Should marijuana be legalized?

Exactly. Why would someone buy it for the hyped up price when they can holla at their boy they been getting it from? The market is too big without the gov, and will thrive without it. Yea, I smoked, but a lot less than most people. Weed seriously isnt a drug. I dont care what anyone says, nobody says "I was high on weed and:

a- DUI'd and killed a lil kid
b- decided to rob the circle k
c- Jump off a building
d- Kill hundreds of people

NOBODY I have met in the course in my life said they did anything on weed except eat and laugh and start thinking all deep. Ive seen people act bigger asses on alcohol. Ive seen people smoke their back out and the worse that happens is they clean out my fridge. I see someone drink gallons and then they threw up on my couch, tried to fight everyone, and passed out on the bathroom floor. So make the comparison.

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Originally Posted by MikeyPrzy

America can't legalize marijuana because the government would make no profit from it, end of story.

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That is right and wrong at the same time.

It is right because if marijuana were legalized, then many prescription drugs would be practically obsolete. Pharmaceutical companies lobby (donate $$) to keep marijuana illegal because it is a cheap and easy way to treat minor pain, nausea, glaucoma, depression, boredom, sleep disorders, anxiety, and probably many other things with fewer side effects than many prescription drugs. There is some money to be made in extracting the medically beneficial factors into pill form, but I think it would be greatly outweighed by the money lost on all the newly obsolete medicines.

However, that statement is wrong because the government can tax the hell out of it, much like they do for alcohol and tobacco. In addition, the numbers of prisoners in jail will greatly decrease, saving something like $54 a day per prisoner, in addition to lowering the staff needed at prisons.

I personally think it should be legal because of the stuff above and I think it isn't any more harmful than tobaccoo, and isn't nearly as dangerous or mood-altering as alcohol.

I AGREE IN THAT MARIJUANA IS NOT HARMFUL OR ADDICTING AT ALL; I DONT THINK IT WILL BECOME LEGAL ANYTIME SOON THO AS THERE IS NO WAY TO TAX THE MAJORITY OF HOME GROWERS OR THOSE THAT KNOW HOW TO BEAT THE SYSTEM, AS THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS

ON A SIDE NOTE THERE IS A LOT OF TALK IN CALIFORNIA ABOUT LEGALIZATION, SEVERAL "CLINICS" OFFER LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION WHICH YOU CAN TAKE TO A REPUTABLE DOCTOR WHICH WILL IN TURN WRITE YOU A PRESCRIPTION FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA.. WHILE NOT AS POTENT AS THE STREET EXOTICS YOU CAN FIND, AND A BIT ON THE PRICY SIDE (~ $150 FOR A 1/4, OR SO I HEARD) PEOPLE ARE ALREADY BEATING THIS SYSTEM LOLOL

When was the last time that something that was illegal was made legal? It wont happen. Hell, you cant even keep window tints legal for more than a couple months. Its a money thing. Look at how much $$ is made from people locked up, citations, probation, bribes, etc. from weed? It will NEVER be legal

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Originally Posted by bdydrpdmazda

Its legal in a few states for medical puposes and its completely legal in Alaska as long as your not buying it or transporting it (you have to grow your own). I personally think it would be good for our economy because it could be taxed and its doesnt do half as much damage to our bodies as alcohol. The number of accidents caused by people driving high is probably not even a 1/3 of the number of accidents caused by drunk drivers so why isnt it legal everywhere for whatever puposes people want it for?

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well it doesnt affect your liver, but really does do some harm to your lungs.

I smoke, but I can admit that sh it will just fu ck up your respitory sytem like crazy.

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Originally Posted by thinkfast®

I AGREE IN THAT MARIJUANA IS NOT HARMFUL OR ADDICTING AT ALL; I DONT THINK IT WILL BECOME LEGAL ANYTIME SOON THO AS THERE IS NO WAY TO TAX THE MAJORITY OF HOME GROWERS OR THOSE THAT KNOW HOW TO BEAT THE SYSTEM, AS THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS

ON A SIDE NOTE THERE IS A LOT OF TALK IN CALIFORNIA ABOUT LEGALIZATION, SEVERAL "CLINICS" OFFER LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION WHICH YOU CAN TAKE TO A REPUTABLE DOCTOR WHICH WILL IN TURN WRITE YOU A PRESCRIPTION FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA.. WHILE NOT AS POTENT AS THE STREET EXOTICS YOU CAN FIND, AND A BIT ON THE PRICY SIDE (~ $150 FOR A 1/4, OR SO I HEARD) PEOPLE ARE ALREADY BEATING THIS SYSTEM LOLOL

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i woudl get a prescription, fill it only once then continue to buy whatever i want a cheaper price. how will they know you smokin meds or not.

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Originally Posted by theprofiteer

well it doesnt affect your liver, but really does do some harm to your lungs.

I smoke, but I can admit that sh it will just fu ck up your respitory sytem like crazy.

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You are brain dead if you think it is harmless. Consuming THC regularly also increases your chances of developing schizophrenia by 50%.

lol if we had weed legalized then there wouldnt be any crimes everyone would just chill...lol snoop dogg

america will be BLAZED!

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Originally Posted by nreggie454

That is right and wrong at the same time.

It is right because if marijuana were legalized, then many prescription drugs would be practically obsolete. Pharmaceutical companies lobby (donate $$) to keep marijuana illegal because it is a cheap and easy way to treat minor pain, nausea, glaucoma, depression, boredom, sleep disorders, anxiety, and probably many other things with fewer side effects than many prescription drugs. There is some money to be made in extracting the medically beneficial factors into pill form, but I think it would be greatly outweighed by the money lost on all the newly obsolete medicines.

However, that statement is wrong because the government can tax the hell out of it, much like they do for alcohol and tobacco. In addition, the numbers of prisoners in jail will greatly decrease, saving something like $54 a day per prisoner, in addition to lowering the staff needed at prisons.

I personally think it should be legal because of the stuff above and I think it isn't any more harmful than tobaccoo, and isn't nearly as dangerous or mood-altering as alcohol.

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Well, like that guy said earlier, if the government is overpricing it, people can just hit up their homeboys and ask to buy some for cheaper.

I work in the Southern Regional ER for almost 3 years. You'd never see someone come in all cut up because they were siting around toking a bong, got into an argument w/ their friend, and then their friend broke the bong over their head and went to work. Now you'd see that at least once a week when a beer bottle was involved, never seen it w/ a bong.

Drunk people in the ER are 95% of the time assholes, and potentially violent. I saw maybe 2-3 people in the ER for marijuana related reasons, 1 was crazy and didn't need to be ingesting anything that altered your mind a little, one was a parent who's 15 yo ate some pot, on purpose at a party, and another was a chick who had an anxity attack. I must have seen 1000's of drunk PT's in the time I worked there.

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LEGALIZE IT

pot heads lol not worth it.

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Originally Posted by Stopsnitchin

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LEGALIZE IT

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you forgot about my lungs

yea maaaaan

Asma what up tho? when we meetin for a legalization fest aka smoke session lol

its gonna be completely legal in california tere gona be selling it in packs like ciggarets

I didn't read all the way through this thread, but i watched a show on the history channel about the history of drugs. they said the only reason marijuana is even illegal to begin with is because in the 60's, mexicans, who were growing it out in nevada and new mexico and that area, were making all the money from it. the government didn't like that very much so they demonized it in the media and then passed a law saying that you could only grow it if you had a "stamp." the catch was, that you had to bring a marijuana plant in with you to get the stamp, so they arrested the people who brought their own plant with them because they were growing it without a "stamp." the ol' catch 22. fckin government.

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Originally Posted by rndockery98

I didn't read all the way through this thread, but i watched a show on the history channel about the history of drugs. they said the only reason marijuana is even illegal to begin with is because in the 60's, mexicans, who were growing it out in nevada and new mexico and that area, were making all the money from it. the government didn't like that very much so they demonized it in the media and then passed a law saying that you could only grow it if you had a "stamp." the catch was, that you had to bring a marijuana plant in with you to get the stamp, so they arrested the people who brought their own plant with them because they were growing it without a "stamp." the ol' catch 22. fckin government.

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I seen that too

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Originally Posted by thinkfast®

yea maaaaan

Asma what up tho? when we meetin for a legalization fest aka smoke session lol

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next weekend. call.

What difference does it make, even if it was legal/illegal I still smoke that shyt

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Originally Posted by Tha Man

What difference does it make, even if it was legal/illegal I still smoke that shyt

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it makes a big ass difference, to me at least... sucks that u have to risk going to jail and break the law to engage in a personal activity that is no where near as harmful as some legal activities that are advertised to children and such.

I say, legalize and regulate. everyone wins. except dope dealers.

Legalize it now.

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Originally Posted by Sledlude

it makes a big ass difference, to me at least... sucks that u have to risk going to jail and break the law to engage in a personal activity that is no where near as harmful as some legal activities that are advertised to children and such.

I say, legalize and regulate. everyone wins. except dope dealers.

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Dont some or carry that **** in public, If you buy it take it home smoke it.

HELL YEA IT SHOULD BE LEGAL!

The only reason why it is not legal is because it is impossible to tax

it should if the docter will give it to you, to help you with an illness, and those people dony get all ****ed, then it shows that it dose good, and not evil like mtv and others make it out it be

crime will go down, people be to ****ed to **** somobody help. lol

i saw on tv the other day that arnold denounced marijuana as a drug.

EVERYONE MOVE TO CALIFORNIA!!!

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Originally Posted by mastakey05

The only reason why it is not legal is because it is impossible to tax

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Yep, exactly the same as how they cant tax all of the beer people can legally brew themselves, the tobacco plants people could grow in their back yard, liquor they can distill themselves, fruits and vegetables that they grow, etc. This is just a minor part of the illegality of it.

As said before, the government makes so much money off of sin taxes from alcohol and tobacco, they'd make a lot more if they just legalized pot and taxed it accordingly.

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Originally Posted by Sledlude

I say, legalize and regulate. everyone wins. except dope dealers.

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Oh ****, somebody might actually have to go get a real job instead of sitting at home making money off of people's addictions.

It is a wonderful idea but it will never ever happen. It was made illegal in the late 1800's because they claimed it made black people go crazy and rape white women (that ****'s real). There has been so much anti-marijuana propaganda for almost 150 years that the government and the Nancy Reagans of the world will never say that they were wrong.

Legalize it. Don't criticize it.

I don't think it should be federally regulated-leave it up to the states to decide

Let's be honest here for a minute. There are really very few people that don't have an alterior motive for wanting it "legalized". Very few people that DON'T already smoke it are for this movement. So in reality, it's merely people that smoke it wanting to be able to smoke w/o getting into trouble. What would happen if LSD or Heroin had the same following and acceptance as MJ? Would all of you be so quick to jump on the bandwagon pushing to legalize that too? Think about that before you answer.


The second thing you have to think about and yet noone has offered a viable solution to is: How are you going to test for the intoxication levels of individuals on the street? We have a way to test alcohol, now come up with a method, machine, or way to LEGALLY tell if someone is too high to drive. Not just if they've been exposed to it or smoked it days earlier, but if they are too high RIGHT NOW...on the side of the road, just like alcohol....to be driving AND more importantly to hold up in COURT. Any savy lawyer will make a "red eyes", "smelled like", and "said was really hungry" charges stick about as good as rock to a pole on a cold day. It just won't fly. When people find out HOW to beat the charges, what good are the charges then? They would have no teeth.

BTW, I'm not a prude. People that know me will confirm that I'm no saint by any means. I really honestly don't care what people do on their own time in their own house. You can get as high as a kite if you want. No beef with me. You also have to think logically though. And I also know that SOME people can drive and function reasonably well when they are. But isn't that the same argument we always hear from alcoholics and their driving while drunk habits???? Think about it. Do we not agree that drunk driving is not good for the public? If so, how is driving while high that much different?

Continue to discuss. :goodjob:

I'd say, the whole reason heroin/Lsd don't have the same acceptance as MJ is because those are HARD drugs. The only similarity is that they are all illegal. The negative effects of MJ don't even compare to the neg. effects of heroin or LSD. They will never be as acceptable or widely used as marijuana, because those who use marijuana responsibly don't suffer serious consequences to health, family, etc... where as with drugs such as heroin, if you keep using and using, you'll eventually die from it. your teeth will fall out, you can't function, you may OD... you get my drift. Not so with pot.
And of course, most of those that support decriminalization of pot ARE those who use it- thats obvious. What better reason is there? I personally think it's stupid that you can get locked up if you are caught with pot, but in some cities you can walk down the street as $hitfaced as you want with a bottle in your hand. it makes no sense that you can buy cigs at 18... and we all know how addictive they are and how bad they are for your health. It just doesn't make sense to me.

Jamie... good point about the "how do you test for intoxication levels." It's not like you can give a breathalyzer for that sort of thing. There are field sobriety tests out there that used see if a driver is under the influence of anything- these test your reflexes (like pupilary light reflex) and reaction times. I think that would be the best way to do it, because your reaction time is pretty much the only thing you have to worry about when it comes to driving stoned. And more likely than not, if one is WAY too stoned to drive, he/she probably won't! Pot heads don't like stressful conditions when they're already kinda paranoid ;). The only place they're going is to the kitchen.

I don't even have to say it, but I will anyway- drunk driving is WAY worse. A drunky is more likely to fvck up while driving than a stoned person. Drunk folks speed and hit shyt, like other people or cars. Stoned people drive too slow and forget to turn the indicator off.

makin marijuana legal and lsd and other drugs is total different