Right now there are various states in the US that are legalizing the smoking of Marijuana under various circumstances. The motivation for this is the hue and the cry of pot smokers who claim that is harms no one but themselves, and that there is great doubt that it is harmful at all.
In addition, there is the medicinal factor that pot smoking alleviates pain from certain diseases such as cancer and arthritis. Our prisons are overflowing with people who have been dealers of marijuana and who got arrested one too many times, and ended up in the slammer.
The person who smokes pot on a regular basis will claim that it is as harmless as smoking a cigarette, but wait a minute, smoking a cigarette is not so harmless. It is estimated that the carcinogenic effects of smoking pot is way higher than those of smoking regular tobacco, and those are bad enough. Each year there are more than 160,000 lung cancer deaths in the United States.
The immediate effects of marijuana smoking is a euphoric state, go "getting high" and then a temporary loss of memory, and a continued "stoned" feeling. Motor skills become impaired and the mouth becomes dry, and the eyes become reddened.
Side effects of continued pot smoking over an extended period of time can contribute to liver malfunction, difficulties with heart, lung, and vascular function, and eventual COPD.
Other safety concerns include the possibility of the development of schizophrenia, memory and cognitive impairment issues. There have been studies that have shown without a doubt that pot smokers have exhibited a physical change in chromosome makeup, which would have unknown results moving forward.
The medical value of cannabis, as pot is called, is disputed by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, as it is stated that the negative effects outweigh any positive results the drug might make available.
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