Teen Marijuana Use on the Rise: Dangerous Trend or Not a Big Deal?

Why is that? Pot is not dangerous. It basically makes you really laid back, hungry, and a lot of people get creative. Pot is less harmful than alcohol or drugs.

stoners dont scare me. rather they smoke and veg out than doing god knows what else.

There's a reason they call it 'dope'. But what do you suppose is stimulating this rise in marijuana use among teens? Could it be the over-blown controversy over prohibition? Another reason to end prohibition.

I think any type of increasing drug use, legal or illegal, is a dangerous trend. But I'm no more worried about teens and weed than I am the adults begging their doctors to start them on the latest drug they saw advertised on TV.

The reason the Harder drugs are not increasing is because more people are using marijuana. Also kids are getting smarter(more education about drugs and parents that talk openly about it) and they don't want to do things that could get them killed. Mary Jane doesn't kill.

Yeah, it's better that it's marijuana rather than it being cocaine, heroin, or any other drug that could possibly kill the person using it. But...marijuana still isn't doing any good for anyone, unless you're a sick patient in a hospital or if you've been in an intense combat during war and need a way to relax your mind. But how will it be benefiting teenagers? It won't. All it will lead to is an apathetic attitude towards school and things that are important. And marijuana is a lot more dangerous than people realize. http://images.sodahead.com/pr...

did you make that pdf yourself because your supposed myths in fact are mostly truths. No one can overdose on Marijuana, but you can overdose on caffeine. Marijuana does help cancer patients, it is a natural pain killer and works much better and is safer than things prescribed to patients. the only myth you have that is right is that marijuana is not popular, because it is very popular in fact.
You have been brainwashed by the government like so many other people out there. This chart shows you the real reason it was banned. It is all because it threatens the big industries of oil and lumber/paper, etc.
as you can see it could put other companies out of business, because of it's many uses and because it's so easy to grow.

your pic is better than mine

you may use if if you want to. :) spread the word.

cool thanks... been tryng to spread word since i was like 13 years old lol

Sorry but that post is all lies!!

do some REAL, NONBIASED, research. you literally are proving nothing by posting that picture other than the fact that you are not educated on cannabis.

your supposed research is biased you hypocrite. I have done my research through many different places and the truth that comes out is that marijuana was made illegal because it competes with big companies like lumber/paper, oil, and the big pharma.
Other research has proven that it can help tons of medical problems including cancer.
And it has also been proven that the gateway theory is a myth. It has also been proven and is available in public records that marijuana has never been the direct cause of death.

You're preaching to the wrong choir silly, I KNOW all that.

just watch the beginning few minutes.

lol on fav movies here on this profile i meant not facebook

lol ok I get it. just looked at your profile and you have that movie listed as one of your favorites! cool

got to stick together ...only way the truth will get out!!

i dont understand why a person has to get sick before he/she can use it...That somehow gives you a right to use it?"O ok he wont be here to much longer its ok for him to use."(the way the government thinks IMO)Makes no sense what so ever!!

real reason outlawed
http://webstation19.8k.com/ar...

Not my kids. Marijuana may not be deadly or harmful, but it's not beneficial (for most healthy people). The long-term effects of marijuana have not been studied. I doubt that any good can come of kids doing recreational drugs. There's a reason why being a 'pothead' is a bad thing.

I say let weak idiots die.
They want to smoke weed and do drugs and drink alcohol and have coitus, go ahead you dumb idiots but do it without affecting me. Better rid the world of the waste and let the good educational minded teenagers come to the forefront.

The 'waste' of the world works as manual labourers, and until we find an alternate solution to the problem, the idiotic teenagers who waste their lives on harmful past-times are relative.

Not that I don't agree with you, they are a waste of space.

There are ivy league grads that smoke marijuana. It's not smart to judge other Miss I'm so educated.

So you decided all by yourself that those of us who use cannabis are what?

Coitus too?

Wow you are a total idiot if you think you can dictate to the world what to do.

Good thing you inluded alcohol along with sex cause that would not leave too many idiots
as idiotic as you.

what part dont you understand?Cannabis (Marijuana) 0 deaths

your in luck ...no way i would hang around your uniformed ass that judges someone thats does something yo u dont like...

actually, the long term effects HAVE been studied. i recognize that as a parent, you dont want your kids getting high, even if the plant is harmless. but atleast look into it before you assume that your assumption is correct.
http://www.webmd.com/mental-h...
http://articles.latimes.com/2...
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com...

it isn't a big deal if you're healthy. I'll say it again, it depends on how healthy you are *before* starting to use, both in body and mind.



If someone let's say, had schizohrenia, had a hallucination, used marijuana which is sometimes a mood enhancer, depending on the individual, went out and killed someone because the hallucination intensified... That's a big deal!! Same if someone were a chronic asthmatic, used, had an asthma attack and died, or if they were allergic and died as a result of it (yes you can be allergic to Marijuana even though it's natural. People are allergic to trees, flowers and grass and that's natural too) that's a big deal too.



The flip side to this, is that marijuana is proven effective in treating anorexia. That's probably the only medical condition I can fully condone using marijuana to self medicate against. Using weed to treat aches and pains is not a good thing. Pain means something's wrong and should be brought to a physician's attention if it becomes constant and if legal medications cannot control the pain, as it could be a sign that the condition is worsening and further action may be required to relieve the pain, or it could be a sign that a condition is progressing and turning into something else. Rhumatoid arthritis is very painful, it's true, but it also puts you at a slightly increased risk for other conditions.

watch this and see if it changes you mind...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?...

here is another one
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not a big deal whatsoever. it's better than having them get hooked on coke or heroin. besides, it's not addicting and i'm pretty sure they can function just fine after a few pulls.

Omg at school today i saw a chick get a bag of white powder, throw it on the ground, and run. I told a teacher nearby and told her and shw saod or was salt.... im pretty sure it wasnt salt!!!

lol nice story, but whats that gotta do with cannabis?

...as long as they don't let it take over who they are. Drugs of any kind - including alcohol - should not take over your life and ruin or inhibit in any way one's goals, ambitions, relationships, and personality. It should never define you.

Pot!!! The best and safest anti-psychotic on the market. When I was a kid it was like 5 in 10 smoking and when my parents were young it was like 9 in 10. Lets get those #'s back up there.

Death rate from grass is zero; never happened. Death rate from prescription drugs, from Drs. is well over twice as many as from illegal drugs.

i wanna say it's more then 1 in 10 :P i think it's 50/50 with kids in schools around here

A number of studies have shown an association between chronic marijuana use and increased rates of anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia. Some of these studies have shown age at first use to be an important risk factor...