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Why recreational marijuana is dangerous

What more will we know about the long term effects than we already know, with millions of decades-long users still thriving? If you want to know something specific, just ask me. I'm open to any honest and civil discussion on this topic.

synthetic marijuana is one of the most dangerous drugs out there so when you say marijuana is not dangerous, that is not factual. I know people that are in jail becoming addicted to synthetic marijuana.

I know personally. I used to take ketamine with Molly when I went to parties.
 
synthetic marijuana is one of the most dangerous drugs out there so when you say marijuana is not dangerous, that is not factual. I know people that are in jail becoming addicted to synthetic marijuana.

I know personally. I used to take ketamine with Molly when I went to parties.

You seem absolutely desperate to discredit cannabis. Synthetic marijuana is not marijuana at all.

https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/synthetic-cannabinoids-k2spice

K2 and "spice" are dangerous chemicals that have ZERO to do with marujuana, which comes from natural plants. Stop trying to demonize what you obviously don't anything about.
 
It is marijuana, that's why it is called marijuana.

I am just a bit curious, are you unaware of what they mean when they say synthetic?

synthetic: (of a substance) made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product.

marijuana by itself with nothing added is about as addictive as cheese. CBD oil made from marijuana has shown to have great healing properties. Hemp by itself is an amazing product.

Since you think marijuana is evil I am also curios what your thoughts are on Alcohol?
 
No need for glib flippancy. We will certainly know more in the coming decades. As the OP suggests, it is clear that simply giving vulnerable young developing minds unprescribed psychotropic drugs is indeed causing some harm. One does not have to fully-subscribe to the hyperbolic exaggerations of Reefer Madness to understand that giving someone untested mind-altering chemicals can have serious and severe side effects, some of which may be permanent. You may think the danger is nonexistent or overstated. I think we have moved too fast on this issue of decriminalization and legalization.

What do you think about 'off label' prescribing of psychoactive drugs to youngsters? The fairly easy to observe phenomenon of gynecomastia among young males is a result of such improper drug use. The widespread use of very serious prescription drugs among youth has already had an effect. Off Label prescribing is seldom talked about, but widely practiced.

Pot is benign by comparison.
 
It is marijuana, that's why it is called marijuana.

No, those synthetic substances are not cannabis. And FYI, marijuana was a label given to it back in the 1930s in order to demonize it with white Americans ("it comes over the border with those filthy wetbacks!"). The crap you're talking about here, K2 and spice, bear no resemblance are are black market drugs.

You should read about Harry J. Anslinger, America's first drug czar, his association with William Randolph Hearst (who wanted to put the hemp farmers out of work because they made cheap paper and competed with his lumber mills), and the money behind little gems like "Reefer Madness," which was produced to make people fear a plant that never hurt anyone. Anslinger was for cannabis, then turned against it not only for favor from Hearst but in order to keep his job as head of Prohibition when alcohol prohibition ended with passage of the 21st Amendment.

Harry J. Anslinger - Wikipedia

The Unholy Trinity: Anslinger, Hearst and Rockefeller - Cannabis History

We have all been lied to ever since.
 
No, those synthetic substances are not cannabis. And FYI, marijuana was a label given to it back in the 1930s in order to demonize it with white Americans ("it comes over the border with those filthy wetbacks!"). The crap you're talking about here, K2 and spice, bear no resemblance are are black market drugs.

You should read about Harry J. Anslinger, America's first drug czar, his association with William Randolph Hearst (who wanted to put the hemp farmers out of work because they made cheap paper and competed with his lumber mills), and the money behind little gems like "Reefer Madness," which was produced to make people fear a plant that never hurt anyone. Anslinger was for cannabis, then turned against it not only for favor from Hearst but in order to keep his job as head of Prohibition when alcohol prohibition ended with passage of the 21st Amendment.

Harry J. Anslinger - Wikipedia

The Unholy Trinity: Anslinger, Hearst and Rockefeller - Cannabis History

We have all been lied to ever since.

Even pot activisit Joe Rogan said on his podcast, marijuanana is not 100% safe for everyone:

Pot Debate – Alex Berenson & Dr. Michael Hart << Joe Rogan (Podcast Site)
 
Even pot activisit Joe Rogan said on his podcast, marijuanana is not 100% safe for everyone:

Pot Debate – Alex Berenson & Dr. Michael Hart << Joe Rogan (Podcast Site)

No one claimed that it was, Bucky. Children and teenagers should not use it. People with allergies to that plant should not use it. People who have psychological illnesses should not use it unless their doctor feels that it would be a benefit and not a hazard for them. And so forth.

But for most adults, it is a far better option than alcohol or any other drug.
 
It is marijuana, that's why it is called marijuana.

And vegan butter is called butter even though it doesn't have a drop of milk in it. Whats your point?

A synthetic vagina is not a vagina....its a hole in some silicone that is supposed to mimic the actual thing....but they call it a vagina nonetheless.
 
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