Tobacco bad, Marijuana good!

Ok so the title oversimplifies things, but the Dutch Government apparently agree with the title. The Netherlands is putting a ban on tobacco similar to our own Ontario laws banning the leaf from any place of employment, although the law does allow for an unstaffed room to be used for smoking in public places, something the Ontario law does not.

The people most concerned about this appear to be the marijuana coffee shops as they often cut their marijuana joints with tobacco, a practice that will have to stop under the new law which comes into effect July 1st. Personally I say bravo and good riddance to tobacco smoke in public. I don't care what you do at home, but exposing others to second hand tobacco smoke is not a good thing, especially employees. There is no reason to need to cut marijuana with tobacco, in fact I would think that in the long run this will mean higher profit margins on the marijuana.

Of course the coffee shops are all worried that patrons will avoid them in order to continue to smoke their tobacco. Well folks let me assure you, it will happen at first, but it won't last long, just ask bar and restaurant owners here in Ontario.

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"New" Study Shows Marijuana Smoke Contains Toxins

A new Canadian study shows that pot smoke contains more of many toxins then are in tobacco cigarettes.

Come on guys, this isn't a new study at all, its been done to death. We KNOW marijuana joints contains more tar ammonia and such then a tobacco cigarette. We also know, however that joints are only one way to smoke marijuana, while it may be the most common this is primarily because a joint is easier to conceal then a bong or vaporizer.

Regardless, don't you think anyone with a grade three education knows that inhaling smoke of ANY type is not exactly the healthiest of practices. This isn't rocket science, its pure logic, inhale smoke damage lungs. The question is not is marijuana harmless, we KNOW it is, its how harmful is it compared to any other legal narcotic. Does it rate as dangerous as tobacco, only if you smoke 20-30 joints a day, how about alcohol, not even in the same category. Marijuana is not benign, however if you were to examine the facts and compare the negative aspects of marijuana to the positive I think everyone will agree that it is not dangerous enough to warrant a government ban.