Marijuana name one thing wrong ..?

Hmm, well. I can't answer your question. I noticed that two people said that it fries brain cells but they are wrong. There is a misconception that marijuana kills brain cells but what actually happens is this: Neurons are made of two parts; the cell bodies and axons. The cell bodies contain fiberous extentions called dendrites which receive information from the axon terminals of the adjacent cell. That information is then channeled through the neuron to the axon terminal and again to the dendrite of another cell. Frequent marijuana use will cause the dendrites to shorten therefore widening the synapses between cells making information get lost in transmission. Heres the kicker... Even with regular use, dendrites grow back after a month or two of not smoking. Here is an essay I recently wrote about the subject.

A letter to the religious right involved in Reagan's war on marijuana

I am not a Christian nor am I a pothead, however, after speculating over the role of the Christian right in the criminalization of marijuana usage and possession, I found it necessary to make an argument using Christian methods against it. I feel that it is necessary to add that I was raised christian so I do not intend to use bible verses that I know nothing about. I know the bible just as well and better than many Christians. I am also a psychology student in college and the psychological information I will use in my argument came directly from textbooks and lectures on the subject. I have two arguments to discuss, the first using strictly biblical elements and the second with human physiological elements to enhance and accelerate the original.

The arguments involved are sophomorically simple.

Genesis 1:9-13 Says this: 9And God said, "Let the waters beneath the sky be gathered into one place so dry ground may appear." And so it was. 10God named the dry ground "land" and the water "seas." And God saw that it was good. 11Then God said, "Let the land burst forth with every sort of grass and seed-bearing plant. And let there be trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. The seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came." And so it was. 12The land was filled with seed-bearing plants and trees, and their seeds produced plants and trees of like kind. And God saw that it was good. 13This all happened on the third day.

27-31: 27

So God created people in his own image;

God patterned them after himself;

male and female he created them.

28God blessed them and told them, "Multiply and fill the earth and subdue it. Be masters over the fish and birds and all the animals." 29And God said, "Look! I have given you the seed-bearing plants throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. 30And I have given all the grasses and other green plants to the animals and birds for their food." And so it was. 31Then God looked over all he had made and he saw that it was excellent in every way. This all happened on the sixth day.

The kicker... After God kicked Adam and Eve out of the garden, he had this to say to them: 3 17And unto Adam He said, "Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, `Thou shalt not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

These three excerpts tell us two things: God created the plethora of plants that we have on Earth and gave them to humans and animals for their consumption. Now before the reader suggests that we were to eat the fruits and seeds were for the birds, the second part of my argument must be considered. Marijuana and tobacco are the only drugs that grow naturally and do not have to be processed and synthesized before consumption. Alcohol has to be processed and it is legal. Marijuana is not. The devil, serpent, satan, whatever you want to call the spirit of darkness has never and will never have the authority to change the godly composition of Gods creations. The devil did not put the active ingredients in the marijuana plant and it would be impossible for him to cause the second part of my argument involving the physiology of humans nervous systems. The only power he has is to deceive and deception cannot change the fact that God made plants and people the way we are physiologically.

The active ingredients in marijuana pass through the blood-brain barrier and enter the central nervous system where they bind to three different receptor sites on the neurons. These receptors are called Delta 9 THC, 2-AG, and Anamine receptors. These receptor sites are activated only by cannabinoids from the marijuana plant and nothing else. Nicotine works in much the same way though there is only one receptor. All other drugs work by manipulating natural receptors in the brain that neurotransmitters use normally. For example, PCP works as a glutamate antagonist, blocking the natural processes of glutamate which works in opposition to the neurotransmitter dopamine. When glutamate is blocked, dopamine takes over and too much dopamine in the brain causes hallucinations, odd behavior, and delusional thinking. Cocaine works as an agonist for dopamine and other neurotransmitters causing more to be in the system than normal. Unlike marijuana, drugs like PCP, cocaine, heroine, designer drugs, etc. work by taking over the natural processes in the brain and bastardizing them to work in ways that do not occur naturally.

Marijuana, unlike any other drug, does not affect the brainstem. The brainstem is a system of regions in the back of the brain at the base of the spinal cord that monitors vital statuses like breathing rate and heart rate. There are neurotransmitter receptor sites all over the brain including the brainstem but there are no cannabinoid receptors in the brainstem. Take alcohol just as an example: by opening the sites for Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), an inhibitory neurotransmitter, the nervous system slows down. Since alcohol affects the brainstem, breathing and heart rate slow down too. An overdose of alcohol can slow systems down to the point where they stop and the user can die. Because it does not affect the brainstems regulation of vital functioning, marijuana is the only drug that someone cannot die of an overdose from.

God designed our bodies. God designed our nervous systems. God pieced our brains together long before scientists figured out how they worked. God put these three receptors in our brains on purpose. There must be some significance there. He created these three receptor sites in our brains before the original sin was committed. Many religions have considered the marijuana plant holy in the past. Mind you, I do not advocate a world where everyone smokes pot all the time. Anything can be abused. Too much of anything is bad Too much food can cause obesity or heart problems, Too much sun will cause a sunburn, Too much water can kill you, too much vitamin A will cause blindness, Too much alcohol can cause liver damage. Im not advocating that everyone should participate in marijuana consumption either. The only argument I am making is that to criminalize a plant created by God that human bodies are designed to process is not only un-Christian but unethical, immoral, illogical, ignorant, and an infringement on our rights as Americans to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

And here's a governmental idea: Why not make money on the stuff instead of spending millions os dollars in court fees and incarceration? Option 1: Keep the drug illegal but instead of putting people in jail or giving them jail time, write them a ticket! Make $85-150 on a possession offense (depending on the amount) and keep non-violent criminals out of the jail system. Option 2: Make it legal. Do you have any idea how much money is to be made in excise tax!? Lets say that an ounce of marijuana costs $5 to produce which is an overshot taking all factors into consideration. The tobacco company sells it at a base price of $50 (a 900% profit) and the government places a $50 excise tax on the product keeping store prices around the same as street value of roughly $100 per ounce. Specialty grades can still be sold at street value and companies and the government will make even more money. Sometime, I should do some research comparing the cost of incarceration/probation/court costs vs. the potential profit of taxes and fines.

Note: The citation idea would only apply to those who get caught. The tax idea applies to everyone.

well I am for full legalization, so you'll see no opposition here. The problem is more that there has been a smear campaign going on against marijuana for a really long time... and the masses have been taught to irrationally oppose anything related to marijuana, which is a real shame for those who could be helped by it...

Ok, an unbiased view based on my limited knowledge on drugs.

Marijuana

Drug Type- Depressant

Physical Dependence-No

Psychological Dependence-Yes

Withdrawal Symptoms-No

Causes hallucinations, slowed reaction time, and damages the brain. However, for some people it happens to be soothing and also can be prescribed as medication. Marijuana is one of the few drugs that can be both illegal and legal.

Looks like you may have indulged in a doob or two this evening?

Just because something is illegal doesn't necessarily mean it's wrong. And I'd rather deal with someone who's smoked some grass than a guy in a hockey mask pointing a gun at my face any day.

let me tell you something.......there is nothing wrong with smoking, yeah i am an army wife but who gives a ****. i use to smoke it by the truck loads and the only reason it is illegal is cuz the gov. cant tax it! well, let me ask you this....when was the last time youve heard of weed causing a car accident? NEVER. cuz when you are high, you think you are doing 90 mph when you are only doing about 40 mph, cuz you think everyone is going to run out in front of you. lol. but it is true. when have you ever heard of someone overdosing? NEVER! cuz its impossible! before you even come close to od,(i dont even think you can) youll fall slap asleep or forget you even smoked. i think personally they should have legalized bud before they legalized beer. see, beer is addictive, but anyone can just stop smoking if they want to. alcoholism....makes sense.....pot headism......what the hell does that mean....lol thats just my personal opinion and all you that wanna comment on my answer that never smoked a day in your lives can kiss my *** cuz this comes from personal experience and all you that smoke the ****, rock on, SEE THE ARMY WIVES ARENT THAT BAD AFTER ALL......WHAT DO YALL THINK GETS US THROUGH THE DEPLOYMENTS? :) oh by the way, cocaine kills brain cells and ecstasy kills brain cells, but weed actually stimulates brain cells. i use to live with a friend and when we would get home from school, she would study for a test and i would go and throw my books down and smoke some dope and maybe sometimes afterwards pick up my study guide and read over it once at the most, she would get so pissed off cuz i would always get a better grade than her even though she studied all night and i smoked all night. i passed all my classes with a's and b's, where she passed with d's and c's. THERE YOU GO. i never did my homework in school, but i got my ged when i was 16 and another of my friends graduated just a few weeks ago, and I AM SMARTER THAN HER! I HAVENT BEEN IN SCHOOL FOR 3 YEARS!!!! LOL oh another thing, i looked at all the other answers, these people dont know ****. uhhhhh duhhhhh what the hell, they probably never even smelled it, let them kiss your ***. one person said it has nicotine, ARE THEY FROM MARS? its hilarious, they must be sheltered by their mothers and think if you see it, it will kill you, just smoke on dude and dont worry about it. ******!

I smoked it from age 12 to age 19, smoked it again from age 25 to age 31, I am (round up w/ the mos.) 34 now, and I have learned that weed fueled much of my antisocial behavior, not that it (antisocial behavior) is wrong per se', but it hurt my personal life, my social life, my spiritual life, my family life, my employment ( got high w/ my bosses in those times too!) life, and it pretty much distorted reality for me. There are several things I have found wrong with it, after trying more than once to prove it The Way. To the answer you got from amberlyn: yes there is no nicotine in pot and it is not physically addictive, but the information you gave concerning the killing of brain cells by the use of marijuana not true. pot kills multiple millions of brain cells EVERY TIME a person smokes it.

I dont do it but tonz of my frends do an the only thing I see wrong w/ it is that u get in trouble 4 doin it at school... o and it hurts the baby in he womb if the mom is smokin weed while shes pregnant.

unfortunately being illegal is the only thing I've found wrong with it..Though this can be a pretty costly thing especially if you're caught growing..Felony, manufacturing charge=not good

Theres nothing wrong with marijuana, and there DEFENENTLY is not nicotine in weed.

You don't seem to get it don't you, the Marijuana has already taken effect on you, and may have done some damage already.

Way higher in nicotine content than a normal tobacco cigarette. Nicotine = bad for you. Oh yeah, and it's illegal.