Marijuana is one of the safest drugs available today. It is not possible to consume a lethal amount of marijuana. Alcohol is more addictive, more toxic to the brain and liver, and more closely associated with violence (domestic abuse, sexual assault, homicide, suicide). Acetaldehyde, the major byproduct of alcohol metabolism, is toxic and carcinogenic. Thirty-five thousand Americans die yearly as a direct result of alcohol use. Cigarettes kill 1,200 Americans every day, and 5.4 million a year worldwide. (Ethan Nadelmann, JD, PhD). There has never been a death directly associated with marijuana. Marijuana has many medicinal uses. Patients with multiple sclerosis, gliomas, brain injury, Tourettes Syndrome, HIV/AIDS, and many other ailments, have found that marijuana helped them with their symptoms, or slowed the progression of the disease. There is also strong evidence that marijuana kills cancer cells with no harm to healthy surrounding cells. So, why are we enforcing such harsh penalties for growing a plant that has so many medicinal uses, and so little (if any) side effects? - THC Finder
