able, most other drugs have peaks of popularity and dry spells of very low usage.One of the other common claims is that marijuana smokers develop lung cancer at a much higher rate than cigarette smokers. This once again is not true, as most cigarette smokers smoke a much higher number of cigarettes per day than a marijuana smoker does. If smoked in a water pipe, or “bong”, the amount of irritants is majorly reduced.Of course, by legalizing marijuana for medical uses, this obviously will be abused by people not in need of it for medical reasons. This is not speculation, as when the law was passed in California dealing with marijuana and medical use, people would write up their own prescription and get legal marijuana. The situation people think will happen if marijuana is legalized, is potheads will roam the streets smoking in public, exposing their children to it, causing mass riots, world destruction, etc, etc. Most agree with the fact that a large number of people would go right out and start smoking pot. This would burn itself out, as the price and “excitement” factor took effect. The price would be more than street prices, as the government would probably put taxes, fees, and licenses on them. The “excitement factor is simply this, there is a certain draw to smoking marijuana simply because it is illegal. Once it becomes legal, smoking it will become not as daring.Many people think that smoking marijuana makes you a danger to yourself and others; this is just not true in the vast majority of situations. Think of a substance such as alcohol and how many deaths a year are contributed to it (a LOT). Now look at deaths attributed to marijuana use. Do you see people OD’ing on marijuana? Do you see 100’s of people a day getting high, then getting into a car accident? Didn’t think so. Now, why is alcohol legal and marijuana not? People assume if it gives more of a “buzz&...
