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Srvflunky420

Today during the daily waste of an hour of my life the man calls health class, we got our health books. We had been learning about "Social Health" and the teenage mind (why the stereotypical teenager acts like it does), but today we started in on saying no to drugs. I skiped ahead to the chapter on Marijuana before he got there so I could copy down some of the "info". These are some of the highlights :

- Destroys brain cells
- Causes the brain to age prematurely
- Impairs long term development
- It IS addictive
- Depresses the Immune System
- Contains Benzopyrene, a well known carcinegen(sp?)

I know that nobody has ever died of Marijuana or cancer caused from Marijuana and I could come up with responses on my own but I'd like to see what yall would say. So, I made this thread so that yall could help me with some responses to the bull**** he spews from his mouth every day . Thanks

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Phyxius

Addictive? Only psychologically. And only as much as, say, caffeine.

greypoe

You gottaa tell your teacher that the information in that book is outdated. There is no longer any proof that marijuana kills brain cells.
The study that concluded this was debunked years ago. This study involved a ignorant scientist and a bunch of monkeys. The silly so called scientist deprived the monkeys of oxygen for 5 minute intervals, giving them nothing but marijuana smoke. He was tring to give them enough marijuana to see what a lifetime of smoking would do to the brain. No oxygen=brain damage.
Period

greypoe

You should also mention that the NIDA(National institute for Drug Abuse) and DEA control all the research on marijuana in the USA. So the studies are all one sided.

I would tell him, If you teachers are going to stand there and lie to us, I would rather be sitting outside on strike.

Higher Logic

Don't you mean, "Not even as much as caffeine."

Here's what you should do. Print out the counter-arguments for the "facts" they tell you about cannabis, you can find them using Google, the discussion board here, or the Myths section. Show them to your teacher and ask the teacher to demonstrate which one is correct, and tell your teacher not to dodge the question either Oh, if you need any help debunking the BS they spew at you, PM me...

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-=SpIkE=-

Well, no oxygen=brain damage is that right? When I smoke weed I swallow the smoke and hold it there for a few seconds, I was thought that way(they say that''s the only way you can get high, you gotta hold it) , anyway, so I'm holding the smoke inside me without breathing, that's harming my brain isn't it? I mean...I'm not breathing! :S

Higher Logic

Maybe you hold the smoke in, but it won't get you any higher. That's a myth. When I hit a joint, I inhale normally, and exhale normally, just like every other breath.

-=SpIkE=-

Ermm...are you sure yo'll get high if you smoke it like a cig?! I never tried it but I don't know...all my friends said if you DONT hold it yo'll get high, but not that high like when you hold it..hmmm...confused now.

greypoe

Its not the only way to get high. You can get high eating the buds too, and it lasts longer. The high is just as good, i eat bud all the time.

Higher Logic

Yeah, I used to hear (and think) the same thing when I was younger. Everyone said you don't get off unless you cough, or you have to hold it in for 10 seconds and you'll get higher. It really doesn't make a difference. Put it this way, if a cigarette can get you buzzed just by hitting it normally (some people take deep breaths, which is not the same as taking a breath and then holding it in). Or what about one-hit-quit bud, that's so good you get high off the first hit. It doesn't matter how long you hold it in, your lungs absorb the THC regardless, which happens to be close to 85%. The exhaled smoke contains such low amounts of THC and the rest is just what it is, smoke. That's why when you take a hit and exhale it into a friend's mouth (or you pet, which I don't advise) you aren't really giving them anything useful except for smoke. Shotguns are different, because you aren't inhaling and exhaling the smoke they are getting. Ghosting, no different, it's not going to get you any higher. Hotboxing, again, no different unless you are in a really small room with no ventillation and you must have a lot of smoke in there. That's one of the reasons why a "contact high" is almost impossible to achieve, or the "second-hand smoke" theory, which is bunk as well.

Try it one time if you don't believe me. Roll a joint, and hit it normally like a cigarette. You'll still get high.

Oh, and "oxygen deprevation" might be the only "high" you experience