They argue that marijuana would not be abused because it's a non-addictive drug. In reality, marijuana may cause patients to abuse the drug because marijuana can be addictive or at least habit-forming. ... Abuse of marijuana may cause the use of other drugs because marijuana use is associated as stepping-stone drug. ... Lowary also emphasizes that "about one in 100 marijuana users becomes a regular user of cocaine." ... Marijuana use for medical purposes just leads to its abuse and it opens the door to other harmful drugs. ...

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Drugs are bad. All of our lives we've all seen the commercials, learned the slogans, saw the movies, and some witnessed personally the effects of drugs on a person. But, I am NOT talking about drugs per se, I'm talking about marijuana, across the country at this point in history, marijuana is quickly becoming a legalized drug. ... " The numerous studies were done on the effects of marijuana on the person, and the community as a whole has opened the eyes of some nonbelievers to understand that marijuana is nowhere near as harmful as cocaine, heroin, meth, and other such hardcor...

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