It kills less people every year because, hey, it's illegal. Everything that is illegal is less likely to kill people than something that's legal. That's because only a small few who are breaking the law are doing it as opposed to everyone being able to do it.
Second, when you smoke marijuana it stops your bodies purging system, meaning if you had to throw up your body won't register to do it by instinct. So say if you've had to much to drink, your body by instinct tells you to throw up to get rid of excess alcohol. If, however, you smoke pot and drink (which would likely happen with the amount of duel drug use people do), you're more likely to get alcohol poisoning because your body doesn't tell you to throw up.
By nature, the amount of tar that goes into your lungs when smoking marijuana is 2/3 greater than tobacco. It also absorbs more tar when mixed with tobacco. So if you smoke both joints and cigarettes, you're MORE likely to get lung cancer. It's hard to do actual research on it because it is an illegal drug, but from animal testing they have found an amazing number of things.
For those of you who say it does less brain damage that say alcohol, you've never had to try and teach a class of kids who smoke pot heavily from the ages of 12-16. These kids couldn't even remember what time to come back from lunch.
Marijuana is also seen as a gateway drug. There are very, very few drug users who will do other illicit drugs that didn't try marijuana first. Drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes are less likely to do this, as drinking and smoking circles are far different from drug taking circles.
Think of it like this: if you're in a social circle that plays only Playstation games, you'll play a large variety of only Playstation games. But, if you introduce an X-Box only circle, you'll play maybe one or 2 games, and if you like it you're more likely to play both.
Second, when you smoke marijuana it stops your bodies purging system, meaning if you had to throw up your body won't register to do it by instinct. So say if you've had to much to drink, your body by instinct tells you to throw up to get rid of excess alcohol. If, however, you smoke pot and drink (which would likely happen with the amount of duel drug use people do), you're more likely to get alcohol poisoning because your body doesn't tell you to throw up.
By nature, the amount of tar that goes into your lungs when smoking marijuana is 2/3 greater than tobacco. It also absorbs more tar when mixed with tobacco. So if you smoke both joints and cigarettes, you're MORE likely to get lung cancer. It's hard to do actual research on it because it is an illegal drug, but from animal testing they have found an amazing number of things.
For those of you who say it does less brain damage that say alcohol, you've never had to try and teach a class of kids who smoke pot heavily from the ages of 12-16. These kids couldn't even remember what time to come back from lunch.
Marijuana is also seen as a gateway drug. There are very, very few drug users who will do other illicit drugs that didn't try marijuana first. Drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes are less likely to do this, as drinking and smoking circles are far different from drug taking circles.
Think of it like this: if you're in a social circle that plays only Playstation games, you'll play a large variety of only Playstation games. But, if you introduce an X-Box only circle, you'll play maybe one or 2 games, and if you like it you're more likely to play both.
