What Really Shapes Peoples Opinions on the Legalization of Marijuana?
caused by an overdose of weed. Never. I think most people are aware of the tragic case just recently in which a young mother died after drinking too much water. And yet-not one single documented case of death by smoking too much marijuana. And marijuana remains the bad guy here. I admit to having quite a bit of personal experience with marijuana. I’ve smoked a lot of it, and known a lot of people who have smoked a bunch. The responses I got from my survey corresponded to what I’ve seen in my stoner travels: people who smoke tend to get paranoid, hungry and sleepy. That’s it. If you smoke too much, you get really sleepy. You get really hungry. You might eat a whole bunch of Lucky Charms and fall asleep watching Fantasia for the fifty-seventh time. But you’re not going to die. Smoking marijuana does have its dangers, the main one being getting some that’s laced with another drug. It does affect short-term memory, but only while you’re actually stoned. Once the high wears off, your memory
