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Question: Is cannabis(marijuana) as bad as drugs like cocaine, crack, crystal meth, or heroin?

(Posted by: Manoftheyear101 on 2009-08-31 02:03:02)

I have a friend that is an olllld timer and all these new drugs that are out now days (cocaine, crystal, crack, heroin etc.) he thinks are as bad for you as marijuana, which was the worst drug available when he was born, 1945. I know the BIG differences, but he won't take my word for it so I decided to see what all you have to say. Is cannabis anywhere close to being as bad as any of the drugs that I mentioned above?? I gave him an example of how big of a difference there was between cannabis and those other drugs. My example was that the difference between cannabis and those other drugs were like the differences between being a little league baseball player and being a major league baseball player!! If you can come up with a better example feel free to share. The reason this whole debate started was because he accused his daughter of using crystal meth, which I saw absolutely no evidence of her doing so. I work at a rehab clinic where I work with rehabilitating meth addicts so I have a good clue of what to look for. I have been around her for a long time and the only thing that I know she does for a fact is marijuana, even though her father somehow doesn't know. Every time I talk to her I get a whiff of the distinct smell of cannabis, you have to be one dumb individual to confuse it with crystal!! Well that's basically it! Hope to hear what you guys have to say. Comparisons would be awesome. So would Signs to look for from somebody using anything besides cannabis! Best answer gets the points One tiny millimeter ahead you say??? I have not once in my entire life heard of anyone, yes not even one person that over dosed on marijuana... I agree that yes, it does not let your body run it's natural course, but I strongly disagree that drugs are all the same. My best friend's mom passed away of a crystal meth overdose I highly doubt that she would have had the same outcome if she had been smoking cannabis.... I'd really rather hear from people that have dealt with these things in the past. Not just opinions.. Ex addicts would be awesome.

Posted by: burndog1213 on 2009-08-31, 02:21:55

Weed has been found to stop the advance of prostate cancer. Every thing you mentioned besides weed is a upper. I am 42 and have done all of those. Every time I got mixed up with any of that crap, I could tell the bad effects it was having on my body. I have smoked weed since I was 13. The only bad effects of it is a spare tire from getting the munchies! LOL! Don't believe the government propaganda!

Posted by: Skye; on 2009-08-31, 02:12:20

My personal opinion is that marijuana is one step better than the rest. One very tiny, millimeter-ed step better. Mainly because it has traces of medical properties and is - as the old argument plays on relentlessly - natural and fro the earth. But all in all, drugs are drugs and do not - I repeat - do not fit into your body's natural course of events and disrupts them as any foreign substance does.

Posted by: WaterGuy on 2009-08-31, 02:14:44

Marijuana is generally not addictive , the others can be addictive and life threatening . Anyways neither is good for your health .

Posted by: gs04 on 2009-08-31, 02:21:26

What ever drugs you take that gets you high is bad for you and dangerous.

Posted by: Calvin L on 2009-08-31, 07:19:54

I would say yes. I didn't have any withdrawal's from crack when I was smoking. I also lived a normal life when I was smoking crack. Every excuse a weed addict can give you about smoking weed I could give you about smoking crack. It messes you up just as badly and I have someone as proof he was a normal person before and now is as if his brain is fried. Any small mental problem you have any drug will bring out.

Posted by: Russell on 2009-09-03, 00:40:56

Pot is not bad at all. Pot is 100% natural. No body has ever OD off pot, but yet thousands of people OD of liquor. cigarettes is far worse then pot. I currently spend thousands of dollars every year on cigarettes and only spend a few hundred dollars every year on pot. Cocaine is also not bad as long as used in moderation. If you take long breaks between uses. Crack and crystal meth are very bad and highly addictive.

Posted by: r on 2009-09-04, 04:56:40

Marijuana grows naturally it comes from nature all those other drugs are made up of battery acid and other chemicals. Now some may say marijuana isn't the same today as it used to be, well there are many ways it is grown today and one of those ways is organic. So totally natural from nature :) even cocaine isn't totally natural it is cut down with other things to make more out of less for selling purpose.