newschooler7
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Yea thats deff true.
Legalizing Marijuana
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comeatmebro
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oh and if marijuana is ever legalized, i know for sure that i am buying up some good strains of weed...
mitchk
Member
Ya the governement would save so much money if it was legalized. and alcohol is a bunch worse i think. when your high you dont become a complete asshole or really freakishly gay. you just laugh at dumb shit i dont really care cause it being illigal dosnt stop me but it would be cool just to walk down a busy street smokin some weed.
popNfresh44
Active member
now that i think about it, i couldnt really care less if it was legalized.
pros:
-its legal
-you can smoke it anywhere and have as much as you want without getting in trouble
-you can blow smoke in the pig's faces
-it would be easy to get
cons:
-the government would tax it big time
-you would still need to be 19 to buy it
-it would be mass produced and most likely sold like cigarettes, which means decrease in quality
-companies would probably add shit to it like they do for cigarettes
-dealers would be put out of work
-we would all turn into stupid lazy potheads
-you wouldnt feel like a badass anymore
pros:
-its legal
-you can smoke it anywhere and have as much as you want without getting in trouble
-you can blow smoke in the pig's faces
-it would be easy to get
cons:
-the government would tax it big time
-you would still need to be 19 to buy it
-it would be mass produced and most likely sold like cigarettes, which means decrease in quality
-companies would probably add shit to it like they do for cigarettes
-dealers would be put out of work
-we would all turn into stupid lazy potheads
-you wouldnt feel like a badass anymore
salamander
Member
haha
popNfresh44
Active member
yeah, i agree with you about the natural weed shops and shit. and when i said it wouldnt make u feel badass...well idunno if i really meant it. you have to admit you feel pretty gangsta when you are rolling a blunt though, come on.
Skavengers303
Member
hur is my miget fuckin essay sucka G's
MARIJUANA
With Research
In the late sixteenth century, Great Britain started exploring North America and setting up colonies to gain more resources and power. They ended up with 13 colonies that ran down the eastern coast of North America. They left these colonies to govern themselves for a while until Britain started to have money trouble. The British government started to abuse its power by instating random taxes to gain money from the colonies. The colonies were so outraged by the unfair treatment by their government that they grouped together and demanded independence from Britain. They wrote a letter to the king of England, stating that every citizen has individual rights and freedoms, and the only reason for having a government is to make sure those rights are protected. In 1775, they went to war with Britain to gain independence. To them, freedom from an authoritative government was a cause worth dying for. After thousands of deaths, the colonies finally were given their independence. They built a country based on individual freedoms and rights to pursue those freedoms. They built a government that was there to protect its people and keep its citizens safe. They gave birth to the United States of America.
Two hundred years later, the US is back where it started. The idea of legalizing marijuana has been a growing controversy since it became illegal in the late 1930's. According to the Declaration of Independence, the letter the colonies sent to Britain, our government should be protecting our rights, not restricting them. Nowhere in the constitution does it say the government has the power to control what substances we put into our bodies. Recent research has even proved that marijuana isn't as bad as previously thought. While making a speech Abraham Lincoln once said, "Prohibition...goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded" (Carnes 712). The US outlawing marijuana is completely hypocritical and has created more problems for itself than it has solved. There are numerous reasons that marijuana should be legalized in the US.
The negative effects associated with marijuana use has slowly become a popular debate in recent years. When marijuana was first outlawed, little research had been done about the short term and long term effects it has on the user. Breathing in marijuana smoke is said to increase the chances of respiratory problems like persistent coughing, bronchitis. Recent research has even proven that poor nutrition is more harmful and deadly to the body than smoking and proper exercise will help prevent these negative effects from ever even happening. Contrary to most beliefs, marijuana is proven not to be a cause of lung cancer. There has never been a documented case of lung cancer in a marijuana-only smoker. Donald Tashkin, from the university of California, has been studying the effects of marijuana for over 30 years, trying to prove that smoking marijuana can cause cancer. "We hypothesized that there would be a positive association between marijuana use and lung cancer, and that the association would be more positive with heavier use," he said. "What we found instead was no association at all, and even a suggestion of some protective effect." (Kaufman A10). Cigarettes, on the other hand, is the cause of 90% of cancer patients ("Lung cancer" n. pag.). The worst part is that cigarettes are actually legal in the US, even though they kill thousands more people than marijuana. Marijuana is famously labeled as a "gateway drug" and could possibly lead users into more serious drugs. Outlawing pot on the basis of fearing that it can cause the user to do more serious things is just crazy. Its like outlawing skateboarding from the country because as kids get better at skating it can lead to them destroying public property by grinding businesses' rails and ledges. Besides Alcohol is just as big of a "gateway drug" as marijuana is. It is also said that smoking marijuana can cause minor brain damage. This is only proven true for long term abusers. If smoked sparingly, marijuana can actually help you grow new brain cells and increase brain activity. Recently, Xia Zhang, of the department of psychiatry at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, was conducting experiments on rats by injecting them with a version of a chemical, HU210, in marijuana. He set out to see how badly smoking pot is for the brain. What he found though, was that the rats actually started growing new brain cells in the hippocampus. This even suggests the possibility that marijuana can cure depression and anxiety ( "Marijuana May Spur.." n. pag.). These are all mild negative effects caused by pot and should not be the basis for keeping it illegal. There are many more reasons to legalize marijuana than to keep it outlawed.
A major reason for legalizing pot is the enormous amount of money our government spends a year trying to fight marijuana use. In 2004, our government spent approximately 4 billion dollars towards drug prevention. That’s twice the amount they spent towards more important issues, like medical research for trying to cure AIDS and cancer. That’s not including the money for putting people in jail either. It's another $25,000 a year for each person locked up. The worst part is, all this money is coming right out of the tax payer's wallets. Our government only spends 2.4 billion dollars a year to fight cancer, while 150 people are diagnosed with cancer each hour. Almost everyone in America knows at least one person who has died from or currently has cancer. And the number of people with aids is rising greatly too. How do you feel that our government is more worried about fighting a pretty much harmless plant than they are about finding a cure that could save your friend or relatives life? Dr. Jeffrey Miron, a professor from Harvard, claims that prohibition of marijuana is "economic insanity and inherently immoral." He found that the government would save up to 14 billion dollars by legalizing pot (Blumner 10A). If pot was legal, it wouldn't only save the government their money to spend on more important issues, but they could even use the plant to make money. They could put a tax on the sale of marijuana, like they did in 1937, and make a profit by legalizing pot.
Another reason to legalize marijuana is that it will decrease the crime in the US. Just like the prohibition of alcohol, making marijuana illegal just increased the criminal activity surrounding the drug. As a result of illegalizing pot, there is a gigantic underground subculture of marijuana related activity. People are growing, selling, and smuggling pot into the country everyday. Since it’s a job that contains money and a risk of getting arrested, it creates more crime surrounding the drug. Six percent of the homicides in the US are drug related. If pot was legal it would not just cut down on the number of people convicted of pot possession, but it would cut down on murders, assaults, and even some gang activity. The worst part is the people who are just standing up for their rights are being looked at as criminals and drug addicts. Paul McCartney once said, "I support decriminalization. People are smoking pot anyway and to make them a criminal is wrong" ("Paul McCartney." n. pag.). Having marijuana illegal isn't stopping people from using it, it's just putting good people on the same page as murderers and rapists.
Another reason to legalize marijuana is that it provides a safer alternative to the use of alcohol. Alcohol is a poison. Drinking too much can cause vomiting, passing out, and even death. Over 1400 college students die every year from alcohol poisoning. Marijuana, on the other hand is almost completely non-toxic. To overdose from smoking you would have to smoke over forty two milligrams of pot for every kilogram you weigh. Which is practically impossible. Alcohol is also a physically and psychologically addicting substance. A user can become dependent on alcohol and need to drink every day. Marijuana is not physically addicting and there is a low chance of becoming psychologically addicted. (New research even says caffeine is more addictive and has a greater chance for a user to experience withdrawal symptoms ("Drug-Danger.." 5 )). Since alcohol is a poison, it can cause liver disease, brain damage, heart disease, strokes, hypertension and cancer. Pot causes respiratory diseases and loss of memory, only to the people that don't exercise and smoke everyday. A person under the influence of alcohol is also more vulnerable to attacks and injuries. Alcohol impairs its users' voluntary motor skill and decision making, making them completely helpless if trouble occurs. Alcohol abuse is also associated with domestic violence, sexual assaults, aggressive behavior, and violent crimes. Among spouse victims, 3 out of 4 incidents are reported to have involved a victim who had been drinking alcohol ("Safer Colorado" n. pag.). While marijuana is said to reduce likely hood of violence. Does it really make sense that our government allows its citizens to drink a highly addictive poison and restricts them from smoking pot?
Another reason to legalize marijuana is because of its medical uses. Marijuana is known to decrease eye pressure, stop muscle spasms, stop convulsions, suppress nausea, increase appetite, and even eliminate menstrual pain. All of these effects can help with a large variety of problems and diseases. Marijuana is used to help patients with cancer and AIDS because of its ability to suppress nausea and increase appetite. Marijuana is also used for patients with glaucoma, epilepsy, and multiple scleroses. Marijuana can be used to sedate patients and relieve pain as well.
The use of marijuana should be based personal opinion. It is each person's individual right to put what they want into their bodies. The government is not there to restrict our rights and should not be trying to control this issue. Places like Denver and Massachusetts are already proving that legalizing pot is something the majority of US citizens want. Why can't our government realize that?
MARIJUANA
With Research
In the late sixteenth century, Great Britain started exploring North America and setting up colonies to gain more resources and power. They ended up with 13 colonies that ran down the eastern coast of North America. They left these colonies to govern themselves for a while until Britain started to have money trouble. The British government started to abuse its power by instating random taxes to gain money from the colonies. The colonies were so outraged by the unfair treatment by their government that they grouped together and demanded independence from Britain. They wrote a letter to the king of England, stating that every citizen has individual rights and freedoms, and the only reason for having a government is to make sure those rights are protected. In 1775, they went to war with Britain to gain independence. To them, freedom from an authoritative government was a cause worth dying for. After thousands of deaths, the colonies finally were given their independence. They built a country based on individual freedoms and rights to pursue those freedoms. They built a government that was there to protect its people and keep its citizens safe. They gave birth to the United States of America.
Two hundred years later, the US is back where it started. The idea of legalizing marijuana has been a growing controversy since it became illegal in the late 1930's. According to the Declaration of Independence, the letter the colonies sent to Britain, our government should be protecting our rights, not restricting them. Nowhere in the constitution does it say the government has the power to control what substances we put into our bodies. Recent research has even proved that marijuana isn't as bad as previously thought. While making a speech Abraham Lincoln once said, "Prohibition...goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded" (Carnes 712). The US outlawing marijuana is completely hypocritical and has created more problems for itself than it has solved. There are numerous reasons that marijuana should be legalized in the US.
The negative effects associated with marijuana use has slowly become a popular debate in recent years. When marijuana was first outlawed, little research had been done about the short term and long term effects it has on the user. Breathing in marijuana smoke is said to increase the chances of respiratory problems like persistent coughing, bronchitis. Recent research has even proven that poor nutrition is more harmful and deadly to the body than smoking and proper exercise will help prevent these negative effects from ever even happening. Contrary to most beliefs, marijuana is proven not to be a cause of lung cancer. There has never been a documented case of lung cancer in a marijuana-only smoker. Donald Tashkin, from the university of California, has been studying the effects of marijuana for over 30 years, trying to prove that smoking marijuana can cause cancer. "We hypothesized that there would be a positive association between marijuana use and lung cancer, and that the association would be more positive with heavier use," he said. "What we found instead was no association at all, and even a suggestion of some protective effect." (Kaufman A10). Cigarettes, on the other hand, is the cause of 90% of cancer patients ("Lung cancer" n. pag.). The worst part is that cigarettes are actually legal in the US, even though they kill thousands more people than marijuana. Marijuana is famously labeled as a "gateway drug" and could possibly lead users into more serious drugs. Outlawing pot on the basis of fearing that it can cause the user to do more serious things is just crazy. Its like outlawing skateboarding from the country because as kids get better at skating it can lead to them destroying public property by grinding businesses' rails and ledges. Besides Alcohol is just as big of a "gateway drug" as marijuana is. It is also said that smoking marijuana can cause minor brain damage. This is only proven true for long term abusers. If smoked sparingly, marijuana can actually help you grow new brain cells and increase brain activity. Recently, Xia Zhang, of the department of psychiatry at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, was conducting experiments on rats by injecting them with a version of a chemical, HU210, in marijuana. He set out to see how badly smoking pot is for the brain. What he found though, was that the rats actually started growing new brain cells in the hippocampus. This even suggests the possibility that marijuana can cure depression and anxiety ( "Marijuana May Spur.." n. pag.). These are all mild negative effects caused by pot and should not be the basis for keeping it illegal. There are many more reasons to legalize marijuana than to keep it outlawed.
A major reason for legalizing pot is the enormous amount of money our government spends a year trying to fight marijuana use. In 2004, our government spent approximately 4 billion dollars towards drug prevention. That’s twice the amount they spent towards more important issues, like medical research for trying to cure AIDS and cancer. That’s not including the money for putting people in jail either. It's another $25,000 a year for each person locked up. The worst part is, all this money is coming right out of the tax payer's wallets. Our government only spends 2.4 billion dollars a year to fight cancer, while 150 people are diagnosed with cancer each hour. Almost everyone in America knows at least one person who has died from or currently has cancer. And the number of people with aids is rising greatly too. How do you feel that our government is more worried about fighting a pretty much harmless plant than they are about finding a cure that could save your friend or relatives life? Dr. Jeffrey Miron, a professor from Harvard, claims that prohibition of marijuana is "economic insanity and inherently immoral." He found that the government would save up to 14 billion dollars by legalizing pot (Blumner 10A). If pot was legal, it wouldn't only save the government their money to spend on more important issues, but they could even use the plant to make money. They could put a tax on the sale of marijuana, like they did in 1937, and make a profit by legalizing pot.
Another reason to legalize marijuana is that it will decrease the crime in the US. Just like the prohibition of alcohol, making marijuana illegal just increased the criminal activity surrounding the drug. As a result of illegalizing pot, there is a gigantic underground subculture of marijuana related activity. People are growing, selling, and smuggling pot into the country everyday. Since it’s a job that contains money and a risk of getting arrested, it creates more crime surrounding the drug. Six percent of the homicides in the US are drug related. If pot was legal it would not just cut down on the number of people convicted of pot possession, but it would cut down on murders, assaults, and even some gang activity. The worst part is the people who are just standing up for their rights are being looked at as criminals and drug addicts. Paul McCartney once said, "I support decriminalization. People are smoking pot anyway and to make them a criminal is wrong" ("Paul McCartney." n. pag.). Having marijuana illegal isn't stopping people from using it, it's just putting good people on the same page as murderers and rapists.
Another reason to legalize marijuana is that it provides a safer alternative to the use of alcohol. Alcohol is a poison. Drinking too much can cause vomiting, passing out, and even death. Over 1400 college students die every year from alcohol poisoning. Marijuana, on the other hand is almost completely non-toxic. To overdose from smoking you would have to smoke over forty two milligrams of pot for every kilogram you weigh. Which is practically impossible. Alcohol is also a physically and psychologically addicting substance. A user can become dependent on alcohol and need to drink every day. Marijuana is not physically addicting and there is a low chance of becoming psychologically addicted. (New research even says caffeine is more addictive and has a greater chance for a user to experience withdrawal symptoms ("Drug-Danger.." 5 )). Since alcohol is a poison, it can cause liver disease, brain damage, heart disease, strokes, hypertension and cancer. Pot causes respiratory diseases and loss of memory, only to the people that don't exercise and smoke everyday. A person under the influence of alcohol is also more vulnerable to attacks and injuries. Alcohol impairs its users' voluntary motor skill and decision making, making them completely helpless if trouble occurs. Alcohol abuse is also associated with domestic violence, sexual assaults, aggressive behavior, and violent crimes. Among spouse victims, 3 out of 4 incidents are reported to have involved a victim who had been drinking alcohol ("Safer Colorado" n. pag.). While marijuana is said to reduce likely hood of violence. Does it really make sense that our government allows its citizens to drink a highly addictive poison and restricts them from smoking pot?
Another reason to legalize marijuana is because of its medical uses. Marijuana is known to decrease eye pressure, stop muscle spasms, stop convulsions, suppress nausea, increase appetite, and even eliminate menstrual pain. All of these effects can help with a large variety of problems and diseases. Marijuana is used to help patients with cancer and AIDS because of its ability to suppress nausea and increase appetite. Marijuana is also used for patients with glaucoma, epilepsy, and multiple scleroses. Marijuana can be used to sedate patients and relieve pain as well.
The use of marijuana should be based personal opinion. It is each person's individual right to put what they want into their bodies. The government is not there to restrict our rights and should not be trying to control this issue. Places like Denver and Massachusetts are already proving that legalizing pot is something the majority of US citizens want. Why can't our government realize that?
SirFryanator
Active member
A major problem with it is not the health reasons, they're the same reasons that you don't drive drunk. It impairs you.
I think it's a fine herb and all, but I wouldn't want people stoned driving the streets. I "believe" I can drive, but really I don't drive that well, or I drive slowly/cautiously when I'm stoned. The flow of traffic gets disrupted, accidents happen, etc. If you're way out of it, blitzed, fucked, etc., then you are a hazard on the road. The police cannot tell if you're high or not at the time, unless you're completely fucked up. This is a major reason it's not legal, the aspect of not being able to tell at the immediate time whether one is high or not.
I think it's a fine herb and all, but I wouldn't want people stoned driving the streets. I "believe" I can drive, but really I don't drive that well, or I drive slowly/cautiously when I'm stoned. The flow of traffic gets disrupted, accidents happen, etc. If you're way out of it, blitzed, fucked, etc., then you are a hazard on the road. The police cannot tell if you're high or not at the time, unless you're completely fucked up. This is a major reason it's not legal, the aspect of not being able to tell at the immediate time whether one is high or not.
SirFryanator
Active member
However, some people don't believe it's an unjust law.
Decriminalization is the best way to go, and it's happening in many places. It's practically legal if you have a legit medical reason on the west coast.
Decriminalization is the best way to go, and it's happening in many places. It's practically legal if you have a legit medical reason on the west coast.
SlickRick.
Active member
i wouldnt care, im more worried about getting popped by parents
scurry4
Member
I dont think it matters really, not much would change, excpet it would be done more publically. I smoke every so often maybe twice a week.
I really dont think it should be legal, If it were legal, kids would feel more compeled to try it at a young age, which I dont think would be a good thing.
At the same time, alclohol is way more of a drug than marijuana, I honestly expected a lot more of an effect when I started smoking, its fun and relaxing, and im definatelly going to keep smoking, but its not really that big of a deal really.
I really dont think it should be legal, If it were legal, kids would feel more compeled to try it at a young age, which I dont think would be a good thing.
At the same time, alclohol is way more of a drug than marijuana, I honestly expected a lot more of an effect when I started smoking, its fun and relaxing, and im definatelly going to keep smoking, but its not really that big of a deal really.
xpingxpongx
Member
what a dumb argument. first of all, there have been studies done in both great britain and the US that actually show that a "stoned" driver is actually a better, more cautious, and more aware driver than the sober driver. in fact the idea that you drive slower and more cautiously, actually is hypocritical to your argument, most people would think that a slower, more cautious driver is a better, more safe driver. the flow of traffic gets disrupted? accidents happen? it sounds like someone here is paranoid. your arguments here are completely unsubstantiated. i drive high nearly everyday and i've been in about a half dozen minor accidents, yet not one of my accidents occured while i was high. and i would never drink and drive.
as for anyone on here that is against the legalization of marijuana, you should be way more for the prohibition of alcohol than you should be against the legalization of marijuana. there are far more accidents and deaths that are alcohol related than marijuana related. you can overdose on alcohol and although it may be technically possible to od on THC, i've never heard of a case. people don't get agressive or abusive when they are high as many do when they are drunk. contrary to some propaghanda that is out there, marijuana is not an addictive drug. yet alcoholism is a very powerful addiction. if marijuana were legalized, the country would profit greatly off of a trillion dollar a year business, while saving untold billions of dollars on the war on marijuana and the incarceration of millions of people with victimless marijuana crimes. if it were legal it could be better regulated and could generate hundreds of thousands of new (taxable) jobs and businesses. essentially california has already legalized marijuana by making it incredibly easy to get a prescription, and there isn't anarchy or way more accidents or any other myth associated with what might happen if marijuana became legalized. in all reality, this whole issue relys on our generation to change the paradigm of how we as a society view weed. its happening, slowly, but its happening. we need more states to take the initiative that california has taken and open the door to a drug that has real world medicinal value and simply put makes you feel happier.
as for anyone on here that is against the legalization of marijuana, you should be way more for the prohibition of alcohol than you should be against the legalization of marijuana. there are far more accidents and deaths that are alcohol related than marijuana related. you can overdose on alcohol and although it may be technically possible to od on THC, i've never heard of a case. people don't get agressive or abusive when they are high as many do when they are drunk. contrary to some propaghanda that is out there, marijuana is not an addictive drug. yet alcoholism is a very powerful addiction. if marijuana were legalized, the country would profit greatly off of a trillion dollar a year business, while saving untold billions of dollars on the war on marijuana and the incarceration of millions of people with victimless marijuana crimes. if it were legal it could be better regulated and could generate hundreds of thousands of new (taxable) jobs and businesses. essentially california has already legalized marijuana by making it incredibly easy to get a prescription, and there isn't anarchy or way more accidents or any other myth associated with what might happen if marijuana became legalized. in all reality, this whole issue relys on our generation to change the paradigm of how we as a society view weed. its happening, slowly, but its happening. we need more states to take the initiative that california has taken and open the door to a drug that has real world medicinal value and simply put makes you feel happier.
AngryFromBend
Member
most of you kids should try going to school for once. starting every sentence with they and the doesn't look very good at all on paper, especially if you are trying to prove a point.
mini rant:
i smoke pot on a daily basis, and quite often in the morning before school. since i started smoking before school my concentration has improved drastically, and so did my grades. in years past i averaged about a 2.7 gpa. this year i have maintained a steady 4.0 even while taking additional classes online at home.
now obviously i don't go to school blazed as fuck, just a bowl to mellow me out.
these days i don't ever need to take pain killers, cold medicine, or a.d.d. medication.
it's all about the greens.
with all of that said, here is why i am against the legalization of marajuana.
1. for the underage (and with pot it would probably be 21+) it is so much easier to get ahold of illegal pot than it is to get alcohol. most of the time i think it's easier to get acid than booze in this town, which is completely fine with me because i'm not much of a drinker.
2. i live in oregon, and we have all the dankest shit. i don't want my bud to be manufactured in indonesia, packaged in thailand, and full of chemicals to keep it from drying out. cigarettes are disgusting, as well as terrible for you (i smoke them occasionally anyways).
so maybe if i was 21, and lived on the east coast i would support it's legalization.
but i'm not, and i don't, so i say fuck the government, i'll do what i please god damnit.
mini rant:
i smoke pot on a daily basis, and quite often in the morning before school. since i started smoking before school my concentration has improved drastically, and so did my grades. in years past i averaged about a 2.7 gpa. this year i have maintained a steady 4.0 even while taking additional classes online at home.
now obviously i don't go to school blazed as fuck, just a bowl to mellow me out.
these days i don't ever need to take pain killers, cold medicine, or a.d.d. medication.
it's all about the greens.
with all of that said, here is why i am against the legalization of marajuana.
1. for the underage (and with pot it would probably be 21+) it is so much easier to get ahold of illegal pot than it is to get alcohol. most of the time i think it's easier to get acid than booze in this town, which is completely fine with me because i'm not much of a drinker.
2. i live in oregon, and we have all the dankest shit. i don't want my bud to be manufactured in indonesia, packaged in thailand, and full of chemicals to keep it from drying out. cigarettes are disgusting, as well as terrible for you (i smoke them occasionally anyways).
so maybe if i was 21, and lived on the east coast i would support it's legalization.
but i'm not, and i don't, so i say fuck the government, i'll do what i please god damnit.
xpingxpongx
Member
you start off by trashing people about their abilities to write and then you conclude your statement with, "i'll do what i please god damnit". very intellectual. what on earth leads you to believe that marijuana would become an imported product? because cigarrettes are? well thats ridiculous. marijuana smokers are far more particular about weed than cigarrette smokers are about tobacco. one business that would pop up from the legalization (and this has already happened in california) is cannabis clubs or smoke shops. places that would specialize in having a variety of different strains as well as edible goods. it would become much easier to get your hands on the best stuff or the particular high you are interested in. also, your statement of how it would be harder for underage kids to get their hands on marijuana may be true but most people would agree, that would be a good thing. not to say that it would be impossible for kids to get it but like alcohol it would be much more controlled.
SirFryanator
Active member
You may drive more cautiously, but the fact of the matter is when you see light trails, feel like you're reeling sideways, get distracted by moving things like no other, feel like going way under the speed limit is safer than going at the speed limit, or if you're blazed in general, you are not going to drive better than you are sober.
But we may just be splitting hairs here.
I am not against the prohibition of anything, per se. I'm just not for the total legalization of it. It would cost way too much money to handle effectively for DUIs and such.
Marijuana IS a mentally addicting drug. I know for a fact that it became an incredibly hard habit to break when I stopped smoking weed for a while during the spring-summer of 2007. I still smoke every now and then, but it's not like I do it every day or even every week anymore. It took me about a month to stop craving. My grades went down, I got depressed.
Don't give me that bullshit that people can stop anytime they want without repercussions.
If the USA or Canada is going to legalize it, it should only be for medicinal use, like it is now.
But we may just be splitting hairs here.
I am not against the prohibition of anything, per se. I'm just not for the total legalization of it. It would cost way too much money to handle effectively for DUIs and such.
Marijuana IS a mentally addicting drug. I know for a fact that it became an incredibly hard habit to break when I stopped smoking weed for a while during the spring-summer of 2007. I still smoke every now and then, but it's not like I do it every day or even every week anymore. It took me about a month to stop craving. My grades went down, I got depressed.
Don't give me that bullshit that people can stop anytime they want without repercussions.
If the USA or Canada is going to legalize it, it should only be for medicinal use, like it is now.
SirFryanator
Active member
Oh, and didn't you know? there's a MINUMUM speed limit for the highways. It's for making the streets safer.
twintipteles
Active member
Whatever increased costs there would be in enforcement of DUI stuff would be outweighed about 2 billion fold by the massive savings on marijuana enforcement. Do you have any idea how much it costs for them to fly planes and helicopters over untold amounts of forest looking for a couple illegal plants? Or how much it costs to destroy those they find? Or how much it costs to try and intercept shipments etc.? This isn't even beginning to take into account the huge tax revenues which could be generated.
The mental addiction argument is ridiculous as well. Caffeine, alcohol, tobacco are all far far worse and actually have serious physical addictions as well. A mental addiction just means that you really like something and your brain becomes accustomed to the release of dopamine it associates with such activities. You had cravings for weed for a month? I've had cravings for skiing for the past two years during which injuries have forced me to go completely clean, and I'm just jonesing for my next fix in the fall.
The mental addiction argument is ridiculous as well. Caffeine, alcohol, tobacco are all far far worse and actually have serious physical addictions as well. A mental addiction just means that you really like something and your brain becomes accustomed to the release of dopamine it associates with such activities. You had cravings for weed for a month? I've had cravings for skiing for the past two years during which injuries have forced me to go completely clean, and I'm just jonesing for my next fix in the fall.
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[tightpants]
Active member
A bunch of economists have calculated how much we would lose/save by legalization and I'm not positive but I'm pretty sure that the average was that we would save about $14 billion/year when taking into consideration increased costs against tax revenues and the elimination of enforcement costs. I know I can get a credible source for this information, so if any of you don't believe me just holla and I'll post a link.
twintipteles
Active member
word, a source for that would be great to have. I'm not sure if my post was worded weirdly, but I agree with everything you said there, we are definitely on the same page.
[tightpants]
Active member
Yea my friend wrote a research paper on legalization and I know he has that source in his Works Cited for it so I'll ask him once i get out of class in like 2 hours and I'll throw it up here
SirFryanator
Active member
I agree. This is why tobacco should be illegal, alcohol decriminalized in high amounts, but illegal to be sold in that much, and weed be decriminalized.
If it were legal, go ahead. Decriminalization would have all the benefits of legalization without the government tax regulations. It would save cash, open up prisons, but still allow people to grow and such.
If it were legal, go ahead. Decriminalization would have all the benefits of legalization without the government tax regulations. It would save cash, open up prisons, but still allow people to grow and such.
scurry4
Member
I would not drive better high, thats one thing I know, I also had a friend who wraped his car around a tree high, sure he might have done it anyways, but he didnt think so. Its different for everyone, so dont go generalizing that everyone is a better driver high, while im sure some people can do it fine.