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1. it is not marijuana use that supports drug cartels. It is marijuana being illegal that supports them. Every time you vote to keep marijuana illegal you are supporting them.

2. Marijuana does not cause death or kill brain cells or cause negative effects because of smoking. It has 3 antioxidants in the smoke and the plant that counteract these free radicals and are more powerful than any other antioxidant according to researchers. THC is a neurotransmitter not a neurotoxin meaning it does not attack and destroy neurons, it binds to receptors.

Does Marijuana Really Kill Brain Cells?:
"The most reliable scientific sources report that permanent brain damage is one of the inevitable results of the use of marijuana." President Ronald Regan

This quote was based on Dr. Heath/Tuland study, 1974
According to these "scientists" they gave monkeys 30 joints a day each and these monkeys began to atrophy and die after 90 days. Brain damage was determined after counting the dead brain cells of both monkeys who had been subjected to the marijuana and ones who had not.

This study became the foundation of the government and other special interests group's claim that marijuana kills brain cells. But here is what they didn't tell you...

It took 6 years of requests before the reports of how the study was really conducted to be revealed.

Instead of administering 30 joints a day for one year as they had originally claimed and as the study was suppose to be conducted, Dr. Heath used a method of pumping 63 joints worth of columbia strength marijuana through a gas mask with no oxygen added for 5 minutes at a time over a period of 3 months. They suffocated the monkeys and then associated it with the marijuana and said "marijuana causes brain damage, serious illness and death.

"4 minutes without oxygen, brain damage may result" St. John Ambulance - First Aid Guide

"The truth is cannabinoids kills a large variety of cancer cells. And these have been documented... we have compounds from cannabis that inhibits breast cancer growth, colon cancer, rectal cancer, glaucoma, luchemia, lymphoma, lung cancer, fetal, chromosoma, sitoma, prostate, skin, thyroid and more... Cannabinoids are the oils of life. Do we need the D.E.A. to tell us not to smoke too much marijuana? What if happens if you take too much marijuana? You fall asleep" - University of Colorado Biologist Dr. Robert Melamead

Smoking Marijuana and it's affects on the immune system, and aging, diabetes, and other physical problems - the National Institute for the Chemistry of Biological Systems in Naples Italy, and the National Institutes of Health:
Free radicals are the menace that lower your immune system, cause aging, cause cancer, help the onset of diabetes as well as many other sicknesses and illnesses within the human body. These free radicals are our greatest natural enemy. There have been accusations that smoking marijuana causes all these harmful affects on the body because smoke, in general, contains free radicals.
The first argument against this is that the plant does not have to be smoked. Tea can be made from it and it can be eaten in many different varieties of foods. Smoking marijuana just seems to be the most popular form of using the drug. While it is true that smoke in general contains free radicals, marijuana smoke also contains three anti-oxidants that are more powerful than the typical anti-oxidants such as vitamins a, e and carotenoids and other anti-oxidants found in fruits and vegetables and even those found in grape seed oils. These three anti-oxidants are known by researchers as cannabidiol, anandamide and THC.
A stroke unleashes a torrent of glutamate, a chemical messenger in the brain, which leads to the formation of toxic oxidizing molecules. Other antioxidants, such as vitamins A and E, already are known to block the damaging effects of excess glutamate. Researchers found that cannabidiol, an anti-oxidant found in both marijuana and marijuana smoke, was a much more powerful anti-oxidant and more affective neuron protector than the well known anti-oxidants.
Another cannabinoid, commonly known as THC, proved to be an equally effective antioxidant and neuron protector. The researchers said that THC's euphoric side effects would not allow doctors to administer it in high doses. Even still, in low doses, was just as effective as cannabidiol.
A third cannabinoid called anandamide was proven to be such a strong anti-oxidant that it inhibits the growth of breast cancer cells by interfering with their DNA production cycle.
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