Legalize Marijuana? Why or Why not?

Because it's ridiculous to outlaw a weed.

We have this discussion a lot.

And the law will never change, not in my lifetime anyway.

Alcohol and tobacco are far more lethal (in terms of cancer and accidents) than weed and yet, they are legal. Home grown grass is pure God made plant life...who am I to snub life? :wink:

Seriously though, yes it should be legal. And for more reasons than I want to light one up after a bad day at work. It helps medically in some cases is probably my strongest argument. And it doesn't hurt anyone but the user (the smoke in the lungs factor) unlike alcohol which kills plenty of innocent people every year.

It seems that somebody starts a thread on this subject about once or twice a year. And all the pro- and all the con- people come out and say the same things over and over again. Like me.

Because everyone should have the right to smoke it. People should be aware that smoking anything can potentially cause cancer and such, and that if they are predisposed to schizophrenia, as a very small number of people are, marijuana can trigger its onset. But it can't kill you, and it's a wonderful experience, so it should be up to you, not the government, whether or not you smoke it.

It makes sense for something like heroin to be illegal, because it is highly addictive, life-threatening, and causes people to lose all their money very quickly and turn to a life of crime. But cannabis is none of those things, and should be legalised and regulated.



It might do here, in Britain. Well, it already has. It's gone from class B to class C, which means that it isn't legal, but you can pretty easily get away with using it. It's a step closer to legalisation.

I'd like to see it replace alcohol as the country's drug of choice. We drink far too much alcohol.

Leave it as it is. Let the white collars argue about the pros and cons while we just sit back and realax.

But seriously, it would be sweet to be able to obtain weed without having to commit a crime...

Like I say everytime 420

There is no "road side" test for it. Which is another reason why i think they are hesitant to make it legal. Driving under the influence couldn't be an illegal offense because currently there is no test to see if you are high...other than blood or urine and they can't take that if you get pulled over.

Driving under the influence of marijuana is not as dangerous as driving on alcohol. When you smoke you become timid, and infinitely more concentrated on the road because you know you are high. You know that your response time is slower, so you take it into consideration. Besides, if I smoked an entire bush I might sink to the level of activity that is normal on the road. Most people, sober or not, are asleep behind the wheel...

Right, however, do you honestly believe that law enforcement would allow driving under the influence of anything?

They allow you to drive under the influence of kaffeine or nicotine. Painkillers too. These drugs have so subtle effects that it's sometimes hard to know you're under the influence.

They let old people drive, people who need one half minute to move one foot in front of the other.

They let epeleptics drive when there's no telling when they'll have a seizure.

They let angry people drive, and we all know how dangerous that can be.

The main reasons for outlawing pot and keeping alcohol legal is financial and political.

It is the same reason why the patent for a hydrogen engine was bought and buried by the petrolium companies almost twenty years ago. If people start smoking they start drinking less.

In a nightclub here in Norway they started charging people 20 kroner (approx. 4 $) for a glass of water. The reason was that so many people used exstacy that they made almost no money selling alcohol...

I think officers should drive around with a really fat ugly chick. when they pull a guy over bring her out and say "Would you f**k her?" If they answer is yes you're going down.

As for pot, legalize, because life sucks and we need every distraction possible.

I know I know....

I think it's stupid of them, considering they could tax the hell out of it and make a killing. More people regularly smoke pot than regularly smoke cigarettes, methinks.

Yep. And that's why I don't want it legalized.

See what I mean?

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