i ask this because there is so much contraversy regarding this question about maryjane. they say it does have medical uses for aids and cancer patients, then why is it illegal?
2006-06-13 19:07:01 · 11 answers · asked by crysthy 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
It should definetly be legal. i know alot of people who smoke and honestly some of them function better while high you cant say that about anyone who has been drinking! But yet drinking is legal? go figure
2006-06-20 16:41:34 · answer #1 · answered by purplecasinokitten 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marijuana is illegal in the U.S. because it was demonized by the first "drug czar" named Anslinger in the thirties or forties. This was probably done so it could be used as a legal tool against blacks and Mexicans. It wasn't a problem until white people started using it. Pharmaceutical companies don't want it legalized because it would compete against some of its products. The law enforcement community is heavily invested in keeping it criminal because incarceration is big business.
The war on drugs will never be won because if it was there would be no profit in drug testing, detention centers and drug rehab. Nixon asked for a report on the impact of weed and he didn't like the results so they quashed it and the government has since just said no to any major unbiased research on its uses and effects. Watch the anti pot propaganda movie Reefer Madness to see what I mean about demonized. Alcohol is more damaging to your health than pot but that seems not to matter to the politicians who are in power. If you research it there are going to be people who will tell you how horrible it is and there are people who while tell you it is nice. Why do people drink, take drugs, or have sex? Because it feels good. Anything in excess can be bad for you. Try it for yourself and make up your own mind.
2006-06-13 21:10:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only reason it is not legal unless prescribe by a doctor is because the government hasent found a way to tax it yet except through medical maryjane.
2006-06-13 19:11:25 · answer #3 · answered by whitetrashwithmoney 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The FDA recently reported that there is no medical evidence that the use of it has any medical benefit except to get the patient "high" and the damage it does to the neurons in the brain is not worth the risk. The so called medical use is just an excuse to get the drug cartels even a bigger market.
2006-06-13 19:25:19 · answer #4 · answered by Dusty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it should be legalized. Any logical competent individual with the capability of manifesting their own thought process would come to the same conclusion, however the majority of the united states population is pre-disposed to close minded-ness, at the will of the government, as change in policies may lead to loss of power. The illegelization of marijuana is just one more conveinient tool for them to control the population.
2006-06-13 19:15:03 · answer #5 · answered by . 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am 100% sure that the Drugs (even light ones) should be abolished (not talking about medical use as anesthesia - which is legal already)...
and the question is not the problem of damage by it to body... the question is more psychological - one, who uses Marijuana (or other drugs) loses his/her sense of reality... and he/she seems to be happy, but after return one gets even worse and wants to try more and more...
coming back to taxation (that the state has not figured out how to tax it yet) I have to say, that it will be much easier to tax it, when it were legal (less on black market) - but it is not a question of MONEY, but question of HEALTH of nation (and mankind)...
2006-06-13 21:58:18 · answer #6 · answered by Omerta 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In short, it's illegal because of racist testimony and outright lies disseminated by media.
It's useful in that it increases the appetite of AIDS/cancer patients, counteracting the nausea and wasting. Recent research suggests THC is neuroprotective, rather than the "cannabis kills brain cells" propaganda spread by DARE junkies.
2006-06-13 19:41:42 · answer #7 · answered by eatmorec11h17no3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I would rather be a passenger in a vehicle with a driver who has been smoking pot than a driver who has been drinking... actually will NOT get into a car with a drunk driver. How many "marijuana-related" deaths occur in a year?
2006-06-14 21:57:57 · answer #8 · answered by Kelly K 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lengthy tale short, human beings desire to take duty for what they put of their body (be it drugs, nutrition, liqueur, or some thing else). the authorities could comprehend the conflict on drugs is futile, and they ought to replace drug regulation regulations (for a mess of causes, yet specifically to reduce out the cartels and decrease drug appropriate crime). My regularly occurring stance is that all drugs could be legalized, regulated, and taxed like another issues human beings eat.
2016-10-14 03:46:18 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it should be legal
2006-06-13 19:14:05 · answer #10 · answered by Ferret 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋