Comments on: Tobacco Worse Than Marijuana?

By: disturbedpyro

disturbedpyro — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:33:12 +0000

weed contains few chemicals not nearly as many as Cigarettes.
-Cigarettes contain close to 4000 chemicals in them, including hydrogen cyanide (which was used by the nazis during world war 2 in the gas chambers).
-weed contains about 66 chemicals
can someone explain why adding chemicals used in gas chambers during world war 2 to cigarettes is legal, but smoking a joint and relaxing is illegal

By: djm749

djm749 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:53:05 +0000

First, tobacco is addictive in EVERYONE. The addictive substance is nicotine. No addictive substances in marijuana.
Second, prolonged use of marijuana causes laziness? maybe. However, prolonged exposure to tobacco causes cancer, heart disease, emphysema, hypertension, etc., etc. etc. which costs billions in medical bills, lost productivity, premature death, etc. etc etc.
Alcohol, a LEGAL SUBSTANCE, affects driving ability, should we ban that?
You get fired over marijuana because the government has arbitrarily decided that it should be illegal. Do you get fired for drinking on the job? If you don’t you should. And what’s that again about alcohol? Oh Yeah, it’s a LEGAL SUBSTANCE.
If the government legalized marijuana, regulated its production, distribution, and sale, and taxed it the way they do alcohol, they’d make a mint in revenue. And if you’re about to say that legalizing Mary Jane would increase its use, you’ll see that alcohol consumption increased during the Prohibition era, and then declined after the 18th Amendment was repealed.
When alcohol was illegal, Al Capone ran Chicago. Every time you make something illegal, you invite the criminal element to get involved. Make marijuana legal and you give the criminals a smaller playing field.
I know this isn’t about legalizing marijuana, but which do you REALLY think is more harmful?

By: warlord4

warlord4 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:04 +0000

You answered your own question. Some people can do things moderately and some can’t.

By: nerdyrob

nerdyrob — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:29:07 +0000

Actually some work places will fire you if you are found to smoke (cigarettes).
Tobacco does affect your abilities, it’s just so subtle that you don’t realize it (so therefore, not as bad?) Anyways I agree with you, and I think marijauna should be legalized and regulated.

By: tsull73

tsull73 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:47:08 +0000

THEY ARE SPEAKING IN TERMS OF HOW IT MAKES U FEEL LIKE A FLOAT ORB… OR SOMETHIN

By: barry

barry — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:47:58 +0000

simple answer…cigarrettes–no high, pot–high …thats why marijuana is better

By: Jackie C

Jackie C — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:50:52 +0000

nicotine for sure much more dangerous than cannabis, because it’s a zillion times more addictive

By: the black hand

the black hand — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:55:33 +0000

“I thought marijuana it effected the brain cells/chemistry after prolonged use. Am I wrong?”
U r defenetly not wrong about this one!!
Tabacco gets u addicted pretty fast but at least when u stop u “seem” to get back to ur normal self.. marijuana tho…causes way to many problems to get over just by quitting

By: D.L. Miller

D.L. Miller — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:36:25 +0000

after several years of use i can say that pot is bad for your brain and tobacco is bad for your lungs

By: lily

lily — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:19:32 +0000

I’m guessing you’re a cigarette smoker, because otherwise you most likely wouldn’t be glamorizing cigarettes. If people didn’t use either substance we wouldn’t have people like you defending one product that causes disease and death more than another. While you may not have intended to bash, you are still seemingly showing bias toward cigarettes. Cigarette and maijuana smokers alike risk falling victim to chemical dependancy.
Your argument about using the two substances in moderation may appeal to some, but “moderate” is a relative word, especially for those who develope an addiction. Their brain will continually increase the ammount that they consider “moderate” so that what they think is moderate is actually far from it.