varfurile florale ale plantei CANABIS SATIVA varietatea INDICA (CANEPA INDIANA), precum si in toate partile acestei plante.Drogurile obtinute din canepa indiana poarta diferite denumiri (dupa regiunea geografica in care este recoltata si partea de planta folosita), dintre care cele mai raspandite sunt HASIS pentru rezina si MARIHUANA pentru flori (care sunt amestecate cu frunze si alte parti ale plantei).Toxicomania indusa de drogurile obtinute din canepa indiana , « CANABISMUL », este o toxicomanie majora , cu o extindere mare pe plan mondial fiind considerata ca un flagel social, care vizeaza intr-o mare masura tineretul. » Martian Cotrau, Lidia Popa, Teodor Stan, Nicolae Preda, Maria Kincses-Ajtay-Toxicologie-Ed.Didactica si Pedagogica Bucuresti 1991,p.162.
« Psihodislepticele sunt substante care produc perturbari grave ale activitatii psihice, substante care deviaza judecata in mod delirant. In general efectele lor se caracterizeaza prin cateva trasaturi comune, producand stari de depersonalizare, perceperea anormala a timpului si spatiului si halucinatii.Aceste substante se mai denumesc si substante halucinogene, fantastice, depersonalizante, schizofrenomimetice etc.Substantele psihodisleptice au implicatii toxicologice deosebite, efectele lor fiind manifestarea actiunii toxice la nivelul sferelor superioare ale psihicului. Multe dintre ele induc dependenta psihica puternica, deci toxicomania respectiva.Dozele halucinogene sunt in general mici (uneori sub 1mg), astfel incat pot produce intoxicatii acute cu sfarsit letal prin depasirea dozelor.Unele au efecte teratogene. Psihodislepticele prezinta implicatii sociale grave prin consumul mare pe plan mondial , in special la tineret , degradarea morala a subiectilor consumatori si producerea a numeroase acte antisociale. Multe substante psihodisleptice sunt cuprinse in grupul claselor noi de SUBSTANTE TOXICE DE LUPTA. »Martian Cotrau, Lidia Popa, Teodor Stan, Nicolae Preda, Maria Kincses-Ajtay- TOXICOLOGIE-Ed.Didactica Si Pedagogica Bucuresti, 1991, p.159. TMP- trimetoxi-3,4,5, fenilpropan, 2-amina face parte din categoria SUBSTANTELOR TOXICE DE LUPTA NELETALE-PSIHODISLEPTICE.Chimia nu este nici COMUNISTA, nici CAPITALISTA, CHIMIA inseamna VIATA SI MOARTE, PACE si RAZBOI. In scoala romaneasca am invatat sa aparam VIATA SI PACEA.Suntem parinti si cetateni ai lumii si ne pasa de toti tinerii!
Cu respect, Profesor+chimist+ofiter Cornelia Vodoiu.
HA!!! this is funny shit all u pople who spend all thier time writing articles about how it hurts u half of u old pople who write this crap don’t know what there talking about!!!!!!!!
2 ME MARIJUANA IS THE BEST THING EVER ITS BEEN SMOKE 4 YEARS AND I AM GOING TO KEEP SMOKING ALL DAY ALL DAY!!!!!
yea there al thi resarch that it leads to other drungs.
YEA IF UR STUPID ENOUFGH!!
LEAVE MERY ALONG SHE COOL SHE WAS BUT IN THI WORLD FOR A RESON!!
SMOKE ALL DAY!!!!!!
4RM!!!!
DGK
AKA
dURTY GETTO KIDS
ALL DAY ALL ALL DAY!!!!
WALK-TOWN!!!
“You all are idiots!
Pot may not kill anyone directly but I will tell you it kills the mind, memory, reflexes, and just plain makes you stupid! I smoked daily for years and years, ended up flunking out of school and ballooned up to over 200#! Now I am sure that pot wasn’t the only culprit but definitely the main one!
Once I got sober, I lost an immediate 20# and I graduated Magna Cum Laude! Hello! A definite correlation!
To Samantha who reported the yearly stats, al beit very interesting - most of those drug related deaths were folks who probably first started smoking pot! My father was one of the Heroin deaths but guess what he started with first and did the most? POT! He could barely hold on a converation because he had no memory! This was before the Heroin!
”
Your middle paragraph implying that stopping pot was a reason for you graduating magna cum laude, shows me that your logical abilities have never been very strong in the first place. Ever heard of the phrase “correlation doesn’t imply causation?”
Wtf kind of educational institution would give any award to someone devoid of logical reasoning?
all that need to happen is people need to learn how to handel there drugs or not do then at all some people enjoy smoking pot.I smoke everyday a few times a day and i go to school and do everything that i should do when i an no under the influence. Give the green a chance and see that even theo one person may not like it, its a great thing for other people!!!
SMOKE AWAY!!!!!!
Donna you clearly don’t know what you are talking about. If your son is having all these problems, then it’s your fault. You have the say as to wether or not he smokes. Be a human and have some backbone. Get you son to stop if he has problems. Not everyone has the same effects and problems. Weed doesn’t kill or ruin lives itself. Pot can’t be the only thing that caused your son to be less focused.. its his surroundings aswell. So are you telling me that your son got kicked out of class because of pot. That make a whole lot of sense.
“Freedom to attach your life to a substance that you can no longer feel good, relax and have fun without.” Have you ever tried it? THAT DOESNT HAPPEN. Your telling me that scince I have tried it i will never have a good time or ever relax again? That is bullshit… Donna get your facts straight. Tell me one time when pot has killed someone. Sure it can change the way you act, but that is because thats the way you choose to act. I am the same as I was before, no smarter nor dumber.
Ya your right donna, ingesting poison ivy isn’t that good of an idea. Gee did you think of that yourself? Of course not ALL plants are good to ingest.. But pot is
Legalize it
Nice Try, but this is completely untrue. Marijuana would be the only drug I would ever do. Nobody Has ever died from marijuana alone. Nobody has ever overdosed on it, and it is believed that you must smoke your own bodyweight in marijuana to overdose. It may cause hunger, or maybe a respitory infection at the worst, but that’s nothing very serious at all. Just don’t try any other drugs and you’ll be good.
There is no cited records or facts in this article and it’s heresay. And to whoever Ember is, if you honestly think that the government is going to give you actual facts when they just as well don’t have to, then god bless you honey I need say nothing further. We are talking about America which has the highest concetrations of blood in pus allowed in milk, that pumps meat with steroids and hormones in inhumane conditions, that has millions of people hooked on pharmaceutical drugs, and where one can be old enough to fight in a war but is not old enough to drink alcohol. A country where processed foods and chemical additives are deemed safe but yet one of the most anciently used medicinal herbs is illegal. There have been cultures that used to revere this plant as not only beneficial to humans but a gift and embodiment of the divine. Never before has there been a culture so far away from nature and if you trust in this society as knowing what is safe to put in your body then just look at the high majority of Americans that are morbidly obese, suffering from diabetes, and all types of unnaturally caused cancers! And you tell me that these government sources are respected. All I have to say is a big PLEASE. No one is being fooled here, honey, but you.
The rouble with articles like this one is the same as the DARE program. Inaccurate info leads to kids trying pot when they’re too young to make an informed decision… and when they find out pot isn’t dangerous or addictive as it was touted to be- then they think ALL drug info is crap. That IS dangerous. Pot should never have been classified in the same family as heroin and cocaine. Just shows you a little info can make a minor situation a major problem.
I have smoked pot for the last five years, and during that time I graduated college, landed a great job, and have an exceptional home life. i have a great family and never have had a problem with Marijuana. Honestly, I think alcohol is MUCH MUCH worse that pot. Alcohol makes you feel sick, hungover, aggressive. Pot does none of those things.
I, however, do agree that it - just like any other drug - can be harmful. A good friend of mine will not put down the video games or wash his clothes because all he wants to do is smoke pot all day (despite his social awekwardness, he holds down a good job). Hell, even caffeine is bad for you, pretty bad actually.
It frustrates me to no end that all these people will pop prescription drug after drug, even tho the side effects are far worse than anything pot ever did, but when marijuana is discussed, they treat is like the devil.
Come on people, WAKE UP!!!
Why get high? Why alter your perceptions, mood, chemistry? You are a fabulous miracle of nature just as you are. Why change your basic nature of peaceful, intelligent, sentient, mindful, purposeful, successful, humorous, and so much more good?
Live. Your Life!
This article is rediculous, there isn’t a single bit of factual evidence to support the idea. “Marijuana kills children” is not a fact. That is like me saying ‘Marijuana has been shown to make people rich because people who smoke marijuana play the lottery’ (they probably don’t cuz they’re spending their money on weed, but either way, neither proves anything). The truth is there are -0- deaths attributed to thc intake (the drug in marijuana that makes you high). If you get into a car accident while high, you died from a car accident. You cannot overdose on thc and thc cannot kill you (you -could- get cancer from smoking, but there are methods to take in thc without smoking, so thats not really the marijuana to blame but your own personal habits).
picture the scenario - you are in the underground station - it’s the last train of the night - the train arrives - it has two coaches - one is full of alcoholic passengers - the other is full of marijuana passengers - which one of the coaches will you join?