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?
@punka: Anyone can die off smoking a cigarette if they are allergic to it. It’s relative, you were not very lucky and that sucks. Of course it’s dangerous the first time as it’s a risk, but besides that, I don’t think there’s much danger.
I recommend the film/documentary “The Union”. It shows why people have a bad impression about marijuana, talks about the whole story since back in the day. Media, politics, laws… Most people can’t be arsed reading an article on weed just because “it’s been proven bad”, because the media imposed that (at least here in Brazil). The big guys involved in the subject have the power of what comes out to the open, what people read and watch on the television. It’s a hard siuation that has been changing quite significantly over the past years.
Governments should definitely focus on other drugs which make you rather dependent. It’s been proven that weed smoking is a habit that can be discontinued.
Can I get some help yall? Here’s the situation: I am a single mother of 3, a full time student transferring to a University soon, involved in student government, i work full time, i’m a business owner, and i have The Department of Childrens and Family Services on my ass about smoking marijuana.
This lady tells me that I need to attend a drug treatment program…..I said yea right! I just recently covered my ass by getting a marijuana card for the anxiety that i have been recently been attending therapy for…..soooo im confused and angry. What should i do?
I’ve been toking for a while now and i’ve seen the pros of pot and how harmless it is. rolling them in papers and blunts can significantly cause adverse effects to your lungs because of the burning of paper. So peoples, hit from a pipe or bong for a much cleaner smoke. But no one has ever died from weed the stats are out there and there are so many other poisons that are so much worse and are legal which kill.
I stopped breathing, my heart stopped, and I had to be revived from smoking pot. Now I am not a hater… I think everyone should be able to do what they want within reason… but YES POT CAN KILL YOU IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO IT!!! I am proof.
I can tell you like this, when someone smokes all day every day that is a problem, and it should be addressed. I did it for years. Does that mean that everyone has to suffer for the few that abuse it? Do we suffer without alcohol because alcoholic’s abuse it? No. I may smoke a little green but let me tell you what… I am in college, I have a 3.6 GPA, I am running my own business and have a great family. Life is good.
However, the USA has this thing, it’s written on a piece of paper, um… it’s called the Constitution. And this Constitution has these things written in it called The Bill of Rights. And these Bill of Rights are these things called freedoms. And one of these freedoms is the freedom of choice.
Whether or not I smoke a cigarette is MY choice. Whether or not I drink alcohol is MY CHOICE. Whether I’m a fan of the Yankees or the Dodgers, or whether I’m even a fan of baseball is MY CHOICE. Why is smoking marijuana NOT MY CHOICE? When did that freedom disappear?!
Freedom? We are not free. We are told we are free but this is as much a dictatorship as any other dictatorship. We are not free in the USA.
We need to start telling these people in the Government that we won’t be treated like Boo Boo the Fool anymore.
Marijauna……. do you really think that its the problem with our society?!?!!! I am an 18 year old senior in high school, and almost everyone I know likes to smoke a little bud once in a while. There’s nothing wrong with it. I have a 3.8 gpa, and even got accepted early addmission into a state school. I probably smoke at least an ounce a week.
I have a clean record, a well-paying part-time job (as i am still in high school)…. Neither me or any of my friends go to parties and get “totally wasted, dude!”…. (not that there’s anything wrong with that). I just really want people to open their minds and realize that MOST people who smoke weed are not going to fit into the stereotype of a “pothead”.
actually 23 people died from marijuana between 1979-1998 sure it only adds up to 1 per year and like 0.00052% but to say no one has ever died from it is wrong.
ok listen. i am 21 yrs old, and have been around marijuana smokers for 95% of my life. it really gets me upset when i see or read things putting down people who smoke pot. i myself dont smoke it, but i know how people act on it.. and to be perfectly honest they are some of the smartest people i know. so i say that hell no marijuana isnt bad… if our dumb government would wise up they would do what they sould of done 30 plus years ago and LEGALIZE MARIJUANA.
That story is sad but ya’ll are stupid, those who think weed can kill people. Im high right now an im feelin good lol. My bro smokes the same stuff an he said it makes him Jittery. Whereas me i smoked some earlier an it just relaxes me. Relaxes me an puts me in a chill calm mood. Well people i have love for you.Gotta have love for my fellow POTHEADS. Lol iights im outties. One love
420 PEEPS =)
*High as a KITE*
Lovin it =-)
To Bill:
I appreciate your opinions, but they are poorly written. Your grammer is egregious. It’s almost like you’re trying to prove to people that not smoking marijuana makes you dumber.
Too: as in too much
To: as in go to the store
How is it that a marijuana smoker can know this, and you don’t?
You’re: as in you are
Your: as in your brain off drugs
I don’t looking down on those who smoke Marijuana. Just those who abuse it especially those who think they can drive high I have pulled to many out of cars they are high and have caused accidents and all they can do is giggle Be real means being responsible those of you who think you should have a free pass, to smoke because you say no one has died from smoking marijuana. Need to rethink you strategy. No one has died from smoking cigarettes used to be a widely accept thought until it was linked to numerous types of cancer. Prove your point site studies and real RESERARCH. Until then get high prevent pain and smoke up a storm. Just remember you are responsible for your action high or not.
Sorry to read your version of a real story. I’m sure the person saying no one has ever died from smoking marijuana has a medical background? sorry people have died from smoking marijuana The THC may have or may not have cause the brain haemorrhage But the person did die while smoking Marijuana. That is like the saying guns don’t kill people bullets do or people do. Marijuana contributes too many deaths every year.
Did you know that in many clique circles, cocaine and heroin are considered more acceptable, safer, and more tolerable than marijuana? Why? Because of its association with liberalism. Yes, the drug war is a business, but the fact is, I have seen people have immediate epiphanies smoking marijuana, how their whole life had been wrong up to that point. The fact is, it makes people see the world differently. It can make people into hippies, and God forbid-peaceful. That is why it is unacceptable, especially in ultra conservative Asian countries.
Now, those people I mentioned, the uppity white collar coke and tar heroin smokers, would rail me on how bad the whacky weed is, and since they were Waaaht and influential to the impressionable fools around them, other people would find it in themselves to be less frightened about taking a puff of tar heroin through an empty toilet paper roll, than to take a puff of grass. They saw me, the trash talking token liberal (temporarily in the group) and saw my poison as far more deviant than the tar, which a highly professional and aggressive entrepreneur assured them was no more potent than a mild form of codeine.
You would not believe the horror I felt when I saw that young impressionable Asian girl fall on her back and spin into convulsions after a slight inhalation of tar heroin. She didn’t need to be taken to a hospital, though I called an ambulance anyway. Needless to say, that was my last association with those people.
My point is, the influence of anti liberalism can be so powerful and pervasive, that it will leave lasting marks of hate for anything associated with Hippies, Bob Marley, or anything that might make people seem a little scruffy and anti social toward white collar coke, meth, heroin heads.
That story is very sad but I am sure that her friend did not die from smoking too much Marijuana! There is nothing wrong with smoking some Cannabis! I love your site I came across it doing my research assignment which my topic is Medical Marijuana/regular Marijuana.
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Kristan
In Bulgaria for example it has a bad reputation because of NOT KNOWING what it is and why is being chased by the LAW.My mother was that way, but when I managed speak to her (after reading about Marijuana) on a different level with alot of FACT’S , now she’s even ready to TRY and co-operate with legalizing it in Bulgaria.
Don’t believe what people say, believe what Scientists say! Or you’ll end up as a girlfriend of mine that a friend of her’s told her that Vitamin C (1000mg) drinking every day is DEADLY!!
STUDY, BEFORE TRYING TO THINK!!!