Cannabis

Note: since THC stays in the system so long (up to 30 days), there are violent criminals who test positive for it. But very very few are violent when high if there is not also alcohol dominating the mix.

Alcohol and nicotine are highly addictive and have very deleterious health problems from long term use, including many forms of cancer and malnutrition. Those two are harmful to you.

There is little evidence of elevated risk for lung cancer from smoking cannabis: some studies indicate it but most don't. In any case smoking is not needed. The same cannabis you'd put into a joint can be vaped directly and efficiently, or consumed orally (for different longer effect).


Yes, Republicans (but not libertarian Republicans or libertarian Democrats) are against relaxing (some) drug laws because they know cannabis makes people mellow and that goes against the Republican brand, which advocates competiton and contention, not cooperation and peace.