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Originally Posted by zamler
Even if a child did get a hold of large quantities of marijuana, it would be nearly impossible for them to ingest a lethal, or even damaging dose. Compare that to almost every other drug out there.
Marijuana may very well be the safest drug there is, that is no exaggeration, no fatality from the drug has even been recorded. In fact, the lethal dosage is so high that only small rodents have been killed by it, the human overdose requires you to ingest massive amounts, and even that will not kill you.
That is unlucky actually. Tobacco and alcohol are addicting and can be very damaging including disease and death. It would be far, far better to take up smoking marijuana than tobacco or develop a drinking problem. |
To me I think this is a bit misleading, no drug is safe, at an extent they all do damage.
While grass might not be the end all and be all of addictive drugs, I did post studies earlier that talked about the damage to white developing cells in the brains and damage to developing lungs. In other words its not exactly the best thing in the world for younger people.
I've also seen some studies recently that do show a growth of tumors int he lungs of moderate to habitual users. To this point they aren't cancerous but they do effect the efficiency of lungs.
The effects of any drug or liquor or cigarettes when you get that high feelingor whatever is your bodies way of screaming, you're poisoning me you're poisoning me.
I also think in terms of grass addiction, its not a physical addiction its a mental addiction, as in they hide behind the whole its just some harmless grass and everyone says its safe so why not. I would be interested in seeing a study on the percentage of users that graduate to what's considered heavy use.