It doesn't kill brain cells.

The only study to have shown that it kills brain cells is when the scientists literally suffocated the lab rats with smoke. Of course, when you're suffocated with smoke you don't get oxygen. No oxygen kills brain cells.

Marinol is a prescription drug that is the synthetic, pure form of THC. Something found in marijuana. Marinol is used as an appetite increaser, but it has been proven it doesn't work nearly as well as medical marijuana.

You're right its not good for young individuals, as theyre brains are still maturing. But once you hit the ages of 18-20 years old, most of the brain is almost fully matured to the point that marijuana will have no adverse effects. Except in cases that a person has a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia.

Marijuana isn't anymore or less of a gate way drug than other prescription drugs like Xanax or Morphine. The high marijuana provides isn't at all in comparison to the highs of other drugs like cocaine, ecstasy, shrooms, or even heroin. Most marijuana users just stick with marijuana, and don't 'upgrade' to more serious drugs (cocaine, heroin, etc). If marijuana is a gate way drug, it's because society made it a gateway drug. Society has used fear to discourage the use of marijuana, when someone finally tries marijuana, they are completely shocked because its nothing like what they've been told.

That was my response. Before I tried marijuana, I was scared and nervous but also excited. I fell victim to societies use of fear to discourage marijuana use, so I believe every single thing that i read about how marijuana was bad. But when I actually tried it. I was shocked. I didn't die. I didn't become paralyzed or go blind, or I didn't not have self control. I had full control of everything I heard, said, and did. I feared that I would black out, and that i wouldn't have any control of anything that I did, said, or saw. I feared I'd have bad hallucinations (or a bad trip).

When I tried it. My vision changed to become more sensitive to light, and color became slightly more vivid. It was calming. I breathed easier. It was a feeling i knew all too well. It was a feeling that I had experienced several times.

It's like taking a few pumps from my inhaler (breathing easier), it was like taking my Xanax prescription (no anxiety, calm), it was as if I took 2 Advil (pain was decreased greatly, from knee and wrist joint pain, to lower back pain), and it was like I had enhanced appetite.

But by no means was it a "wonder drug" like people claim it to be. It was just a wonderful feeling though. I was happy, it was as if I had taken a super large dose of Prozac.

Using marijuana isn't at all like other drugs when it comes to 'chasing the dragon'. Yes, you do become dependent if you use it daily for months (but in a sense people become dependent on anti depressants). Yes, you will experience slight withdrawal effects, most serious one includes Insomnia.

I do wish I could go back to the time that I used marijuana for the first, second, third, and fourth time. Why? Not because i'm chasing the dragon. But because it was a memorable experience. Something I'll never forget.

Marijuana has never killed a single person. That's why legalization is well under way in the US. This is perhaps the only drug in human history that will ever be legalized for recreational use, like alcohol. This will NOT happen with any other drug.

The only drug I can for see getting a loser leash is drugs like Ayahuasca (common in religious ceremonies, esp, in S. America) and maybe even LSD for therapy related uses (esp for people who have to cope with life threatening conditions like cancer, where someone is given months or years to live). Well, maybe one last one, but MAYBE, and that one is shrooms. I know it sounds crazy, but shrooms is PROVEN to be very helpful for a small group of people who experience EXTREME headaches (I forgot the medical condition, but these are extreme headaches that have led people to commit suicide. That's how painful they are).

I'm not some 19 year old who thinks weed is Gods gift to humanity. I'm very unbiased about marijuana, I look at the pure facts. I don't go to sites like ilovepot.com or ihatepot.com. I research marijuana through proven scientific data. Which is why I rarely smoke marijuana, because it is in fact comparable to smoking cigarettes (not as bad, but comparable).