I personally don't mind if pot becomes legal because the reason why is that as long it doesn't interfere my life. But drugs does make people do stupid things and some of those people that does it say that it's harmless, but I don't really trust them, it's not because of the government propaganda, it's mostly because I really don't want to be involved in that.

So, should I think it should be legal, in a way, I do and in a way, I don't. But legal or not, I'm still not doing them, my body is already loopy enough without these things.

Being a recovering heroin and meth addict I completely disagree, though I have little problem with marijuana. I personally cannot touch anything that gets me a buzz in any way because I have such an addictive personality but that doesn't mean everyone else should suffer. I know first hand that marijuana is great for stomach ulcers and chronic pain. As for other drugs including alcohol, they should all be eliminated lol. I once thought lsd was ok till I dropped about a half a sheet and now have schizophrenia. Anyway I wont ramble and preach that's just my standpoint with how I work.

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Drugs are bad, mkay.

I don't care. As someone that never plans on wasting my life on something as pointless as drugs, it doesn't make a difference to me if they are legal or not. I would prefer them to stay illegal, but that's just my stance on the matter. Drugs are so detrimental to your mental and physical health but people still find themselves attracted to them. Whether people use them for coping with stress, anxiety, depression or what have you, there are always better options available. 

With every restriction you place on humanity, the more likely they will become to rebel and go against what is considered morally correct. Drugs don't do anything useful except cause you to die from the inside out, why anyone would want to spend money on something like that is completely their own concern. Every person has their own threshold of things they are willing to tolerate in their life, so the issue of succumbing to drug usage depends entirely upon the will of the person in question. To each their own. 

I don't think pot is bad at all. It's way better for you than alcohol and tobacco which are legal...
I do worry about what will happen if it becomes fully legal though... I could see things being added
just as with tobacco now-a-days... (FSC = ethylene vinyl acetate... glue sticks, thanks Obama)

make em legal why not some drugs like weed are scientifically proven to be harmless, but the bad ones like meth and stuff, why not let people kill themselves like how people kill themselves with nicotine

TristanTehGamer1 :

It's not scientifically proven to be harmless. It's scientifically proven not to rot your brain by virtue of it's chemicals. There are plenty psychological studies that show it does have some tendency to change people in much the same way that any addiction changes people.

The chemicals themselves are not addictive, but people can be addicted to anything that they like too much. Video games, spicy foods, exercise, etc.

Drugs are bad, Mkay

Soft drugs definitely should be legal, and treated the same as alcohol and tobacco. Especially cannabis, there is SO much scientific research showing it's safety and benefits. There is no reason for the illegal statuses of soft drugs.

The term "Drugs" is a vast umbrella covering a multitude of substances that range from mostly beneficial to mostly harmful. For legalization, I believe they should be taken on a case-by-case basis. While I believe marijuana should be legal for people to use (with similar restrictions to alcohol) as they please, I don't feel the same about bath salts. Some drugs actually cause people to go on substance-fueled rampages, which I think should not be legal, as it takes too muck time and resources to subdue them. Although, one could argue that alcohol is legal and it also can lead to drunken stupidity/violence. I've stated my opinion, take it or leave it. All I want is a better world.

Unless someone can give me ONE good reason why pot should be prohibited - it has not caused A SINGLE death from overdose in history - while tobacco and alcohol are perfectly legal, then there is no reason why ANY drug should be illegal.

For your own protection you say? Then let's wrap everyone  in air bags so they do not hurt themselves and make them live inside completely sterilized environments so they do not catch any disease!

Seriously, government is NOT there to protect people from hurting themselves. Imagine if safety regulations had existed when Ford started developing his car; we would not have cars at all!

Bottom line: there is no rational explanation for drug prohibition (other than The vested interests now depending on it) so abolish it forthwith, free every single non-violent offenders jailed because of drugs (and pardon them) and let "drug entrepreneurs" do business as alcohol or tobacco producers do.

I think lighter drugs like cannabis should be legal. I don't see why not considering alcohol is legal which causes far more deaths and has more negative health effects.  As long as it's used in the privacy of your own home or possibly in designated areas I don't really see the problem. Trying to stop it and jailing people for it, is only costing the government money that could be used on other things.

If the government regulates it and taxes it could both be a source of income while at the same time making it safer for consumption and reducing criminal activity related to it being sold.

I think the drug laws are fine. The only exception being marijuana (here-after referred to as weed).

Weed is such a blazed topic right now, it's hard to avoid either side. It's safer than alcohol, and it makes people calm without serious side effects. Now, I don't think it should just be like "Hey guys, it's legal, grow weed in your back yard and sell it like you would sell lemonade at a stand," I think it should be legalized, regulated, and taxed - much like tobacco. Weed is in high demand, so it would be a great amount of tax money and it would lower abuse of hard drugs.

Why do I say it would lower abuse of hard drugs? Simple: Nobody wakes up in the morning wishing they had a hard drug like Methamphetamine. Usually it happens when they are re-upping on weed, and their dealer says something like "Hey, want to up your game? Try this..." The black market is the gateway drug, not weed. So, if we eliminate the middle man, all of a sudden we never worry about the hard drugs. Don't get me wrong, it'll still get around, but I believe it will lower the rate of exposure.

Some may agree, more will probably disagree, but legalizing, regulating, and taxing marijuana seems like hitting an insane amount of birds with one stoner.

"As long as they aren't hurting anyone else" is the key statement.

Try driving while under this 'drug' - on the main street and on the freeway - did you already do this?

tRIUNE : I think if it is to be legalised it should still be subject to the same laws as driving while under the effect of alcohol (and the latter causes far more accidents) I don't think anyone is really going to argue with that. Not legalising lighter drugs on that basis while letting consumption of alcohol remain legal just seems hypocritical to me.

tRIUNE : Then just make it a felony to drive under the influence of the substance. Why make it completely illegal? People are *usually* reasonable with alcohol, and ride-sharing could be a big boost against impaired driving. But that is a whole other debate...

janus : Alcohol has different affects than marijuana, this is true both from a medical view and from experience. You obviously aren't going to drive if you're drunk (that is if you are smart will sober that you shouldn't drive under the influence), on the other hand if you think weed is okay to smoke and then drive, you might be right and you might be wrong.

Why take the risk of legalizing it to see who is a safe driver while under the influence of marijuana? There are already enough crazy drivers on the road, and who knows what percentage of them are high on weed.

They think that they are in the right frame of mind, while in reality they are far from reality.

tRIUNE : From stories I have heard, the same can apply to alcohol. "I am OK, I can drive", and then CRASH! Rather than use prohibition, we need to use education. If there are warning of some medication stating that "it can reduce alertness", why not to the same for other drugs? It is not like people really care about them anyway...

Besides, drug prohibition has NOT reduced the amount of drugs available - it merely made their acquisition more dangerous. Who are we to judge what is good or bad for people? As Ludwig Von Mises put it: if I think alcohol and tobacco are bad I will not take them. And if a friend takes them, the only thing I can do is tell him how bad it is and how it affects him. Milton Friedman was old enough to remember Prohibition, and he said that alcohol was still plentiful.

Criminalizing drugs is, to quote a French sociologist, like jailing people who failed at their suicide attempt. If government is to still severely restrict drugs, at least it should treat it as a health problem rather than a crime as Portugal did. Drug problems have"crashed" since, I would wager, the attraction towards the forbidden fruit is lesser.

janus : ok, you're missing my point though. Look at all the deaths on the news from car accidents; how many of them were from stupid drivers that were not sober? and how many of them were from a high speed chase (from someone who was probably high)?

You cannot teach someone to drive safely while under the influence of drugs.

All drugs should be legalized and sold by the government. Money made by the government can be returned to the people through positive programs like drug education and in treating those with drug addiction. Many countries in Europe do this and they have low drug crime rate. It's when everything is illegal and there's little education that drugs become the massive problem they are in America.

tRIUNE : It is still not an excuse to make it illegal altogether. Besides, it has proven therapeutic effects whereas alcohol and tobacco do not. Why else would government let Big Pharma patent pot's chemical structure and make it a legal pill?

NameEntry : Legalized yes, but NOT in the hands of government. Otherwise there will be a monopoly, high prices and an inevitable black market. If alcohol and tobacco can be sold privately, so can other drugs. Of course the education part is essential, but the sharp decrease in crime that would result from the legalization should be more than enough to have the funds to create such programs.