"Alcohol, on the other hand is not only a danger to yourself, but also to others."

I know what you're trying to say, but pot can be a danger to others as well. DUIs can be for driving while drunk or driving while high, and both cause many fatalities.

solid reasoning - respect is given

I've never been so relieved to abnormal.

lmao

im the opposite i wouldnt say i like the smell of ciggarettes but i dislike cannabis's smell more, that said smoking anything in public places is illegal here i dont care what your living room smells like :)

Lets hope they wont make such mistake when decide to legalize one ;)

"honestly it isn't harmful"

If you're 15, research begs to differ

When people make the argument that it isn't harmful, they're usually doing it from a context that 1) it would be consumed by adults, and 2) that the "harmfulness" is relative to things like alcohol and painkillers.

But cannabis is still a psychoactive drug, meaning it crosses the brain-blood barrier. If your brain is still developing, and if you're 15 it still is, then there is some decent supporting evidence that smoking can inhibit your development. Even worse is that cannabis can effect mental disorders, aggravating them earlier than they might appear and possibly worsening them. And it happens much rarer, but there is some evidence that cannabis, and other cannabinoids, can trigger drug-induced psychosis, which I can tell you as someone who has seen this happen personally, isn't something you want to experience.

All in all, weed isn't really that harmful, but if you're underage you shouldn't smoke, just in the same way you shouldn't be drinking or smoking cigarettes. Not like teenagers aren't doing all those things though, but there's so much goddamn bullshit surrounding the facts about marijuana since its illegal that we do a piss poor job actually explaining why young people shouldnt do it other than lies like "it'll make you permanently dumb and lazy"

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