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?
Anyone who believes that marijuana could possibly harm anyone who smokes it or eats it needs to read a book. I’m not too upset about peoples ignorance anymore. Now that the feds are no longer prosecuting people who own and run medical marijuana dispensaries or anyone legally entitled to use medical marijuana, it seems that skeptics now are really going to begin soaking in the truth about the herb. To the girl whos friend died from a brain clot. Talk face to face with a good doctor. Marijuana did not kill your friend.
marijuana does not and never has killed anyone. It is a million times safer than alcohol and people have no problem drinking. The government should get their heads out of their asses and legalize it already. they could tax it and help get us out of this economic recession by earning roughly 1.5 billion dollars each year. and to “anonymous” 8-15-09 marijuana is not addictive and i agree with “dutchgirl”, the only reason people get paranoid from smoking marijuana is because we constantly have the government breathing down our necks just for smoking a fucking plant. marijuana is alot safer than taking prescription pills in the fact that you cannot overdose from marijuana.
[...] Negative affect on the heart, when smoking your heart beats faster putting you at increase risk of a heart attack. Once again I may be biased, but I think it is highly unlikely to have a heart attack because of smoking marijuana. It has never been proven that anyone has died from using marijuana. [...]
yeah marijuana is not bad for your health it will not kill you unless you are going to kill yourself anyway. well that could possible be the only way marijuana kills you. VOTE yes for LEGALIZATION!
No it does not kill…and in our case it has made life bearable because of arthritis…the “legit” docs in Texas have to be begged to give any kind of script that would make it possible to walk…three docs have said..”You are so young, move around more.” Joints swell out so far, no gloves will even fit over the hands now…Gunga Tea has been the release…every morning, I make the tea, take it to my best friend, and then we do the hot foot soak, onto the hot shower, then menthol patches on every joint…finally, start to move around a little and try to have some kind of normal life…Maryjane is illegal because the drug war is a business…and if you legalize grass, you put a lot of law enforcment out of a job…What would they do for a living…stop child abuse? Get real…
Marijuana should be legalized for medical use…just think of the people with arthritis, cancer, or any other chronic pain disorder who would benefit from it’s properties…And the economic boon to every grower, community would be outstanding…the local, state and national government could, (and would), tax the farmer, the packager, the retailer and the consumer…What the hell is so hard to understand?
And to “anonymous, 9-15-09, pot is not addictive, does not cause psychosis and if it was legalized, we would all quit being paranoid about square jawed super troopers in uniform wanting to crack your head open in Texas for something that is a ticket in Alaska…That is not justice…As for keepinghappy artificially…go to the legal doc, he will fill you up with a thousand pills with a million side effects..Think about it…a pill for depression that makes people want to committ suicide…Grass never made me anything but horny and hungry…
Marijuana is a drug, it destroys lives and relationships. It has dreadful sideffects and destroys your brain. If your depressed you want to feel happy, yes, but doing it artificially, is wrong. Addiction, psychosis, paranoia… Keep off the Grass!
sad, it a woman was innovative and different, she was a witch. once, woman weren't even worth the right to vote. If you were a different race then white, your life is less in value and deprived of freedom. Being gay is a sin, and thus taps the influence of the government. I could continue, but it's all the same. fear and a misinformed belief among powerful people lead to an inevitable hold on authority, accompanied with the profit and innovation of today's society.
guys, it really is time to clearup this misunderstanding about the herb. In my country (Suriname) there’s a similar stereotype even though there are enough people smoking bush herb, grown amidst the tropical rainforest, profiding economical benefits to those who were (and are) practically denied of equal opportunities. I’ve never been to the U.S. but i know that this plant is the healing of nations.
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people are too ignorant to learn the truth about somthing that the government labels as a “drug”. i could honestly never get away with smoking weed if my parents found out but my mom takes oxycontin and she doesnt have a problem giving those to me if my backs hurting which is stupid. she doesnt understand how bad OC is but she bitches at me for smoking weed. i wish that VA legalizes it and i wont have to deal with this BS anymore. Weed=Happiness drugs=divorce, rehab, overdose, teeth and brain decay, anorexia, etc. wow what a difference. weed is a plant that god gave us. maybe not to smoke it but either way, its definently helpfull. pot is a herb. tell ur neighbors the word
no You can NOT DIE FROM MARY JANE PEOPLE!!!! DUH!!!
Cannabis has been used for about 4,000 years for medical purposes. In Taiwan about 10,000 years ago the people of that country used marijuana for fiber. It’s important to mention that it’s not the social threat authorities believe it to be. On http://medicalpot.com . you can find out more about the wide range of medical applications of pot in treating diseases such as convulsions, asthma, anxiety, nausea, vomiting, schizophrenia.
No!!!!!! People please if you have a problem with marijuana then just stay away from it. But dont go and insult or look down upon people who smoke it. Also dont go and try to brainwash people into believing that either. It is there life to believe and do whatever they want to. Its not your life to live or run. It may seem bad to you but the facts are true. No deaths have happened from smoking marijuana. I dont like it when people look down at me or treat me unequal cause I do it. If you have something you love to do good for you. But if I dont like to do that im not not going to look down upon you for it cause im not a hypacrit. Just because i like weed doesnt meen that you need to look at me different im still a real live person just like you!!!!
This is a multifaceted answer. Primarily, marijuana has such a bad reputation because of decades of negative government propaganda dating back to the 1930′s following the repeal of alcohol prohibition. The media hasn’t generally done much in the way of questioning the government’s stance until recent days either, which has largely shaped the general public’s opinion of cannabis. Also, taking into consideration the powerful lobbyists in Washington from the alcohol industry and law enforcement, the issue becomes clear that our people have simply been misinformed.