Legalize it?

[seroone]

Marijuana the huge topic of debate and if passes mods, n admins i would like to know your opinions.

[Jbulldog25]

I think it should be legalized, because it isn't near as bad as alcohol or pain pills that you can easily get these days.

If you've tried it, you know it is ALOT easier to drive high than drunk.(less accidents ftw?)
You can function better.
The only reason it is illegal, is because it makes people want to try other drugs (to see how it feels)...But alcohol and pills don't ?

[AwptimusPrime]

Wow are you serious...? A drug is still a drug.

The only way I see MJ being legalized is for medical needs only.

[slayer44]

Originally Posted by AwptimusPrime

Wow are you serious...? A drug is still a drug.

The only way I see MJ being legalized is for medical needs only.

Alcohol is a drug, so is tobacco they are legal because the government has control of it and they can tax it.

I think Marijuana should be legalized its not any worse for you then Alcohol or Tobacco.

I think people should be able to grow marijuana in their backyard like Vegtables.

and one way the government can make money of this is to sell seeds and set up licencing.
as in you need a license to grow and smoke.

thats my argument

[Hugs4Drugs]

word. a drug by definition is any substance other than food that alters your mental state. thats why they call tylenol a drug.

and i agree, marijuanna is virtualy harmless. ok, not entirely harmless, but try and find ANY deaths related DIRECTLY to marijuanna overdose. all that leads to is the munchies and paranoia.

at the very least, the government should decriminalize it. meaning that if cought with it, it would be no more than a slap on the wrist. like a speeding ticket. ive known too many people who have had good lives and were good people go to jail just for pot. and if they did full blown legalize it, the government could regulate it just like alcohol. it might mean that prices would go up, but at least alot of people wouldnt go to jail. and crime would go down. ok, MIGHT go down.

[Jbulldog25]

Crime would go down. 50% of dealers are strictly marijuana dealers.

Legal mary jane = no need to deal it
You don't have an alcohol dealer on speedial

[seroone]

In my opinion It should be leagalized, reason for saying so is that Weed is a profitable business. If the gov't taxed it they would have extra money from it. Now every intoxicating substance should have rules, just like alchool has rules. If the gov't stoped wasting there time to stop Mj they could really put the police force to better use, Jails would empty out more often and the real criminals behind bars will stay behind bars due to the open housing .

[slayer44]

Originally Posted by Jbulldog25

Crime would go down. 50% of dealers are strictly marijuana dealers.

Legal mary jane = no need to deal it
You don't have an alcohol dealer on speedial

Teens do :P

[edge]

Its a tough one, though i do not smoke it i have many friends that do, and they have all gone downhill in there school work, not blaming that cannabis is the reason, but because they would rather go out and do it than study, but i mean who wouldn't..

i think if it was legalized or had special places to go to smoke it, it may become less of a novelty for frequent users, but then again more people would do it and become addicted..

there are many pro's and con's but i doubt that any country will change its laws for it.

[Flak]

It works well in Holland. However, the cultures of Holland (in line with most of mainland Europe) and America are quite different, and I can't see it having the same successes in America, much like their alcohol limits (16 for beer + wine, 18 for spirits).

[JK123]

Theres an awful lot of opinion in this thread but not much in the way of facts, so heres some.

The toxic elements in cannabis are far greater than even tobbaco which most sensible people accept is very hazardous to your health. For example - cannabis smoke contains 20 times more ammonia, and five times more hydrogen cyanide and nitrous oxides than tobacco smoke. It contains higher levels or tar and greater concentrations of carcinogens than tobbaco.

Cannabis use has been linked to exacerbating (making worse) the effects of psychosis, schizophrenia, bronchitis, and emphysema. Some studies are suggesting there may be a causitive link between teenage/early adult cannabis use and later life onset of psychosis and schizophrenia.

Cannabis is known to disrupt the control of blood pressure increasing the risk of fainting. Even occasional use is bad for people with heart and circulation disorders.

Alchol, 'pain pills' and cannabis are all Psychoactive drugs. This means they alter your brain chemistry with varying effects. The main active component of cannabis, THC, is known to have hallucinogenic properties. In use this effect is usually mild but with stronger strains increasingly available it presents a real risk.

Unlike most other drugs, legal and not, cannabis does not fall neatly into one category of psychoactive drug Stimulant, Depressant, Hallucinogen, or Antipsychotic, instead it exhibits a mix of effects from all these categories.

Lets not forget about the well documented effects on short term memory - the likely reason for Edges friends going 'downhill in their school work'.

Driving whilst high is extremely dangerous as cannabis impairs your ability to track movement and slows decision making, though studies do support that the risk may not be as high as drink driving.

JK

[AwptimusPrime]

Originally Posted by slayer44

Alcohol is a drug, so is tobacco they are legal because the government has control of it and they can tax it.
thats my argument

Ok but still if you read the newspaper or w/e there is never any talk of the govt. controlling MJ...

The only talk is about how MJ is used a medicine for some.

[Hugs4Drugs]

good points JK123. and marijuanna use in the united states stems, at least in my experience, from rebeliousness. thats pretty much why i started. because it was something that i wasnt supposed to do. and that made me want to do it more.

[L4rk3m0n]

Originally Posted by slayer44

Alcohol is a drug, so is tobacco they are legal because the government has control of it and they can tax it.




thats my argument

I totally agree with slayer, its hard to tax something u can grow yourself, which is why you arent allowed to make your own liquor i suppose.

Especially in america its easy to grow with its numerous states that are very warm and sunny with ideal conditions to grow Mary jane. But that raises the question of why dont people grow there own tobacco plants!

The law in UK atleast has down graded cannabis to a class C drug, which i think is great cos IF u get caught u get a slap on the wrists. Alot of people in the UK smoke cannabis and the laws are great for the smokers imo (as long as that pr!ck gordon brown doesnt change the law).