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The argument against legalization of marijuana use is simple - You only get one brain, and anything that alters your perceptions of and interactions with the world around you is dangerous, since such substances work primarily on the brain. If they didn't, people wouldn't ingest them.

To expand on that basic argument, let us consider the folklore from the East where marijuana originally came from. The folklore teaches, "if you use marijuana, your 'thing' will turn to pus, and if you should get any children, they will be monsters". That's pretty succinct. It will make men impotent, and it will cause defects in fetuses, resulting in defective babies. Notice it doesn't differentiate between men and women users in the last part of this statement. While the earth is far over-populated with humans, the last thing we and our relatives on this earth need is more obviously-defective ones. That isn't nature's way. It is interesting to note that the folklore also tells us that dealers in marijuana do not use it.

Now let us consider the folklore and practices related to marijuana use and the elderly there. Marijuana is The Drug of Choice when elderlies are to be euthanized, "because it takes away a person's desire to live and their drive to, as well. It hastens dying.". Once the elderly person is using marijuana, opiates are added to not only addict the elderly user, but also to hasten their death, since opium users don't care to eat. They only want more and more opium, and so die without pain, but also without knowing or caring about their families. Their minds are gone. What makes us 'real' is not our bodies - it is our minds and our perceptions. Marijuana takes these away.

Now jump forward to more modern times. Numerous studies have been done on marijuana users, but my favorites are these: (1) In the 1970's, airline pilots were tested. The group of volunteers were divided into those who had never used marijuana, those who were 'occasional' users (2-3 times / year), and those who were 'habitual' users. Every member of every test group missed the runway - every time - by 100 feet or more; and this effect was found more than 72 hours after the government-standard joint was smoked. These are people who hold our lives in their hands, who earn over $100,000 / year, from the earth to 30,000 ft. above it. (2) Now that we have MRI and CT scans, drug users of every kind have been scanned, to see if and how the brain changes over time and with different levels of use. Permanent changes

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