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The recreational use of marijuana has been glamorized over the years by such on-screen duos as Cheech & Chong and Harold & Kumar, but is the drug everything that Hollywood makes it out to be? Then again, are we being hypocritical by allowing alcohol consumption but not cannabis usage? With passionate believers on both sides of the argument, it will be interesting to see what happens when the smoke clears.
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Marijuana Use Can Be Addictive, While Also Damaging the Lungs
Risk of addiction overstated
I smoked marijuana almost daily for ten years and upon forming a relationship with someone that did not approve with marijuana use I dropped it like, well, a bad habit! No withdrawals, no cravings, nothing. You can not do that with alcohol or nicotine.
Granted abstaining from marijuana for twenty-eight years has benefited me greatly and any significant introduction of any kind of smoke to the lungs can not be healthy. But, the illegality of the substance is far more harmful than the substance itself.
This raises a moral question of the government taking my tax dollars and prosecuting people involved with any aspect of marijuana use or distribution. You are just putting my tax dollars into a program that is systematically siphoning our economy into the coffers of criminals.
- JohnInOhio
August 5, 2008 11:12AM
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