how do you feel about the legalization of marijuana?

Question

don't say i support it because i like to get high. if that's your reason for supporting it then f*ck off. personally i think it cut down the use of it because people wouldn't find as fun. some say it's only fun because you're not "supposed" to do it. what do you think?

Answer 1

we will have to repeal our current hemp laws if we want to achieve energy independence. Hemp is the only high cellulose yielding plant that can grow virtually anywhere in this country. it out produces corn by a factor of 10 and trees by a factor of 4. unless we are prepared to plant 1/2 of our country in corn or cut down most of the forests then we will have to come to terms over this valuable plant.
there is not much truth to the reasons expressed by H. Anslinger to have gotten it illegal but there are very compelling reasons why the introduction of cheap hemp fiber would have been very bad for the southern cotton industry especially near the end of the depression.
As for enjoying it's effects, check out Gen. 1:29, God offered all the plants of the type that marijuana is as food to man.

Answer 2

I response to MAB5096, I believe that people who are susceptible to abuse of any substance (whether it's Big Macs or marijuana), will go all the way with it. As a society we don't seem to understand that, excluding hard drugs, most addictions (which are the cause of inappropriate, unethical behavior) are really psychological. If a person has an addictive personality than they will pursue whatever it is be it shopping, gambling sex or whatever.

Criminalization is sound in concept but in practice it only marginalizes "regular" people into thinking they are a criminal or a drug addict so with the "I'm already a loser, so f*ck it" attitude the conscience is slowly broken down.

The problem is not the substance, but rather the individual.

Answer 3

There was a time in my life where I would have said Yes, legalize it, but now that I am 48 and a mother of two teenage sons, I'm not so sure. My ex-husband was a habitual smoker and over time it changed his personality. He was very non-productive and in his own world most of the time. Now my son who is 15 is experimenting and I am worried that he will become addicted like his father did. Although I smoked quite a bit in my college days I never felt "addicted" and although some will say it is not addictive, I do not believe that. Maybe not physically, but definitely emotionally. I do not believe that people use because they think they are not supposed to;they like the escape that it manufactures. I believe legalizing it will make it more of a problem.

Answer 4

actually if your read back in history, marijuana was really only made illegal because mormons went to mexico and brought back marijuana to Salt Lake City. The church there was not exaclty pleased by this and so banned the drug. As Utah followed Church law they banned the subsance state wide, and like sheep the rest of the states followed.
So marijuana is banned not because of its scientific background.... but because the mormon such did not want its followers smoking it (mexicans used it after hard days work in the fields to relax)..
So today marijuana is banned due to fear of the "unknown". Its medical properties are always going to be outweighed by publics misconception of the drugs "evil" nature (mostly in part to the glorious media who love to hype up anything to get more ratings)..... personally i think it should be legal in your own home.....but outside the home, the same rules apply as drinking alcohol.

(please note i am not trying to offend any mormons....this is merely my opinion)

Answer 5

I believe that the decriminalization of personal-use amounts of marijuana (say, up to 1 pound, along with the decriminalization of possession of unprepared marijuana) for adults would lead to a marked population decrease in the already overcrowded prison system, as well as a tremendous decrease in the workload of local and district courts.
I also happen to agree with you, that there would be a decrease in the number of users, simply due to the removal of the taboo.

Smoked once, in college. Didn't like it.

Answer 6

I say legalize it so it can be taxed, and I would put a super high tax on it, with some laws like it can only be smoked in your own home.

Answer 7

I agree with you, and it is also safer than cigarettes so why not illegalize cigarettes and legalize marijuana? Sounds good to me I've been trying to quit smoking (cigs) anyway.♥

Answer 8

All people that smoke it should lose their jobs and their families.
I have seen what it has done to my brother who is a nurse.
It has made him void of any emotion except rage.

Answer 9

I think it should be legalized and then taxed for the benefit of education.

Answer 10

its fun beacause its fun, its AWESOME to get home after a long day of work, crack open a beer and smoke a bowl...ahh relaxation at its finest!!! UP WITH DOPE....DOWN WITH HOPE!!