George Brieron Marijuana The Deceptive Drug Summary

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There was an article published in the news called ‘Marijuana, the deceptive drug’. In this article a man name George Bierson concludes that marijuana is harmful in many ways including brain damage. also that it can damage your reproductive system. it could also make your immune system weak.Due to my research I think that bierson concluded all of his facts from already assumed conclusions.also due to some research I have found that many of his facts when you look them at logically do not connect to his conclusions. In fact Weed is not as harmful as scientist says.One of Bierson main supports was that marijuana during the test on monkeys caused high amounts of brain damage.he failed to mention that the test was discredited later on. The monkeys were given highly lethal doses, doses even higher than a regular user or medical user would ever intake. More recent studies of heavy marijuana user show no signs of any brain damage at all showing that weed has no long term effect on the brain when it …show more content…

That makes people wanna do more extremes drugs.that's not true though Saying weed is a gateway drug is not logical because people who smoke cigarettes and drink were never introduced to drugs, they just simply started because they wanted to .Evidence shows there is no evidence of the effects of marijuana causing the abuse of other drugs.it's all about the person and the choices they make. One of the main reasons I think weed should be legalized is because of the good it can do.weed in a medical sense is a helpful drug to lots of people. Like people who have PTSD weed is usually prescribed to them to help calm them down. It can also be used to help people with certain types of cancer to keep it under control. It was also stated that weed does not affect your immune system at all. Also through the use of marijuana it can help with anxiety, depression and other symptoms of that sort so why make it

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