Doen anyone think that marijuana should be legalized besides me?

Question

I am sick of being harassed by police officers that think that pot is the worst thing since communism. Lets stop this now!!!

Answer 1

marijuana is the most commonly uses illegal substance in the United States. it is used by many people, most of which aren't your stereotypical "druggie", with no life agead of them. Many of them hapen to be very successful, good people. Think about it almost if not every person who reads this paper will know (even if they don't realize it) at least one if not several regular users of marijuana. Its often made out to be much more harmful htan it really is, unfortunatly not every one realizes this.

What many people don't realize is marijuana is much less harmful than alcohol or tobacco. Yet it's the one of the three that gets a bad rap and is illegal. Marijuana isn't even physicaly addicting. You certanly don't see meetings for marijuana like you do with alcohol and AA. Unfortunatly due to American culture the less harmful of the three is illegal.

The most common reason why marijuana can be harmful is that people can often come across laced marijuana without realizing it. Marijuana can easily be mixed with other more harmful drugs with out the buyer realizing it, until they have already used it. This is a dangerous thing that causes many people to do more harmful, hard core drugs without realizing it. If it were to be legalized the government could provide guide lines, like it does with alchol to insure that people knew what they were putting into their bodies.

Marijuana actually has many helpful benefits toward diseases / sicknesses. Marijuana can reduce nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite caused by AIDS. It can Reduce interlobular pressure, which alleviates the pain and slowing and sometimes even stopping the progress of glaucoma. Common side effects of chemotherapy are nausea, loss of appetite, and vomiting, all of which marijuana would help. It can limit muscle pain and relieve tremor nad unsteadiness of gait for multiple sclerosis patients. Marijuana can help prevent epileptic seizures in some patients. It can also alleviate chronic, often debilitating pain caused by myriad disorders and injuries. Each one of these applications have been deemed legitimate by at least one United States court, legislature, and/or government agency.

Due to these reasons and many others many people are going to jail/prison on a daily basis due to simply smoking a little pot These aren't dangerous criminals that would kill or rape someone. Many of them are teachers, lawyers and respected members of their communities. But yet we still pay thousands of dollars of tax payers money to lock up non dangerous "criminals" yearly even though most aren't going to stop after they get out of jail. Don't you think the money spent here is a waste? Couldn't it be going to more useful things such as hospitals, disease research, or better schools? These are the things that would benifit the people of this country. Certanily you would rather benefit the people more than throwing a non violent pot head in jail who was only trying to smoke a joint and relax after a long days work in jail. There is up to forty million regular (note thats just the regular not occasional users) drug users in the United states. If we were to throw all of them in jail it would cost $500,000 per million people, plus the cost and space of building many more prisons. Couldm't that money be spent on building hospitals? There's already about 1.5 million people tax payers are paying to keep in jail over drugs. From 1990 to 2003, nearly 5.9 million people had been arrested for smoking marijuana. Thats a greater number than the entire population of Alaska, Delaware, The District of Columbia, Montania, North and South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming combined. This country simply can't afford to put 40 million more in jail.

Marijuana should be legalized. It has many uses such as helping sick patients. People are going to smoke it no matter what the government sais, and with out govenment guidelines this can be dangerous. Not to mention the fact that we have no way we can afford to throw all those people in jail. Its much less harmful than alcohol and tobacco, which are legal, so doesn't it make sense that it would be also?

Answer 2

They're just doing their job. I'm a former police officer and i believe it should be legalized too. The war on drugs wastes billions of dollars annually that could go towards education. 25
% of people in jail are there for pot. Such waste of money that could do so much good. the upper epshilon of local law enforcement hates the idea of legalization because then they lose federal funding to fight it. This means Less money for them to divert to programs that are generally popular within the public sector which helps them get re-elected. It's all a big sham. Ive been there and done that.

Answer 3

I don't know that it should be totally legalized, but I pray that someday pot and heroin will be used for medical purposes.

It is hard to see a loved one unable to eat and suffering from cancer and know that marijuana stops the nausea and keeps them comfortable.

If we were civilized we would be using cocaine and/or heroin to treat intractable pain. Bone cancer, for one. People die screaming unless they are unconscious from huge doses of morphine. If the other drugs were used they would be able to function without being doped out of their minds.

Americans claim to be compassionate, but the truth is they are light years behind many other countries..still in the Puritan mode

I could care less if people smoked pot, as long as they don't blow smoke in my face. On the other hand,I wish the public would stop letting the Government and religious right blow smoke up their as*es.

Answer 4

Yes i think that it should be legalized. For god sakes there is alot worse then that on the streets. But people say that, that is the beginning and then they go to harder things. well it is time that people wake up they are already into harder things. I will tell ya what kills me about all of this is you can go buy anything to drank that can get you drunk now that is legal. Come on. And if you want to smoke something that is against the law. But you can go to the doctor and get your hands on some hard *** pills. But yes in short terms it should be legal. I will agree 100%

Answer 5

I actually no longer smoke but I do smoke tobacco products. I hate it. I cannot quit. You have an addictive drug that kills everyday but you cannot smoke pot??? WTF??? where is the logic in that. You want to kill 2 birds with one stone(no pun intended!), then legalize weed, package it as cigarettes, and tax the $h!t out of it. Then you can take care of some of the GD defecit and quit raising taxes on all the hard working people.

Answer 6

No I don think pot should be legal. It influence people in a bad way and makes them do things they wouldn't do normally. Its a gateway drug that leads to use of harder drugs like crack and heroine. Smoking the reefer kills.

Answer 7

Yes, a person should be allowed to do what they wish to their body. Making anything illegal will just push it underground, make it less safe and create more crime. Higher taxes follow because now you need to hire people to chase down these people, put them through the court system and toss them in jail.

Answer 8

Legalise. Regulate. Tax, and spend the money collected on improving education worldwide.

Answer 9

I don't personally smoke pot, but it would help the debt our country's in if it became legal and was taxed.

Answer 10

Next time offer them or join in the police force.
Remember if you can't beat'em then join with them