should marijuana be legal?

Answer 1

Marijuana, because it can be used to treat glaucoma patients and to alleviate certain types of pain, should be legal, provided that it does not cause uncontollable affects in the users for whom it might be prescribed. Legalization could eliminate the abuse of this drug and the sale of it by "street pharmacists" who frequently add other dangerous chemicals to it and use unscrupilous sales tactics to dupe customers who cannot get it legally. The fact that it is illegal makes it more tempting to some people who enjoy living on the edge.

Answer 2

I believe that marijuana should be legal as well as all drugs. This should do several things. If would stop the drug cartels cold in their tracks and all the other illegal activity they are involved in. It would probably hurt the incomes of some crooked politicians ( of course they are all crooked). It would save a ton of tax dollars from the phony war on drugs and finally it would take the charm off for a lot of people and we would probably have less problems with people have drug problems.

Answer 3

YES! Marijuana is no worse than Alcohol in fact It's better. Have you ever seen a group of people smoke some weed and want to fight the whole world. No, But I bet you've seen people get drunk and want to fight everyone in sight. Not to mention there's no hangover. Why is this natural herb banned anyway. Just another example of Big gov't.

Answer 4

YES!!!
1) MJ has a medical application, unlike tobacco
2) MJ doesn't cause deaths, unlike alcohol
3) Millions of $ in the "war on some drugs" is going to fight marijuana smokers when it could be used to fight drugs that actually kill people & destroy lives.
and no, I don't smoke it myself.

Answer 5

I'm on the fence on this one. I'd say for medicinal use, yes. For recreational use, no because it is a psychoactive drug and I wouldn't want someone on the road driving while he/she is high and has a delayed reaction time. Same for prescription drugs that have psychoactive properties.

Answer 6

Briefly ... yes !!!
If you are interested in why ... then here we go ..

Cannabis has a long history of spiritual use, especially in India, where it has been used by wandering spiritual sadhus for centuries. The most famous religious group to use cannabis in a spiritual context is the Rastafari movement, though it is by no means the only group (e.g. Church of the Universe). Some historians and etymologists have claimed that cannabis was used by ancient Jews, early Christians, and of early Muslims of the Sufi order. Hashish was used by the Hashshashin, a warrior sect.
Many individuals also consider their use of cannabis to be spiritual regardless of organized religion, though it is banned in many parts of the world, and in some cases because it is banned.
Medically, cannabis is most often used as an appetite stimulant and pain reliever for certain terminal illnesses such as cancer and AIDS. It is used to relieve glaucoma and certain neurological illnesses such as epilepsy, migraine and bipolar disorder. It has also been found to relieve nausea for chemotherapy patients. The medical use of cannabis is politically controversial, but it is sometimes recommended informally by physicians. A synthetic version of the major active chemical in cannabis, THC, is readily available in many countries in the form of a pill as the prescription drug dronabinol (Marinol). THC has also been found to reduce arterial blockages. A sublingual spray derived from an extract of cannabis has also been approved for treatment of multiple sclerosis in Canada as the prescription drug Sativex - this drug may now be legally imported into the United Kingdom and Spain on prescription

It is generally considered to be impossible to achieve a lethal overdose by smoking cannabis. The lethal dose by inhalation, is 42 mg/kg of body weight. That is equivalent of a 165 lb (75 kg) man ingesting all of the THC in 21 one-gram cigarettes of high-potency (15% THC) cannabis buds at once, assuming no THC was lost through burning or exhalation. For oral consumption, lethal dose is equivalent to the THC in about a pound of 15% THC cannabis. Only with intravenous administration — an unheard-of method of use — may such a level be even theoretically possible.

Many countries have laws regarding the cultivation, possession, supply or use of cannabis (hemp). Non-psychoactive cannabis products (e.g. fibre and seed) are legal in many countries, and these countries may license cultivation for these purposes. The herb is a controlled substance in most, though its use is condoned in some locales for medicinal purposes. In some countries, such as Portugal, cannabis drug material is legal for personal use, though restrictions do apply to its sale, distribution or consumption, and the legal limit is 25g. In many countries the consumption of cannabis is legal although it is illegal to possess, sell or distribute it or allow others to consume it on one's property. If the amount of cannabis a person possessed is considered as "minor", charges may be dropped. In the U.S.A (nationwide, in 2004) a person is arrested on "marijuana charges" every 42 seconds, on average. Most other countries have very strict laws against even the possession or consumption of cannabis, simple possession can carry long jail sentences in some countries, particularly in East Asia, where the sale of cannabis may lead to a sentence of life in prison or even execution.

In recent decades, a movement to decriminalize cannabis has arisen in several countries. This movement seeks to make simple possession of cannabis punishable by only confiscation or a fine, rather than prison. In the past several years, the movement has started to have some successes. These include Denver, Colorado legalizing possession of up to an ounce of cannabis, a broad coalition of political parties in Amsterdam, Netherlands unveiling a pilot program to allow farmers to legally grow it, and Massachusetts voting in favor of a bill to decriminalize the possession of up to an ounce of marijuana. In 2001 in the United Kingdom, it was announced that cannabis would become a Class C drug, rather than a Class B, this change took effect in 2004 however this still means a jail sentence of up to 2 years for possession and 14 years for supplying. The Government of Mexico voted to legalize the possession of cannabis under 5 grams on April 28, 2006. However, as of May 3, 2006, Mexican President Vicente Fox has said that he will not sign this proposed law until Congress removes the parts that would decriminalize the possession of small quantities of drugs and vetoed the bill on May 4, 2006, sparking broad controversy over the bill.

I am convinced that it should be legalized!

Answer 7

ooh yes yes

Answer 8

Legalise it and I'll advertise it!!!

Answer 9

No!No!No!

Answer 10

YES.