ANY argument on why marijuana should be illegal just got proven wrong

[Total_Blender]

Originally Posted by BABY J
I do not want some1 working on my car that smoke spot.

I don't want some1 teaching my daughter that smokes pot.

I do not want some1 flying my plane that smokes pot.

I do not want some1 that works at my bank that smokes pot.

I can go on - but you get the point.

--> There are LOTS of people who do not smoke pot JUST bc it's illegal even though they want to - and I like it that way.

Replace "smokes pot" in your above statement with "watches Glenn Beck," or "drinks alcohol," or "eats mayonnaise" and you'll see how I feel and how a lot of people feel. In the end you can't pick and choose every little thing that every person you turn to for a good or service does.

The fact that its illegal doesn't deter anyone from smoking pot. Its really part of the appeal of the rebellious lifestyle for kids nowadays, and if you were to legalize it in a managed fashion similar to Europe and Canada it would lose some of that appeal.

[BanginJimmy]

The fact that its illegal doesn't deter anyone from smoking pot.

It may not deter the dim witted or the career students, but I can assure you that that fact alone deters a VERY great many people, myself included. For those of us with real jobs, the possibility of being drug tested is enough to keep me from ever smoking again.

[Total_Blender]

It may not deter the dim witted or the career students, but I can assure you that that fact alone deters a VERY great many people, myself included. For those of us with real jobs, the possibility of being drug tested is enough to keep me from ever smoking again.

Its the possibility of being tested and subsequently losing your job thats the deterrent though, not just that its illegal. "Career students" who smoke are at tremendous risk too because even the smallest possession bust can cause them to lose just about any form of financial aid/scholarship.

I'm not saying that every airplane pilot or train conductor should go out and get blazed before going to work. In the event of legalization there will be standards for certain professions who have jobs where safety is a concern. Alcohol is perfectly legal, but airline pilots and train conductors are forbidden from being intoxicated while on the job, I don't think legalized pot would be any different.

[BanginJimmy]

Its the possibility of being tested and subsequently losing your job thats the deterrent though, not just that its illegal. "Career students" who smoke are at tremendous risk too because even the smallest possession bust can cause them to lose just about any form of financial aid/scholarship.

Now for the 10k question. Why is that test a deterrent? Answer, cause its illegal.

This idea that just because people do it anyways it should be legal is complete BS. I dont want to hear about alcohol or cigs either as I completely understand that there is no reason for them to be legal and weed not to be. I dont understand it, but all I can say is that they are both longstanding item in our society whereas weed is not. I know it has been used for hundreds of years, but the US is a European like society and it was not used in Europe until relatively recently.

[dallasb84]

Now for the 10k question. Why is that test a deterrent? Answer, cause its illegal.

This idea that just because people do it anyways it should be legal is complete BS. I dont want to hear about alcohol or cigs either as I completely understand that there is no reason for them to be legal and weed not to be. I dont understand it, but all I can say is that they are both longstanding item in our society whereas weed is not. I know it has been used for hundreds of years, but the US is a European like society and it was not used in Europe until relatively recently.

hey..... apply for a job in palmdale ca with a prescription for pot.....and you wont get the job....

get hurt in palmdale...with a prescription for pot and get tested positive.....lose your job....

its not okay to do drugs.... period....

that goes for loratab
oxycontin
codine
and so on......


get off the dope and grow up a bit..... granted alcohol just doesnt cut it... and weed might be great and all.... i wont argue.....

but... being sober and clean with a great job is a hell of alot better than being able to roll one and put it in the air.

if you got a great job and are making tons of money and can smoke dope..... sweet.....

get popped or arrested for possesion and see how long your job lasts.
thats the issue right there

[JdM_EJ2]

IMO if you have never smoked bud then you have no room to talk about how it impairs a person's brain process how would you know? you just repeat what you have heard from other people...and dont tell me doctors have done studies and tests cause bud reacts different to everyone...me personaly i can do alot of shiet when im high. i cant smoke a blunt and just chill there and not do shiet. just my ...if u dnt like weed or anything about it then just stay away from it.

[allmotorEJ8]

get popped or arrested for possesion and see how long your job lasts. thats the issue right there

Got "popped" with it while employed with a pretty big company. I didn't loose my job, but got a pretty hefty fine. Never smoked before I went into work, EVER! I had a lot of responsibility on my hands at that job. Not everyone that smokes is an ignorant fool.