[judgementday]

People obviously smoke pot to gain a "high" or why else would anyone spend the money to do it?

There are facts that continued marijuana use can cause neurological deficiencies among other affects. I am currently working on a research paper for a totally different subject but thought I would look up some actual research on the subject....here are the links to the papers...

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/0...9.abstract

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...082534.htm

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2797098/

I included an example of long term effects, the possibility that it causes cancer, and it's addictive nature.

This is actual research and not assumptions.

Now, one can make the same comparison with tobacco and alcohol products. However, as I stated in a earlier post, people do not see cannibas in the same light as tobacco and alcohol. With alcohol these same people would never drink and drive, they would never drink and then go to work, or they would never drink prior to family events. But, they have no problem with lighting up a joint prior to these events and studies have shown that some impairments caused by being high mimic those of being drunk.