It has never been proven that marijuana has killed anyone, although smoking herbs can cause cancer. So if you like marijuana or use it for medical reasons, it is a good idea to consume marijuana in a healthy way. Therefore cooking with marijuana or using a vaporizer makes sense.
The following are the annual causes of death in the USA:
| Tobacco | 435,000 |
| Poor Diet and Physical Inactivity | 365,000 |
| Alcohol | 85,000 |
| Microbial Agents | 75,000 |
| Toxic Agents | 55,000 |
| Motor Vehicle Crashes | 26,347 |
| Adverse Reactions to Prescription Drugs | 32,000 |
| Suicide | 30,622 |
| Incidents Involving Firearms | 29,000 |
| Homicide | 20,308 |
| Sexual Behaviors | 20,000 |
| All Illicit Drug Use, Direct and Indirect | 17,000 |
| Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Such As Aspirin | 7,600 |
| Marijuana | 0 |
But marijuana still has a bad reputation with many people and alcohol is accepted in most societies. This may be due to the fact that most people refer to marijuana as a drug and alchol not as a drug.
The following is a true story, which demonstrates marijuana has a bad reputation:
Recently I was at a party in London and asked the host whether it was ok if I smoked a joint, she was happy for me to do so. After have a couple of drags I offered a girl a smoke of the spliff, she said marijuana was evil and therefore she did not want a toke.
It does not bother me if people choose not to smoke marijuana, but I was curious as to why she was so anti marijuana, so I asked her why she hated cannabis.
I was then surprised when she then told me that a friend of hers who used to smoke quite a bit of pot had died from smoking marijuana.
She explained that her female friend had died from a brain haemorrhage. She believed that THC had built up so much that a clot formed in her brain which subsdequently killed her. Unfortunately peope die from brain haemorrhages but it has nothing to do with smoking marijuana.
I explained to her that I owned MedicalMarijuanaBlog.com and that it has never been proven that anyone has died as a direct result of using marijuana. She was no prepared to have a debate, so I let it go as I did not want to upset her.
Why do you think marijuana has such a bad reputation?
FYI…contrary to the statement at the top of your article, it has never been proven that smoking marijuana causes cancer. Emphasima yes, but not cancer. As a matter of fact there are tons of studies that prove that Marijuana actually kills cancer cells. Watch the video “What if Cannabis cured Cancer?”.
Indeed, if the government legalized cannabis they could still make their money from it; taxes, cops could make their quotas by giving out more DUI’s, therefore helping our economy even further.
True, I smoke for health reasons, but would do it anyway, I’m a productive, functioning, contributing member of our society and this is since picking up the pipe again, have become this!!!
So, puff, puff, puff away and here’s to a healthy mind, body and social economy!!
Happy 4th!
Sammy
Hell No Marijuana hasnt killed 1 person in its history..it should be legalized..some people live with horrible pain and marijuana just helps the pain. Alcohol and over-the-counter prescription drugs kill more ethan marijuana..LEGALIZE IT!!
I have been smoking Marijuana for 39 years now!
I have been checked out by many Doctors and had several x-rays & MRI’s. They all have said that my lungs and health are GREAT! I use it for severe pain instead of strong pain pills! Smoking a joint when I am in pain makes me feel much better and I sleep like a baby. When I don’t smoke I can’t sleep because I am in so much pain!
I agree with Cristy above, the Government should legalize Marijuana!!! The sales tax alone would eliminate the deficit we have! It would also stop most of the corruption in dealing with cultivation, distribution and possession. The Bible says (in Genesis) that GOD put forth herb for the use of man!! It isn’t changed or altered in any way, just dried and smoked! Who knows more than GOD????
I think it’s funny how people go to AA & NA classes and on their breaks, they go smoke a cigarette. How is that NOT a drug to stay away from?
Someday, hopefully in my era…Marijuana will be legalized…but really do we want the government to put all the harmful stuff in it like they do cigarettes? Remember tobacco is natural too, till they get their hands on it, because they will. Then when it’s legal, we will complain that it was better stuff when it was illegal…lol We can’t win…so til then…Amsterdam is my Heaven! Someday I will go there and see how society could really be, oh to dream.
The fact that cannabis is not legal shows the ignorance of our society. Until society as a whole opens their eyes and does not discriminate based on personal choice, we will never come out of this hole, a hole that has been dug for many years.
Dude thats true, many people do not believe cigarettes or alcohol to be any type of drug. I have met people who hate marijuana because its a “drug”. I then explained to them that cigarettes and alcohol are both considered drugs. Yet they are so close minded they will not listen. Can you believe how ignorant and rude some people are?
I agree completely some people just have it in their head that smoking marijuana will kill you eventually and make you into a lazy scum bag. I cannot stand people like this but it makes me even more angry when i see grub fuck heads who are completely open about their drug use (and who probably smoke less then me to begin with cuz their poor).
It just makes me mad knowing that people look at them and instantly stereotype stoners as being bad, untrustworthy, low lifes when in reality they have no clue that the upright, honest person smokes too they’re just not loud about it. In fact i know a man who goes to my church who is in the worship band.
I’m friends with his grandson and had absolutely no idea he smoked until my friend told me. Not even my dad, the pastor of the church, knew that he smoked. A sixty some year old guy! Now if a person is an alcoholic or is addicted to some other drug, people know it no doubt.
Simply the fact that he’s kept it a secret for so many years shatters the myth that marijuana effects your life in as big of a way as above the influence or other anti marijuana organizations say it does. People need to wake up and consider the thousands of uses for marijuana and for fucks sake stop lying about how bad it is. When people are more accepting of alcohol and tobacco it really disturbs me.
Look how many people die from just both of those! Hundreds of thousands of people! Weed alone has killed no one and will never kill anyone. fuck above the influence, fuck health teachers, fuck ne one who thinks bad about people who smoke, fuck everyone who is against weed period.
You’re a fool if you are and you need to get your head out of dirt. Weed is God’s way of saying, “Here you go mankind, smoke this instead of doing these drugs…trust me it won’t hurt you. Ever…Enjoy.
Yes. Marijuana kills people. Marijuana is evil. It’s the devil.
Cannabis on the other hand is ok. Free of stereotypes, urban myths and folklore. All organic cannabis. delete the word marjuana from your vocabulary unless you are talking about pop culture icons or something stupid.
Marijuana is Gods gift to us, I think that legalizing bud & taxing it would get our economy out of the hole its in. Its a natural heeling herb too. It would help people with health issues, who knows it may be the cure to cancer lol. LEGALIZE IT.
marijuana should be lagalized, 420 blaze it!!!!!!!!