The hidden danger of marijuana and what makes it, potentially, more destructive than cocaine is its half-life. Many pharmacoligical studies have concluded such. For instance,
Cocaine primarily affected the ability of AMs to kill bacteria and tumor cells, likely by suppressing their ability to generate effector molecules such as NO. In contrast, marijuana use had a broader range of effects on AMs including suppression of phagocytosis, inhibition of bacterial and tumor killing, and a reduction in their ability to produce inflammatory cytokines. In considering the different effects of these two drugs, we should not exclude the possibility that our methods underestimate the impact of cocaine. Cocaine is rapidly inactivated by plasma pseudocholinesterase, while ?9-THC has a long half-life in tissues. In vitro, cocaine needs to be repeatedly replenished in order to observe its full suppressive effects.
Cocaine may destroy quicker, but quicker is not always more dangerous or destructive. A slow suffering and disarray has a grater ability to bring long term suffering and cost to loved ones and society.
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That may be, but it appears to be non-sequitur with regards to the previous comment.
Arrays of disconnected soundbites is not the stuff of effective discourse.
A good conservative is aware of history and how it affects topics like prohibition and drugs.