Levi's Crap: Marijuana: The Gateway Drug

Marijuana has been around nearly since the dawn of time. It has been used for medicinal purposes, but as many know, it is also a street drug.

Marijuana is referred to as a “Gateway Drug” because it can lead to heavier or separate drug use. One, who might use heroin, might’ve started off using marijuana, and this is one of the dangers of marijuana use.

The plant which marijuana originates from, (cannabis sativa) is infested with potent toxins, which when inhaled or ingested, creates a chemical imbalance. The result is a deep relaxation and nirvana. It’s referred to as “getting high”.

Pro-marijuana supporters make the following claims:

F. Marijuana is good for you because of its medicinal purposes against cancer.
T. Marijuana is not a cancer treatment, and it is not equivalent to chemotherapy. Chemotherapy kills more cancerous cells than it does healthy cells, a ratio of 5:1, but marijuana kills in quite the opposite effect, a ratio of 1:6. Because of this, marijuana is not an effective cancer treatment because it can actually produce more cancer (by destroying the healthy cells) than it can prevent cancer.

F. Marijuana is used to eliminate the symptoms of chemotherapy.
T. Certain medications are available on the market can have the same effect. Although this is true, the risks of marijuana use are the reasons why marijuana is not legalized for medicinal purposes.

F. Marijuana does not kill brain cells.
T. Indeed it does. Inhaling marijuana has the same effect as cigarettes. It deprives your lungs of natural oxygen, which as a result fails to supply red blood cells with oxygen. From there, these red blood cells fail to carry oxygen, and instead, carry harmful toxins. These toxins, in addition to no oxygen, kill cells throughout several vital organs, more specifically the brain. This is also why marijuana is addicting.

F. Marijuana is not addicting.
T. THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) is more addicting than nicotine. THC is the active psycho-alternating substance in marijuana.

F. Marijuana has medicinal purposes.
T. THC has medicinal purposes, not marijuana itself:

“A number of studies indicate medical benefits for cancer and AIDS patients by increasing appetite and decreasing nausea, blocking the spread of some cancer-causing Herpes simplex viruses. It has been shown to assist some glaucoma patients by reducing pressure within the eye, and is used, in the form of cannabis by a number of multiple sclerosis patients for relieving spasm.” Wikipedia.com
So in fact marijuana has no medicinal purposes and is very dangerous. THC however does have medicinal purposes, but like any drug, can be addicting. In fact there is such thing as Synthetic THC, also known under the substance name dronabinol, which is available as a prescription drug (e.g. under the trade name Marinol) in several countries.

Marijuana is also facing legal issues. Some wish to support it’s full legalization, some wish to support it’s medicinal legalization, while others wish to support it’s nonlegalization. It’s a very important issue, and I’m just hitting the tip of the iceberg.

Whether you support or don’t support marijuana, here are some websites for further information. Some will disagree with the facts I’ve stated above, but then again, I’m just going into my opinion and some deep research on it.

Marijuana.com
Long Article
Marijuana Research

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