MaryJane.. Should It Be Legal In America?

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Well what do you think?

I agree that it should be legal. It is no different than drinking Alcohol. If people are allowed to buy cigarettes they should be allowed to buy Marijuana.

http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~alb/misc/hemp.html

A good article to read.

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@Brent cv,

I agree. The government can tax it, and promptly waste the money on something like a $5 billion dollar bill to tell California police officers that their fly must be zipped while on duty.

It's no worse than cigarettes or alcohol.

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@Brent cv,

http://www.hoboes.com/html/FireBlade/Editorials/Guests/Legalize.html

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@ndjs,

ndjs wrote:

http://www.hoboes.com/html/FireBlade/Editorials/Guests/Legalize.html

Good stuff.

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@Brent cv,

I seriously have no opinion on this at all. Legalize it, keep it illegal, I don't really care. I just want to know if there is going to be some sort of an extra crackdown on DUI's if this is passed as legal to take the potheads off the road.s

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@Brent cv,

Well duh. Just like what happened with alcohol post prohibition. People smoke pot and drive anyways. You can pick them out here, about 1 in 10. Never use their headlights.

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@Brent cv,

The only problem I have with this is that all of the sudden all the low life drug dealers will become legitimate "businessmen"

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@Brent cv,

nah you make it like an ABC set up. that is our government controlled alcohol store. its works really well down here, just have them sell it

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@Brent cv,

The goverment would have to control everything from price to THC levels. An underground market would still exist for people looking for higher THC levels than what the govt would approve, dealers would lower their prices to compete with the Govt prices, making it more attractive top buy from dealers. It would legalize MJ, but it would create a new "black market" for MJ

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http://www.hoboes.com/html/FireBlade/Editorials/Guests/Legalize.html...You support robberies and assaults on innocent people.
The high prices of drugs caused by prohibition force many drug addicts to turn to robbery in order to pay for their drugs. Legalization would drop drug prices. Drug users would no longer need to rob/assault innocent people in order to support their drug habit. This violence against innocent people would end if drugs were legalized.

And this is BS. even if drugs were cheaper. Druggies with no Money will still commit crimes to get their hands on their next fix

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@Brent cv,

^ Well the Federal Government does not control the Alcohol level within Liquor do they? States can but I do not see where they are limiting the percentage of alcohol... I do not see why they would limit the amount of THC

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@Brent cv,

They do control the amount of alcohol in certain states. I know that Oaktonarcher cannot purchase pure grain alcohol (190 proof) in his state, but I can here.

They wouldn't need to worry about limiting THC. You can't OD. It'd be like cigarettes. You have Camel Filters, Camel Lights, Camel Turkish Gold, Camel Turkish Silver, etc.

Oh, and btw I don't agree with 100% of that link, it does contain good info though.

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@ndjs,

ndjs wrote:

They do control the amount of alcohol in certain states. I know that Oaktonarcher cannot purchase pure grain alcohol (190 proof) in his state, but I can here.

They wouldn't need to worry about limiting THC. You can't OD. It'd be like cigarettes. You have Camel Filters, Camel Lights, Camel Turkish Gold, Camel Turkish Silver, etc.

Oh, and btw I don't agree with 100% of that link, it does contain good info though.

I agree

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@Brent cv,

Still. Is not the same as beer or cigarrets. Not everybody consumes alcohol to get wasted, MJ users DO consume it to get high. You can hang out with friends, have two beers and be ok, U can't smoke a couple of joints and be ok. You can't say it is the same or not as bad as alcohol. It might not be as harmful to your health, but the effects of it (in volume) are much stronger and faster.

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@Brent cv,

I know plenty of people who do or used to just hang out and smoke a joint. They'd be straight afterwards, or as straight as somebody who drank a couple beers.

The first times, yeah, people are gonna get a mindfuck. But the first time I smoked, I felt dizzy. The first time I drank, I got smashed. When people smoke pot for the first time, they're gonna get fucked up. Then they'll probably get used to it, know how much they should smoke, etc. Just like I know how much beer I can drink before I need to chill out if I don't wanna get drunk.

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@JEB007,

JEB007 wrote:

Still. Is not the same as beer or cigarrets. Not everybody consumes alcohol to get wasted, MJ users DO consume it to get high. You can hang out with friends, have two beers and be ok, U can't smoke a couple of joints and be ok. You can't say it is the same or not as bad as alcohol. It might not be as harmful to your health, but the effects of it (in volume) are much stronger and faster.

That still doesnt make sense... they sell Alcohol in 190 proof.... have a couple of shots of that and try to walk straight

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@ndjs,

Brent wrote:

That still doesnt make sense... they sell Alcohol in 190 proof.... have a couple of shots of that and try to walk straight

You are going to the extreme, off course you can drink yourself to death. All I was saying is that you are able to have a drink without getting intoxicated. I didn't think that was an option with MJ.

ndjs wrote:

I know plenty of people who do or used to just hang out and smoke a joint. They'd be straight afterwards, or as straight as somebody who drank a couple beers.

The first times, yeah, people are gonna get a mindfuck. But the first time I smoked, I felt dizzy. The first time I drank, I got smashed. When people smoke pot for the first time, they're gonna get fucked up. Then they'll probably get used to it, know how much they should smoke, etc. Just like I know how much beer I can drink before I need to chill out if I don't wanna get drunk.

I have never tried MJ so I was not aware that u could smoke a couple of joints and be sober.

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@Brent cv,

Depends on the size of the joint or w/e, what kinda weed you get, how much you've eaten, etc.

You can hang out and smoke a joint and still be pretty normal, at least according to people i know.

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