has marijuana ever killed anyone?
549606
Not directly through the use of it but people who traffic in it have been known to be killed by other drug dealers and sometimes by law enforcement. If a guy gets really high and does something truly stupid that results in his death then who is to say that he wouldn't have done the same stupid thing if he was straight? Nobody ever overdoses on pot, it's just not possible.
257019
yes i believe that it should since there is no proof of it doing harm. Umlike drinking and driving there are very few if any proven pot related accidents or deaths due to much consumption. Also it can be good ofr medicanl purposes that have been medicaly proven. Here is some food for thought. If the governmant leagalized it and packaked/Sold it as they tobbaco industry does cigarettes do you think we would have the financial deficit that we are in? Also have you ever heard of second hand marijuana smoke having the harmful impct that cigarettes do? As far as it bieng a "gateway' drug that is the stupidest thing i have ever heard! You make the choices you make cos you want to not because well it started w....People need to take responsabilty for their actions and choices not cop outs!
1109829
Of course not.  This has been tried and proven that any medical use of pot quickly gets converted over to use by addicts.  The whole issue is one hundred percent fraudulent.
436256
*Shaking my shaggy skull* Noperz, smoking pot makes you no smarter or dumber than you started out to be in the first place.\n\nBut that said I must add a few things...\n\nContrary to the popular myth that smoking marijuana kills brain cells there is mounting evidence that is not only false, but the effects of THC could have the opposite effect.\n\nCannabinoids promote embryonic and adult hippocampus neurogenesis and produce anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects. http://66.218.69.11/search/cache?p=neurogenesis+and+marijuana&ei=UTF-8&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&fr=moz3&u=www.jci.org/cgi/reprint/115/11/3104.pdf&w=neurogenesis+marijuana&d=GGiVrm1aMbo9&icp=1&.intl=us\n\nPrevious research had suggested that neurogenesis happens only in select locations in the brain, such as the hippocampus, a region involved in learning and memory. Some studies have shown that this process is inhibited by most illicit drugs, such as cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine. However, says Xia Zhang of the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, marijuana's effect on neurogenesis has not been clear.\n\nHe and his colleagues started investigating this mystery by searching cell surfaces in live, cultured slices of rat hippocampus for receptors that respond to marijuana and a few other similar drugs, called cannabinoids. They reasoned that if marijuana affected neurogenesis in the hippocampus, then cells in that area must have a way to recognize the drug. Sure enough, 95 percent of hippocampus cells responsible for neurogenesis showed evidence of cannabinoid 1 ( CB1 ) receptors, one of two receptors that respond to cannabinoid drugs. http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1624/a06.html\n\nThe current study focused on a particular formulation of synthetic cannabinoid known as HU210 -- a compound which Zhang described as the most powerful cannabinoid in the world.\n\nThe authors explored both the short-term and long-term effects of exposure to HU210 in rats.\n\nTo measure the drug's short-term response, they gave adult rats a single injection of HU210. To study the same drug's effect over the longer term, the researchers gave a separate group of adult rats twice-daily injections of the cannabinoid over a two-week period.\n\nAutopsies revealed that by the end of the 10-day HU210 treatment regimen, new neurons had been generated and integrated into the circuitry of the hippocampus region of the rat's brains. This process, known as neurogenesis, was still in evidence a full month after treatment had been initiated.\n\nNeurogenesis was not triggered in response to brain cells being killed through cannabinoid exposure, the researchers add. In fact, HU210 injections did not appear to prompt any loss of neurons in the hippocampus. http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=54893\n\nMind you, the study is using a super-concentrated drug form and the verdict is still out on smoking it, but they do suggest THC is the only known drug that actually can reverse the loss of brain cells.\n\nFinally though once again, pot does not change your intelligence and different people react to different drugs differently. But it is possible THC will be a cure in time for certain brain affictions...
541206
Well, No.  Actually drug laws have less to do with the death rate of people who use drugs and more to dp with how the drug effects their ablity to think.  When someone is using a mind altering drug, they are more likely to hurt or kill others. You can smoke 5 packs a day and smoking will still not inhibit the smokers ability to think clearly.  Most adults can have one or two drinks without being intoxicated.  Illegal drugs including marijuana inhibit the ability of the user to function fully right away.  That is why they are illegal.
856673
Alcohol if more toxic, addictive and destructive.  Have you ever heard of marijuana poisoning, marijuanaism, marijuana abuse, and Fetal Marijuana Syndrome in children?  I've also never heard or seen someone crash from driving high.  I have seen people crash and die from being drunk, have alcohol poisoning leading to ER trips, death from alcohol abuse (poisoning).  AA is specifically made for alcholics.  Marijuana takes the edge off all the people I've seen take it and makes them less aggressive.  I've never seen a violent person from marijuana, but have seen people arrested from violence due to alcohol as well as seen family and friends turn blue from the alcohol.\n\nEurope manages this well in respects to alcohol.  They teach their kids to drink very early and teach them to moderate their consumption thus it becomes less of a problem when the children grow up and arent so concerned about getting trashed.  We need to take the novelty away from the children at an early age so it becomes less exciting in their teen age years.  Marijuana is less of an issue than is smoking and drinking.  Marijuana should be legalized and sold by the govt to reduce drug trafficking concerns.  Thus the govt makes money and wins the war on drugs (in terms of Mary-J) all at once.
336795
I don't think it's ever been proven.  It certainly has some negative effects on the brain though.  I know a lot of potheads that can't remember what they did yesterday. I heard the sperm count thing is a fact.  I think it depends on if a person a light user or heavy user.  Who knows though.  One thing that is absolutely known is that marijuana takes a toll on a person's lungs just like cigarettes do.
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Snopes.com, High Times Magazine, and The Straight Dope claim that in the early 1970s, a group of teenagers at San Rafael High School in San Rafael, California used to meet every day to smoke marijuana after school at 4:20 PM at the water tower.\n\nOne piece of evidence supporting an origin of the term from the time 4:20 is the fact that the number is always said "four twenty" and not "four hundred twenty".\n\nIn 1955, Raj Kapoor directed a film entitled Shree 420 (Mr. 420), a common slang reference to someone who has a reputation for fraud, theft and deception, since apprehensions for such crimes are usually section 420 of the Indian Penal Code that dates to its introduction by the British Raj in 1860.\n\nOther theories include the following:\n\nUrban legend claims, incorrectly, that 420 is or was a police code for a drug bust or for "marijuana smoking in progress", or that 4:20 is or was the shift change for the police. \nIt was, at one time, believed that there were 420 chemicals in marijuana. \nMany mistake April 20 as being the day Bob Marley, a famous rastafarian musician, died. The actual date he died is May 11. \nMany mistake April 20 as being the day Adolf Hitler died. The actual date he died is April 30; the 20th was his birthday. \nMany gather to celebrate and consume marijuana on April 20th, although this is almost definitely an effect of the popularization of the term 420, rather than a cause. \nApril 20 is sometimes claimed to be the last day on which one is supposed to plant cannabis seeds (although with the variety of planting regions and cannabis genetics, no such date can logically apply to all growing operations). \n"D" and "T" are the 4th and 20th letters of the alphabet, respectively, and thus "DT" stands for "doobie time" ("doobie" being a slang term for a marijuana cigarette). \nAt 4:20 on an analogue clock, the hands line up in a downward angle giving the appearance that the face of the clock has a smoking instrument in its "mouth". \nSome believe that marijuana grew wild on or near a purported Highway 420 in the Western United States in the 1960s.
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I think that people have done enough harm to make sure marijuana stays criminalized by their actions. There's a lot of people that carry the title of being a pothead as a badge of honor or whatever. One of the biggest reasons I ever laid off smoking marijuana was because I saw so much disrespect to the herb. I believe that it's the oldest healer that we have around. It has been used to help people relax, reach to a higher being of their own understanding in many Native American tribes as well as Aztecs and many other primal tribes in the world, it's also used to heal. My mother suffers from arthritis, she soaks some marijuana in rubbing alcohol, then applies an alcohol soaked rag on the part of her aching joint (no pun intended) and the pain is subdued. I think that the reason in is not criminalized id because it's an herb. People would grow it and use it to their own consumption. My only consern with that is the lack of responsibility of certain people that would use it. I know a lot of kids out there love having that whole grown-up facade and think that smoking your brain off is so cool, but they fail to see the other of side of smoking or eating marijuana, the doors it can open to your subconcious and mentality in all it's complex existence. I don't think it will be decriminalized because it really would be a hard thing to keep a tax on and if people can get away with buying it and distributing it now, they most definitely will if it's decriminalized all together.
591491
Hats of my fellow well informed freedom fighting friend , most recent studies have shown that Marijuana doesnt destroy any ,,ANY , of your brain cells and in fact a harvard study shows that students who used canabis in moderation while studying for exams were more analetic and scored higher averages than those who didnt . but people are still very ill informed on the real facts . the brain cell killing lie came about without any real studyies and is a product of govermental lies .
182879
Yes, and do an expierament on your own. Watch the news and see what people are influenced by when they commit crimes. Not all crimes, but crimes that can be contributed to an substance. Hard illegal drugs(No not pot!) , Alcohol, and Prescriction Drugs. How many crimes are reported that people are under the influence of Weed?
989204
the only thing that will kill you is the fact that you are ingesting an illegal substance...drugs are not illegal because someone decided to make them that way for the hell of it...they are illegal because they are dangerous and have adverse effects on your health
188925
lol if it had high THC in it then it will... Only pot plants can get you high...\n\nBut getting high isnt a good thing.. It kills your brian cells and makes you a mess after a long use time frame of it..
420946
no, scientific studies have proven you would have to inhale the smoke of 700 pounds of marijuana at one time for it to be lethal.
1067195
yes yes yes you most definatley CAN overdose from acid!!!!!  marijuana is a much softer drug than acid so you cant really compare them!!!  Both kill billions of brain cells though!
1066581
Nope. The ONLY thing that gets THC out of your system is TIME. And drinking lots of water and cranberry juice is just a myth too. Sorry. But you shouldn't be doing marijuana anyway!!
1083410
lol people are stupid.. when it does become legalized, the US will have more money from marijuana taxes\n\nive been a stoner since i was 14.. im 21 now. ive graduated high school, never been arrested, never commited a crime, never got any vehicle violations, never forgotten anything important or crucial, ive been just like everyone else, maybe even better. \n\nmarijuana doesnt cause people to kill. its been proven. if you still believe that, then youre believing claims from back in the 1930's. its the 2000's. it helps with aids and cancer paitents. its a natural pain killer. tons of famous people smoke it.\n\nto each is her own, thats what i say :)\n\ngreat question :)