Is marijuana a drug or a herb?

Question

please state why or why not and also please answer

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080802215049AAkibcH

Answer 1

I definitely see it as an Herb. My father had Pancreatic Cancer and it was just awful to see the pain he would go thru and just thinking of how Marijuana could help him made me feel awful at first......I never discussed this with my dad because he DID see it as a DRUG and he never thought about how it would help him.

My father has since passed... =(

Answer 2

herb

drugs are manufactured from the lab

herbs MJ is from the earth

Answer 3

actually its both haha

Answer 4

It's both.  A drug is anything that has an effect on the body when consumed.  Many herbs are drugs.  White willow bark is antiinflammatory, chamomile and catnip are relaxing, etc.  A drug can also be chemically manufactured.  Many people seem to be applying a moral value (either positive or negative) and call it an herb if they approve and a drug if they don't.  "Drug" doesn't necessarily mean bad, and "herb" doesn't neecessarily mean good.  They are just two categories which also happen to have a lot of overlap.

And Vladimir has obviously been brainwashed.  He is stating things which have been medically proven NOT to be true.  He's an example of someone who thinks, "DRUGS?!  *gasp*  BAD!  Brain damage!  Insanity!"  He probably saw Reefer Madness and took it literally.

Answer 5

dunno but its fun to smoke.

Answer 6

It's a plant that releases THC with heat which is a natural chemical and a drug.

Answer 7

It is in its rawest form an herb because it comes from a plant. After you take it from the plant, you can make it into a drug and it becomes a hallucinogen because if smoked or orally consumed, it alters the perception of reality and causes distortions in sensory and perceptual experiences (i.e. hallucinations). It produces euphoria and relaxation as well as hallucinations. It is a stimulant in high doses and a depressant in low doses.

"A(n) herb (pronounced /ˈhɝb/ or /ˈɝb/; see pronunciation differences) is a plant that is valued for qualities such as medicinal properties, flavor, scent, or the like." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb)

It is an herb because it is a plant that when plucked, can be consumed. It in some cases is used to medicinal properties to relax the patient and to treat glaucoma. It is currently being studied to see if may help treat HIV and nausea from chemotherapy. It also is orally taken (and smoked) illegally for flavor and scent.

Answer 8

There are many opinions about this question. Although I'm an ex-drug user , and I can tell that I have some experience. And now that I'm out of this for years,  when I take a look back I realize that it's really a drug. The cannabis is not as violent drug as many others, but there is one thing that I know for sure - it takes your strength of will to the minimum. At one point you don't notice that, but you just lose your personality, enter in a movie without end. And finally you lose your abilities to fight your problems ... the joint kills a lot of brain cells, and everyone knows that they do not recover ... during the years, you're brain becomes 8 to 10 times more worn out than it has to be.

And finally the risk of cancer increases 5-7 times.

A smoker can't be told to stop smoke, because he's meant not to realize that it's dangerous, so if there are people that make "getting high" their way of living, so they're addicted, don't you think?  

Answer 9

BOTH

Answer 10

well all drugs come from  a herb really  and yes its a herb becasue it comes from a plant

Answer 11

herb. a drug is somthing man made and has to do with chemicals sich as meth or acid