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Originally Posted by LoBlo
Marajuana causes impaired concentration, elevated blood pressure, increase heart rate, a false sense of euphoria, and altered perception of time. Its pulmonary effects can be estimated at about 4Xs the lung damage of cigarettes.
As far as the history of how it became outlawed, iirc sometimes the History Channel shows a 1hr documentary about the history and why it became outlawed. I've been meaning to find the time to watch it myself seems like it would be a interesting watch if lucky enough to catch it in reruns sometime.
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And alcohol causes liver disease, has a real risk of chemical dependency, and is the cause of millions of car accidents, many fatal. And concerning the pulmonary effects of marijuana, nobody really knows. Claiming otherwise is just what you want to believe. You can find studies that declare it worse than cigarettes, but you can just as easily find studies that say it isn't as bad as cigarettes. But still, cigarettes and cigars are perfectly legal sooo...
As to the legality of marijuana and the history of it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalit..._United_States
It's hard to find articles that aren't blatantly biased one way or the other concerning the legal history of marijuana. So Google away, just try an recognize biases when reading through. Either way, it's obvious that if the government applied the same standards to marijuana as it does to alcohol and tobacco; both of these would be illegal.
PD