The Media & Drugs

[SmashBros.Pro]

I know most of you have noticed by now the non-stop "Ciggerettes Kill" commercials. Yet what people through the years try to stear you away from illegal drugs (Cocaine, Marijuana, ect..). Why is it that we never see any commercials that show bodies being piled up from Marijuana abuse, or Crack? Yes I know, there are commercials about keeping kids from smoking pot, but they never mentions death in it.

At school they have a sign on the wall from D.A.R.E. that says "Crack Kills", but I've never heard on the news "Crack head found dead today with his pipe still in hand".

Anyways, this should bring up some interesting comments. I might do my Civics report on this topic.

 

[Static]

Well the fact is Crack can kill. It has been proven. People have died from Cocaine overdoses and all crack is is liquified cocaine then cooled into rock form.

But Marijuana Doesnt kill. America just doesn't want you to smoke because it doesnt make them rich. Cigerrets kill everyday but they sell it. Pot just makes you happy. As i have quoted chris rock many times. American won't make pot or coke legal cause the best pot and coke doesnt come from America. Its true.

 

[shutupandgoaway]

Cocaine, Crack, Heroin, etc. can kill; but you really have to work to kill onesself with marijuana or peyote. In fact, small doses of marijuana are thereaputic. My position on marijuana is that it should be used like alcohol- responsibly and legally, and driving while under its influence should be illegal. The marijuana comercials seem very false for me. For the other side of marijuana information, visit www.norml.com .

 

[captaindry]

Generally, the anti-drug campaigns in the U.S. are extremely inneffective.

 

[Andrei]

Why? Because smokes are "legal" and sold at your local stores. The drugs, which are illegal, cannot just be advertised on TV. Also, parents play a huge part on your drug opinion. It's just not right, and if you have good judgement you will be just alright .

 

[c9h13no3]

Why is it that we never see any commercials that show bodies being piled up from Marijuana abuse, or Crack?

Because tobacco companies pay for those adds. Because of a lawsuit. You can close the thread now.

 

[jd-inflames]

Why close it? It has only just begun.

Most marijuanna ads on TV are directed to the parents for some reason, to encourage proper parenting. They don't show ads saying that pot kills you anymore, just because they don't have the evidence to prove it. About 50 years ago, there were ads that said that pot drives you insane and makes you kill other people and yourself...and makes do other crimes etc. Well, there is a law against false advertising so they kinda can't do that one anymore. BUT, it's a proven fact that pot is dangerous, just like any other drug. Pot can unbalance the chemicals in your brain and lead to heavy depression...which of course CAN lead to suicide and homicide, but I wouldn't go as far to say that it is directly related or responsible...just a biproduct. I dunno...[/rant]

When you OD on pot and a few other of the "minor" drugs, you normally just get REALLY sick and in some cases temporarily paralyzed. Yes...pot can disabilitate you ><

 

[Kamikaze]

my god i laugh everythime i see any of those anti pot commercials form the states.
funny and stupid, are just 2 words that come to mind when i watch these pathetic attempts at making pot look dangerous. more people have died from peanut butter allergies... does that mean it should be illegal?

in the states the government views marijuana as one of the most harmful drugs you can use.... in canada the government grows it

compared to alcohol, marijuana is nothing when you compare the two.
i've never heard of somone beating up their wife or kids because they smoked up.
i've never heard of someone being raped because they used pot.
the deaths from drinking and driving have got to be 1000 times higher than anything involving smoking a joint.
the dangers speak for themselves, how many people are admited to the hospital for smoking too much weed?

i don't even have to get into cigarettes, everyone knows how many people die from that lovely addiction.

check out this.
websters dictionary defines addiction as:
2 : compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal; broadly : persistent compulsive use of a substance known by the user to be harmful

i love the way alcohol, nicotine and heroin are the drugs they chose to use as examples of addiction... i wonder why marijuana isn't there?

which drug should be banned? to tell you the truth they can ban all of them, i couldn't care less, i just happen to think that off all the drugs you can take pot is the least destructive to you and those around you.

 

[jd-inflames]

THC hasn't been proven to be addictive...but when it comes to cancer and other problems that cigarettes cause, pot is supposed to be more dangerous in that extent.

 

[Kamikaze]

THC hasn't been proven to be addictive...but when it comes to cancer and other problems that cigarettes cause, pot is supposed to be more dangerous in that extent.

i don't know too many people who smoke 20+ joints a day
lets say a joint has 2 times as much cancer causing agents than a cigarette...
the most hardcore people i know don't smoke more than 5 joints a day, thats the equivalent of 10 cigarettes, less than half of what an average cigarette smoker would get.
i'm too lazy to look, but i'm sure the cancer causing agents in a joint aren't much higher then a regular cigarette.
i don't know if there are too many people who could smoke 10+ joints a day. you'd have to be baked out of your ****ing mind 24/7 to even get close to the amount of poison a regular smoker gets.

 

[jd-inflames]

Well, in studies they say it is 10x more potent. Then again, who can you trust?

 

[Kamikaze]

i went and looked, and i am amazing. i guessed 1 joint was equal to 2 cigarettes

"Some critics exaggerate the dangers of marijuana smoking by fallaciously citing a study by Dr. Tashkin which found that daily pot smokers experienced a "mild but significant" increase in airflow resistance in the large airways greater than that seen in persons smoking 16 cigarettes per day.(7) What they ignore is that the same study examined other, more important aspects of lung health, in which marijuana smokers did much better than tobacco smokers. Dr. Tashkin himself disavows the notion that one joint equals 16 cigarettes. A more widely accepted estimate is that marijuana smokers consume four times as much carcinogenic tar as cigarettes smokers per weight smoked. (8) This does not necessarily mean that one joint equals four cigarettes, since joints usually weigh less. In fact, the average joint has been estimated to contain 0.4 grams of pot, a bit less than one-half the weight of a cigarette, making one joint equal to two cigarettes"
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[-Sh1Ft-]

They sell cough syrup, why not weed.

 

[betaalpha5]

yeah well let me ask you this. they have always been showing these commericals for years now. do you think they have every changed somebody's mind?

what you think someone's smoking and then sees it and then just drops it?

 

[SmashBros.Pro]

I had a few pot headed friends and they all used to get together and smoke after school. They don't really do anything when they're high. They barley move to be honest. And, they are dumb as hell too, but I don't think they have ever even hit someone when they were high.

The reason I think people die from cig's so much is because of the fact that they are so easy to get. I've seen a 10 year old boy walk in the McDonald parking lot and pick up half smoked cig's from the ground and put them in his pocket. But you never see any tickets being written for throwing ciggerette butts out a window.

The weirdest thing of all is that Marijuana actually has medical purposes, while ciggerettes don't. My dad calls this whole thing a "Population Reduction Technique" and I'm starting to believe him on that.

 

[c9h13no3]

Just for the record:
I think pot should stay illegal.

 

[Kamikaze]

Just for the record:
I think pot should stay illegal.

for the record i think we should add alcohol and cigarettes to the list of illegal drugs.

 

[c9h13no3]

for the record i think we should add alcohol and cigarettes to the list of illegal drugs.

Would make the world a better place, but it isn't possible. In fact, keeping marijuana is becoming less and less possible now that Canada has REALLY loosened their laws against it. I forsee it becoming legal in the future. Doesn't mean I like it tho.

 

[jd-inflames]

If it became legal, there probably wouldn't be as many users. Seriously, give them more pot, and they don't want it anymore...a lovely tactic. the moment it stops being "cool", is the moment that the kids stop and leave it to the "responsible" pot smokers.

 

[c9h13no3]

If it became legal, there probably wouldn't be as many users.

No. Take the Netherlands as an example. Rates have risen since it's decriminalization.