Recently in the U.S. there's been a push to legalize marijuana. The pot smoking weed toking stereotype is changing. Business moguls enjoy it, celebrities are doing it, even the president has tried it.
4. Business moguls enjoy it…
“Of course I know how to roll a joint.” Martha Stewart
business moguls
“of course i know
how to roll a joint.”
-martha stewart
enjoy it...
5. Celebrities are doing it.
“Good weed and cold drinks, that’s the mother f*cking recipe.”
Wiz Khalifa
celebrities are doing it.
“good weed and cold drinks, that’s
the mother f*cking recipe.”
-wiz khalifa
6. Even the president has tried it…
“I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice…I
don’t think it is more dangerous than alcohol.” U.S. President
Barack Obama
Even the president
has tried it...
“I smoked pot as a kid,
bad habit and a vice…
and I view it as a
i don’t think it is more
dangerous than alcohol.”
-U.S. President Barack Obama
7. Rich and successful professionals admit they’ve tried weed.
rich and successful
professionals
8. But!…There are still many that oppose the legalization of
marijuana.
but!...
there are still many that
oppose
of marijuana.
legalizationthe
9. “Most people talk about legalizing pot as if it were no
worse than alcohol.As if no one has ever died as the
result of using marijuana…”
ever died
marijuana... “
as the result of using
as if no one has
than alcohol.
as if it were no worse
talk about legalizing pot
“most people
10. “but the truth is alcohol has created so much dysfunction &
destruction in our society…”alcohol has
created so much
dysfunction &
destruction
in our society…
“but the truth is
11. “Why would we want to introduce yet another drug that gets
people high and back its usage with the power of congress?”
Dr.Howard Samuels, Licensed Psychotherapist and recovering
Cocain and Heroin addict.
“why
would we want to
introduce yet another drug
that gets people high
and back its usage with the
power of congress? “
-dr. howard samuels,
licensed psychotherapist
and recovering cocain and heroin addict
12. Some fear the harmful mental & physical effect on teens.
13. “It takes years to raise a teen to realize his or her potential.
It takes much less time for marijuana to destroy it.”
Leslie Walker, Pediatrician and Professor, University of
Washington School of Medicine
14. “They (parents) expect none of this will be exposed to their
children…”
they[parents]“ expect…
none of this will be
exposed to their
children...“
15. “When in fact that is not true. Legalization means that
this is now legally protected commercial speech.”
“when in fact that is
legalization means
that this is now
not true
legally protected
commercial speech. “
42. Some argue that smoking
weed can cause significant
lung damage.
43. “Marijuana users usually inhale more deeply
and hold their breath longer than tabacco
smokers do, further increasing the lungs
exposure to carcinogenic smoke.” American
Lung Association
44. Much of the concern is for adolescents and the potentially
damaging effect on the developing brain.
45. “Marijuana’s deleterious effects on adolescent brain
development, cognition, and social functioning may have
immediate and long-term implications.” AACAP marijuana
legalization policy statement 2014