Why Do Some People Hate Marijuana So Much?
 

WHY?

No one dies from marijuana, unlike so many other drugs, including alcohol and nicotine. People are mellow and get the munchies when they smoke, they do not get violent or disruptive. Medical marijuana helps people with debilitating illnesses.

It's a natural plant and one of the only ones on Earth that grows practically everywhere, in almost any climate. For those religious people out there: why did GOD populate his creation with something harmful? He didn't, he gave us marijuana which HELPS people in so many ways.

Marijuana is a value-changing drug. Perhaps this is why so many hate it? It makes people THINK, and turns them inward so they can examine their values, beliefs and actions. Once someone goes down this path they find it very hard to buy the party line of constant, neverending war. Is this the reason so many people hate marijuana?

Seriously, the anti-weed vitriol seems totally whacky, as if the opponents were the ones stoned. LOL But I would like to hear some reasoned arguments as to why people HATE marijuana so much.

They are pussies who have been brainwashed by years of government propaganda and bad afterschool specials. Some religions also are against any mind altering other than their own cult tactics and pot shows them to be full of shit. You can't so easily control people who actually can see a "bigger" picture and think for themselves.

The natural plant theory always makes me laugh. I stay away from lots of natural poisonous plants, lol.

Gateway drug is the main argument.

Plus it makes white girls seek out black men and jazz music.


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You know you have no real argument when you are only left with "those that don't agree with me are brainwashed"... Which left leaning people on this board seem to rely on heavily.

This.

Stoners love to use this argument. Weed can't be harmful, it comes from a plant! Plants are nature! Idiots. There are plants that will kill you if you so much as touch them.

These plants are also natural: 13 plants that could kill you: Deadly nightshade | MNN - Mother Nature Network

Here in The Netherlands we love marijuana. But our politicians are trying to criminalize it and it's getting harder and harder to grow that shit. You can sell it in a coffeeshop, you can smoke it, but growing it is illegal.. That's the most stupid law in this whole goddamn country.

keep drinkin' boys, while lecturing peoples on the dangers of pot.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

The legal history of marijuana is actually pretty interesting. Every stoner should read it. Would give them much better arguments when defending the use of marijuana. Legal history of cannabis in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It's a lot of reading. Probably best to give it a crack when not stoned. ;-)

My mate used to do a lot of weed. Ended up on depression pills and had psychological problems where he would think people were talking about him and stuff.
Pretty sure it was the weed that made him that way.

THIS is the silliest post so far (and all that agree with it). Sure, some plants are poisonous and harmful BUT MARIJUANA IS NOT. The fact that it is natural is the point. It is not "man-made" (some strains and methods notwithstanding). But comparing it to other poisonous plants as a "reason" to not like it is retarded. You should know better L-Pink, you are smarter than that.

Sorry Sly but I know the history of marijuana very, very well. I used to write for High Times magazine so probably know more about the plant than most on here. But this thread is NOT about "defending" marijuana use. It is an exploration into why some people HATE weed. Those that dig it and understand it do not need to defend anything. LOL

So far the only "reasons" I see here are:

Other plants are poisonous therefore pot is dangerous (retarded idiocy there)
It's a "gateway" drug. Nonsense - MANY people smoke pot and nothng else.

Any others? :)

Alcohol is the real gateway drug.

i'm pretty sure it wasn't.

you'll never get a rational answer to any "why hate?" question. hate is irrational and consequently, denies logic.

Making a plant legal just because it's "natural" isn't silly? That same logic says putting a poisonous plant in my wifes dinner would have been a better way to divorce her. After all it was a natural plant .....

Stoner double-talk.

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Your first two paragraphs were about defending it. One of the defenses was the "natural" angle.

Not one person has made that argument.

I have no problem with marijuana. I probably have more marijuana domains than anyone in this thread, maybe even on this board. I just think you guys make silly arguments when there are much better arguments to make. :winkwink:

Go ask Alice ;)

You should be happy that its legal to buy :)

Check out the zingers below ......

"There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the U.S., and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing result from marijuana use. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others."

“Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."

Marijuana Prohibition Was Racist From The Start. Not Much Has Changed.


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I don't smoke pot myself, not my thing.... but whatever. Doesn't seem to be any more harmful than drinking booze.

For people with psychotic disorders like paranoia there are strains of MJ that have been shown to make them worse.

Others know people who've been in the system because they became criminals when they started smoking it. Being in the system is a one way trip for most and it doesn't get better.

Others see the laziness associated with abusing weed, and somehow think it's worse than abusing any other substance. (alcohol, junk food, sugar, tabacco)

Others I note that many impulses become much harder to ignore when smoking, like the urge to eat, make love, play music, or sleep and since self control is in pretty short supply these days I guess they just don't want any additional incentive to not be moderate.

Others (myself included) get pretty frustrated trying to get shit done when everybody wants to be stoned all the time. I use weed pretty regularly but not when I am working and I use it in very low doses, just enough to settle down after a stressful day, not enough to ever feel impaired or immobilized. - I've gotten there by accident once or twice but I am pretty careful these days.

I dont like it use it or want it around me or my family.

That's my personal feelings.

If you take drug, you know that what your consciousness can be fooled.
And if you know that your consciousness can be fooled, it makes the concept of faith pretty doubtful, since it can just be an illusion of your mind.

That's a trip LOL

The demonization of marijuana has been one of the most successful brainwashing campaigns by "the man" in the history of this nation.

Weed is 114 times less deadly than alcohol, study finds

Scientists says we are underestimating the risks associated with alcohol use, which is deadlier than heroin and cocaine

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really, treat the stuff like alcohol... big deal

8 castor seeds will kill a horse... so 6 should do it.

I have no issues with weed and people who smoke it.


For me; I choose not to smoke it. I personally get nothing done when I smoke. I also don't drink. But thats me.


I do have a lot of friends that smoke and are very productive and successful. I also have friends that smoke weed and get nothing done.


I think that weed should be legal and made accessible to anyone and everyone who is over the age of 21 who wants it. Let people figure out what they like or don't like without going to jail.


For me or anyone who thinks its OK to dictate what others can have and not have is wrong. Let people make their own decisions as I have done. I tried it, not for me, all good. :thumbsup



Just Dave

Plant that grows in nature? That makes it safe, right? :error

That God thing? Is this some children's storytime with some mariajuana smoking?

The truth is that Marijuana is not a single drug. It is several different strains and each has its potency and its CBD vs THC ratios.
On top of that, people can react differently to each of the strains of Cannabis.
Another determining factor is the age at which a person starts smoking. If started before 16 years old the damage can be much greater than the ones that started in adulthood.

To answer your question, why some people hate it some much:
1- Not the right type of person for weed
2- Only tried the wrong strains for him/ her
3- Have friends who are not suited for cannabis that smoke and give negative impression
4- Never tried because they are/were misinformed and programmed
5- Hypocrites who smoke every day and pretend that they hate it (I know so many of those)
6- People that like to constantly be in control

I am sure I missed a few others :2 cents:

My problem too. When I smoke, my creativity goes off the charts. The problem is, instead of executing my sick ideas, I end up watching Adult Swim and laughing my ass off for hours.

it's stoner bashing time!

i can definitely relate to & understand a person, who has never done anything in their life, & knows nothing but the anti-drug message, that they legitimately hate drugs, including pot. i was this way myself, until college. :)

bending ones brain is not a desirable state for lots of people. those of us who love drugs lose sight of their point of view.

:2 cents:

its much less harmful then booze

So stupid.

That only makes people want to smoke more.

I remember in Junior High we would have drug education classes that talked about all the different substances and their effects, etc. All that did was make me extremely curious to see what all the fuss was about.

Sure... simple...

This is why some people might hate marijuana or at least the result of marijuana use:

1. Adults turning into giggling bitches
2. Shameless begging hippies (read: braindwarfs unable to take full responsability for their lifes and situation) that beg or try to manipulate one other to get some bucks for their daily need of infancy.
3. The hipster language these potheads come up with after smoking...
"Yo yo dude are you trippin... chill out man... piece man hihihihi"
4. These small red eyes that you just want to hit hard to make em even smaller,
and these annoying smiles on their faces that you just want to eradicate by hitting it of their faces when you want/need to have - a normal or serious conversation with them.
5. The non-productivity of these slow retards... Too lazy to work for money but at the same time knowing their habits costs a lot of money.... that brings them back to point 2...
where they think it's ok to let other people work for THEIR habbits.

Maybe some people have experiences like above regarding to marijuana users in their enviroment. That is why some people might hate it... Marijuana and marijuana-users are two different things but most people simply have a problem with causalities.

Disclamer: Not every marijuana-user has a personality as writen above. Opinions expressed in the above do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the post-writer.

Again, L-Pink you are smarter than this post (perhaps not on this point?). I did not say weed should be legal JUST BECAUSE it is natural. My point (and you know it) was that the arguments AGAINST weed are so superscilious and filled with DOOM that's it's unrealistic propaganda. The fact that weed grows naturally all over the world, and people do NOT die from it, is a strong argument FOR it, especially when compared to pharmaceuticals and other man-made "cures". C'mon now.

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.

in other news:

Prescription Drugs Now Kill More People In The US Than Heroin And Cocaine Combined

Read more: Painkillers Kill More Americans Than Heroin And Cocaine - Business Insider

Guess it may have something to do with chronical marijuana users and their constant and never ending sermon about the miracle drug that they preach at any given opportunity?

I can't think of a similar example of somebody taking drugs (insert any) and feeling the need to "spread the word", "turn" the "non believers" into "believers" etc. that itself should already raise some red flags about the alleged "moderation" of such (miracle) drug use.

Was not about weed.

Not using drugs is synonym to doing nothing in one's life?

Go ask Alice was fabricated by a Christian wacko, not a real story.