The never ending debate about Marijuana.

Although I have never smoked pot, nor do I ever plan to, I am for the legalization for pot. Now you're probably saying that I'm just a teen and I have no idea what I am talking about. You may have a point about the teen thing, but I do know some things about weed. Let me first point out how much lying there is involved with marijuana. First, the myth that is forced upon the youth is that weed is addictive. WRONG. Most marijuana smokers smoke it on occasion, with friends. Less that 1% smoke it on a daily basis, and an even smaller minority develop a dependence on it. Another thing is that there have been no cases of lung cancer based solely on marijuana. However, it still contains irritants in the smoke, but since it is not used as much as tobacco, it is not inhaled as much over time. Marijuana is a gateway drug, also wrong. Most people who smoke marijuana never use another illegal drug. It is the most used illegal drug in America today.

Everyone knows about the economy know, and that we need something to pull us out. Marijuana could do this. How? It is one of the largest cash crop's in America. "A report released today by a marijuana public policy analyst contends that the market value of pot produced in the U.S. exceeds $35 billion — far more than the crop value of such heartland staples as corn, soybeans and hay, which are the top three legal cash crops." See, it can't be all that bad, it could actually be used to pull us out of this depression we are in.

Now, about the brain cells. Everything causes brain cells to die, that is a known fact, but, they keep pushing it about marijuana. Where did this come from? In 1974, the Heath and Tulane study was conducted, and the results where that it in fact did kill brain cells. However, they did not release how the study was conducted. After six years of request, it was finally released. Dr. Heath had originally said that he had only given 30 joints a day to the monkeys, which was a straight up lie. He had given 63 Colombian strength joints to the monkeys over a five minute period, pumping the smoke through a gas mask, losing no smoke. He suffocated the monkey's. Everyone knows what happens when something suffocates, its brain cell's die! Overall, he rigged the study to say marijuana killed brain cell's. Now, a study in 2005, showed the opposite. Marijuana could possibly stimulate brain cell growth. One more thing, it does not cause cancer. A study released that Cannabis smoke does not cause cancer, it is different than tobacco smoke. There have been no reported deaths from marijuana. Tobacco is grown with radioactive fertilizer, and causes more deaths than anything, including AIDS.

Interesting huh?

All the sources used:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9077214414651731007#
http://www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/factsmyths/
http://www.cannabis.net/articles/pot.html

I highly encourage to watch the whole Union video, you will be astonished.