I decided to make a website dedicated to Marijuana safety. Did I nail it?

Nusky

New Member
should have used a .org or what ever country you're from's extension. It's also very unbiased, but I guess that's your goal.

Cannabis can provoke a psychosis in people who are sensitive to it.

should be

Cannabis can induce psychosis in people who already have it dormant.

It sounds better and is more true to what doctors are saying now.
 

AltarNation

Well-Known Member
Agreed with the above edit.

I'd also suggest changing the "recess" image to something involving more adult looking characters. The last thing you want to do is imply any hint of condoning child usage.

Gonna check out the rest of what's up on it... I like the simple design and the look, feels appropriate to the modern age of social media websites.
 

AltarNation

Well-Known Member
I would re-arrange the negatives list to put the clear facts first, and the speculative facts after. For instance, the list should start with the obvious truth that "Smoking cannabis causes carcinogens to enter the body." However, I would even go so far as to amend that with something like, "However, alternate methods of consumption (such as oral) do not involve carcinogen exposure."

Several could be reworded to accomodate Nuksy's guideline of indicating that the pot does not necessarily cause mental conditions but can simple exacerbate or draw out dormant or latent conditions.

My prime example would be:

"In some cases high quantity users can experience feelings of anxiety, depression and be seriously unwell."

That should read something like, "As with any other active substance, people with conditions such as anxiety or depression may find their symptoms exacerbated by use."

Also:

"During pregnancy, cannabis can have negative consequences for the fetus." <--I am not convinced that htis is documented at all. I believe what you want to say here is, "smoking anything" instead of "cannabis".

And I think you should separate the below list into a separate bullet point list so that it is more clear that you are listing speculation and not fact:

Some researchers are of the opinion that:
Cannabis is a first step to the use of hard drugs.
Cannabis has negative effects on the immune system.
Cannabis influences fertility.
Cannabis causes schizophrenia. More.
Cannabis leads to apathy and loss of interest.
Cannabis can cause anger, especially when trying to stop using Cananabis.
 

AltarNation

Well-Known Member
Upon further consideration I am not convinced that a "positive/negative" division is the proper way to educate, because it seems to leave very little room for honest explanations of both sides of each issue. The problem is, you can't write redemptive truths in direct amendment to each negative if you have them separated on two completely different pages.

Example... you should be able to say, "Smoking marijuana causes ingestion of carcinogens, BUT there are other ways to consume it which do not involve carcinogen exposure at all." Figure out which page that is supposed to go on and you'll see what I mean... it doesn't fit on either, and yet this kind of rational logic is the most convincing possible, in my opinion.
 

Capt. Stickyfingers

Well-Known Member
I think you're doing good and are on the right track. I'm sure some folks that are better at presentation than me can chime in, but I think you're doing good.
+rep
 

AltarNation

Well-Known Member
Yeah, to be clear, I like what you're doing and I bid you good luck with your site. I hope you can take constructive criticism and work it into your design. :)
 

Monkeh

Member
You guys are simply awesome. This is exactly what I wanted. I will definitely follow 100% of your guy's advice as all constructive criticism received will not go in vain. I'll update it now, let me know what you guy's can further change. I'm definately going to give credit to this forum as well. Again, thank you guys :)
 

Monkeh

Member
Edit: Fully updated now. I've included a "Rebuttals and Debates" page... I'm thinking this page might prove a little redundant though...What do you guys think?
 

Tenner

Well-Known Member
I love the little picture on the bottom of the positive effects page. Pharmacy saying "except our drugs" :D
 
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