wtf all these pros that kids look up too smoking an drinking look where bmx is goin drugs an alcohol

bitch.

fucken low life douche bag post smoking beer drinking sluts! drugs are bad…mmmmkay? also im going to start…The partnership for a rap free America.

agreed niggah! they’re turning into skateboarders.

I wanna be just like them when I grow up

all your favorite pro’s smoke herbs

Y’all assies need to cut your fucken hair and go read a book. You smoke weed all day everyday and ride. When you could be getting your doctorate. hahah

you can smoke my cock.

i really don’t pretend to be above anyone or say shit like this much, but seriously, what a bunch of low life pricks. i feel like i just watched a skate video

I Just lost so much respect for those guys.

garretts looking mad scraggly these days. surprised nike hasnt got on his back about his image yet

The dude setting up the cans looks like Dan Lacey. And fucking sausage fest at the hotel.

who would want to be there theres no girls

don’t be mad because ya’ll park loving happy go lucky good guys are stuck at home not amounting to anything decent in bmx while these dids get blazed go big and go on trips to hot spots on the regular. FUCK YOUR LIFE HATERS!

deadline vids are dope, cause its the real life. riding smokin drinkin and just chillin, just like everyone does. who needs to be serious?

all of the above.

awesome, nj represent. 4 pegs 4 life

music was complete garbage. looks like they killed it and had fun, groovy man.

Fuckin stupid,rewinding on a vx1000,idiots shouldnt own nice cameras
vx1000<333

fools real ugly too

whats dan lacey doing wearing loteks!

*vans! haha

Deadline is just a compilation of the dirtiest motherfuckers in BMX. That’s the new trend in BMX, just look as dirty as possible.

Weed and alcohol is nothing new in bmx. All the dudes you look up to get wasted except for those few that dont. Garrett is the best rider right now so hate all you want on how hes livin. Quit riding also and become a critic so you can get paid to hate

SONG JACKERS

you gotta be the dumbest fucker in bmx at this moment to think that LOOKS outweigh SKILL. we don’t ride bikes all GQ’d out so stop acting like thats how we roll because we don’t. we fall we get “dirty” we get bruised get blazed shake it off get drunk ride more fuck bitches. once again FUCK YOUR LIFE.

They are all ugly, drunk and stoned and fly across the atlantic only to ride curbs and drink Estrella Dam, because they cant drink that american bullshit beer anymore

all these pros will either die out or get hooked on harder drugs so enjoy there riding while it lasts….. drugs are for the week.. they cant handle every day life theyare the haters of life…and need to escape the truth so they smoke weed like faggots cause they think they are cool

all these pros will either die out or get hooked on harder drugs so enjoy there riding while it lasts….. drugs are for the week.. they cant handle every day life theyare the haters of life…and need to escape the truth so they smoke weed like faggots cause they think they are cool………….

FUCK YOU WEED IS BESTER

hahah I’m just mad because I can think correctly and I’m not a scum fuck like you and these assholes. I must need drugs to be able to write like you…ohhh man you’re cool.

Everyone does not smoke and drink like your scummy ass. People have lives. Get one.

Some people choose to look ” GQ’d” out… I agree with not timmy…BMX is slowly turning into skateboarding.

lol you mad

weed is bester? hahaha put down the pipe man….you know…steven hamilton was amazing before the meth…now look at him.

keep it fun sonn

fuck them haterz .. ..you aint gettin free trips to Barcelona …so fuck you

Cannot believe SteveO made it to Barcelona on Garrett’s expense twice! SO WACK DEADLINE WOULD BE WAY BETTER WITHOUT THAT FUCK.

all these XXX straight edge for life comeup kids cant hack the BCN

So I assume Lacey is riding for Vans? Damn, this is going to be such a killer team…

theyre on holiday you tit

drugs aren’t for the week, they’re for the weekend. your grammar, however, is weAk.

what the fuck, that was the shittest thing ive ever seen. Very like skateboarding, very pretentious.
just shit. i fear for the future of bmx…

does being on holiday mean they have to destroy all their remaining brain cells? watch an interview with garrett, he’s stupid enough already

i don’t think he means dirty as in unwashed, my guess is that he’s referring to their generally sad and shabby shape.

to think that these guys are probably the best bmxers around right now (well ty and garrett are) makes me so sad. that’s some ambassadors of the fucking sport…

i dont get why everyones bein a critic over them smoking weed and drinkin. this isnt a serious edit, and the clips that were used are dope. get real people

so you have to be booring to tide bmx? noting wrong with livvin life

bet you all drink so shut the fuck up, weed dont fuck up your brain. but thats your life if you wanna
STAY HOME AND READ BOOKS ON FRIDAYS

so damn true, get a life people. stop read books and PRAY TO GOD. fucking idiots

what the fuck kinda queer worries about grammar u get the idea you anal prick go die your probably goofy footed so your just gross all together hahahahah die faggot

the comments obove just fucked me up… why there suddenly so manny pussies on tcu?! this shit aint even harcore, them jus havin a blaze on fucking holiday… get over it sisters.
would fucking rock if dan lacey gets on deadline… def would be the craziest team around…

Smoking and drinking is fucking awesome.
These people obviously didn’t get into riding to be role models. Having kids look up to them isn’t their responsibility.

Smoke weed 420.

hahahahahaha get a grip

everything about that was A OKAY!

I think they wanna be like the BANNED BMX guys you know drugs and alcohol

Hamiltons new animal part was so good. Dude has mad character. I know dudes that have smoked every day for ten plus years who function extremely well in society and have no problems. Why are fourteen year old rich christian american boys who are disappointed their favourite pro isn’t heading down the same life path as their god fearing parents even allowed to look at the internet. Theres boobs you may accidentally see in here. Make the right choice pls.

oh wait, I think everyone who rides bmx wants to be like BANNED

nah bitchin about pointless shit in webvideos is where bmx is going

why the fuck is BMX turning into some straight edge jock sport, its all about catchin jokes and havin a good time and you’re all bitches for hatin on people smokin abit of green

hehehe

A lot of kids just had their bubbles popped hahah

bitch all you want, if they smoke let em smoke if they drink let em drink. all these dudes ride more everyday then any of you internet kids and it obviously shows. They just are not scared to show there real life.

to the people hating on drugs and alcohal and basically just having a good time… this is why we are not watching videos of you!!! and we never will, we don’t want to watch videos of you reading a book, we want entertainment, and that’s what kids like this give us. do you see anyone looking up to the jock dew tour guys? or even watching their videos? FUCKKK NO! because they go to bed at 10 o clock to get ready for their organized boring contest. this is entertainment, riding your bike through the streets gettin buck and drinking beers and smoking weed at spots is fucking genius! why? because these guys figured out a way to get paid to do it! and get paid to be sent there! what the fuck do ya’ll know about that? nothing! and again you never will. bitch ass niggas get to sleep you have to wake up for work tomorrow. oh yea and no one wants to be like the banned crew, if it takes a whole party/ crowd to get wild… you’re gay.

THIS ^
BMX NEEDS MORE LIKE THIS! ENTERTAINMET

they’re not tcu members. just mad bitches that are upset because they will never get sponsored or will ever do anything in bmx other than be another lost face in a crowd of thousands.

fuck steve o
fuck steve o

nigga they are the overspill from vital

bmx has no fucking future.

i can’t believe people are that clueless. if they’re mad at these dudes who have long since been smoking and drinking they better just give up on most of their favorite pros because a lot of guys aren’t straight edge like you naive little kids think.

ain’t a life if you don’t live it WASTEEEEMANNNN. DEADLINE FOR LIFEE!!

why are all these pussies talking shit on smoking weed? like its horrible for you or something when really alcohol and cigs do way more harm to the body than weed does. i remember videos like albert st. and criminal mischief…the roots of bmx and you think they were straight edge? fuck no. bmx has never been straight edge and never will. why? cause its about having fun not placing first in a contest or having the best web video on the come up. so you straight edge kids should take your shitty hardcore music and take on a sport more your speed… like scootering

perfect edit my fave. riders drink dat blaze dat!

STEVE CROTEAU FOR THE WIN. HE TRAVELS MORE THAN ANY OTHER PRO IN NYC. ATLEAST ADAM UNDERSTANDS WHOS THE BOSS RIGHT NOW

I don’t care weather small kids see Reynolds smoking or shit like that, kids will always have choices to make. But i do think it is really boring watching them roll and smoke. Life style shots are cool, but there has been a lot of weed footage lately and frankly it is fucking boring. I love to burn down after riding, but i don’t film it.

YO YOU ARE ALL DRUG ADDICTS!!!

you are a fag

new trend?????????????

dude fbm,albert st. bmx used to be about fun,now its a fucking joke casue of assholes like you

have you met any of these dudes And you talking shit wit no name CUZZZ you scared of something poppin off Dont be no lil hoe and talk shit wit no name fuckin pussy

hes doin it for albert st!

you sound like you’re fucking 14 years old. so what if they do drugs and shit, it’s not hurting anyone else. get over it. don’t get all butt hurt because someone does something that you dont.

say mane FUCK YO LIFE

TRUTH

hi im kareem and im a dug addict and if you got a problem wit that FUCK yo LIFE and if you think talking shit on THC makes you cool or even gettin anything across FYL nobody aint reading or really caring what YOU kids or grown ups say

82 comments just debatiing about smoking and drinking. wow. fucking herbs need to get a life. that 2nd deadline nano edit “shattered” straight edge kids minds, why? All the people that hate on what they are doing are obv sheltered and dont fucking know anything about BMX. If you think this is bad try going to nora cup. your fucking brains would melt in your head when you see how fucked up all you favorite pros are. fuck that shit. learn what bmx is realy about and go on a trip and get into some shit. no id rather sit on the come up and talk shit about something you dont understand. grow the fuck up kiddies. as for nike telling garrett to tone down his image? didnt Garrett turn down gatoraid because they wanted him to tone down his image?

Seriously, don’t talk about people being role models.
Tiger Woods cheated on his wife.
Multiple pro baseball/football players use steroids.
Platinum rappers frequently reference smoking weed, drinking, and fucking all the time.

If kids are impressionable to the point where they copy a rider’s image and can’t create their own they need to die. Really, Garrett and them are doing us a favor by having all the idiots that ride start smoking and drinking so they die sooner.

Fuck the earth, smoke weed everyday.

-Tolley Always

buncha cakesoft haters huh. good times n travelin is what this shits about.

ima smoke meth in the next gully video…

People can do whatever they want, you don’t have to watch it or copy them. The shit thing is I would love to see guys with serious bike skill getting payed properly like in other sports but with this image it won’t happen.

if you wanna double barspin an bunny hop high you better start smoking weed. there are a ton of riders that smoke/drink/other drugs most dont put it in vids for there reputation but thses kids are the new generation they dont give a fuck neither should youuu
get off the internet go chill an enjoy life.. or change your fucking diaper an go to church

thats a fact! even michael phelps blaze it up. hahah ever one does it!

bmx will be bmx until it dies!

Learn yoself, that was fucking awesome. And to the person that left the original comment and to the person who said who worries about grammar, it’s sort of hard to get your point across effectively with shit grammar. No one is going to take you seriously when your comments come off as being dumb.

jeeeealous much? fucking bitch

steve o sucks.

TY MORROW is such a fucking douche hahaha

smoke weed by all means but don’t feel the need to film it. If I want to watch videos of people smoking weed I’m sure there’s a website, I come to the come up for bmx and interactive adverts that tell me how to clean my oven every 30 fucking seconds.

well kareem its funny you would call this guy a fag when he didn’t type his real name so you obviously have no clue as to his sexual preference. that would make you… an ignorant homeless piece of garbage and the definition of the word nigger, right?

These guys don’t make videos just to showcase their riding.
Videos are also about people having a good time, creating a good vibe.

Don’t tell FBM you want to see only riding and none of their other antics.

There’s more to videos than just BMX.

wow BMX really is turning into skateboarding. almost everyone that does it now is a low life scum fuck pot head.

everyone that is a scummy loser like you.

I think id rather read books and expand my knowledge than get high and sit around watching mtv dood, fucken scummy losers!!!

that wasn’t really kareem, but who ever he is must be jealous that i actually have the thinking capacity of a normal early 20′s year old person.

why you crying?

hahaha thank god. this is the only sane comment i’ve seen in this whole list of replies

America has no future according to all the scummy fuck heads in these comments.

There is more to life man! When you grow up…you’ll find out. all of you little homosexuals.

wow the future of america is bright. Everyone is turning into lazy low life fuck bags that think drinking and smoking everyday is the best for you. Go get a job and stop being lazy. All you scummy little fuck heads.

have no fukin life if they wanna smoke weed they wanna do it
u thinnk they care wether or not u guys look up to them?
garrett could care less if hes sponsered hes gonna continue to do whhat he does best
and u guys are wasting your life talking shit abouut them so go sSUCK A COCK YOU PANZEYS!

“See, I think drugs have done some *good* things for us, I really do. And if you don’t believe drugs have done good things for us, do me a Favor: go home tonight and take all your albums, all your tapes, and all your cd’s and burn em’. ‘Cause you know what? The musicians who’ve made all that great music that’s enhanced your lives throughout the years…
Rrrrrrrrrrrrreal —— high on drugs.”
– Bill Hicks

It’s a god damn blunt, grow the fuck up you little pussies.

yeah its not like they´re smoking crack or something

haahahhhahahaahahahhahaahahhahaahhaahahhahaahahhahahaahhahaahahahhaahhahahahaahahhahaahhhaahhaahahahhahahhhaahahhahhhahahhahahaahahahahhaha -capone

smoke weed all day er day motha fucka

nothing cooler than parties without women

Pretty shit edit. I Dont care that what they do with the holiday free time. I would just rather see them ride.

Ignorance is Bliss.

Alcohol causes 85,000 deaths annually.
Marijuana causes 0 death annually.

HEY YOU! RETARDS YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO HOLD A HIGHER STANDARD. LITTLE KIDS ARE WATCHING YOU. AND THEY ARE GONNA FOLLOW YOUR STUPID FUCKING EXAMPLE!!!!!! WAKE UP QUIT DOING THE EASY WAY OUT….. EVERY ONE IS DOING IT….. LAME LAME LAME REPOST IF YOU ARE GAY HAHAHAH GAYLORDS

this sounds like something a retard would put in his pothead defense….. hahaha nice try science doesnt explain shit that we havent allready figured out….. you can make up bullshit statistics to support killing people fuck you repost if you are gay

shit up faggot you suck dick all day long and ride goofy footed with girl pants and dumb ass quoy fish tattoos on your neck

Thats so fucking down dude. thats what its about your bois blunts bmx and booze. fuck yea that vid got me amped!!!!

people that dont understand what an amazing thing weed is are (in my experience) mindless fucking douchebags. and yeah not really that weird how top 2 sickest riders in the world are blazers

hey that guy, get high and read a book – actually get high and then read a book about how much THC opens your brain and the potential for creativity and learning. you narrow minded piece of shit . God why the fuck are all you faggot so scared of blazing that you gotta hate on it so bad

no one forces anyone to do anything if you do it, it cause you want to do it, the only way there force you to do it is if they put a gun to your head and say if you dont do it ill kill you

this is the best comment yet cause it the truth!

there pros that keep there life to themself and there pros that dont give a flying fuck what you think bout them and there going to do what they want to do!

haha your the douche, theyre in barca livin it the fuck up. im sure they have enough banger clips that they can do w/e the fuck they want while theyre there.

THEY DONT CARE. sit at home with your mom reading books and fuck off. while you were being pissed they were out riding and killing it harder than you ever fucking could at the thing you probably love mroe than life itself. dipshit

hahah “early 20′s year old person.” read that back, out loud and hear how much of an idiot you really are please. =]

thats because it is dan lacey

that guy i have over 300 good acquaintances of all age and social groups and from all walks of life. about 75-85% of them toke up. you probably have no friends and no life and think people you play Halo and COD with are your homies. YOU get a life please.

word.

do it for the haters.. lol

hahah they were in barcelona filming for a video your probably gonna buy with the money you make from your job. fuck outta here

Wow. its just some herb, chill the fuck out and go try some . . .

make up statistics? there has never been 1 recorded fatality caused by marijuana. find an example of one. YOU CAN’T! prove me wrong. i could open the local paper and read about someone dying in a drunk driving accident. TOM you’re brainwashed just like the rest of the Reaganbots. i bet everything you believe and hold all your faith in was taught to you by your parents, teachers who make less annually than i do at age 25, and members of your church. oh shit! i forgot, they are all unknown geniuses that happen to comprise your surrounding community. do you live in Eureka? get a clue sir, maybe just one for yourself and then you can talk.

hahahaha yes. fuck the christians and their fear for weed… burn the bible belt, soak it in gasoline and light it with the tail of this here blunt i’m burning.

that guy, you are at least 10 times the loser all these cats are for wasting all your time posting all this shit… dude relax, smoke a bowl of hash, perhaps rub one out to chill your hot head out or something…

oh and nice dick, faggot.

dude, don’t sweat it, this isn’t the first time the douche-monster known as “straight edge” has reared it’s ugly head in this sport. from 1997 to 2003 i remember straight edge being quite prevalent. People wouldn’t talk to me after seeing me smoke a bowl in the parking lot of the skatepark… Brian Castillo talked about being straight edge, i took down my picture of him in that full pipe back in the day.

it’s soon to be over… relax

now, if you ever come to detroit, i will sooooo smoke you out.

ever heard of lung cancer you dumb fucks?

Fuck I hate AndyG

Thats what im fucken talking about!! Dope shit right here guyssss!!!

The people that are for weed in these comments cannot spell or use proper grammar. that has to tell you something. smoke yourself stupid. I dont car. haha

who cares!!! fgt fuck weed.

weed is not amazing. having the thinking power of a normal human is amazing.

you should get high and read about how thc will destroy your brain. retard!!! wah wah wah wah wah

ohhhh wah wah wah. at the end of the day im not you. a scummy fucking pot head loser. I feel great about that.

andyG…so all you’re friends are all scummy fucking pot head losers too… congratulations. nothing to be proud about. what makes me proud is that I don’t smoke pot anymore. I’ve grown up and i actually work hard to make a living. something you’ll realize you have to do at some point. Even with these Paid professional BMXers. they can’t rely on BMX for the rest of their lives.

stop crying. grow up

hey if it gets any of you faggots to quit then i’ll keep posting. you’re all young stupid children that need to grow up and realize that you cant smoke for the rest of your life. get a fucking job and work hard!!!

count cockchug is a faggot.

the fact is alcohol is worse for you then weed, its been proven that there are more deaths caused form drinking then smoking weed.
fucking amazing none the less

I hate him too. hes a homo

Oh daddy stop tickling me down there hehe

Okay I’ve gotta come clean. I had a rough childhood so drugs and alcohol are the only alternative. I tried professional help but it didn’t work. My father use to touch me and beat me and I hate him for that. Weed is the only thing that makes me sane. It takes the edge off. I don’t recommend it for anyone. Weed is not the answer. Nothing good comes from weed. Take my advice.

you mad

did you notice the repost if you are gay part

blunts are for fags weak ass bitches who cant del with life so they need weed to get then through ..but we know that is all bullshit you are weak and you cant think for your selves

hahahah. there is way more bullshit going on in the states, in front of your door; right now. and you are worried about this shit?! get real pal, you can’t protect every little kid with a mindset of a lemming

ha ha ha. it’s fools like you that make me smile on a daily basis. i do not smoke, genius.
take your issues elsewhere.
personal freedom..get it?

hahah actually ive had a great life.. and weed kicks ass. “repost if your gay” woah is someone in 5th grade still?

more deaths you mean 100% more deaths. find me a recorded fatality caused by marijuana.. NONE EXIST. it’s less addicting then peanut butter also =]

i hate you guys too, you guys are homos..

haha your pretty much mentally retarded and have no clue of what my life is like or a damn thing about the people i know. i love trolling flamers like you. =]

haha your probably still a virgin. “scummy pothead loser” hahahhahah! im going home to burn a fat blunt when i get off work and will enjoy it so much because im a scummy pothead loser..

YUP cuz it suuuuure does. what book is that again? i’d like the title and the author.. oh wait you know absolutely nothing..

good end to a good days ridin.
chills not skills

its 6th grade faggot yep and you are gay

im sorry but i love men and weed and i work at walmart and i have a g.e.d. but i ride goofy footed and do bowlegged tricks but my science is my god whatever theytell me i believe

whoa there settle down about the peanut butter lets leave that out of this

TICKLE MY ELMO

LET FREEDUMB RING U SUCK ASS AND DRINK DIET PEPSI

SHUT UP DUMBASS BLACK TIMBA LU LU GOMBY ZULU

ADAN 22 RULES I LOVE THE COMEUP

I bet Jesus got high. I didn’t even see Garrett drinking or smoking in this edit, he kept it professional. Just ridaz having fun living their life. Fuck people who think they’re better than anybody!

cream, you are a faggot. you should’a went to college like i did, they you don’t have to work hard, you can smoke pot and make money doing nothing. hahahah bitch i win.

or, keep smoking pot, go to college, get a chill ass job, and make money doing nothing but being a stoner… hahahah cream is a faggot.

hahahaha, while you’re “working hard” i’m hardly working, and $5 says i probably make more money than you. Even with all your hard workin’ man over-time… don’t be so mad that you didn’t find the easy way out, or that life isn’t easy for you.

you gotta realize dude, that not everyone’s life is constant shit, sorry that you have such a hard time with life, but, i don’t.

Maybe you should try growing weed, my parents always told me money doesn’t grow on trees.

They were right, money grows on little shrubs.

wtf?^^^

smoke weed, listen to death metal.

jesus cant save you now

DAVE YOUNG IS PISSED

I LIKE TURTLES

YOUR WEAK .. AND I AM BETTER THAN YOU

It’s actually a book I published. To get faggot scummy fuckheads like you scared shitless of the affects weed has on your stupid body. actually…I dont care. keep smoking. slowly kill yourself. one less piece of shit on the planet.

well its good you’re acknowledging the fact that you’re the scum of the earth. 1st step is admitting you have a problem. FGT

hahah trolling…. No matter what you can’t win. Flamer. you’re still scum…you cant change that.

you do not win. I am far more intellectual. a college degree doesn’t mean shit. they you don’t have to work hard? wtf does that mean? you see…if you put down the pipe you would be able to think properly. FGT

I do not use the term chill to refer to something as being cool. This is not acceptable in society. you do not get anywhere talking like that. besides a meth overdose death in a motel bathroom. FGT

you’re 15…you don’t know any better. we know… you don’t have to keep assuring us. We can sit here and weigh all your bullshit pros and cons but at the end of the day im not you. and damn that feels good.

stop crying andy homo.

yeah you’re right. I am gay..thats another reason i smoke weed. to suppress the gay.

I not only smoke weed. but I smoke cock too…come to detroit and i’ll show you. you know what else in in detroit…FORD…that has to tell you something. gay cars and gay people.

what a buncha stinkybink ass niggas

care*

man, you are sooooo mad…

hahahahahahhhahahahhaaaaa.

fucking win.

meth overdose? really? hells yes, lets go smoke some ice brah.

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u soooo mad hahahahaha

pipes are for my wife, i prefer blunts… i’m smoking some fine cross of white lightning and white rhino, wrapped in a white grape white owl cigarillo… smooth and long burning, a nice afternoon blaze.

i bet you believe in jesus too, don’t you?

heathen.

see exactly, typical mindless christian bullshit. make outrageous claims, fail to be able to back them with any evidence or fact, then resort to name calling and pety threats. bravo

you are trolling you dipshit. i bet you had to go google it because you had no clue what i was talking about. yeh you win at life. fuckin bread winner n shit. haha i went n rode all day then got a fat sack. what did you do?

i will after you noname homo

yep madddd homo, you fuckin twinks prob jackin off to the thought right now

woah now blah blah blah. same faggot trolling this shit

damn you love men? thats fuckin gay bro

hahah detroit? never been to detroit in my life. good try though

i love arguing with dumb internet haters while im stuck inside. you guys are all such pussys everyone talks shit under a fake name. must be nice to be so scared of your own opinion that you can’t even voice it as yourself. i bet none of you talking shit have ever said one negative thing to someone in the real world that couldv’e put your ass on the line. because your all probably so scared to get hit in the face that you wouldn’t open you mouth even if someone was talking shit on everything you believed in right in front of you. get a backbone. til then your nobody. your “cream williams” hahahha! or “andyG” yeh i capitalize the A genius.. oh yeh and can’t forget the noted shit talker and author “that guy” damn i heard his new book was gonna hit shelves next month. hahahhahh god you guys make my day fun. =] oh yeh and congrats to anyone posting under my name, yeh like 100+ people have already done that in the past. i imagine yourself thinking your so clever for it. seriously amazing

WWJD? smoke crack liek the rest of the niggas duhhhh

It doesn’t kill brain cells (in fact it’s been shown to spur new brain cell growth).
It doesn’t cause cancer and there hasn’t been one case of cancer linked to marijuana use. Marijuana does not make you stupid. Anyone who says otherwise is spreading falsified government propaganda. Some of the most successful people in all of the U.S. have and do smoke pot. It doesn’t kill brain cells, it isn’t a gateway drug, and it’s safer than alcohol to begin with. Don’t listen to people saying marijuana makes you stupid. Go let them binge-drink with their friends because they think its healthy because it’s legal.NO ONE HAS EVER, OR WILL EVER DIE FROM SMOKING WEED. You may die from something else, WHILE smoking weed. Contrary to popular believe, Marijuana DOES NOT kill brain cells, it DOES NOT destroy organs. THC is the chemical in weed that makes you get the feeling, it has NO negative side effects. Its the only chemical used by the body. Everything else is exhaled. People believe it makes you not think as well, this is simply untrue. People have killed people and killed themselves while high, but this has nothing to do with being high. They would have killed the person or themselves even if they werent high. It does NOT impair the brains ability to do…anything. The people that have killed themselves under the influence of Marijuana, is only because Marijuana makes you feel happy. Many people that commit suicide are depressed, so they smoke weed so they might get happier. Sometimes it helps, and the person rethinks their decision. Sometimes it doesn’t…sometimes they dont smoke strong enough, or enough to get “happy enough” not to kill themselves. Marijuana has nothing to do with it. There are ONLY…I MEAN ONLY 2 reasons why Marijuana is outlawed….

1. Just like Moonshine, the United States would not be able to collect taxes on it, for it can be grown virtually anywhere unlike tobacco. Yet there is one company permitted to make moonshine and sell it, they do have to pay taxes on it and they cannot make it more than 50% alcohol.

2. In the early 1900′s, Mexicans would come in the united states. Many of them so they could sell their Marijuana easier. This caused violence…fights over sales, robbing sellers, etc. Some guy (I cannot recall his name) didn’t like this. So he tried to outlaw it, but he couldn’t because it was not “dangerous” enough. The government had nothing against it that would need it to be outlawed. He Started talking about the taxes. The government was listening yet still wasn’t very concerned. In the 1930′s he started making movies about Marijuana. These movies disgust me. One had a kid in it…He was smoking marijuana. One day he was talking to his mom and his mother saw a joint fall out of his pocket. His mother went to bend down to pick it up, he picked up a knife and stabbed and killed his mother…At the end of the video it was said the only reason he killed his mother is because of the marijuana influenced him. This is ignorant. There are 5-10 movies like this.

You may say…people have died at an early age that are infamous for smoking weed. This is true…but is it ever from smoking weed? no. Most of the time it has to do with alcohol and prescription drug overdose.

To say that Marijuana causes cancers like cigarettes is just plain ignorance. It DOES NOT cause lung cancer. Marijuana smoke does not polute the air…lets give an example. Lets say Marijuana is a big diesel truck, and Tobacco is a small ford. You lock yourself in a garage with the ford running and breath the carbon monoxide, your dead..However, if you do the same with a diesel truck, you would not die.

Marijuana is actually good for you. It cures Glaucoma. It helps with Depression. If you have an eating disorder suck as Anorexia, it will help also, as it makes you a little hungrier. Have trouble sleeping? well It makes you a little sleepy also, but not to a point where you HAVE to sleep. Many people say “oh..well..if your driving a car while under the influence, you will fall asleep and crash” this is simply untrue. You will not fall asleep any easier than you would normally, unless you wanted to. The people that do usually have to sleep really bad anyway. It will not MAKE you go to sleep. It does NOT IN ANY WAY impair your vision, or make it more difficult to drive.

I have friends that say Marijuana saved their lives. One of my friends were going to kill himself. He was very depressed. He was against Marijuana though. I told him to try it before and he said no because he thought it would kill him sooner, but seeing as how he was about to kill himself, he wanted to at least try it before he did. So he did and he got happier and didn’t kill himself. He is not depressed anymore.

do it you wont!!!!! markese is a puss he wouldnt.

i so agree 100%, but you cant teach the ignorant. the government has everyone brainwashed into thinking pot is the “devils harvest”. the only reson its illegal is because some politician said that blacks and mexicans were getting high off this plant called marijauna and they snuck into white womans cabins and raped them. this was back when slavery was going on. he wanted it illegal cause hemp is such a good material to use and people would rather have hemp then jean material. because people farmed and shit back then and there clothes got ripped easily hemp was and still is a helpful material.

i so agree 100%, but you cant teach the ignorant. the government has everyone brainwashed into thinking pot is the “devils harvest”. the only reson its illegal is because some politician said that blacks and mexicans were getting high off this plant called marijauna and they snuck into white womans cabins and raped them. this was back when slavery was going on. he wanted it illegal cause hemp is such a good material to use and people would rather have hemp then jean material. because people farmed and shit back then and there clothes got ripped easily hemp was and still is a helpful material.

you ment the post below i copy pasted it for you.

agreed! kids these days.

i did the same andy, fuck cream, i’m telepathically passin’ you my blunt right now.

high five dude.

detroit is what’s up.

CAR* was on purpose…idiot

Not everyone religious. Most people are ignorant like you. nothing is threatening about telling you to do the world a favor a commit suicide. You can spend time to weigh the options but im sure in the end they will be conclusive and the world would be better without you.

haha trolling…. What is google? Actually today…I worked…something you have never done in your life. Went to an NA meeting to sponsor some idiot children like yourself…then went to ride my bike…and blew you away with my talent. something that you don’t have.

everyone must believe in religion because they’re smart enough not to smoke right? wrong. im just a better person..overall. lazy fuck head scum!!

you’re mad. homo.

I do cry. over nothing. everyone should smoke weed so they can be as retarded as me. wah wah wah wah wah.

cause i know I am jackin off to ricky martin. while smokin a fat blunt…I wish it was cock instead though.

i’d like to have a troll in my ass.

I also talk to myself on the internet. I have split personalities. one that is homophobic and the other that is elton john gay. they’re both good for nothing pot heads though.

the ford mustang comes from detroit. gay car just like gay me.

also…I like to cry over the internet because i think my vast intellect will prevail in any argument. I have marijuana to thank for that. ohh yes it does make me lazy,fat,worthless, and lose all of my ambition but thats okay as long as I can display my bullshit views on the internet.

looks like someone learned how to use the google on the internet machine. marijuana ruins lives. I’ve seen it happen. There is a reason why this “drug” is illegal. You cannot function in the real world. You are lazy. You are worthless. You are a waste of consciousness and can amount to much better things without the drug.

your arguments mean nothing.

EVERYONE HERE CAN SMOKE MY COCK

Maybe his “argument” doesnt mean nothing to someone as dumb as you. He showed you the truth and obviously you guys cant handle it. Your calling people that smoke pot occasionally worthless, and lazy. Maybe cause someone that smokes pot is worthless and lazy. But it doesnt mean shit that pot is doing that to them. Name some people that pot has ruined. Your pulling all of this info out of your ass. If I ever saw you in person I would straight up kill you. I cannot stand how brainwashed this country is.

i fucking hate you. you gay ass fucking jew. im going to shabber my jizz all over your gwapping face.

im so sad now

whos mad

jeff next time i see you your gonna get put out like my blunts.

i hate the devils harvest

i hate your gay fucking bike. looks like a park rat piece of shit bitch.

dude cmon man cool your jets plz dont beat me up

you got one more chance or else your going to get done up like cartoons

csb bro. lolz .i really appreciate it

thats it dude your fucking done. idc if im in my 20s if no ones gonna kick your ass i mine aswell have to.

that wasnt me i swear.someone hacked my shit

w/e man next time i see you your done.

who cares, smoke weed, don’t smoke weed.

either way these dudes kill it.

let them get fuckin baked. its not your braincells so who gives a flying fuck

stop hating and look at the riding! bmx is about having fun and i think those riders seems to realy enjoy the ride! so shut up and let them smoke and drink if they want to! sick video by the way!

nope sorry but i do things daily that help this planet. what do you do fuckface?

haha im at work typing this shit idiot, and i know you were at NA cuz you have a fuckin problem with prescription pills, dipshits like you always do. wheres your kickass blowing me away video? you have no friends so noone will film your no talent loser ass.. will they?

oh yeh if i saw “cream williams” in person and knew who it was i would beat the living shit out of him. then prob go to jail for beating the shit out of a minor, you know whoever is hiding behind a fake ass name is either to big of a bitch to ever use their name and get ostracized from BMX or they just know that people will find out they are 15 and there goes the .00001% of credibility someone has to begin with. post your name and location if your so adament about all the shit you spout. oh thats right your a scared little pussy bitch. time to go to church nigga you scared

atleast i post under my name you scared little bitch. i bet you feel like a man when you post under mine dont you.

yep i also am the king of england

Marijuana impinges on the central nervous system by attaching to brain’s neurons and interfering with normal communication between the neurons. These nerves respond by altering their initial behavior. For example, if a nerve is suppose to assist one in retrieving short-term memory, cannabinoids receptors make them do the opposite. So if one has to remember what he did five minutes ago, after smoking a high dose of marijuana, he has trouble. Marijuana plant contains 400 chemicals and 60 of them are cannabinoids, which are psychoactive compounds that are produced inside the body after cannabis is metabolized or is extorted from the cannabis plant. Cannabinoids is an active ingredient of marijuana. The most psychoactive cannabinoids chemical in marijuana that has the biggest impact on the brain is tetrahydrocannibol, or THC. THC is the main active ingredient in marijuana because it affects the brain by binding to and activating specific receptors, known as cannabinoid receptors. “These receptors control memory, thought, concentration, time and depth, and coordinated movement. THC also affects the production, release or re-uptake (a regulating mechanism) of various neurotransmitters.”(2) Neurotransmitters are chemical messenger molecules that carry signals between neurons. Some of these affects are personality disturbances, depression and chronic anxiety. Psychiatrists who treat schizophrenic patient advice them to not use this drug because marijuana can trigger severe mental disturbances and cause a relapse.

When one’s memory is affected by high dose of marijuana, short-term memory is the first to be triggered. Marijuana’s damage to short-term memory occurs because THC alters the way in which information is processed by the hippocampus, a brain area responsible for memory formation. “One region of the brain that contains a lot of THC receptors is the hippocampus, which processes memory.”(3) Hippocampus is the part of the brain that is important for memory, learning, and the integration of sensory experiences with emotions and motivation. It also converts information into short-term memory. “Because it is a steroid, THC acts on the hippocampus and inhibits memory retrieval.”(4) THC also alters the way in which sensory information is interpreted. “When THC attaches to receptors in the hippocampus, it weakness the short-term memory,”(5) and damages the nerve cells by creating structural changes to the hippocampus region of the brain. When a user has a high dose of marijuana, new information does not register into their brain and this may be lost from memory and they are not able to retrieve new information for more than a few minutes. There is also a decrease in the activity of nerve cells.

There are two types of memory behavior that is affected by marijuana, recognition memory and free cells. Recognition memory is the ability to recognize correct words. Users can usually recognize words that they previous saw before smoking but claim to recognize words that they did not previously see before smoking. This mistake is known as memory intrusions. Memory intrusions are also the consequence of THC affecting the free cell of the brain. “Marijuana disrupts the ability to freely recall words from a list that has been presented to an intoxicated subject.”(6) For example, if a list of vocabulary words presented to the intoxicated subject and few minutes later, they have to recall the words that were on the list. The only words that they remember are the last group of words and not the words that are in the beginning of the list. This is an initiation that their memory storage has been affected. “The absence of an effect at short term delay times indicates that cannabinodis did not impair the ability to perform the basic task, but instead produce a selective learning and/or memory deficit.”(7) I did a study with two college students (Student A and Student B) who both smoke marijuana every other week. This particular study was done an hour before, while and after they were under the influence of the drug. Student A was watching television before she smoked marijuana, was asked which advertisement was splayed before the show started and she got four out of five of her answers correct. After this first section, she smoked a small dose of marijuana twice within an hour. Fifteen minutes after she smoked her last blunt, she continued her regular activity of watching sitcoms. When a commercial would come on, I would ask her simple questions like what happened before the show went to a commercial break. Her responses would be macro-answers about what was going on but when I asked her what the main character was wearing, she did not remember. This was ironic because the protagonist wore a bright yellow suit that my friend commenting on earlier when the show began ten minutes ago. Her short-term memory is weakening because she was only able to remember big picture information and not small picture. Though the results are interesting, I know that I would have had different response on someone else because it depends on how often the user smokes and if they have good memory prior to smoking weed.

Marijuana also impairs emotions. When smoking marijuana, the user may have uncontrollable laughter one minute and paranoia the next. This instant change in emotions has to do with the way that THC affects the brain’s limbic system. The limbic system is another region of the brain that governs one’s behavior and emotions. It also “coordinates activities between the visceral base-brain and the rest of the nervous system.”(8) I am now going to use Students B to describe how emotions are affected by marijuana. Students B is an articulate and well spoken young woman who has a troublesome relationship with her best friends which gets her upset and tense up. But after she smoked one high dose weed, her body was relaxed however, she had trouble formulating her thoughts clearly and would talk in pieces and was jubilant. It has been researched that a person needs to have high dose of marijuana would be in the state of euphoria. High dose of marijuana is measured as “15mg of THC can cause increased heart rate, gross motor disturbances, and can lead to panic attacks.”(9) Thankfully, Student A did not experience any of these extreme examples.

College students usually smoke marijuana because they are stressed over schoolwork and feel that marijuana can help them unwind. I have encountered marijuana smokers who are chilled and have no worries in the world but after the effect of the drug wears off, they’re sometimes capable to tacking their problem or at the original state that they were in before the drug. The effects of happiness that marijuana usually cause to the user is not a lasting effect because even though a user smokes weed to get away from the troubles of his/her own life, they still have to face these problems after the effects of the drug wears-off. In a survey with college student, an organization called, parents: the Anti-Drug interviewed college students and found that “compared to the light users, heavy marijuana users made more errors and had more difficulty sustaining attention.”(10) This was evident through my second experiment with Student B but not everyone who smoke high doses of marijuana experience the same affect.

The chemicals in marijuana bring cognitive impairment and troubles with learning for the user. “Smoking [marijuana] causes some changes in the brain that are like those caused but cocaine, heroin, and alcohol. Some researchers believe that has changes may put a person more at risk of becoming addicted to other drugs such a cocaine and heroin.”(11) To prevent such harm, one must be cautious of their actions. Those who do not do drugs do not risk harm. So please the next day you light up, remember you that you central nervous system and brain will be at risk.

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all lies^

The Myths
1. Marijuana is a “gateway” drug; it leads to harder drugs.

2. Marijuana is an addictive drug.

3. Marijuana is worse than cigarettes; 1 joint equals 5 cigarettes.

4. Today’s marijuana is much more potent than it was in the Sixties. new

5. Marijuana causes brain damage. coming soon, more to come…

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1. Marijuana is a “gateway” drug; it leads to harder drugs.
This is one of the most widely believed myths, and is still used today. But is this statement true? Prohibitionists argue that even if marijuana itself doesn’t do much damage, it should be considered dangerous because it leads to harder drugs such as cocaine. This statement is untrue. Take a look at the facts:

In 1994, less than 16% of high school seniors who had ever tried marijuana had ever tried cocaine.

While it is true that most users of heroin, LSD and cocaine have used marijuana, it is also true that most marijuana users never use other illegal drugs.

Marijuana tends to substitute for the much more dangerous hard drugs like alcohol, cocaine, and heroin. People smoke marijuana instead of snorting cocaine or dropping acid.

As marijuana use increased in the 1960s and 1970s, heroin use declined. This proves that marijuana is not a gateway drug, because if it was, then heroin use would have increased when marijuana use increased.

In Holland, marijuana is legal. This means that you don’t have to pay a visit to the local drug dealer in order to buy a few grams of marijuana. Marijuana can be bought in coffee shops, which separates marijuana from harder drugs. Whereas approximately 16% of youthful marijuana users in the U.S. have tried cocaine, the comparable figure for Dutch youth is 1.8 percent. This proves that by separating marijuana users from illegal markets, less harder drugs will be used.

You can claim that anything has a gateway effect. Most hard drug users ate chocolate before they tried hard drugs, therefore chocolate is a gateway to hard drugs. This is obviously incorrect. A lot of people think that if the gateway theory is going to be used, then marijuana should not be the gateway. Other drugs such as alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, etc. should be considered gateway drugs because hard drug users are more likely to try those before they try marijuana.

There are 40 million people in the United States who have smoked marijuana before. The number of hard drug users combined is way less than that.

Another sort of gateway theory has been argued is that marijuana is the source of the drug subculture and leads to other drugs through that culture. This is untrue. Marijuana doesn’t create the drug subculture, the drug subculture uses
marijuana. There are many marijuana users who are not a part of the subculture.

Marijuana is the most popular illegal drug in the United States today. Therefore, people who have used harder drugs which are less popular are likely to have also tried marijuana.

After reviewing the facts, I would consider you ignorant if you still think that marijuana is a gateway drug. There has never been any evidence to prove that marijuana use leads to the use of harder drugs. If any drug should be blamed, it should be alcohol or cigarettes, not marijuana.

Sources: 1, 2, 4.

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2. Marijuana is an addictive drug.
This myth is another one of the most widely believed myths. But before classifying marijuana as an addictive substance, we must first understand that there are two classes of addictiveness: physical addiction and psychological addiction. In order for a drug to be defined as physically addictive, it must be reinforcing, produce withdrawal symptoms, and produce tolerance.

Reinforcement: A measure of a substance’s ability in human and animal tests, to get users to take it again and again, and in preference to other substances.

Withdrawal: Presence and severity of characteristic withdrawal symptoms, such as nausea, depression, pain, etc.

Tolerance: How much of the substance is needed to satisfy increasing cravings for it, and the level of stable, high need that is eventually reached.

An example of a physically addictive drug is alcohol. A psychologically addictive drug is a drug that makes the user want to use the drug. In other words, a psychologically addictive drug is a drug that is habit forming. Many things are psychologically addictive, including: coffee, eating, shopping, and marijuana. Obviously, psychological addictiveness is not very serious, since many things can be defined as psychologically addictive, and in order to stop using a psychologically addictive substance, one must merely break their habit of using it. Indeed, marijuana is psychologically addictive, but is it physically addictive? Take a look at the facts:

In 1993, among Americans age 12 and over, about 34% had used marijuana sometime in their life, but only 9% had used it in the past year, 4.3% in the past month, and 2.8% in the past week.

There are 40 million people in the United States who have smoked marijuana before. Yet only 1 percent of Americans smoke marijuana on a daily basis. Most people who smoke marijuana smoke it only occasionally. If marijuana were addictive, then there would be millions of regular users, but there isn’t.

On a relative scale, marijuana is less habit forming than either sugar or chocolate, but more so than anchovies.

Sociologists report that marijuana use peaks in the early adult years, but then levels off and gradually reduces in use as the person gets older.

The only evidence that proves that marijuana produces physical dependence and withdrawal in humans is a bit misleading. When human subjects were administered daily oral doses of 180-210 mg of THC, (the equivalent of 15-20 joints per day) abrupt cessation produced adverse symptoms, including disturbed sleep, restlessness, nausea, decreased appetite, and sweating. The authors interpreted these symptoms as evidence of physical dependence. They also noted that these symptoms were very mild, and would not occur if normal amounts of marijuana were consumed. Virtually no one smokes 15-20 joints per day, so these symptoms are not likely to occur. Even if they did occur, they are very mild, and are not dangerous to the user.

When humans are allowed to control consumption, even high doses of marijuana are not followed by adverse withdrawal symptoms. The only way marijuana can be deemed physically addictive is if it is used for a long period of time, and then all of a sudden discontinued. Withdrawal from coffee causes more symptoms than withdrawal from marijuana.

Unlike many other addictive drugs, marijuana wears off gradually. There is no “up” and “down” sequence as there is for drugs such as crack or heroin. Upon ceasing use, marijuana smokers experience a very gradual removal of THC from their brain receptors, which means that there is no sudden withdrawal, as there is for nicotine, etc.

THC can be compared to nicotine patches for cigarette smokers: the patch gradually decreases the nicotine being administered to the person. THC gradually decreases its effectiveness, so the person comes down from the high slowly. When you get high off of marijuana, you are not high one minute, and then completely sober the next. Since the wearing off of THC is slow, withdrawal symptoms never occur. The THC gradually withdrawals.

Marijuana is psychologically addictive, but so are a lot of things. Chocolate, gambling, video games, sex, massages, sports, shopping, soft drinks, nail biting, and watching television are all psychologically addictive. They don’t create withdrawal symptoms when they are stopped, but they make the person want to keep doing it. Basically, something that is psychologically addictive is a habit. In order to cease psychological dependence, one must find other things to do instead of doing whatever their habit consists of. So if a marijuana smoker wanted to quit, they would just have to stop thinking about marijuana and find another activity to do.

A lot of people claim that psychological addictiveness to marijuana is strong, so strong that it is hard to quit. This is due to the simple fact that these people are not addicted to marijuana, they are addicted to the high. Marijuana smokers obviously enjoy getting high; this is why they smoke marijuana. But some people want to be high all the time. Of course, this is not healthy.

There are many people out there who can’t control their marijuana-smoking habits. There are many people out there who can’t control their eating habits or their shopping habits either. An estimated 10% of the population has “addictive” personalities, which means that they don’t have very much control over themselves. These people should seek counseling, because it is not healthy if you are a person who can’t stop using marijuana.

I hope that now you understand that marijuana is not addictive. If you still think that it is addictive, then go ask the 40 million people in the States who have smoked marijuana before, and you’ll see that they all say the same thing: “Marijuana is not addictive; if it was, wouldn’t I still be a pot-smoker right now?”

Sources: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6.

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3. Marijuana is worse than cigarettes; one joint equals 5 cigarettes.
A lot of people say that smoking marijuana is worse for you than smoking cigarettes. This is untrue. A lot of people claim that smoking one joint is like smoking five cigarettes, yet this “fact” is very misleading. There are many facts to show that marijuana IS NOT worse than cigarettes. Take a look at the facts:

You may have heard that one joint is equal to five cigarettes, but this is exaggerated and misleading. Marijuana does contain more tar than tobacco, but tar isn’t the ingredient that leads to cancer and other diseases. Low tar cigarettes cause just as much cancer as normal cigarettes.

Scientists have shown that smoking any plant is bad for your lungs, because it increases the number of `lesions’ in your small airways. This usually does not threaten your life, but there is a chance it will lead to infections. Marijuana users who are worried about this can eliminate the chances of infections by eating or vaporizing marijuana. Marijuana is completely safe to eat, yet tobacco is not.

More research must be done, but as of now, there is no evidence to prove that marijuana causes cancer the way cigarettes do. No case of lung cancer resulting from marijuana use alone has ever been documented. Current research has proved that there are much more benefits to smoking marijuana than there are harms.

Marijuana smokers generally don’t chain smoke, and so they smoke less. Whereas a cigarette smoker would smoke a pack a day, a marijuana smoker might have one or two joints a day. Even if marijuana was just as dangerous as tobacco, most smokers still would not be smoking as much as the tobacco smokers would be.

Tobacco contains nicotine, and marijuana doesn’t. Nicotine is addictive. Nicotine may harden the arteries and may be responsible for much of the heart disease caused by tobacco. New research has found that it may also cause a lot of the cancer in tobacco smokers and people who live or work where tobacco is smoked. This is because it breaks down into a cancer causing chemical called `N Nitrosamine’ when it is burned (and maybe even while it is inside the body as well.)

Marijuana contains THC, the chemical that gets you high. THC is a bronchial dilator, which means it works like a cough drop and opens up your lungs, which aids in the clearance of smoke and dirt. This is why many people who suffer from asthma find marijuana as an effective treatment to control their coughing and wheezing. Nicotine does the opposite to your lungs; it makes them bunch up and makes it harder to cough anything up. If someone with asthma smoked a cigarette, their asthma would get worse.

There are many benefits from marijuana that you don’t get from tobacco. Tobacco isn’t really good for anything. People smoke mainly because they are addicted. Some say that cigarettes calm them down, and help them relax. They become relaxed and calm after smoking because they have just satisfied their craving for nicotine. They would never feel relaxed after smoking if cigarettes were not addictive. Marijuana makes you relax, but not in the same way as tobacco does. The THC is what calms you down, not some addictive substance like nicotine.

Even if marijuana had the same health risks as cigarettes, a lot of those risks could be reduced, or even eliminated, if marijuana was made legal. There is no way to tell if you are getting “safe” marijuana from a dealer. It could have been sprayed with all kinds of harmful chemicals. Maybe the grower wasn’t very experienced and they added way to much fertilizer, therefore making the soil toxic. By making marijuana legal, better marijuana can be grown.

Paraphernalia laws directed against marijuana users make it difficult to smoke safely. These laws make water pipes and bongs, which filter some of the carcinogens out of the smoke, illegal. This means that these filters are hard to get, so many people aren’t smoking marijuana in the safest way possible.

Marijuana can be eaten, thereby reducing ALL health risks associated with smoking it. The main reason why many people don’t eat marijuana is because: a) you need to consume more marijuana to get high when you eat it. Many users don’t have enough money to use marijuana in this way. They smoke it because they can get more out of it this way. If marijuana were legal, people could grow there own “unlimited” amount of marijuana, and could eat it instead of smoke it. b) When you smoke marijuana, you feel the effects almost instantaneously. When you eat marijuana, you need to wait 15-30 minutes before you start feeling anything. Many people would prefer not to wait.

The next time you hear some uninformed person trying to tell people that smoking a joint is like smoking 5 cigarettes, I hope that you will prove them wrong by letting them know the facts. Tell them that their “facts” are true, but misleading. Tell them that there are health benefits from marijuana, and that cigarettes are way worse for you than marijuana. Marijuana should not and cannot be compared to cigarettes.

Sources: 1, 2, 4.

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4. Today’s marijuana is much more potent than it was in the Sixties.
This myth is used a lot to “scare” people into thinking that today’s pot is much more dangerous than it used to be. A lot of times you’ll here that marijuana is ten times stronger than it used to be. Sometimes people even claim that marijuana is now twenty to thirty times stronger, which would mean that there is over 100% THC in marijuana, which is obviously impossible. Even if today’s marijuana was more potent than it used to be, this would be a good thing. Why? Because the more potent marijuana is, the less you need to smoke to get high. And the less you need to smoke, the less harm you do to your lungs. Claiming that today’s marijuana is much more stronger than it used to be is a way for the prohibitionists to “scare” people into thinking that marijuana is dangerous. The truth is, marijuana’s potency hasn’t changed much over the years. Take a look at the facts:

The researchers who made the claim of increased potency used as their baseline the THC content of marijuana seized by police in the early 1970s. Poor storage of this marijuana in un-air conditioned evidence rooms caused it to deteriorate and decline in potency before any chemical assay was performed. Independent assays of un-seized “street” marijuana from the early 1970s showed a potency equivalent to that of modern “street” marijuana. Marijuana’s potency hasn’t changed for a while; bad data makes it seem like it has though.

Most marijuana smokers engage in something called auto-titration. This means smoking until they are satisfied and then stopping. It does not matter if marijuana is more potent nowadays than it used to be because users will just smoke less of it.

The average THC content in today’s marijuana is around 3.5%. If today’s marijuana is ten times more potent than it was in the Sixties, then the marijuana being smoked back then would have had hardly any THC in it at all. In order for someone to get high back then, they would have had to smoke ten times as much marijuana than someone today would have to smoke. Obviously, people didn’t do that; they smoked almost exactly the same amount of marijuana as people today smoke. This proves that marijuana potency hasn’t changed much.

This myth is still being used today, even though there is no evidence to prove that it is true. Marijuana potency has gone up in the last 2000 years, but not in the last fifty. The marijuana plant has reached its full potential. For now, that is. And even if marijuana potency has gone up, that is a good thing! The less people have to smoke in order to get high, the less dangerous and harmful marijuana becomes. It is obvious that anyone who uses this “fact” in their defense doesn’t know what they are talking about.

Sources: 1, 2, 4.

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5. Marijuana causes brain damage.
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Sources.
1) http://www.cannabis.com/faqs/ – CANNABIS/HEMP FAQ by Brian S. Julin © 1994.

2) http://www.drugtext.org/sub/marmyt1.html – MARIJUANA MYTHS by Paul Hager Chair, ICLU Drug Task Force.

3) http://naihc.org/hemp_information/content/hemp.mj.html – HEMP AND MARIJUANA: MYTHS AND REALITIES by David P. West, Ph.D. for the North American Industrial Hemp Council.

4) http://www.drugtext.org/articles/marijuan.html – EXPOSING MARIJUANA MYTHS: A REVIEW OF THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE by Lynn Zimmer, Associate Professor of Sociology Queens College and John P. Morgan, Professor of Pharmacology, City University Medical School © The Lindesmith Center.

5) http://www.marijuanamagazine.com/toc/addictiv.htm – THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA MAGAZINE Compiled &
Published by Steven C. Markoff.

6) http://www.peele.net/lib/marijuana.html – IS MARIJUANA ADDICTIVE? IT DEPENDS ON WHAT ADDICTION IS by Stanton Peele Morristown, NJ (Newsletter of the Drug Policy Forum of Texas, Sept.-Nov. 2000, p. 4)

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The Myths
1. Marijuana is a “gateway” drug; it leads to harder drugs.

2. Marijuana is an addictive drug.

3. Marijuana is worse than cigarettes; 1 joint equals 5 cigarettes.

4. Today’s marijuana is much more potent than it was in the Sixties. new

5. Marijuana causes brain damage. coming soon, more to come…

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1. Marijuana is a “gateway” drug; it leads to harder drugs.
This is one of the most widely believed myths, and is still used today. But is this statement true? Prohibitionists argue that even if marijuana itself doesn’t do much damage, it should be considered dangerous because it leads to harder drugs such as cocaine. This statement is untrue. Take a look at the facts:

In 1994, less than 16% of high school seniors who had ever tried marijuana had ever tried cocaine.

While it is true that most users of heroin, LSD and cocaine have used marijuana, it is also true that most marijuana users never use other illegal drugs.

Marijuana tends to substitute for the much more dangerous hard drugs like alcohol, cocaine, and heroin. People smoke marijuana instead of snorting cocaine or dropping acid.

As marijuana use increased in the 1960s and 1970s, heroin use declined. This proves that marijuana is not a gateway drug, because if it was, then heroin use would have increased when marijuana use increased.

In Holland, marijuana is legal. This means that you don’t have to pay a visit to the local drug dealer in order to buy a few grams of marijuana. Marijuana can be bought in coffee shops, which separates marijuana from harder drugs. Whereas approximately 16% of youthful marijuana users in the U.S. have tried cocaine, the comparable figure for Dutch youth is 1.8 percent. This proves that by separating marijuana users from illegal markets, less harder drugs will be used.

You can claim that anything has a gateway effect. Most hard drug users ate chocolate before they tried hard drugs, therefore chocolate is a gateway to hard drugs. This is obviously incorrect. A lot of people think that if the gateway theory is going to be used, then marijuana should not be the gateway. Other drugs such as alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, etc. should be considered gateway drugs because hard drug users are more likely to try those before they try marijuana.

There are 40 million people in the United States who have smoked marijuana before. The number of hard drug users combined is way less than that.

Another sort of gateway theory has been argued is that marijuana is the source of the drug subculture and leads to other drugs through that culture. This is untrue. Marijuana doesn’t create the drug subculture, the drug subculture uses
marijuana. There are many marijuana users who are not a part of the subculture.

Marijuana is the most popular illegal drug in the United States today. Therefore, people who have used harder drugs which are less popular are likely to have also tried marijuana.

After reviewing the facts, I would consider you ignorant if you still think that marijuana is a gateway drug. There has never been any evidence to prove that marijuana use leads to the use of harder drugs. If any drug should be blamed, it should be alcohol or cigarettes, not marijuana.

Sources: 1, 2, 4.

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2. Marijuana is an addictive drug.
This myth is another one of the most widely believed myths. But before classifying marijuana as an addictive substance, we must first understand that there are two classes of addictiveness: physical addiction and psychological addiction. In order for a drug to be defined as physically addictive, it must be reinforcing, produce withdrawal symptoms, and produce tolerance.

Reinforcement: A measure of a substance’s ability in human and animal tests, to get users to take it again and again, and in preference to other substances.

Withdrawal: Presence and severity of characteristic withdrawal symptoms, such as nausea, depression, pain, etc.

Tolerance: How much of the substance is needed to satisfy increasing cravings for it, and the level of stable, high need that is eventually reached.

An example of a physically addictive drug is alcohol. A psychologically addictive drug is a drug that makes the user want to use the drug. In other words, a psychologically addictive drug is a drug that is habit forming. Many things are psychologically addictive, including: coffee, eating, shopping, and marijuana. Obviously, psychological addictiveness is not very serious, since many things can be defined as psychologically addictive, and in order to stop using a psychologically addictive substance, one must merely break their habit of using it. Indeed, marijuana is psychologically addictive, but is it physically addictive? Take a look at the facts:

In 1993, among Americans age 12 and over, about 34% had used marijuana sometime in their life, but only 9% had used it in the past year, 4.3% in the past month, and 2.8% in the past week.

There are 40 million people in the United States who have smoked marijuana before. Yet only 1 percent of Americans smoke marijuana on a daily basis. Most people who smoke marijuana smoke it only occasionally. If marijuana were addictive, then there would be millions of regular users, but there isn’t.

On a relative scale, marijuana is less habit forming than either sugar or chocolate, but more so than anchovies.

Sociologists report that marijuana use peaks in the early adult years, but then levels off and gradually reduces in use as the person gets older.

The only evidence that proves that marijuana produces physical dependence and withdrawal in humans is a bit misleading. When human subjects were administered daily oral doses of 180-210 mg of THC, (the equivalent of 15-20 joints per day) abrupt cessation produced adverse symptoms, including disturbed sleep, restlessness, nausea, decreased appetite, and sweating. The authors interpreted these symptoms as evidence of physical dependence. They also noted that these symptoms were very mild, and would not occur if normal amounts of marijuana were consumed. Virtually no one smokes 15-20 joints per day, so these symptoms are not likely to occur. Even if they did occur, they are very mild, and are not dangerous to the user.

When humans are allowed to control consumption, even high doses of marijuana are not followed by adverse withdrawal symptoms. The only way marijuana can be deemed physically addictive is if it is used for a long period of time, and then all of a sudden discontinued. Withdrawal from coffee causes more symptoms than withdrawal from marijuana.

Unlike many other addictive drugs, marijuana wears off gradually. There is no “up” and “down” sequence as there is for drugs such as crack or heroin. Upon ceasing use, marijuana smokers experience a very gradual removal of THC from their brain receptors, which means that there is no sudden withdrawal, as there is for nicotine, etc.

THC can be compared to nicotine patches for cigarette smokers: the patch gradually decreases the nicotine being administered to the person. THC gradually decreases its effectiveness, so the person comes down from the high slowly. When you get high off of marijuana, you are not high one minute, and then completely sober the next. Since the wearing off of THC is slow, withdrawal symptoms never occur. The THC gradually withdrawals.

Marijuana is psychologically addictive, but so are a lot of things. Chocolate, gambling, video games, sex, massages, sports, shopping, soft drinks, nail biting, and watching television are all psychologically addictive. They don’t create withdrawal symptoms when they are stopped, but they make the person want to keep doing it. Basically, something that is psychologically addictive is a habit. In order to cease psychological dependence, one must find other things to do instead of doing whatever their habit consists of. So if a marijuana smoker wanted to quit, they would just have to stop thinking about marijuana and find another activity to do.

A lot of people claim that psychological addictiveness to marijuana is strong, so strong that it is hard to quit. This is due to the simple fact that these people are not addicted to marijuana, they are addicted to the high. Marijuana smokers obviously enjoy getting high; this is why they smoke marijuana. But some people want to be high all the time. Of course, this is not healthy.

There are many people out there who can’t control their marijuana-smoking habits. There are many people out there who can’t control their eating habits or their shopping habits either. An estimated 10% of the population has “addictive” personalities, which means that they don’t have very much control over themselves. These people should seek counseling, because it is not healthy if you are a person who can’t stop using marijuana.

I hope that now you understand that marijuana is not addictive. If you still think that it is addictive, then go ask the 40 million people in the States who have smoked marijuana before, and you’ll see that they all say the same thing: “Marijuana is not addictive; if it was, wouldn’t I still be a pot-smoker right now?”

Sources: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6.

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3. Marijuana is worse than cigarettes; one joint equals 5 cigarettes.
A lot of people say that smoking marijuana is worse for you than smoking cigarettes. This is untrue. A lot of people claim that smoking one joint is like smoking five cigarettes, yet this “fact” is very misleading. There are many facts to show that marijuana IS NOT worse than cigarettes. Take a look at the facts:

You may have heard that one joint is equal to five cigarettes, but this is exaggerated and misleading. Marijuana does contain more tar than tobacco, but tar isn’t the ingredient that leads to cancer and other diseases. Low tar cigarettes cause just as much cancer as normal cigarettes.

Scientists have shown that smoking any plant is bad for your lungs, because it increases the number of `lesions’ in your small airways. This usually does not threaten your life, but there is a chance it will lead to infections. Marijuana users who are worried about this can eliminate the chances of infections by eating or vaporizing marijuana. Marijuana is completely safe to eat, yet tobacco is not.

More research must be done, but as of now, there is no evidence to prove that marijuana causes cancer the way cigarettes do. No case of lung cancer resulting from marijuana use alone has ever been documented. Current research has proved that there are much more benefits to smoking marijuana than there are harms.

Marijuana smokers generally don’t chain smoke, and so they smoke less. Whereas a cigarette smoker would smoke a pack a day, a marijuana smoker might have one or two joints a day. Even if marijuana was just as dangerous as tobacco, most smokers still would not be smoking as much as the tobacco smokers would be.

Tobacco contains nicotine, and marijuana doesn’t. Nicotine is addictive. Nicotine may harden the arteries and may be responsible for much of the heart disease caused by tobacco. New research has found that it may also cause a lot of the cancer in tobacco smokers and people who live or work where tobacco is smoked. This is because it breaks down into a cancer causing chemical called `N Nitrosamine’ when it is burned (and maybe even while it is inside the body as well.)

Marijuana contains THC, the chemical that gets you high. THC is a bronchial dilator, which means it works like a cough drop and opens up your lungs, which aids in the clearance of smoke and dirt. This is why many people who suffer from asthma find marijuana as an effective treatment to control their coughing and wheezing. Nicotine does the opposite to your lungs; it makes them bunch up and makes it harder to cough anything up. If someone with asthma smoked a cigarette, their asthma would get worse.

There are many benefits from marijuana that you don’t get from tobacco. Tobacco isn’t really good for anything. People smoke mainly because they are addicted. Some say that cigarettes calm them down, and help them relax. They become relaxed and calm after smoking because they have just satisfied their craving for nicotine. They would never feel relaxed after smoking if cigarettes were not addictive. Marijuana makes you relax, but not in the same way as tobacco does. The THC is what calms you down, not some addictive substance like nicotine.

Even if marijuana had the same health risks as cigarettes, a lot of those risks could be reduced, or even eliminated, if marijuana was made legal. There is no way to tell if you are getting “safe” marijuana from a dealer. It could have been sprayed with all kinds of harmful chemicals. Maybe the grower wasn’t very experienced and they added way to much fertilizer, therefore making the soil toxic. By making marijuana legal, better marijuana can be grown.

Paraphernalia laws directed against marijuana users make it difficult to smoke safely. These laws make water pipes and bongs, which filter some of the carcinogens out of the smoke, illegal. This means that these filters are hard to get, so many people aren’t smoking marijuana in the safest way possible.

Marijuana can be eaten, thereby reducing ALL health risks associated with smoking it. The main reason why many people don’t eat marijuana is because: a) you need to consume more marijuana to get high when you eat it. Many users don’t have enough money to use marijuana in this way. They smoke it because they can get more out of it this way. If marijuana were legal, people could grow there own “unlimited” amount of marijuana, and could eat it instead of smoke it. b) When you smoke marijuana, you feel the effects almost instantaneously. When you eat marijuana, you need to wait 15-30 minutes before you start feeling anything. Many people would prefer not to wait.

The next time you hear some uninformed person trying to tell people that smoking a joint is like smoking 5 cigarettes, I hope that you will prove them wrong by letting them know the facts. Tell them that their “facts” are true, but misleading. Tell them that there are health benefits from marijuana, and that cigarettes are way worse for you than marijuana. Marijuana should not and cannot be compared to cigarettes.

Sources: 1, 2, 4.

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4. Today’s marijuana is much more potent than it was in the Sixties.
This myth is used a lot to “scare” people into thinking that today’s pot is much more dangerous than it used to be. A lot of times you’ll here that marijuana is ten times stronger than it used to be. Sometimes people even claim that marijuana is now twenty to thirty times stronger, which would mean that there is over 100% THC in marijuana, which is obviously impossible. Even if today’s marijuana was more potent than it used to be, this would be a good thing. Why? Because the more potent marijuana is, the less you need to smoke to get high. And the less you need to smoke, the less harm you do to your lungs. Claiming that today’s marijuana is much more stronger than it used to be is a way for the prohibitionists to “scare” people into thinking that marijuana is dangerous. The truth is, marijuana’s potency hasn’t changed much over the years. Take a look at the facts:

The researchers who made the claim of increased potency used as their baseline the THC content of marijuana seized by police in the early 1970s. Poor storage of this marijuana in un-air conditioned evidence rooms caused it to deteriorate and decline in potency before any chemical assay was performed. Independent assays of un-seized “street” marijuana from the early 1970s showed a potency equivalent to that of modern “street” marijuana. Marijuana’s potency hasn’t changed for a while; bad data makes it seem like it has though.

Most marijuana smokers engage in something called auto-titration. This means smoking until they are satisfied and then stopping. It does not matter if marijuana is more potent nowadays than it used to be because users will just smoke less of it.

The average THC content in today’s marijuana is around 3.5%. If today’s marijuana is ten times more potent than it was in the Sixties, then the marijuana being smoked back then would have had hardly any THC in it at all. In order for someone to get high back then, they would have had to smoke ten times as much marijuana than someone today would have to smoke. Obviously, people didn’t do that; they smoked almost exactly the same amount of marijuana as people today smoke. This proves that marijuana potency hasn’t changed much.

This myth is still being used today, even though there is no evidence to prove that it is true. Marijuana potency has gone up in the last 2000 years, but not in the last fifty. The marijuana plant has reached its full potential. For now, that is. And even if marijuana potency has gone up, that is a good thing! The less people have to smoke in order to get high, the less dangerous and harmful marijuana becomes. It is obvious that anyone who uses this “fact” in their defense doesn’t know what they are talking about.

Sources: 1, 2, 4.

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5. Marijuana causes brain damage.
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Sources.
1) FAQ by Brian S. Julin © 1994.

2) – MARIJUANA MYTHS by Paul Hager Chair, ICLU Drug Task Force.

3) – HEMP AND MARIJUANA: MYTHS AND REALITIES by David P. West, Ph.D. for the North American Industrial Hemp Council.

4) – EXPOSING MARIJUANA MYTHS: A REVIEW OF THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE by Lynn Zimmer, Associate Professor of Sociology Queens College and John P. Morgan, Professor of Pharmacology, City University Medical School © The Lindesmith Center.

5) – THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA MAGAZINE Compiled &
Published by Steven C. Markoff.

6) – IS MARIJUANA ADDICTIVE? IT DEPENDS ON WHAT ADDICTION IS by Stanton Peele Morristown, NJ (Newsletter of the Drug Policy Forum of Texas, Sept.-Nov. 2000, p. 4)

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All my facts were provided by stoners so they probably aren’t credible.

I’ve quit marijuana because I realized how scummy and stupid it made me become. I actually got a job and cut my hair and started working like a good member of society. I’m not just a waste of life and space anymore. GO ME!