RiffMaster Alex Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 It should be legalized. It could be used to make paper and reduce the cutting down of trees, it would take money away from the drug dealers and instead help steady our economy. Prove me wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntar! Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 Strong argeuement ya got thar. :D It really should. Drug dealers shouldn't be the only rich people anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jericho Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 The taxes would help support the economy. Its much less harmful to your lungs than cigarettes with all the tar and other chemicals. Have you ever seen a person high on weed drive? They're better drivers than drunks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 Make marijuana legal, tax the freaking hell out of it. Fun stuff, fun stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyst Phoenix Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 Marijuana is a stupid drug that does nothing but screw people up and facilitate the production of society's waste products. Anyone who thinks smoking it is a good idea is an idiot. So, I believe it should be legalized. Let the idiots buy it and face the consequences, instead of wasting so much of the taxpayer's money on futile wars on drugs and drug education. They can mess their own lives up; the government shouldn't swoop in to rescue the wretches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGAKITTY Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Good luck regulating that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~/Coolio Prime\~ Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Lol, legalize marijuana and have the prices be ridiculously taxed. that wont cause an increase in crime or anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark One Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 It should be legalized. It could be used to make paper and reduce the cutting down of trees' date=' it would take money away from the drug dealers and instead help steady our economy. Prove me wrong.[/quote'] It can be usd to make paper, but so can a huge variety of other plants. If it was legal it still wouldn't be used for this purpose. Bad argument. It would not take money away from the drug-dealers: it would instead give them more money by allowing them access to a more mainstream audience and allowing them to publicly advertise their product. Bad argument. However, this is approaching an issue that IS relevant. It would disengage drug-dealing from the criminal underlife, thus decreasing greatly the likelyhood of illegal business practices by drug-dealers and other rimes by all involved in the drug community. If they're already criminals, they're a hell of a lot more likely to break the law in other areas. It would probably not help steady our economy. Even with a high tax, the funds would likely be relatively sparse. Keep in mind that drugs are only expensive because they are illegal. If you can produce them without fear of the law, you can produce much more product much more efficiently. Once legal, marijuana would probably be priced similarly to a head of lettuce. Except people would buy less of it because marijuana is consumed much more slowly. Is lettuce stabilizing the economy right now? Bad argument. However, what this WOULD do is save the government the billions of dollars that it's spending on the drug wars and on imprisoning dealers and users. Keep in mind, however, that much of this saved money would likely have to be redirected to funding the anti-marijuana campaigns they would likely begin to show at this point. The taxes would help support the economy. Its much less harmful to your lungs than cigarettes with all the tar and other chemicals. Have you ever seen a person high on weed drive? They're better drivers than drunks. I addressed the economy issue above. It's actually much MORE harmful to your lungs than cigarettes are. It has far greater numbers of carcinogens' date=' which means you're getting lung-cancer. It does have less tar, admittedly, but that's just not the main issue. Marijuana also greatly increases your likelihood to become addicted to other substances, and not just because of its status as the 'gateway drug.' It enacts structural changes to your brain that make chemical addictions far easier to acquire. Speaking of structural changes, THC, the primary cannabinoid in Marijuana, inhibits cognitive functioning, most especially memory and emotion, in the short term by latching onto receptors in the brain. The cannabinoids leave your system eventually, but the problem is your brain changes it structure to attempt to accommodate them, meaning that it's now screwed up whether you're high or not. Heavy marijuana users have significantly impaired learning. And yes, if you're high you have less sensory alteration than if you're drunk. But that's not exactly a comforting statistic. DUIs account for a huge number of car accidents every year. In my view, you shouldn't go near a vehicles you've had anything to drink at all, and doing so while drunk is simply a whole different ballpark. Marijuana is a stupid drug that does nothing but screw people up and facilitate the production of society's waste products. Anyone who thinks smoking it is a good idea is an idiot. So, I believe it should be legalized. Let the idiots buy it and face the consequences, instead of wasting so much of the taxpayer's money on futile wars on drugs and drug education. They can mess their own lives up; the government shouldn't swoop in to rescue the wretches.This is an ideology that the government regularly breaks. Examples range everywhere from seatbelt laws to the FDA. The fact is, there's a lot of misinformation out there, a lot of peer pressure, and a lot of different social conditions. Just because you grew up in an environment in which you have access to information about the harmful effects of drugs and in which you can so easily say no doesn't mean everyone else has. All this being said, however, marijuana is also a chemically nonaddictive substance. When used rarely, it will have little impact, and it's probably better to legalize it simply because that means that we ca regulate it. Modern marijuana has a much higher dosage of THC than it has in the past, and work can be done to return to the milder plant of the past. Taxes can, of course, be levied, even if the revenue they give us isn't exactly a saving grace. By removing the drug from the underworld, we can remove a tunnel by which money has been funneled into other types of crime for a long time now. And restrictions can be placed on age, dosage, purity, etc. in such a manner that makes use of the drug much safer for everyone involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGAKITTY Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 It should be legalized. It could be used to make paper and reduce the cutting down of trees' date=' it would take money away from the drug dealers and instead help steady our economy. Prove me wrong.[/quote'] It can be usd to make paper, but so can a huge variety of other plants. If it was legal it still wouldn't be used for this purpose. Bad argument. It would not take money away from the drug-dealers: it would instead give them more money by allowing them access to a more mainstream audience and allowing them to publicly advertise their product. Bad argument. However, this is approaching an issue that IS relevant. It would disengage drug-dealing from the criminal underlife, thus decreasing greatly the likelyhood of illegal business practices by drug-dealers and other rimes by all involved in the drug community. If they're already criminals, they're a hell of a lot more likely to break the law in other areas. It would probably not help steady our economy. Even with a high tax, the funds would likely be relatively sparse. Keep in mind that drugs are only expensive because they are illegal. If you can produce them without fear of the law, you can produce much more product much more efficiently. Once legal, marijuana would probably be priced similarly to a head of lettuce. Except people would buy less of it because marijuana is consumed much more slowly. Is lettuce stabilizing the economy right now? Bad argument. However, what this WOULD do is save the government the billions of dollars that it's spending on the drug wars and on imprisoning dealers and users. Keep in mind, however, that much of this saved money would likely have to be redirected to funding the anti-marijuana campaigns they would likely begin to show at this point. The taxes would help support the economy. Its much less harmful to your lungs than cigarettes with all the tar and other chemicals. Have you ever seen a person high on weed drive? They're better drivers than drunks. I addressed the economy issue above. It's actually much MORE harmful to your lungs than cigarettes are. It has far greater numbers of carcinogens' date=' which means you're getting lung-cancer. It does have less tar, admittedly, but that's just not the main issue. Marijuana also greatly increases your likelihood to become addicted to other substances, and not just because of its status as the 'gateway drug.' It enacts structural changes to your brain that make chemical addictions far easier to acquire. Speaking of structural changes, THC, the primary cannabinoid in Marijuana, inhibits cognitive functioning, most especially memory and emotion, in the short term by latching onto receptors in the brain. The cannabinoids leave your system eventually, but the problem is your brain changes it structure to attempt to accommodate them, meaning that it's now screwed up whether you're high or not. Heavy marijuana users have significantly impaired learning. [b']I would just like to point out that Nicotine can and will also alter your brain.[/b] And yes, if you're high you have less sensory alteration than if you're drunk. But that's not exactly a comforting statistic. DUIs account for a huge number of car accidents every year. In my view, you shouldn't go near a vehicles you've had anything to drink at all, and doing so while drunk is simply a whole different ballpark. Marijuana is a stupid drug that does nothing but screw people up and facilitate the production of society's waste products. Anyone who thinks smoking it is a good idea is an idiot. So' date=' I believe it should be legalized. Let the idiots buy it and face the consequences, instead of wasting so much of the taxpayer's money on futile wars on drugs and drug education. They can mess their own lives up; the government shouldn't swoop in to rescue the wretches.[/quote']This is an ideology that the government regularly breaks. Examples range everywhere from seatbelt laws to the FDA. The fact is, there's a lot of misinformation out there, a lot of peer pressure, and a lot of different social conditions. Just because you grew up in an environment in which you have access to information about the harmful effects of drugs and in which you can so easily say no doesn't mean everyone else has. All this being said, however, marijuana is also a chemically nonaddictive substance. When used rarely, it will have little impact, and it's probably better to legalize it simply because that means that we ca regulate it. Modern marijuana has a much higher dosage of THC than it has in the past, and work can be done to return to the milder plant of the past. Taxes can, of course, be levied, even if the revenue they give us isn't exactly a saving grace. By removing the drug from the underworld, we can remove a tunnel by which money has been funneled into other types of crime for a long time now. And restrictions can be placed on age, dosage, purity, etc. in such a manner that makes use of the drug much safer for everyone involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabris Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 Legalize it, as Peter Tosh chimed. By all rights do that, and the drug cartels will steadily lose power as the beer barons lost power when Prohibition ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirit of DMG Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 Marijuana is a stupid drug that does nothing but screw people up and facilitate the production of society's waste products. Anyone who thinks smoking it is a good idea is an idiot. That is true of any non-medical drug. However' date=' lets look at it this way: Many things are stupid by their very nature, yet people do them anyway. Why? because people are stupid. you can make it as illegal as you want, people will do them anyway. Legalize it, then our courts and cops can focus on, say, rape, murder, b&e, and other things that [b']ACTUALLY MATTER[/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Well, I try to stay away from Marijuana. However, It's not my place to decide whether or not other people smoke it. So, I really don't care whether or not its made legal. A lot of other Christians that I talk to think that they that it should be banned. What a lot of people don't realize is... Alcohol (which is totally legal), is way worse than Marijuana (which is illegal). And no, weed doesn't kill brain cells. Its bad for you, but not nearly as bad as some people make it out to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark One Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Well' date=' I try to stay away from Marijuana. However, It's not my place to decide whether or not other people smoke it. So, I really don't care whether or not its made legal. A lot of other Christians that I talk to think that they that it should be banned. What a lot of people don't realize is... Alcohol (which is totally legal), is way worse than Marijuana (which is illegal). And no, weed doesn't kill brain cells. Its bad for you, but not nearly as bad as some people make it out to me.[/quote'] It does actually. ;) Theres a lot of misinformation out there about drugs. Don't fall for it. This being said. Don't jump on the bandwagon as there's clearly a lot of reform that needs to be done in these areas. Alcohol IS considerably worse for you. And addictive. Which means you drink it far more than you smoke weed. Which is bad. Really REALLY bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Wolf Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 It should be legalized. It could be used to make paper and reduce the cutting down of trees' date=' it would take money away from the drug dealers and instead help steady our economy. Prove me wrong.[/quote'] It can be usd to make paper, but so can a huge variety of other plants. If it was legal it still wouldn't be used for this purpose. Bad argument. this i would have to agree with we plant trees for paper, thats why 85% of out paper comes from tree farms. It would not take money away from the drug-dealers: it would instead give them more money by allowing them access to a more mainstream audience and allowing them to publicly advertise their product. Bad argument. However, this is approaching an issue that IS relevant. It would disengage drug-dealing from the criminal underlife, thus decreasing greatly the likelyhood of illegal business practices by drug-dealers and other rimes by all involved in the drug community. If they're already criminals, they're a hell of a lot more likely to break the law in other areas. Apparently someone didn't listen to their 5th grade history teacher, because prohibition sooooooo says hi. I'm sorry did all the illegal alcohol dealers/mobsters gain more money after prohibition was over... yes they did because they become what is known as club owners or bar owners. It would probably not help steady our economy. Even with a high tax, the funds would likely be relatively sparse. Keep in mind that drugs are only expensive when did drugs become expensive again? oh wait never there actually pretty cheap, $5 is enough to get you a nice small bag of weed and that will get you high for about 1 or 2 days. Lets see you do that with alcohol... oh wait you cant. if drugs were ungodly expensive i wouldn't do them, trust me. my nickname isnt Mr.Krabs for nothing. because they are illegal. If you can produce them without fear of the law, you can produce much more product much more efficiently. Once legal, marijuana would probably be priced similarly to a head of lettuce highly dought it the price of my small $5 bag of weed will probably be my $7 small bag of weed. my $20 bag of pot will become my $24-30 bag of pot. Except people would buy less of it because marijuana is consumed much more slowly. Is lettuce stabilizing the economy right now? Bad argument. Make lettuce illegal lets see how much it doesn't help the economy However, what this WOULD do is save the government the billions of dollars that it's spending on the drug wars and on imprisoning dealers and users. Keep in mind, however, that much of this saved money would likely have to be redirected to funding the anti-marijuana campaigns they would likely begin to show at this point. Anti-anything campaigns depending on how big they are, will waist way less money than forcing our police being wasted on stopping the average stoner/Drug Dealer. i guess its ok to waist 6 billion US dollars each couple of years, on something that is not showing any good results. 6 billion waist helps the economy too i herd.. The taxes would help support the economy. Its much less harmful to your lungs than cigarettes with all the tar and other chemicals. Have you ever seen a person high on weed drive? They're better drivers than drunks. I addressed the economy issue above as did i. It's actually much MORE harmful to your lungs than cigarettes are again don't read any of the anti-drug pamphlets' date=' u have been. If u want real facts talk to a scientist. I not saying its good for ur lungs by any means, but saying 1 joint = 5 cigarettes in damage, is utter bullshit, and believing it is just mentally retarded.[/b']. It has far greater numbers of carcinogens, which means you're getting lung-cancer i also herd star light gives ur cancer, and ur prostate is doomed to always become cancerous. It does have less tar, admittedly, but that's just not the main issue. Marijuana also greatly increases your likelihood to become addicted to other substances , and not just because of its status as the 'gateway drug.' It enacts structural changes to your brain that make chemical addictions far easier to acquire. Oh the argument that pot is a gateway drug. Don't make me lol. i know tons of stoners who only do pot and nothing else, not drink, not anything just smoke pot. first of all, pot is not addicting substance, the only reason it is remotely addicting is because its makes u feel good (hungry but good). Playing YGO makes me feel good so i play more YGO, YGO must have and addicting substance in it! RAEG! Speaking of structural changes, THC, the primary cannabinoid in Marijuana, inhibits cognitive functioning, most especially memory and emotion, in the short term by latching onto receptors in the brain. The cannabinoids leave your system eventually, but the problem is your brain changes it structure to attempt to accommodate them, meaning that it's now screwed up whether you're high or not. Heavy marijuana users have significantly impaired learning so smoking pot makes me not thinks good and doesn't give me good grades? i thought it was the A.D.D. and not giving a funk, but not its the pot. OMG.. Oh wait nope im getting A's and B's... nvm, nvm i guess my learning is not impaired. Also a lot of my old friends that smoke pot work on planes, are computer programmers, or Artist (thats not rly that surprising). And statistics show that 60% of ppl who smoke pot on a regular basis are normal people with stable jobs. And yes, if you're high you have less sensory alteration than if you're drunk. But that's not exactly a comforting statistic. DUIs account for a huge number of car accidents every year. In my view, you shouldn't go near a vehicles you've had anything to drink at all, and doing so while drunk is simply a whole different ballpark. doing anything while driving is a bad, like cell phones and sheet. just dont do it, just drive Replies are in the bolds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark One Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 It should be legalized. It could be used to make paper and reduce the cutting down of trees' date=' it would take money away from the drug dealers and instead help steady our economy. Prove me wrong.[/quote'] It can be usd to make paper, but so can a huge variety of other plants. If it was legal it still wouldn't be used for this purpose. Bad argument. this i would have to agree with we plant trees for paper, thats why 85% of out paper comes from tree farms. It would not take money away from the drug-dealers: it would instead give them more money by allowing them access to a more mainstream audience and allowing them to publicly advertise their product. Bad argument. However, this is approaching an issue that IS relevant. It would disengage drug-dealing from the criminal underlife, thus decreasing greatly the likelyhood of illegal business practices by drug-dealers and other crimes by all involved in the drug community. If they're already criminals, they're a hell of a lot more likely to break the law in other areas. Apparently someone didn't listen to their 5th grade history teacher, because prohibition sooooooo says hi. I'm sorry did all the illegal alcohol dealers/mobsters gain more money after prohibition was over... yes they did because they become what is known as club owners or bar owners. Apparently you have trouble with reading comprehension because that's what I just funking said. ;) The dealers would no longer be breaking the law (which is where my alternate argument came into play, but apparently you didn't read that.) but nevertheless, more money is flowing into their pockets. The assumption being made here by Riffmaster is that we don't want money in the hands of these dealers. Dispute that if you like, but my statement is factually correct. It would probably not help steady our economy. Even with a high tax, the funds would likely be relatively sparse. Keep in mind that drugs are only expensive when did drugs become expensive again? oh wait never there actually pretty cheap, $5 is enough to get you a nice small bag of weed and that will get you high for about 1 or 2 days. Lets see you do that with alcohol... oh wait you cant. if drugs were ungodly expensive i wouldn't do them, trust me. my nickname isnt Mr.Krabs for nothing. ;) Forgive me for not being totally up to date on drug pricing. This aside, however, the your comparison was terrible. There is simply a far greater demand for alcohol, and it is consumed in a far greater quantity, than is applicable to marijuana. Thus alcohol's expense. Marijuana is still relatively expensive considering the amount consumed. So yes, production costs could be significantly lowered, though the taxes might compensate enough to keep you from feeling much of any difference. because they are illegal. If you can produce them without fear of the law, you can produce much more product much more efficiently. Once legal, marijuana would probably be priced similarly to a head of lettuce highly dought it the price of my small $5 bag of weed will probably be my $7 small bag of weed. my $20 bag of pot will become my $24-30 bag of pot. Ok, so you doubt it. I get it now. I had it all wrong. Except people would buy less of it because marijuana is consumed much more slowly. Is lettuce stabilizing the economy right now? Bad argument. Make lettuce illegal lets see how much it doesn't help the economy Random? However, what this WOULD do is save the government the billions of dollars that it's spending on the drug wars and on imprisoning dealers and users. Keep in mind, however, that much of this saved money would likely have to be redirected to funding the anti-marijuana campaigns they would likely begin to show at this point. Anti-anything campaigns depending on how big they are, will waist way less money than forcing our police being wasted on stopping the average stoner/Drug Dealer. i guess its ok to waist 6 billion US dollars each couple of years, on something that is not showing any good results. 6 billion waist helps the economy too i herd..Ok apparently you didn't read the first half of this segment! ;) And I said much of: as in not all. ;)This all being said, never underestimate the inefficiency of government bureaucracy or the expense of commercials. The taxes would help support the economy. Its much less harmful to your lungs than cigarettes with all the tar and other chemicals. Have you ever seen a person high on weed drive? They're better drivers than drunks. I addressed the economy issue above as did i. It's actually much MORE harmful to your lungs than cigarettes are again don't read any of the anti-drug pamphlets' date=' u have been. If u want real facts talk to a scientist. I not saying its good for ur lungs by any means, but saying 1 joint = 5 cigarettes in damage, is utter bullshit, and believing it is just mentally retarded.[/b']. Uh, in case you didn't get the memo, I'm the one with the scientific data backing me up. But this aside, marijuana is a danger because of the CARCINOGENS, not the tar. Yeah, tar fucks your lungs up too. And that's where that ratio you mentioned comes in. (I won't vouch for its accuracy) It has far greater numbers of carcinogens, which means you're getting lung-cancer i also herd star light gives ur cancer, and ur prostate is doomed to always become cancerous. Not NEARLY in the same amounts. Oh, and just because a lot of our shitty products out there right now can kill you, we ignore it? That makes sense? It does have less tar, admittedly, but that's just not the main issue. Marijuana also greatly increases your likelihood to become addicted to other substances , and not just because of its status as the 'gateway drug.' It enacts structural changes to your brain that make chemical addictions far easier to acquire. Oh the argument that pot is a gateway drug. Don't make me lol. i know tons of stoners who only do pot and nothing else, not drink, not anything just smoke pot. first of all, pot is not addicting substance, the only reason it is remotely addicting is because its makes u feel good (hungry but good). Playing YGO makes me feel good so i play more YGO, YGO must have and addicting substance in it! RAEG!Did you listen to what I said? I specifically separated my argument from the concept of a gateway. Also, just because you have friends that only do pot right now doesn't prove that A. They'll never do anything but pot in the future and B. That they are representative of anybody but themselves. The yugioh comparison is stupid, and I already mentioned that pot was nonaddictive. Speaking of structural changes, THC, the primary cannabinoid in Marijuana, inhibits cognitive functioning, most especially memory and emotion, in the short term by latching onto receptors in the brain. The cannabinoids leave your system eventually, but the problem is your brain changes it structure to attempt to accommodate them, meaning that it's now screwed up whether you're high or not. Heavy marijuana users have significantly impaired learning so smoking pot makes me not thinks good and doesn't give me good grades? i thought it was the A.D.D. and not giving a f***, but not its the pot. OMG.. Oh wait nope im getting A's and B's... nvm, nvm i guess my learning is not impaired. Also a lot of my old friends that smoke pot work on planes, are computer programmers, or Artist (thats not rly that surprising). And statistics show that 60% of ppl who smoke pot on a regular basis are normal people with stable jobs. I don't really know what you're saying here. It's been proven that marijuana has an adverse effect on your mental capacity in the manner I have described. It's also been proven that this effect varies rather sharply from person to person. So maybe you're lucky? Maybe you're just too drugged up to notice how stupid you are now? Maybe you were just smart enough to begin with that you can still maintain a decently functioning brain? Oh, and school is a terrible measure of intelligence, so don't bother. And yes, if you're high you have less sensory alteration than if you're drunk. But that's not exactly a comforting statistic. DUIs account for a huge number of car accidents every year. In my view, you shouldn't go near a vehicles you've had anything to drink at all, and doing so while drunk is simply a whole different ballpark. doing anything while driving is a bad, like cell phones and s***. just dont do it, just drive Certainly. Replies are in the bolds. Replies are in normal text. I tried to make it pretty clear what was new and old, etc. But if you have trouble figuring it out just tell me and I'll reformat it. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirit of DMG Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 you know what I hate: one sided-statistics. We all know the made-up statistics about the bad things about weed: now what about the ACTUAL statistics. We all know the made up statistics about people being killed in car wrecks while not wearing their seat belt: when was the last time you heard the stats on people who lived through that. what about the stats on people who died despite wearing their seat belts.Now, everyone is being told their entire lives that "Weed causes you to have bad grades in school." ok, they have heard (and maybe believe) that. so, if they do it, and suffer bad grades, they probably don't give the south end of a north-bound rat anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark One Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 you know what I hate: one sided-statistics. We all know the made-up statistics about the bad things about weed: now what about the ACTUAL statistics. We all know the made up statistics about people being killed in car wrecks while not wearing their seat belt: when was the last time you heard the stats on people who lived through that. what about the stats on people who died despite wearing their seat belts.Now' date=' everyone is being told their entire lives that "Weed causes you to have bad grades in school." ok, they have heard (and maybe believe) that. so, if they do it, and suffer bad grades, they probably don't give the south end of a north-bound rat anyway.[/quote'] That's stupid. Go look it up. People DO die while wearing seatbelts. They DO live without wearing one. Just seatbelts IMPROVE the chances of survival SIGNIFICANTLY. This is such a common crutch people use when trying to dispute a statistic. "Well, this isn't always true." "I have a friend and he did this and that didn't happen to him!" You can justify anything with that! There is evidence that weed is significantly detrimental to health. Not as bad as many other drugs, certainly. Not as bad even as tobacco or alcohol. It doesn't suddenly make it a good idea. You probably shouldn't be doing those things either. Will weed kill you? No. Can you live a successful life while using the drug recreationally? Probably. It's just another dangerous vice that you're adding onto your life. People have lots of them. Unhealthy food, dangerous pastimes, some sports (there's evidence of brain damage in relation to football), etc. Can you dispute how high up on the infinitely long list of dangers weed is? Certainly. Should it probably be legal? Sure. That doesn't mean it's good for you. A fatass always feels some guilt everytime he or she eats another hamburger. Why the hell don't you when you smoke a joint? You're destroying your body. Slowly, perhaps, but also quite surely. People have to come to grips with this fact before any other progress can be made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Unclean One: VK Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 I say legalize it, then tax the living sheet out of it. It'll open a new way for the goverment to raise money for schools and such. Not to mention the sells of doritoes would skyrocket. Weed is less destructive then ciggarettes. I hate the excuse that there's the morale factor. Then getting drunk and beating your wife is not? I say if we legalize it, it'll provide paper as well as a smoking substance for those who use it for leisure. It'll be on them as much as those who smoke or drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Culpa Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Legalizing marijuana is not a problem, and neither is regulating it. Take the growers in southwest United States and turn them into commercial pot plants that then sell to small retail stores that regulate pot like alcohol. Teenagers will still get it either way through some illegal growing hydroponic system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death Metal Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 1. Legalize. 2. Fill it with Nicotine and other chemicals. 3. Tax. 4. ????5. PROFIT But in all seriousness. I say why the hell not. If someone wants to be a pretty cool guy or an hero I say let them. It will help our pockets. For real: Regulate it like we do with drinking so that we can only use it at home or in a bar/cafe. Set laws to ensure safe driving. Then let the children smoke their brains out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabris Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Regulate it like we do with drinking so that we can only use it at home or in a bar/cafe. Set laws to ensure safe driving. Then let the children smoke their brains out. That, sir. Let the kids smoke their way - in and out, as long as they're not puttin' anyone in danger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death Metal Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 What about contact highs? Surely the government would argue that point all night long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindscatter Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 I think Marijuana is actually legal in a few countries. Anyway....if it does not endanger other's lives, it should be just as permitted as alcohol. No, really, it's not that bad. ALSO: marijuana is a weak drug (look at Amphetamines). If people would consume this legally they would not want stronger drugs. Everione is happy :D. Ok everyone excepting the drug dealers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amaterasu Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 We wouldn't have hemp. The most durable rope around without Pot. So I support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death Metal Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 If people would consume this legally they would not want stronger drugs. Accually. I think that pot is considered a "gateway drug". So it would be quite the opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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