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MARIJUANA I live in Los Angeles, I recycle, eat things like seaweed and tofu, and call myself a pagan. I meditate and do yoga, I believe in things like karma, and I dress a bit like a hippy. That's not so strange for someone living in Los Angeles, which is why most people would probably assume I am for the legalization of marijuana. But they would be wrong. Now, I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination, as evidenced by my other site, The Pervert Club. I don't have the severe phobia of things new and strange as it seems so many people do. I'm open to just about anything, and try very hard not to unfairly prejudge anything without some kind of first hand experience. Which is why I think marijuana on the whole is a good thing. I just don't think some of it's uses are. Lets look at the facts. Early American colonists grew marijuana crops for the production of paper, clothing and rope. It was so important, farmers were fined if they didn't grow it. Marijuana can be used medicinally to treat lack of appetite, pain and depression, treatment of glaucoma, nausea. Non-harmful side effects of marijuana use include: being very hungry or thirsty, feelings of euphoria or peacefulness, increase of sexual appetite, fatigue, listlessness. Hemp can be used to make a lot of useful things. I used to have a very nice purse made of hemp. And there happens to be some mixed into my granola. Used medicinally, marijuana is great at treating cancer and aids patients. It's biodegradable and easy to grow. Which is why I think it definitely has it's positives. On the flip side you have the negatives: All forms of marijuana alters how the brain works. Harmful side effect of marijuana use include: changes in memory, perception, and judgment, dry mouth, rapid heart beat, loss of coordination, slower reflexes, caught and phlegm, chronic bronchitis, chest colds, abnormally functioning lungs and airways, paranoia, suppression of immune system, etc. Marijuana contains some of the same (and sometimes in higher quantities) cancer causing agents as tobacco.
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