Marijuana Vs. Alcohol
by A little bit about why Marijuana should be legalized.
Marijuana is illegal because there ones were some people who thought it was damaging for our health. Then why is alcohol legal, it kills more people than war does. You kill brain-cells when you drink one beer, you don’t kill your brain-cells by smoking a joint, you just sedate them, they will come back after a few days. Alcohol and some medicines are more damaging to your health than a joint after work.
I can agree that, young people (Under 18) should be banned from smoking Marijuana, because it can slow down your growth, just like alcohol does.
When you smoke a joint, you don’t want to go and do something stupid, you just wanna sit and relax or go out for a walk ( Not often ) But when you drink too many beers, you go out, and some people gets violent and cant control themselves when drunk, so they end up in detention or the hospital. 90% of my friends and their friends smokes a joint every now and again, just to let go of the stress. It helps better than pills and alcohol. Plus, you don’t get psychical addicted, only mentally. And you can stop smoking when ever you want, I´ve smoked for many years and just had 2.5 years where I didn´t smoke, at all. I look at the alcoholics sitting in the park drinking every day of the week, they cant quit drinking like we can stop smoking our joints.
When you smoke Marijuana you see the world in a different way, but you remember it. Not like alcohol, if you drink too much you cant remember what you did the day before, smoke too much and you can still remember what you did, maybe not what you were thinking, but you know you didn´t do anything stupid.
Im not saying that You should start smoking or let your children smoke Marijuana. Im just saying that its less damaging than alcohol and it should be legalized.
Some people cant handle smoking, so they shouldn´t. Just like some people cant handle to drink.
Every kind of people smokes Marijuana, from craft workers to directors, it takes your stress-level down and many doctors know this. It´s good for Parkinson syndrome too it makes the shaking stop. Of course as every other things, marijuana is damaging if consumed in too large amounts, but so is too much Coca Cola and MacDonald’s.
If you decide to smoke, do it with manners and when you don’t have to do anything for the next 45min.
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Post CommentLuzerne
On March 22, 2007 at 5:10 am
True,but have you thought about the problems of the mental-health that both the alcohol and the marijuana cause? you need less marijuana to get for example, depressed and seriosly ill. alcohol does the same, but not so fast. anyhow,marijuana is also used as a medicine. here i have one hiper-active friend whose doctor told him to smoke and stay relaxed, because if not, he has huge risk of heart-attack. interesting point of view, no?
Donny Sanders
On September 7, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Marijuana should be legalized because were i live everyone either driks or smokes dope. more people drik so it should be legalized
Mick
On September 17, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Actually Luzerne, marijuana is not a depressant. I smoke alot of marijuana, and it actually helps with my depression. Alcohol has the opposite effect and depresses me very fast.
ian
On February 6, 2008 at 6:17 pm
right on..i dont understand that since there is soo much proven information that marijuana isnt as bad as tabacco and alcohol and doesnt kill brain cells or has never killed anyone, then why is it still illegal?! LEGALIZE!
Taylor.
On March 12, 2008 at 10:29 pm
True. LEGALIZE THE TREE OF LIFE.
munchi napalm
On March 27, 2008 at 2:34 pm
you have very good point of views.the green should be legalized.it helps some people think.like me.ive smoked for years now and ive never been more happy with who iam.alcohol only makes people mean and they black out.when you smoke you kno wat you’re doing.and you can control it.soooo let the green be LEGAL!!!
ismokegood
On March 30, 2008 at 6:35 pm
i smoke marijuana only, every weekend, and i never smoke a whole joint myself. i’m not a heavey user, but i am a pothead. legalize weed, its from nature and nobody has the right to ban soemthing from nature. heroin and cocaine is man made, and is harmful, so i dont blame it for being illegal. but maarijuana should be legalized worldwide, so people can have a chance to feel the happiness when they’re high.
dudeman579
On April 12, 2008 at 4:19 pm
i think essays like this from every one should go to the goverment. i don’t think i could have said it any better.
cameron
On May 14, 2008 at 7:18 am
i agree with what this person has to say because it is true
think
On July 13, 2008 at 12:19 am
i think it should all be illegal,it wouldnt stop me, it would just make me do it if i felt like it in a place or time where it wouldnt make me or anyone else unconfortable that was with or around me.if its illegal it wouldent be inforced unless it was out of hand or abused ,learn more about moral and ethics you will see that what i mean is, police are public servents ,there job is not do drug an alcihol enforcment they want to be servents to a better cause,they end up dealing with abuse,abuse is easer to legislate when everything is illegal. remember speeding is illegal an its not that bad. alcihol sould totaly be illegal because the real problems start when any drug an i mean any drug is mixed with it.remember this is a free country just dont mess it up for everyone else.
John
On November 2, 2008 at 1:08 pm
You people are doing nothing more than hurting young people by promoting marijuana use. Most teens use marijuana because they have some type of depression disorder and marijuana just makes it worse…while it may not seem to YOU that it’s making it worse your brain will make you believe that you need it more and more to feel happy. If you can’t be happy and feel good without drugs, something is very wrong with you and you need to seek medical attention. Marijuana does kill your brain cells and a much faster rate than alcohol just FYI. Marijuana is a depresent for those not educated. For those that smoke dope on a daily basis, try going 7 days without touching it, can you? If you can’t that should tell you something.
kaz
On November 27, 2008 at 9:35 am
I deal with young people every day trying to come of this & its a long hard climb.. sometimes moving away from the area that they grew up in. leaving friends and family.. for what!!! a substance that produces a feeling that as far as they are concerned unable to reach themselves without it. they dont do anything. in their words just ‘mong’ out.. they dont care about their appearence.what others think.they become totally insular!! I agree with everything John wrote especially that there is something wrong if a person has to rely on a smoke to feel happiness!!!.. listen to the message your giving our young generation. your telling them its ok when its not…. the best thing i experience in my work is watching a young person decide they want to stop.. everything changes about them. they start lookin at themselves & realise they have been stuck for a long time.. its difficult ‘not easy’ for them to stop the dreaded stuff but when they do.. they find out who they really are and feel the happiness.. natually of course…
matt
On November 29, 2008 at 10:02 am
well i smoke and have never had any problems i am not saying it is right to do so but it is not right for the gov. to say its wrong either because we (for the most part) live in the u.s.a and here it is suppost to be a free country but it seems that the gov. is able to tell us what is wrong or right to take in to our bodys and i think that alone is a violation of freedom. (and by the way some of you need to look up how weed was made illegal mostly lies*)
e-baby
On December 18, 2008 at 8:35 pm
some of that is true but both should be illegal they are both damaging to the body there is no right in smoking and drinking. both can lead to crimes because that is mostly part of the reason why it became illegal anyway because of crime violence racism and because it is harmful to the body. if doctors dont recommend marijuana maybe its because too many people may use it to much and abuse their body also alcohol should be illegal because it has just as many crimes but that would cause and uproar in the nation because it has been legal for a number of years!!
payne
On January 5, 2009 at 12:48 pm
I used to smoke every day and I was a happy person. Now because of the old outdated fear based laws I cannot smoke (that is if I want to keep my job). I must have a job in order to pay my bills and keep my home. You know to be a productive member of society. But now I am depressed and have little enjoyment in life. I ask myself how could it be fair that I work for a company that will pay for alchol for its employees on business trips and company christmas parties etc. but will fire or suspend for use of a far less damaging substance…Laws must be changed get up off the couch and vote.. write to your senators Lets make america the free country that it claims to be…….
mikey
On February 12, 2009 at 9:07 pm
i have smoked greens for 19 years and the only ill efect is procrastination. my kids know when i get home it’s time to put my smile on. when i’m crabby they tell me to put my smile on.
(I don’t hide things from my kids.)alcohol makes me vomit budah makes me eat.im not religious, but don’t you think that sweet sticky fruit helped monks meditate, skinny people eat, ADHD people calm down. ben franklin . albert einstine . and our fearless leaders in history smoke marijuana, were they insaine or the ones who had it figured out?
mikey
On February 12, 2009 at 9:14 pm
those who say bad things about marijuana dont have the facts correct. the best thing to do is investigate.
FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF…GET EDUCATED…STOP ASSUMING
i dropped out in the 9th grade and now i make $136,000 +/- a few grand each year. i live in a 5 br 3 ba with maids qtrs and a barn. HOW DID BUD HURT ME?
logan
On February 26, 2009 at 11:33 pm
I have one question about marijuana… If cancer patients are prescribed a medicine called marinol, the “pill form” of THC, then whats so bad about the natural form? Yes, smoking is not good for you, but for those not in the new age, you can also vaporize, and even cook it into food… suck on that. Here’s another thing for those talking about young teenagers and depression. Whether its legal or not people are still going to do it if they want to! It will just mean less drop-outs and more tax dollars for our government instead of the countless thousands they are doing now to catch people that aren’t even doing anything wrong. It is a plant. For me, I am a Christian, and to me it’s just another one of God’s creations. I mean we use it in our medicine, doctors recommend it to cancer patients “off the record”, there’s no reason it should not be legal. There are so many great uses for hemp. Thomas Jefferson brought many great things into this nation, and guess what! he smoked pot! My neighbors smoke, they are some of the nicest people you will ever meet, they smoke and they have 3 multi-million dollar houses! People are so naive. If marijuana didn’t have the label it has achieved today, we would not have all of these stupid arguments. Tobacco is grown, it is smoked. Marijuana is grown it is smoked. Turns out marijuana isn’t even as bad for you… I have a 4.0 GPA and am attending UT in Austin or A&M… I’m a senior in highschool. I have done a lot of research and have yet to come to a conclusion saying that marijuana is “bad for you”. I have smoked three times in my life.. It’s just like whatever to me. It destressed me, it made me feel great, and it brought new meaning to the mountains of Colorado, lol. Just a little green every once and a while won’t hurt you, you just have to be responsible. Drink responsibly and smoke responsibly. It’s not that hard. I would never smoke before a school day or drink before a school today. Potheads will be potheads whether it is legal or not. Sit on that statement for a little bit. Once again, a little bit every once and a while will not hurt you, (neither will it all the time, I just have a hard school life lol.),And right now and until they make it legal, the only thing that will hurt are the sirens and the flashing lights… word.
Satan
On April 27, 2009 at 6:43 am
pot bad dont smoke it
Kayla
On July 9, 2009 at 4:10 pm
I am 18 and just graduated from high shcool. i have never ever touched alcohol, marijuana, or tabacoo. I am very proud of this.. i do not agree with any of these being legalized… i think all of them are disgusting. They all smell nasty, they make people just act stupid, and in my opinion all are addicting to some level.. i have seen too many of my friends through away everything for these stupid things… one of my friends is the most talented violinist i have ever seen and he is throughin it all away for these drugs and now a lot harder ones because these do not give him a high anymore… i can think of so many more… i am sure you do not want to read about all of them.. but i think it is such a waste of life. I have a great time my whole life without any of these. I do not understand how you can not have fun being sober… do not get me wrong i am just as stressed as anyone else… the man i love is over seas with the marines and i will not get to see him for atleast another year (it has already been six months)… and i have to pay for college, i do not know what i am going to study yet, and so much more but i do not need drugs, i do not understand why anyone does…
Johnny
On August 24, 2009 at 4:48 am
Weed on the other hand, well, short term memory is harmed for two to three days by about 30% effective immediately after consumption…
I play brain age for Nintendo DS
Memory games are lacking about 30% when high
Calculation down about 10% when high
Logic no negative effects
Visual no negative effects
Other effects: Minimal anger.. Minimal power. And Relaxation.
ANXIETY
Because your not prepared for a cruel world. Anxiety is not caused by marijuana. Anxiety is caused by being relaxed when you should be naturally expressing anger or vengeance.
To properly respond to what is probably a dim and unfortunate situation, quit weed. Quitting weed gives you higher levels of resilience and healthier doses of aggression.
If u quit marijuana within 1-5 years, you can make a near perfect recovery… 5-10 years.. Your pushing lady luck into anger but you shall be sparred.. More than 15 years.. You’re a chronic long term substance abuser, However, It’s very much worth it to stop right now.
Long term chronic effects
Weed. goodbye 1meline sheets, brain, lungs, heart
Alcohol. goodbye brain, liver, heart, life
1meline sheet: a protective, slick and lubricating gel that covers all brain cells
Hope this helped, drink lots a water when your stoned, wash weed if it smells sprayed.
PS. Quitting can suck because the word recovery naturally intends a grind. However, one moment of pure clean fun followed by many others. That’s life.