[gang$tarr]

I'm not trying to change your opinions, I'm just trying to inform you..... because alot of the research done even just 2 years ago is mostly bullshit and propaganda..... i'm going to try and find some recent articles straight from the government, if it didn't have any postives than the government wouldn't have already legalized it for medical purposes.

these are all quotes, i didn't say this stuff:

Fact #1 "In 1995, based on thirty years of scientific research, editors of the British journal Lancet (the British equivalent of New England Journal of Medicine) concluded that "the smoking of cannabis, even long term, is not harmful to health."

Fact #2 "90% of kids who try marijuana don't go on to use other drugs, and do not continue to use marijuana. "

Fact #3 "Over 70 million people have tried marijuana. Most marijuana users never use any other illegal drug. Indeed, for the vast majority of people, marijuana is the last drug they try, not a "gateway" to other drugs. If it were a gateway drug and if it were so addictive, we would have more than 3 million heroin and cocaine addicts in the U.S. "

Fact #4 "Marijuana produces immediate, temporary changes in thoughts, perceptions, and information processing. The cognitive process most clearly affected by marijuana is short-term memory. In laboratory studies, subjects under the influence of marijuana have no trouble remembering things they learned previously. However, they display diminished capacity to learn and recall new information. This diminishment only lasts for the duration of intoxication."

Fact #5 "Every serious scholar and government commission examining the relationship between marijuana use and crime has reached the same conclusion: Marijuana does not cause crime. The vast majority of marijuana users do not commit crimes. Almost all human and animal studies show that marijuana decreases aggression."

Fact #6 "There is no compelling evidence that marijuana contributes substantially to traffic accidents and fatalities. In driving studies, marijuana produces little or no car-handling impairment - consistently less than that produced by low to moderate doses of alcohol and many legal medications." [they also said that you shouldn't drive under the influence of marijuana, just to be safe]

I got these all off the same website.... department of health