Marijuana, The Deceptive Drug
Marijuana, the Deceptive Drug
Beliefs about marijuana are confused The state of Maine legalized marijuana for medical purposes last month. A bill on Beacon Hill would do the same for Massachusetts.
But the debate is already "contaminated."
We shouldn’t worry because marijuana is harmless, say many of those who would legalize the drug. But the libertarians argue an entirely different perspective. They say it doesn’t matter whether it’s harmless because we should legalize all drugs, including cocaine, heroin and marijuana.
Therefore, two questions must be answered if we are to have an intelligent debate. 1) Is marijuana "harmless" like caffeine, nicotine and alcohol, which are not forbidden? 2) If it is not harmless, should a citizen be denied the right to use it or any other drug?
We can’t have an intelligent discussion if we debate both issues at once. All we will have is cacophony.
As a beginning, we must first debate whether it is harmful. If we decide that it is not harmful, then we do not need to get to the second question posed by the libertarians. We can just legalize it.
We present a viewpoint from George Biernson who says that marijuana is the most dangerous drug of all. We welcome an intelligent debate from anyone on this issue.
Marijuana is very deceptive because it is extremely slow acting.
Very little of its active ingredient, THC, has reached the brain at the time of the "high." Hence the drug appears to the user to be mild.
However, the user does not realize that it has an appreciable effect on his body for over a month.
About 40% of the THC is stored in the body fat and is then slowly released into the blood over many weeks. Each joint adds to the supply of THC that the body is storing, thereby increasing the level of it in the blood. When a person smokes regularly, the THC in his blood is sufficient to sedate him all the time.
Beliefs about marijuana are confused The state of Maine legalized marijuana for medical purposes last month. A bill on Beacon Hill would do the same for Massachusetts.
But the debate is already "contaminated."
We shouldn’t worry because marijuana is harmless, say many of those who would legalize the drug. But the libertarians argue an entirely different perspective. They say it doesn’t matter whether it’s harmless because we should legalize all drugs, including cocaine, heroin and marijuana.
Therefore, two questions must be answered if we are to have an intelligent debate. 1) Is marijuana "harmless" like caffeine, nicotine and alcohol, which are not forbidden? 2) If it is not harmless, should a citizen be denied the right to use it or any other drug?
We can’t have an intelligent discussion if we debate both issues at once. All we will have is cacophony.
As a beginning, we must first debate whether it is harmful. If we decide that it is not harmful, then we do not need to get to the second question posed by the libertarians. We can just legalize it.
We present a viewpoint from George Biernson who says that marijuana is the most dangerous drug of all. We welcome an intelligent debate from anyone on this issue.
Marijuana is very deceptive because it is extremely slow acting.
Very little of its active ingredient, THC, has reached the brain at the time of the "high." Hence the drug appears to the user to be mild.
However, the user does not realize that it has an appreciable effect on his body for over a month.
About 40% of the THC is stored in the body fat and is then slowly released into the blood over many weeks. Each joint adds to the supply of THC that the body is storing, thereby increasing the level of it in the blood. When a person smokes regularly, the THC in his blood is sufficient to sedate him all the time.