Many Drugs Are Bad, but Marijuana is Not

Every time I open up the television and see an anti-drugs commercial, or whenever I read "facts" (facts that are based on studies 50 years old that have been proven wrong countless time since then...) on marijuana from the government, I can't help but laugh.

At the same time, it's sad that people can't open up their eyes: Marijuana is not the Devil society try to convince us it is.

But let's get some false fact first, and try to correct them.

"Marijuana has some of the same cancer-causing substances as tobacco. One joint can deliver four times as much cancer-causing tar as one cigarette."

This is true if you take a ratio of marijuana plant / tobacco. But if you take the buds (the part that is smoked in marijuana), then it delivers 1/3 of the Tar the same weight of tobacco would deliver. In the first study on Marijuana smoke, scientists have burned the whole plant - leaves, stems, buds, everything. That is why there was this much tar. Even if this fact was proven wrong with a recent study, there's no way the government or groups like Above the Influence would change their sayings to "Tobacco can deliver three times as much cancer-causing tar as one joint", now would they?

I guess Anti-drugs groups would still say it's wrong to smoke weed even if government made it legal. They remind me of preacher telling people not to masturbate because they would become deaf. But anyway, I'm getting away from the subject.

"Marijuana is Illegal" I can't say it's not true, but it's illegal because the government can't say "Hey, we were wrong on the War on Drugs, we spent X billions but thing is... marijuana is actually good, sorry to everyone we put in jail". It's illegal because it's part of the politics game, not because it's bad.

"Smoking pot affects alertness, concentration, perception, coordination and reaction time, many of the skills required for safe driving and other tasks. These effects can last several hours after smoking."