The touchy subject of marijuana...

[puppetz]

me and my friend were having a heated discussion today. he said that making marijuana illegal is unconstitutional. he says that some people need it to survive because of terminal illness. he based his facts off of internet sites. he said that it kills cancer cells, causes neurogenesis (reproduction of nerve cells), causes brain cells to come back and be more active, and does all kinds of fancy superpower like things. now im not anti-marijuana. but i know that internet sites that were written by "doctors" are not too credible. and i asked him "where in the constitution does it say that making marijuana illegal is against the rules" and he seriously got angry. he started yelling and becoming defensive saying that my argument was ignorant and that i was stupid and he was just yelling and yelling. so the real question here - Is making marijuana illegal unconstitutional?

[sousuke]

i cant answer if its illegal in that way, but marijuana helps certain diseases but idk about killin cancer cells an all i kno my friends smoke it but not 4 medical reasons

[Koopaking]

If making marijuana illegal is unconstitutional, then the Supreme Court has been letting it slip for years. I don't think it's unconstitutional, where on the Bill of Rights is the Amendment saying one is free to keep their drugs? Some people may use it for medicine, like people with glaucoma, but that's because it was prescribed to them. Why is it people only do it with this drug? You don't see people getting busted with Cocaine and LSD exclaiming "I WAS TAKING IT FOR MY BAD EYESIGHT!!!" as they get dragged away by the cops.

Drugs are bad m'kay, but if you would pay money to ruin your own health and possibly go to jail, that's totally your choice.

[Klard]

No, it's not unconstitutional, I personally think we should legalize drugs just so we can get tax revenue from it. That would be a big slap in the face to all the gangs, drug cartels, and drug lords of the world if just one country did that. Plus, even if it is legal a certain segment of the population still won't use drugs.
Legal and moral do not mean the same thing.

[Maydraie]

I think if someone wants to smoke it let them. I can get money from it to conquer the world!!!!

[Russkie]

Being serious for a second (which is something a rarely do fyi), I dont like drugs, but I am okay with it for people who NEED them for a spacific illness they have.

If your friend there is just trying to make excuses for himself, its not working.

[Maydraie]

I agree with Russkie!

[analogZero]

your friend sounds like a pothead, haha.
I smoked enough pot for one lifetime in the course of 5 years and yes it does have benefits but it also has side effects. Number one side effect, memory disruption. That's proven by doctors too. My grades in school did go up after I quit as well and a few years later I made it out of depression (no more depression by quitting a depressant? who'd'a thunk?) It did however help my back pain (which I've had since I was about 13), and I had some serious fun, but to focus on benefits as your friend does is in and of itself ignorant. I can barely tolerate when people only see black and white, but when they only see one then they're brainwashed. Marijuana doesn't go into you and start hacking away at cancerous cells. It might reinforce white blood cells, but it's not the fn cure for cancer.
The point of it being unconstitutional is that while it may be a plant, it's still an intoxicant and therefore must be regulated. Governments just don't like it when they have no control over something. Here in good ol' canada, our alcohol is regulated by the government. which means I can't go down to the corner store and buy booze any time I please. I have to go to a beer/liquor store operating on government hours. It pays for our health care as it turns out!
Many narcotics have little bonuses attached to them, but being ignorant of the consequences is typically the reason people are hooked on drugs in the first place.

[lydiiae]

My own mother uses Marijuana to stop her pain.
She has a lot of things going wrong with her body,
none in which you guys would want to hear about.

But I find marijuana does really help the pain I get from my knee problems,
I've had it since I was 9 and when I smoke I hardly feel the pain.
I'm too busy tripping out on my own thoughts.
I also find it does help my creativity and I do find that my short term memory does suffer slightly.
But I don't smoke it everyday.

[jamjfly]

Cancer does not kill cancer cells, the only reason they use marijuana in hospitals is because the person is going to die so they give them marijuana to numb the pain. No making marijuana illegal is not unconstitutional.