*note: Notice this is in creative writing. I do not actually believe the following, rather it is a piece inspired by years of exposure to anti-marijuana propaganda. If you want to see my true thoughts on this issue, read "Drug Legalization in America - A Radical Stance." Marijuana is a drug, not a recreational pastime. Marijuana contains more than 400 chemicals, among them 60 cannabinoids unique to the cannabis plant. Most prominent among these is the chemical …
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…offspring. Smoking pot three times a week for one year can produce the kind of chromosome damage equal to 2,000 chest X-rays. No other illegal drug is known to ravage cell division to the extent marijuana does. Cannabis damages some white blood cells by deforming their nuclei. As a result, the body is unable to fight off infection and such things as genitalherpes. Macrophages are cells which ingest bacteria and dirt. THC disintegrates many of these.