This Just In: Pot is Good For You!

October 2, 2008 - 4:30 pm By Lauren - University of Michigan

pot.jpgOk, maybe not good, but according to a study by Beckley Foundation’s Global Cannabis Commission (I know! How do I get a job there?!), weed isn’t nearly as dangerous as all those Boones Farms you’ve been chugging.

“Historically there have only been two deaths worldwide attributed to cannabis, whereas alcohol and tobacco together are responsible for an estimated 150,000 deaths per annum in the UK alone.”

In fact, the only thing that makes pot a dangerous drug stems (haha, stems) from the fact that it isn’t legal: the crime that surrounds it, all that crazy sh*t people are lacing it with these days, etc. By making pot legal, people would be able to regulate it and keep it safe.

Not to mention stimulate the economy and create more jobs: people to grow it, people to sell it, people to regulate it, people to supply all the stoned kids with enough Cheez Its and Twinkies to get through the day…

Seriously, marijuana could keep this country from a depression! (And if it doesn’t, it could make the depression more bearable…or hilarious!)

Down with that dangerous alcohol!

Bring on the cannabis!

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  1. kerry says:
    Thu, 2nd Oct 20086:01 pm 

    I completely agree. I’ve been trying to tell people this for so long..

  2. Amber says:
    Thu, 2nd Oct 20086:02 pm 

    Heck yeah man!

  3. Stephanie says:
    Thu, 2nd Oct 20087:08 pm 

    Let’s stamp a big “NO SHIT” on this one.

  4. Erin says:
    Thu, 2nd Oct 20089:30 pm 

    I’m just waiting for the day they legalize it. Anyyyyy day now. And yeah…weed IS good for you. The best stress reliever I know.

  5. Valerie says:
    Thu, 2nd Oct 20089:30 pm 

    :)

  6. Hilary says:
    Fri, 3rd Oct 20081:15 am 

    Personally, I would probably still stay away from it (I’ve used it before) just because of the mental effects it has on one’s brain, but I’d be so happy if they legalized it so people would stop acting so shady about it, damn..

  7. Joe says:
    Fri, 3rd Oct 20081:35 am 

    oh yeah right. make it legal and have all these stoneheads driving around, falling asleep at the wheel and slamming into pedestrians and other cars. Just wait until they kill one of your loved ones, see if that changes your mind

  8. jes says:
    Fri, 3rd Oct 20084:47 pm 

    stoneheads, nice.

    out of all the 60 or so potheads I know, (including myself in years past) no one has ever been in an accident because of being high.

    Mainly because when you’re high you drive about 10-20 mph slower than normal… haha but if you wanna have that arguement, lets talk about drunk drivers!? Hello? lol

  9. Hilary says:
    Fri, 3rd Oct 20088:49 pm 

    lol, Joe.. most people are much more concentrated when high.. Alcohol is 100x worse than Marijuana for when you drive..

  10. Madison says:
    Mon, 6th Oct 200812:22 am 

    This made me so happy. I’m apart of NORML@UCF which is one of the largest NORML chapters. NORML.ORG!!

  11. TomTheToker says:
    Mon, 6th Oct 20089:10 pm 

    Once Bush is out of office, we might actually have a chance at legalizing it.

  12. GiGi says:
    Tue, 7th Oct 200812:12 am 

    AH-fucking-MEN!

    Sorry, God. ^^^

    Hell the fuck yes.

    Pot is good.

    I thinkk less people would murder if they had pot. No depression no serious side effects.

    Moms would stop being a bitch.

    Divorce rates decline.

    Pot should be leaglized for 16 years of age and up.

    As well as any age under the condition of illness.

    They could even do some scientific DNA type shit so it could come out smelling sweeter, or scentless.

  13. Michelle says:
    Tue, 7th Oct 200810:10 pm 

    I don’t think stoned driving is any safer than drunk driving. I have so much I wanna say about this, but I’ll be good and not tell anybody off :)

  14. Phil says:
    Wed, 8th Oct 20083:04 am 

    This is to Joe, Michelle, and any other person who wants to comment on how marijuana lessens driving skills.

    Joe: People ALREADY drive STONED OUT OF THEIR MINDS. The reason you DON’T hear about it on the news or anywhere else, is because people don’t get into accidents while high because it makes you WAY more self conscious, or if they’re too high they don’t have the ability to even turn on the fucking car.

    Michelle: You have obviously never smoked weed and tried to operate a motor vehicle. Weed makes people paranoid which in turn causes them to drive safer because they are more worried. There is a reason there are no marijuana related car crashes or hit and runs or killings reported. BECAUSE IT DOESN’T HAPPEN.

    All ignorant fucks please read my comment.

  15. likefrogs says:
    Wed, 8th Oct 20089:27 am 

    O.K, i’m a 41 yr old person who wishes she was still in college, BUT I have said for years to leagalize weed and tax the hell out of it. IT has to be cheaper then xanax and prozac which is what you will end up on when you get older and have kids in the house and don’t really want them to find your bag laying around, and from an ex weed head, much more effective in controlling a midlife crisis or menapause… BRING ON THE WEED… lets take it to congress…. :)

  16. kp says:
    Thu, 9th Oct 20082:03 am 

    well i use to but i don’t shmoke no more i think it would be lovely if they legalize it though…and about the whole driving stoned….DUH…have you ever heard of a dwi (driving while intoxicated) it dosnt say under what influence you are messed up on it could easily be changed to include weed

    just apply all alcohol laws to weed and yur done.

  17. April says:
    Fri, 10th Oct 20084:34 am 

    Joe-

    Congratulations for making the least intelligent comment among a whirlwind of “stoneheads”.

    I sure wish the drunk driver who killed my uncle was smoking weed instead of drinking booze that night, that’s all I have to say.

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