Is marihuana as harmless as people make it out to be?!

marijuana is the safest drug. you cannot get addicted to marijuana (only psychologically, meaning you may only crave it as anyone would crave chocolate for example. it does not become something you "need" as lets say heroin abusers feel). there are no withdrawal effects. it is safer than smoking cigarettes, on reason being you don't smoke as much as a cigarette addict smoking a box in 2 days.
"No one can give you 100% accurate information though since there are no tests done on side effects of it since it's illegal." --thats not true. try looking for credible websites for further information on effects.

A drug is a drug. No one can give you 100% accurate information though since there are no tests done on side effects of it since it's illegal. I would say it's not as dangerous as other illegal substances but I'm assuming it has some long term side effects. Most drugs do whether it be dependency, physical or psychological. If you think about it advil is addictive. You use it constantly for pain.
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there are no credible sites. It's either pot users that pay for that page to say good things about it or it's anti pot smokers saying bad things about it. All of it is bias. You cannot legally run tests on something that is illegal.

It's not worse than cigarettes. If smoked correctly(vaporizer), it is by far the safest drug on the planet. But even when smoked in other ways, it's still less destructive than alcohol or tobacco.

If you are looking for unbiased facts on marijuana, go to www.marijuanafacts.org.

If you're looking for propaganda, you can go to AbovetheInfluence's website.

To get access to an Herbal Physician's Desk Reference, you'll need to go to the library as it is not accessible online unless your a paying physician.

Truly the only reliable source of marijuana info comes from the Physician's Desk Reference. Many of the studies in the PDR are direct conflict with what is told to the general public about the safety of marijuana. For example the PDR says that it has shown to have protective properties to the myelin sheaths of the brain, and neutralize Nero toxins, a reason why a treatment and preventative measure for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's is Marinol, a drug derivative of marijuana. PDR also states that marijuana also has anti cancer and tumor properties, as well as bronchial dilator demonstrating that it has also shown to stop asthma attacks. Of course PDR says it increases eating and help with recovery of cancer and HIV patients, as well as pain management. Some negatives increase in heart rate and changes in blood pressure. While this is no problem for a normal healthy adult, if you have a preexisting heart condition this change in heart rate and BP could cause a heart attack, kind like exercise. As far as brain function marijuana will make you stronger in verbal skill, and weaker in math skills on a modern intelligents test, once you stop verbal and math skills balance back out. Just check out superhigh me documentary. So there you go. The real truth. Remember if it is not in the PDR then it is invalid propaganda. Paid for by pharmaceutical companies that are threatened by the benefits of marijuana. Believe that their is a marijuana conspiracy. No one company can patient marijuana, and make billions of $$ off of it, so the major drug companies and governments hate it and anyone that uses it. They want you hooked on their legal sh!%, like anti anxiety, anti depression, pain meds, and eventually the drugs they charge crazy prices for to treat Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, that moderate marijuana use would have prevented in the first place. Drug companies and our own government wants you to get these diseases so they can rake in the $$. They don't like seeing profits spread out to the general public that grows and sells marijuana.

http://www.webmd.com/lung-cancer/news/20…
http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/hemp…

It's worse than cigarettes, and can get you in trouble with the law (unless in California of course), so if you're against cigs, then don't do it, but if you want to feel all happy and warm inside (not to mention, hungry), then go ahead and do it. Just don't get caught.

School books ftw

yes it causes depression.it affects fertility and can do no good to you body or mental state. you will become dependent it is very addictive. i should know i was in a Very dark place because of that stuff.