The question has already been answered that weed is a drug. So no need to continue that topic anymore. Like people said, Weed is a drug because it alters your brain. Anything that alters your brain is considered a drug. Medicines you get from clinics are drugs. Some drugs are considered good, some bad.
Key word I used is CURE not prevent. They formed a theory called the Reflex Neurosis Theory of Disease. Basically they believed all diseases came from human sexuality, erotic sensations and sex organs. Any use of sexuality without procreation was considered bad.
This is why historically homosexuality was considered bad as well as masturbation. Its basically free sex without the responsibility of a life time of taking care of a kid, before condoms and birth controls were invented. Just one act of sex was a life time of responsibility. Homosexuality was all the fun without the responsibility, and as well of fearing the species would die off with homosexual relationships. It was then written into religious books after, since religious laws were based on the mindset of those times. Religion and community were intertwined
Many middle eastern countries use their religion for Female genital mutilation to suppress women sexuality. The same was for western countries with circumcision to suppress male sexuality, to try to stop males from masturbating.
That's nonsense but you are right about the religious part.
Partially.
There's periods in the Renaissance where homosexuality was widely accepted.
Hell even in Muslim countries, there where periods of it being normal.
In Ancient Rome, nothing was more manly then having sex with another male, it was even considered below feminine to orally satisfy a female.
Anyway, discussing this will lead to a horrible derailment of the topic at hand so I'm not responding to it anymore.