I'm pretty much sure that most of you heard about marijuana legalization in Canada a while ago (link) and maybe you also heard how quickly all the stores run out of it run out of it.
So, at the moment - Canada is the second country in the world (after Uruguay) that legalized recreational cannabis.
But still, there a few types (or I would rather say groups) of people with their thought about that topic:
- - those who support legalization
- - those who are against it
- - and as usually - those who don't care at all
Everyone has their argument ready to discuss. But there is no compromise at the end of the day.
Please, check out those videos by Kurzgesagt and PsychedSubstance and answer questions below
- What is your opinion about weed legalization? Should it be legal only for medical purposes or completely free to everyone as alcohol is? Or should it be completely banned?
- How do you think - is weed consumption can result in willing to use something harder?
- What can make the worst impact on human mental and physical health - weed or alcohol?
- Have you ever experienced any paranoia or similar conditions because of drugs or alcohol? Or maybe you saw someone with such symptoms? If yes - describe your experience.
Comments
What is your opinion about weed legalization? Should it be legal only for medical purposes or completely free to everyone as alcohol is? Or should it be completely banned?
It should be legal. The point is: it is as natural as tobacco or alcohol. Both of this things are addictive anyway. Weed being illegal is making black market stronger.
How do you think - is weed consumption can result in willing to use something harder?
The same way as alcohol or cigarettes. People have need for experiencing. Different things. Speed, art, music, socially. We seek emotions, we seek pleasure, excitement.
What can make the worst impact on human mental and physical health - weed or alcohol?
I am not a doctor. I have seen some programs on the topic. In the end, most of them actually show that weed is not more dangerous than alcohol. Also, I have never heard of person being high on weed and aggressive at the same time. Which is often a case when we think of alcohol.
Have you ever experienced any paranoia or similar conditions because of drugs or alcohol? Or maybe you saw someone with such symptoms? If yes - describe your experience.
This one is going to be short: no, never.
In my opinion it should be as free as alcohol is. Personally I would smoke it like once or twice a year. I'm not a huge fan of drugs and alcohol, because they are unhealthy. It's quite funny that typical stoners who smoke weed everyday say that this is healthy- it's not. Kale is healthy, not weed. On the other hand I find it better than alcohol. Marijuana is very popular in most civilized countries so why do not make it legal? It's better to pay taxes for it than buying it from some gangsters...
>How do you think - is weed consumption can result in willing to use something harder?
No, I do not believe so. That's what our grandmas and grandads think ;)
>What can make the worst impact on human mental and physical health - weed or >alcohol?
I would say that alcohol is worse. But that does not mean you should smoke weed everyday. If you smoke it like once a month or two months it should not affect you in some negative way, but I'm not a doctor.
>Have you ever experienced any paranoia or similar conditions because of drugs or >alcohol? Or maybe you saw someone with such symptoms? If yes - describe your >experience.
I've seen some people that were not very familiar with Marijuana and their first experience was not very good. But same thing is with alcohol - most of us have terrible experience with first alcohol party.
When I was in Amsterdam with my close friends, we have tried marijuana. However, after that, we didn't have any willing to try something harder. I think it's untrue.
I've never experienced paranoia or any other unexpected feeling or behavior after consumption of alcohol or any stimulants.
I am not familiar with this topic but from my point of view it should be legalized. First of all if it somehow helps treating then I don’t see any contraindications not to use it. Secondly, if someone really wants to find a marijuana, he/she will find it. That’s why I think it should be officially legalized.
How do you think - is weed consumption can result in willing to use something harder? Actually I have no idea but I would say that it depends. Everything depends on the person and willpower. It’s really hard to predict whether it will result in using something harder or not.
What can make the worst impact on human mental and physical health - weed or alcohol? I strongly believe that someone has already made a research about this topic but it wasn’t me that’s why I have no idea but I’d say that it's alcohol. I have a few friends that are alcohol addicted but I don’t have anyone which is drug addicted(at least they hide it good enough).
Have you ever experienced any paranoia or similar conditions because of drugs or alcohol? Or maybe you saw someone with such symptoms? If yes - describe your experience. Personally I’ve never experienced any paranoia because of drugs or alcohol. I don’t need any alcohol or drugs to experience paranoia 😅 My friend told me about his first experience of smoking weed. I won’t forget his story about entering some other galaxy of swirls and patterns.
I think that consumption of any kind of drug especially alcohol and tobacco, can result in wanting to try something harder, so it is not an argument against marijuanna, but about awareness and education about drugs and their effect instead of blindly banning them and expecting that everyone will just forget about drugs existence.
Alcohol is proven to destroy neurons, marijuanna is not, so i am with weed on this matter.
I am certified mycologist(if you know what i mean) and one time i got a really bad trip, that can shortly be descripeb as a hell trip with all the demons, fear and other standart stuff. This experience changed my life in a better way, and i know that drinking alcohol untill someone is unconsious never changed their life for better, so once again legal drugs lose in my book.
I think that every person is different, some people go for weed or drugs just because they are in pain and others just to try it out and explore. I think that some people might want to try something harder just because they didnt find the one thing that they were looking for but I don't think that it would make someone want to try something else just because he tried weed.
I think both things can be used in reasonable doses. When someone is addicted both alcohol and weed will be unhealthy.
I didn't try weed at all and I haven't drink any alcohol for almost a year but I don't think I ever experienced that. but I saw few people that had terrible first experience with alcohol ;).
Weed consumption and lead to ppl seeking out harder drugs but it is so now just that we seek them from unknown sources and we are even scared to look for help if we do overdose or get sick because of repercussions.
Both are dangerous for mind and body i would say weed is worse for mind while alcohol is devastating for body and in a lot of cases really harmful to ones mind.
I saw dunks getting paranoid while in conversation to the point they started attacking others within minutes, dont know about stoners i dont deal much with them/never seen one get paranoid.
Here is a thing, that people who lived 300, 500 years ago didn't use it and i'm sure, that their life was awesome. A lot of people nowadays can't imagine their lives without weed - it calls addiction. So i can't understand, why are you trying to compare bad things(weed) and worst things(alcohol).
Luckily, i've never had a bad experience with alcohol or drugs and i'm proud of it, that i'm not a guy who has a fairy tale about the day, when he was drunk and made funny/stupid things.
It seems to me that worse the human body works alcochol which is legal. I've never seen someone get paranoia because of a lack of herbs or something like that.
Yes, I know a lot of people who started with cigarettes then switched to alcohol, marijuana and finally started to take "hard drugs".
I think that both alcohol and cannabis used too often and in too large quantities are very harmful. However, if I had to choose, it seems to me that alcohol has a much worse impact on people's behavior, because it causes aggression, people do things that they do not remember.
Yes, it seems to me that I have heard about people who experienced paranoia after psychoactive drugs. My friend told me that in his hometown, one man ripped his belly, thinking that a squirrel was sitting in it. He was after taking the afterburners ...
First, things, first that's such a great article. Being a legalization supporter myself, it's always nice to see someone bringing forth the topic.
As for the availability, I strongly belive that cannabis products not only should be legal but also less of a taboo. I think this lack of support comes from lack of knowledge about the subject. When it comes to marijuana being a first step to more serious drugs, well in current situation it may be critical. Hence, the need for education about the subject. Bringing canabis back from the forbidden zone, may be less hatmful than we can imagine.
2. I think that it is possible that after taking weed someone can take something else but it is not a routine.
3. In my opinion it can has bad impact on your life when you use it too much and too often and I don't see difference between alcohol and weed.
4. A few times I was a bit drunk and I was feeling a bit dizzy. Nothing special and unusual after drinking acohol.
In my opinion, the weeds should have been legal for a long time, both for medical and recreational purposes. On the market there are more dangerous stuff like alcohol or cigarettes. Control of marijuana will only have a positive effect.
2. How do you think - is weed consumption can result in willing to use something harder?
Also like alcohol or cigarettes. In general, it depends on the person, but I think it can "help" to step over the "red" line.
3. What can make the worst impact on human mental and physical health - weed or alcohol?
Of course alcohol. Have you ever seen before to alcohol uses in medicine? Surely not.
4. Have you ever experienced any paranoia or similar conditions because of drugs or alcohol? Or maybe you saw someone with such symptoms? If yes - describe your experience.
This is also called a “bad trip”. It all depends on the environment, the people around you and your ability to relax. Dose is also a very important thing.
I know that a lot of things can cause bad consequences but mostly everything can cause this bad things if we do something wrong especially alcohol so we need or ban everything that is bad or control it but not do selective laws.
Yes, of course it can be result of weed consumption but as I said... we have to think and be careful. Person who has no sense of proportion is making a big mistake which can lead to addiction.
What can make the worst impact on human mental and physical health - weed or alcohol? It depends... I have never tried weed so I don't know that feeling and that's why I choose alcohol. It's very dangerous disease because it's very easy to subordinate to that. I know some people who are having lot of problems by alcohol.
No, I have never experienced any paranoia or similar conditions and I really don't want to suffer that. I have heard about that and that's enough.
2. Frankly it's difficult to predict, a person who's curious of what the earth has to offer might put his hand out to try something of a bigger impact on the nervous system stimulant, but whether the reason he does so is the curiosity or "hunger" caused by repeated inhalation of marijuana fumes is hard to define. But in my opinion, reasoning in a way "I like tomatoes so I will also like ketchup and everything tomato made" is shallow and we shouldnt consider marijuana being a cause of other drug consumption.
3. Definitely alcohol, I've never seen an aggresive stoner, whilst a sight of a fight-willing drunkard is not uncommon.
4. I tend to strain from mind altering substances, however an alcohol blackout is something that happened to me.
In my opinion as Marry is legal now for medical usage it should stay as it is. That's cause I know what are the results of takin' this drug. Anyway, it's more dangerous than alcohol, not medically, but it's makin' ur brain "stupid". I don't understand the way that Marijuana users tries to popularize it and make it "cool". Legalization, ads, general talking of young boys.
2. How do you think - is weed consumption can result in willing to use something harder?
Yes, you can see result how it's "fun" smoking "green", why not check the other drugs, the result of it.
3. What can make the worst impact on human mental and physical health - weed or alcohol?
Worst impact physically - alcohol for sure.
Worst impact mentally - weed. I know a lot of people consuming Merry and know how they changed over years. It's addictive, not physically, mentaly.
But the thing is that I can consume alcohol in small doses and be consious and take fun of party etc. while a bunch of boys smokin' Merry are laugting in stupid way, sayin' things that are... "cringe". It looks stupid - their behaviour.
4. Have you ever experienced any paranoia or similar conditions because of drugs or alcohol? Or maybe you saw someone with such symptoms? If yes - describe your experience.
None.
Saw a lot of smokin and drinkin guys making stupid things. I think that the best way is to know "how much you can take and stop at the right moment", not to make you do stupid things.
I don’t think that weed consumption can result in willing to use something harder. Everyone knows, that the effect that marijuana gives not the same as cocaine or LSD effect, not even close.
I don’t know, but in my opinion alcohol can make the worst impact on mental and physical health. Everybody knows that alcohol is killing almost all your internal organs.
I’ve never experienced such conditions, I’m not a big fan of alcohol or any kind of drugs though. I saw someone with such symptoms from alcohol, but I don’t really want to talk about it because it’s about my family member.
I think that it should be legal like alcohol or tabaco. Everyone should decide what to do on his own.
2. How do you think - is weed consumption can result in willing to use something harder?
It can - and it's the same with alcohol or tabaco. I wouldn't try to find any rule here.
3. What can make the worst impact on human mental and physical health - weed or alcohol?
Alcohol I would say. I think that everyone has seen at least once alcohol addict somewhere. Impact on such person is huge. I've never seen weed addict, and I can't say nothing about long term impact.
4. Have you ever experienced any paranoia or similar conditions because of drugs or alcohol? Or maybe you saw someone with such symptoms? If yes - describe your experience.
No. Usually people are either smiling or being aggresive, but I don't remember anyone with paranoia symptoms
I'm not sure. I believe that smoking weed, not the main thing why people starting to use something harder. For sure it could be the reason, but for now mainly due to marijuana not legalized.
For sure alcohol. You can easily find statistics of how many peoples dies every day from alcohol, and only a few registered cases when people die as a result of consuming marijuana.
Once, I saw such a man which were experiencing paranoia after marijuana, i think in addition he also uses some drugs...
2. Generally I think not, but of course someone may become addicted to it similar to an alcoholic is addicted to alcohol.
3. Maybe alcohol can have a worse impact on health, but I'm not an expert on this topic.
4. I have never experienced paranoia after drugs or alohol.
It should be legal as alcohol is for sure. Second thing is - when you're buying legal weed, at least you know what you're smoking. Nowadays, when weed is illegal, it's hard to get some natural weed.
I'm not a smoker, but I used to smoke from time to time and if you smoked too - you know what I'm talking about.
2. How do you think - is weed consumption can result in willing to use something harder?
Totally not. I never thought about getting any drug or something. I rarely drink alcohol and even less often smoke weed.
3. What can make the worst impact on human mental and physical health - weed or alcohol?
I think that the answer is alcohol. People who abuse alcohol are aggressive, they lost their families etc. When you're smoking too much weed, you're getting lazy and less creative.
4. Have you ever experienced any paranoia or similar conditions because of drugs or alcohol? Or maybe you saw someone with such symptoms? If yes - describe your experience.
Nope, because I'm not overdosing alcohol or marijuana. Of course there are situations, when you drank too much, but mostly it ends with a blackout.
When I smoked too much, I was just lazy and I ate a uncountable amount of food. That's it.
Often soft drugs could be a bridge for something harder. Especially for people who have predisposition to addiction. So be aware my young rastafarians, not all of you would become Bob Marley. Many of you have a big chance to be stupid jankies in the future.
What can make the worst impact on human mental and physical health - weed or alcohol? The answer is alcohol of course. Is it mean that you should smoke big tasty joint before you go to school? The answer is you should ask your parents.
About personal experiences I'm not sure that this conversation course is a right place for discussing.
2. It's possible, it depends on human mentality.
3. I think the worst impact on human mental and physical health, weed and alcohol.
4. I saw someone with such symptoms from alcohol not from weed, and I think this person had looked like an overdose.!
If we start being addicted from weed, after time our body will learn to take more and more weed and finally, we could stop feel anything from it, and then, maybe we want to take something harder.
In my opinion both, weed and alcohol are pretty bad. And both can have an extremely bad impact on our body. I can’t say which one more, because they “destroy” us in different way.
I have never taken any drug and I drink alcohol very rarely so I haven’t experienced any kind of paranoia or other common conditions.
I think that it should be legal, mainly because it's a natural plant so why you want to ban something, that is created by nature? Everyone should know their limits and everything should be fine
How do you think - is weed consumption can result in willing to use something harder?
It depends on person, who is trying it. One can say stop, another one not. But it doesn't have to be after trying marijuana
What can make the worst impact on human mental and physical health - weed or alcohol?
I do not have any experience with weed, but I think that it's alcohol - people are often more aggresive after alcohol, than after weed from what I can see
Have you ever experienced any paranoia or similar conditions because of drugs or alcohol? Or maybe you saw someone with such symptoms? If yes - describe your experience.
I didn't had any.
2. I would say "it depends". For some pople it can result in willing to use something harder but I think that for most people it won't work that way but who knows...
3. Both used frequently is dangerous but probably alcohol.