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Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd
I won't get into a semantic arguemtn wit you Sly so I will concede the point that my thread does 'defend' the use of marijuana.  However, L-Pink and others are going the other direction, saying just because it's natural doesn't make it ok. Well again, weed is NOT poisonous and is far, far less so than the chemicals people put in their bodies on a regular basis. So rejecting weed because it's natural and grows freely everywhere without deaths associated with it, thinking somehow that weed's naturalness is a negative, is silly to me and NOT a reasoned argument against its' use. |
It is a logic question. There are items that are "natural" that can helpful, and "natural" items that can be harmful. So it is not a plus or a negative but a characteristic. So to a person who has looked at that logically, it is like you are screaming, "And it is green!" There are things that are green that are helpful and/or harmful. Being green does not denote a positive or negative slant. It just is.
Then "it grows everywhere" is the same for me.
A) I had to think about but I realize it doesn't grow everywhere.
B) Lots of plants have the grow range of this plant. It is not that special in this regard.
c) Being that it is hardy doesn't make it better for me in anyway.
I think the big knock on the health angle is that most/lots of people burn it. Particulate in the lungs is proven to be bad over the long term.