Why are non pot smokers so closed minded about marijuana?

Question

It's really not a bad thing. Although it may contain more harmful chemicals than tobacco, pot smokers typically consume a lot less than tobacco smokers. It makes you feel better, it's not addictive, the only crimes involving it usually have to do with nothing more than growing, selling, or possessing it, you never see front page stories about marijuana related car accidents, and it seems that there would be a lot less problems with it legal than there are now with it being illegal. Really, a lot of people just need to smoke a joint and calm down.

Also, if you use a vaporizer so smoke it, you don't get half of the harmful chemicals that you do smoking a bowl or joint.

And another point, pot doesn't make people violent like alcohol does. You never hear of stoners abusing their wives and kids like alcoholics do.

Answer 1

Wikipedia says:

"The psychoactive effects of cannabis, known as a "high," are subjective and can vary based on the individual. Some effects may include general change in consciousness (altered perception), mild euphoria, feelings of well-being, relaxation or stress reduction, lethargy (seen more towards high cbd/thc ratio plants, such as Indica/Sativa dominant strains), increased appreciation of humor, music or art, joviality, metacognition and introspection, enhanced recollection of episodic memory, increased sensuality, increased awareness of sensation, increased libido, creative or philosophical thinking, disruption of linear memory, paranoia, agitation or anxiety, experiential augmentation of other psychedelics and increased awareness of patterns and color.

Cannabis also produces many subjective effects, such as greater enjoyment of food's taste and aroma and an enhanced enjoyment of music and comedy. At higher doses, cannabis can cause marked distortions in time and space perception, altered body image, auditory and/or visual illusions, ataxia from selective impairment of polysynaptic reflexes, and depersonalization."

I can't speak for anyone else but personally I would reject anything with this potential to cause such significant psychological changes.  Maybe that just makes me a coward, but I never get drunk either, for the same reason.  I just have no temptation to even try it.

Another point:  Don't all these drugs (including alcohol of course) have a negative effect on safety as a driver?

I do agree that alchohol seems to be much more to blame for violence though.

Answer 2

Because the people who do smoke it...come up with questions like this..

Answer 3

most of it is because of a general misconception about weed.  Due to the massive amounts of libelous propaganda, the general public does not know the truth about marijuana, and, as is common in human nature, they fear what they do not understand and cling to the ideas of weed given to them (mostly by the US government).  They are closed minded because of the copious amounts of Reganots shouting "Just Say No!" and accept the belief that weed belongs on the same level as heroine.

I must say, though, that you are right about that wikipedia article, although, I have had an out of body experience once while toking.  I watched myself tell a story from above everyone's heads.  It was an exciting experience that I've yet to relive but would love to do it again.  Btw, i had not taken any drugs or alcohol to cause this... only weed.

Answer 4

Pick any thought out there and have the government pound it into your head for long enough and you would beleive it too.

Answer 5

Everytime I see these "studies" from the government I get so d**n jealous that they have chronic so amazing that you "cause marked distortions in time and space perception, altered body image, auditory and/or visual illusions, ataxia from selective impairment of polysynaptic reflexes, and depersonalization"

I wanna get me some of that, cuz **** I have been smoking for 5 years and never had marijuana THAT good and can't help but but wonder where they are getting all of it...

I smell bullshit with a hint of propaganda here.