i think it is possable for various random effect to occur.  but no one can use this as an argument against legalization because many other product can do it too.

here are some examples of symptoms i have encountered and/or learn about in college:

1. allergies
2. irritation of skin
3. restlessness and/or anxiety
4.  emotional isolation

i'm sure there are more, but remember these symptoms are so rare and uncommon, they are considered neglegable.  fact is, most humans can use marijuana with absolutely no "un-intended" side effect.  and simply if anyonne is actuallty have negative side effect from ANY product, they are always advise to stop usage.  if the conservative right is going to argue against weed legalization using this arguement, then they might as well recall nearly half the prescription drugs already on the shelves! things like oxykonton and hydrocodone have far worst side effects than marijuana.

(i don't have real facts to prove this paragraph, this is based on my personal experience) The thing with canabis is that it becomes part of someones personality. People who smoke weed wouldn't be themselves if they weren't on drugs(or they aren't themselves because of the drugs). once you're used to being the person on drugs, i think it's pretty hard/frightening to change from the person on drugs to the person on no drugs. becoming the person on drugs ussually happens without you really noticing it.... This goes for any drug i guess, including alcohol. So why allow alcohol , and not weed?

(this paragraph is from my psychologie book. This MIGHT be a reason/arguement why they don't want to legalize weed) Canabis is a reality altering drugs, it mimics/alters the signal sent by a neurotransmitters inside your brain. It basically changes the way you percieve things around you.
Alcohol is different, it blocks the signal that the neurotransmitter is trying to send. alcohol is not a  reality-altering drug. The more you drink, the less your mind&body is able to do(or proces) because it stops recieving signals.

You might loose track everything around you if you use too much alcohol, but that goes for any drug. Using too much of something is always bad, that even goes for vitamines.

Personally i am not against legalizing. It beats alcohol on some points, alcohol beats weed on others. In my opninion they're pretty balanced, so if you allow one, why no the other(if they are more or less the same when it comes to "damage" in the wide meaning of the word)?

good point, that's one of the better arguements i ever heard against legalizing(i don't really follow the debate). I still wouldn't mind if they legalized it( And no, i don't  smoke weed).

evolution!

after about 5,000 years, tom walks up to frankie and say's "i'm sure glad that country back in the early 2000 days legalized pot and let them suffer.
frankie :"yep, polution should had killed us all, but our lung grew stronger over the years, because our ancestors were so kind to get all f**k*d and make us stronger!" "yey! go USA!!!
tim: who?

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Man I love my country (Holland)

"im not die hard against legalising of pot, but i have yet to find a valid reason why it should be legalized. we dont need another abusive substance legalized..  alcohol or tobacco may be worse and are still legal, but them being worse and being legal isnt a reason in itself to legalize weed.."

So why not make some others illegal in the prescription world then i'll listen to someone wasting our time using the 'abusive' defense.

"i drink alot less beer when i'm smokin tree"

Amen. For me, its one or the other. Except for the one before going to sleep.

To the average non-smoking Joe, (like many here) a law reform would go unnoticed, and the effects on such individuals would be minimal at best. To the smoker, a law reform would create a much more enjoyable high for many through the minimisation of induced paranoia. To the patient, a law reform would provide another avenue of medication.
Hypothetically, if they legalized drink driving, I still wouldn't do it cos I know too many people and too many affected families who have suffered from such an action, maybe if I hadn't i'd think otherwise. Yes, I have been on both sides of the reaction.
If I found a concrete reason to to not smoke I wouldn't. Thus far I have no reason why I shouldn't.

Here's an account of the il-legalization of marijuana and other drugs. For those not bothered in reading it all, i'll copy/paste the best bit. The answerer is Douglas Valentine.
http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/2602.html

"CC: What are some interesting facets of what you have discovered about the anti-narcotics agencies?

I've studied Harry Anslinger, the first drug czar, the guy who first demonized marijuana, and kept FBN alive from 1930 until he retired in 1962.

You have to understand that what the mainstream media tells you about the purpose of government agencies is usually a cover story. For example, we're supposed to believe that Anslinger and the FBN were dedicated to wiping drugs off the face of the earth for moral reasons and to protect Americans, right? Truth is, Anslinger was a private policeman for establishment interests who benefitted from making some drugs illegal.

When the Harrison Act in 1914 made heroin, morphine, opium, and other plant-derived medications illegal, it was primarily because America was becoming corporatized; the monied interests ? doctors, pharmaceutical manufacturers, pharmacists ? were becoming organized lobbies that manipulated public policy to achieve private gain.

Before 1914, poor people who couldn't afford doctors got relief through legal opiates and cannabis medicines. The businesspeople realized these plant drugs were a big threat to their profits. They wanted commercial control of opium and its derivatives so you had to pay them to get these drugs.

Another agenda was to make sure FBN only busted drugs and drug traffickers who weren't part of the corporate profit chain or serving other government interests.

For example, FBN had plenty of evidence that some Asian smugglers were the biggest drug smugglers in the world at the time, supplying dangerous drugs to the Mafia. But Anslinger had to prevent that information from coming out, because these particular smugglers were fighting the communists and the Japanese. If you were a poor Mexican or a black jazz musician smoking weed in Harlem, on the other hand, it was all out war against you.

That's why the US government has protected drug smugglers in Central America, Asia, and Afghanistan's Northern Alliance smugglers ? these people are America's proxy warriors; smuggling money finances wars that are "in the US interest.""

The genetic manipulation of marijuana has increased, so that the effects are more long lasting.  Problem is, most users of marijuana either illegally, or legally through the medical use excuse are nothing more than addicts.

Yes, I said addicts.  They are much like tobaco users, with the same effects when going cold turkey.

Several violent incidents I can report from personal experience from those who had not have had a hit in 3 days.  Irrational behavior, paranoia, pacing, insomnia, extreme irritability.  The person I once worked with in a restaurant, threw a cast steel frying pan at my head, nearly missing it by less than an inch on video camera.  And he was a constant user, whose supply during the winter days usually dried up.  He entered rehab years ago, and stopped using it.  And he will contest that yes, he had NO CONTROL over his drug use, and marijuana is the drug he stated he used.

Another incident was when i was less than 5 or 6 years old.  With a group of adults including my babysitter we went to the beach. The adults went off and told the two children to stay near a cliff line.  Of course we're children of a young age and curious about exploring.  We saw them down over the side of a dune and decided to go to them.  Turns out it wasn't a dune, but a 30 foot slope, dropping off into the sea.  When we realized our error we attempted to climb back up.  Unfortunately the sand was pouring back towards the cliff side and taking us with it.  We screamed and eventually the adults realized that we were in trouble.  They came running back up, and were able to get us off the cliff edge before we dropped off.

They reaked of the one smell that I could remember from the incident of marijuana.  I almost died, because you assholes say it doesn't affect you or anyone else around you.

I'm living proof and witness that you jerk offs are wrong.  All you smokers and tokers can burn in hell, and I seriously hope you kill yourselves before you kill someone else from your lethargic stupidity to get "High".

Whatever, screw you people.  Just die.  Just go die.

Marijuana makes unproductive potatoes. Smoke it all you want, just don't put any in my burger. Oh and yes I would like some fries.

Thank you for your ridiculous input, Key.

Your first reference is to someone who obviously abused other drugs than marijuana and/or suffered from serious psychological disorders. Good choice. Maybe next you could blame marijuana for the effects of heroin and the lies of its users? That's as valid an argument as you have presented; ie, not at all valid.

You almost died because your parents were idiots who left their children alone. We'll ignore the fact that you disobeyed your parents because this, too, was obviously their fault. Pot didn't make you or your parents stupid. Sorry. If you had almost died left alone for 5 minutes while your parents went to buy diapers, would you argue that diapers affected you and almost resulted in your death?

Shitty people exist in the world. They do rotten things and act like the idiots/trash that they are. Being idiots/trash, they are at least as likely or more than others to drink/smoke/smoke. But the fact that shitty people drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes and smoke pot doesn't make alcohol, nicotine, or marijuana the cause of the shitty people's behavior. Lots of people who smoke pot are trash. Shocking fact. Lots of people are trash. Of course lots of people who smoke pot are trash. And it's no coicidence that the few people you might be exposed to who you are aware smoke marijuana are shitty people, worsening your experience with pot smokers. That's because shitty people are the kind of people who are dumb and unprofessional enough that you'll find/figure out one way or another that they smoke pot. You can bet your life that you know a number more people who smoke marijuana, however often. You just don't know it.

I don't spend time with trash. You seem to have missed the point. It's nobody's fault but yours if you do.

I'm confused. I have no problem. You do. And it has nothing to do with me. Yet you believe that "people like [me]" are the problem? Thank you for your 0 basis statement and overgeneralization. You may want to see a psychologist. Reefer didn't make your parents and their friends all leave you alone as a child. Sorry. And you're not my responsibility. That you misplace blame on marijuana for the childish, trashy behavior of individuals you associate with doesn't equate to causality. Maybe youz trash.