No medicine is perfect, but replacing it with one as marijuana, which has been proven to have many negative effects for people's health, is a fallacy. Effects such as respiratory damage, risk of lung cancer, increased heart rate, reproductive damage in both sexes, immunosupression, and psychological effects such as paranoia, emotional disorders, risk of schizophrenia, loss of ability to concentrate.. addiction.. all that overshadows the temporary relief from intraocular pressure that THC gives.
This right here ^^^ proves your idiocy.
Thank you come again. 
I'm an idiot just because I don't share your same opinion? Disappointing. I was expecting more of the typical hippie who preaches love, peace and tolerance, especially coming from someone who supports marijuana's legalization. Btw, your previous analogy is senseless, as idiots will only become more idiotic consuming drugs, not the other way around. Marijuana cannot make you smarter in any way, shape or form. Drugs kill brain cells and if anything, they make you a lot dumber and less capable. That's why most drug addicts drop out of school and are unable to continue their education in that condition. It is very harmful and unhealthy. But anyway, I think we have realized long time ago we can't reach a mutual opinion. So, this discussion is kind of pointless, especially with people like you around the thread.
Walko, as I have stated before, I can't talk for all who consume marijuana. Marijuana does have those negative effects I mentioned earlier on many people who consume it and can't handle it appropriately. No, but really, I laughed off when you said evidence doesn't matter, thanks for giving a smile to my face. Then again, nothing can justify the use of poison that can kill brain's cells, and may turn people lazy and dumb. I have never understood people who consume drugs, though. Even when I believe what other person does is nothing of my concern, this has to be said. Why in your sane judgement would you put into your body a substance that reduces your lucidity, your awareness of life, your intelligence (in some cases, as I've mentioned before), your mental and physical health? It is kind of ridiculous that people needs drugs to feel better (which evolves into addiction). Though this would go against reality, as people have always needed some sort of item to feel better. So, it could be well said that my vision of an ideal world is utopic, and unrealistic in our world.
So, at this point you can take what I said previously of leaving the discussion as something null.
Marijuana when smoked is a drug. Any smoke is dangerous to the lungs; it is not needed and not natural. It can lead to the break-down of alveoli in the lungs (the part responsible for helping to exchange oxygen in the blood.) Marijuana contains 400 chemicals naturally and 2000 chemicals when smoked, 30 of which are carcinogenic (cancer-causing). The only ingredient known to have medicinal qualities is THC, one ingredient out of 2000 which means Marijuana when smoked has 1999 chemicals (including cyanide, tar, benzopyrene and carbon monoxide) that are potentially dangerous. These facts turn marijuana to be may be over 90% poison. And therefore, the dangerous chemicals found outweigh any medicinal ones. Marijuana is not proven to be a less dangerous drug- the reason this is stated is because the complete effects of Marijuana over a long period of time are just getting understood now as not a lot of studies have been conducted because the drug did not gain popularity in society until the 1960s and those who were smokers are now into their senior years. As a result new information has been coming out continuously and those who now enjoy the drug, not wanting to face withdrawal symptoms or stopping something they are familiar with and enjoy would rather continue then face the facts. The reality has little to do with making something legal or illegal- making it legal only means everybody (including young teens) will have an easier chance on getting their hands on it, just like cigarettes- which is why it is a good idea to keep it regulated. The idea here is to inform people of the facts and understand that this is something that is dangerous to the body, legally or illegally. There have been recent studies stating that Marijuana is linked to testicular cancer, immune deficiencies, slower cognitive functions, birth defects and even psychosis... just to name a few. Knowing the amount of harmful chemicals compared to any that could be medicinal proves that the idea of Marijuana helping more patients then harming- is ludicrous and similar to stating that using Lysol instead of Polysporin on a cut is helpful to the patient simply because there are ingredients in the product that help to destroy harmful bacteria even though there is a higher amount of dangerous chemicals that can cause more harm than help.
Sources: I pretty much used sources from everywhere, including some self knowledge from the medicine school.
http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/07/25/cannabis-cannabinoids-and-cancer-the-evidence-so-far/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dope/body/mortality.htmlhttp://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/34110/title/Is-Cannabis-Really-That-Bad-/I'm doing this pretty quickly, so I'm sorry if my sources are screwed up or any typos.
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