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Originally Posted by White Trash

the classic "weed is a gateway drug" is such bullshit

yes it might spark an interest in other drugs but alot of things spark interests to other things, its a fact of life. but atleast that shits a concious decision. when your drunk you end up doing shit that u dont have conciousness over, yet its legal. if your gonna have an arguement for one thing u better do it for the whole picture. they're using this point towards an illegal drug when theres one thats more true to peoples statements and is LEGAL

Word, there's so much propaganda and people believe it, and we all know, Alcohol is worse than Weed, destroys the liver, not to mention all the other shit

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Originally Posted by DJ-Sydm

Word, there's so much propaganda and people believe it, and we all know, Alcohol is worse than Weed, destroys the liver, not to mention all the other shit

weed makes peoples thinkin process slow down after you smoke awhile.

^-Yeah, It slows reaction time, effects depth perception, short term memory, ect, but its all temporary. Although I've read some contradicting studies, all have said there is no "Loss of brain cells, or brain damage" even with heavy use, and in some studies its even said to boost production of brain cell growth.

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Most illicit drugs like opiates, alcohol and cocaine decrease the generation of new neurons in the brain, but marijuana appears to have the opposite effect on this process. Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan have published their findings on marijuana's effects on the brain in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. On top of the drug's promotion of brain cell growth - called neurogenesis - marijuana also appeared to have antidepressant and anti-anxiety properties.

The results of recent research has been so amazing lately

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THC prevents cancer

This study echoes the findings of a 1994 US study, which documented that THC may protect against malignant cancers. The $2 million federal study involved injecting rats and mice in the stomach with extremely high doses of THC, hoping to find a connection between THC and cancer.

What the researchers found was exactly the opposite of what the feds had hoped for. Their study showed that rats given high doses of THC suffered from fewer cancers than their non-injected pals. The feds buried the study for almost 3 years, and it became known only after it was leaked to AIDS Treatment News in January of 1997. The Boston Globe broke the story nationwide days later.

Anandamide fights breast cancer

Another study, published in the July, 1998 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that anandamide, a molecule which resembles cannabinoids but is formed naturally in the body, can inhibit the growth of breast cancer cells by interfering with their DNA production cycle. The study was done by the Italian National Institute for the Chemistry of Biological Systems, in Naples.

The amounts of THC used in these studies were all hundreds or even thousands of times greater than that found in the blood of even the heaviest cannabis users.

^- Taken from another article, the treatment wouldn't be smoking a joint but the fact that the THC has these effects and the D.E.A still considers this medicine a priority 1 drug is bullshit.