clifton123 : look at alcahale it kills your brain cells alot worse then weed. To add to thatt it is legal. But with weed damiging your brain worse then alcahal why is it the illigal one. many kids as you want to defend have already started drinking by highschool so whats the point of making it illigal besides if it is legal then it will be safe because it will be pure. Pure marijuana is impossable to overdose on the stuff you get on the streets is usally laced with stuff to make more product and a larger profit so if the goverment legalises it then only pure stuff will be in circulation and i really don't see productivity going down because it has been what a year two since calarado legalised it and all we have heard are good things
 

FaithFighter : I'm not going to argue, but the police love having marijuana illegal, it's more money in their pockets and more drugs they can plant.

I'm against the idea, cause our culture already does enough damage with over alcoholic beverages.

It is possible to overdose on Marijuana as well if you take it in the form of a brownie, though not necessarily smoking.


I know people who have taken it, and I trust.

One told me that it has two effects basically.

1 It makes you sleepy

2 It makes you hungry.



Not something you should take before you go to work.


I have conflicting data that it will make you paranoid.

As for how mind altering it is, I am uncertain.


Honestly though, I doubt out culture can handle it.

I mean, people are so dumb nowadays, and I know that if we make it legal for medical purposes, which I'm not against, that people'll use it for recreation anyways.


Frankly, with this being such a hot issue, I don't think I can really trust anything about it. I really have to wonder if anti drug people were so against this and other stuff just for the sake of being against it, or if it has been illegal for this long because of what it really can do.

I don't think people were stupid 40 years ago.

It would surprise me if there is all sorts of false information regarding the topic.

I'm gonna go with no, because of how much stronger the effects are than anything like coffee or sugar has on it.

Legalize it. prohibition doesn't work, people are smoking it anyway and it's considered the cool thing to do. If you're an alcoholic though society shuns you. It's the forbidden fruit idea. If authority says you can't, people will.

I have a million points on this, but there's no reason someone who wants to burn a joint in the privacy of their own home shouldn't be able to. That's telling someone what to do with their own body, it's overreaching, and in my view: immoral.

I know plenty of potheads, normal, productive everyday people who just want a bong hit after work. Putting these people in government cages is abuse, the punishment doesn't fit the "crime".

Legalize it.

Cradily is love :

First of all, I'm absolutely shocked that you smoke weed.

So, I'm a Canadian, and our government owns and controls fully our liquor and beer stores, and they aren't sold in grocery stores and gas stations. Both of these things, as well as lotteries have contributed greatly to Canada's economy financially. It brings in something like a billion extra dollars to contribute to things like hospitals (and health research), schools (education programs), and maintenance (fixing the roads etc.).

I can fully see marijuana doing the exact same thing. I have no idea how it is distributed in other countries, or who controls it, but that is how it would work in Canada.

What makes marijuana a positive recreational option is it allows you to relax and helps ease stress and frustration (which is obviously present in everyday life, especially in a recession effected time). One of the most important effects of marijuana compared to other drugs (it is barely a drug) is that you can still have control over yourself, whereas alcohol causes you to become reckless when you drink to much. It also has some medical benefits that should not be turned a blind eye to.

I don't really approve of driving high, as I've witnessed the negative effects it can have on people who are too high, or just cant handle their weed.

I think it makes as much sense as alcohol and coffee being legal, and it can financially be beneficial to the economy, so I approve of legalizing marijuana.

** It should be noted that I was a full blown stoner for 5 years of my life, followed by 3 years of being sober, so I have witnessed all the pros and cons of weed through both stoner mentality and sober mentality, which allows me to tackle a subject like this through non biased and conclusion jumping views.

bobq : Why are you shocked that I smoke? But I agree with all of those points.

I agree 100 percent with the legalization of marijuana. I smoke it and drink liquor and i have 2 say that i would rather smoke tree. It don't last as long as liquor and it won't give people hangovers. I personally don't get hangovers any more but i know a ton of people that do. Also have you ever heard of somebody getting killed in an accident because they are high off weed? I know i haven't. I do hear about people getting killed in car accidents because of liquor and texting while driving all the time. It will help way more than it will hurt. It will also allow the government 2 go after the real drugs that harm people. I am of course taking about cocaine, crack, meth, heroine etc. It will also make it more difficult for kids 2 get a hold of. A kid may be able 2 get a hold of it easily because they know people that sell it. If you have 2 be 18 or 21 to buy it then it won't be as easy 2 get a hold of. I'm not saying it will be impossible for them 2 get a hold of it, but it will make it harder.  The only real draw back of it becoming legal is how long it takes it 2 grow. This has proven a problem for the states that have made it legal. Supply just can't meet demand. If every state made it legal than that problem would be way bigger. For the most part it would help way more than it would hurt. Another good thing is it will provide more jobs. You will need people 2 work in the stores and in the green houses and also in the bakery. Of course some people will do stupid stuff while they are on weed, but how likely are they 2 commit violent crimes? They will most likely do stuff that make them do embarrassing things. But that isn't harmful 2 themselves or other people. Also you can't overdose on weed. In order 2 overdose on weed you would have 2 take in a pound of thc in under 5 minutes. A pipe, blunt, bong, hookah and joint all last longer than 5 minutes. It is impossible 2 do. It is time for the false war on weed 2 finally come 2 a end. 

I smoke weed, I eat it, I drink it. No I don't want to use meth or XTC or molly. Pop Culture does but not me because schools told me weed was a gateway drug. I told myself it isn't. It isn't even remotely as harmful as other legal substances like opiates and there will be world peace if all adults light up a joint together all at the same time. 

To get my two cents in here, I think that there is no benefit to having marijuana illegal. I personally am against drug use, but that doesn't mean anything in the big picture. First of all, making it illegal doesn't mean people will stop using it. It just means that otherwise innocent people will be thrown in jail, people have to go through shadier means to get it, and the government loses any potential tax money from marijuana sales (and by doing so hurts the economy). Health risks of marijuana are little to none, while health benefits of marijuana are considerable to say the least.

If weed is illegal then what sense is there to have alcohol legal? It isn't like we don't know how detrimental alcohol can be.

Honestly, I never really understood the issue with it. It's far less harmful than smoking a cigarette.

It should be the state governor's decision if he or she wanted to legalize marijuana. Marijuana can redden your eyes, increase your heart rate and it can sometimes attack your body. It is true that alcohol and tobacco can attack your body even more and that it can make you more addictive to those substances but some people would rather do that than smoking marijuana. I would suggest that people who are 21 and older should smoke marijuana only, not minors. It should be illegal for minors to smoke weed, not the whole nation of America.

It would be taxed if it was legal so I am am against it since it would be more expensive then. And the govermint...

But seriously, I have never cared either way. I am sure the medicinal part could do better without the shroud of all the hippy stuff it is shrouded with and all in all, the organized crime might do less with the money it now gets by providing the people who wish to smoke the stuff with it. My main problem has always been with people who BOTH buy into the propaganda how it is just as bad as meth or heroin and also with the people who claim it would end world hunger, cancer and who knows what since it is a "natural herb, man..." It is a drug! It was not made in a laboratory but it is still a drug! But so what if it is!

I guess my point was... I dont care either way, if it is legal or not. You can get get if you wish and it never will go away.

Well here is the truth as I see it .If it was legal you would be taking money out of the drug dealers hands. Less money means less guns. In the hands of the wrong people. Also does any one even care about pot now a days. I've seen people on both and beer makes them act way worse then any weed does. And this would cut out drug deals gone bad. Jails would be less crowed and could be used to house real bad guys. So I guess I'm saying yeah let them smoke weed. Who is it hurting really.

As far as drugs themselves go I think they should all be legal. What you do in the privacy of your own home is your business. I don't see how drugs are illegal "to protect people" when knives and rope are not. The same types of people who would use drugs are the people who cut themselves or starve their brains of oxygen to get high. You can not keep people safe from themselves so there is no point is attempting to use laws as training wheels on how to be an adult. 

Also by having drugs illegal only crooks make money from those who will buy them anyway

Here's my view on legalized marijuana (from a former marijuana smoker):

While there is no problem to the marijuana smoker in doing various tasks, such as driving, or operating heavy machinery, to the sober co-worker and sober co-drivers on the road, you guys are slow and stupid because you are high on the kind green stuff.


Stay sober and be smart. Or you can stay high, and even though you are successful in life with normal jobs, you still affect the sober non-marijuana smokers in the job or in driving.

tRIUNE : Yes just because something is legal dose not mean you can do whatever you want while under its affects. Drinking and driving is against the law for good reason it is unsafe for yourself and for others. If I were an employer I would not want any of my workers to be on any mind altering drug while they were working. Could you imagine a security guard who is high? That would not encourage a safe environment for workers or customers, which is why I feel most if not all drugs should be enjoyed in your own home rather than in a more public environment.

tiropat : Who seriously, with proof, stays home with the license and smokes?

I've known a lot of people who have a license to smoke weed because they simply went into a weed clinic and got an illegal license.

tRIUNE : I'm not saying that is what people do, but what they should do. People are stupid, do stupid things, will be stupid, and believe stupid things. In a perfect world all drugs would be legal, and no one would use them in situations that could bring harm to other people. That will never happen, but it doesn't necessarily make it the wrong viewpoint.

If it is not possible to keep drugs off the street then they should be legalized. If there was a way to keep them off the street entirely then it might be worth it to have drugs  be illegal, but will not happen ever. 

tiropat : Well-said.

I'm not in agreement with your post, but have no argument with it.