do you think pot should be legal?

Answer 1

Yes, mainly because the enforcement and or punishment does way more harm than the crime itself.
PS
The tired old reason that pot is the "gateway drug" is only true because it is illegal. If it wasn't illegal people would not less likely to be exposed to the pushers of harder drugs.
That being said, I still have never heard any reason for pot being illegal that made much sense. I repeat, The results of the illegality of pot is way more harmful than the plant itself.

Answer 2

AS the wife of a 22 year military man who retired and went into Law Enforcement I would have to say YES.It being a gate way drug to speed is viewed to be so because most people who move on to other drugs usually find marijuana easier to find .But why not really tell the whole truth they probably smoked cigarettes and drank alcohol long before taking a hit off a joint and they more than likely have addictive personally and if no illegal drugs existed they would find something to use to treat their emotional ,mental and even physical problems.My husband was anti pot until he took a long hard look at the people he arrested and most were on speed,cocaine,or alcohol !!Never once did he get called to a crime scene or domestic violence because the suspect was high on pot.It's time to be honest and open and quit making criminals out of pot smokers.

Answer 3

I was very on the fence until I ended up with cancer. I was living in Alaska, which had a medical usage law. Pot saved my life. Literally. I lost 50 pounds in 2 months (which I couldn't afford to lose). I would even throw up water. My friend brought me some pot and pipe and told me it would help (he had lost his own Mom to breast cancer, and pot helped her not take much stronger painkillers). I was hesitant, but I did it. I kept down the first entire meal (Chinese food) in a week. I was given prescription narcotic painkillers. I didn't need them. Pot took care of the vast majority of the pain.

I studied it very heavily after my experience (I'm a librarian with a nursing/medical research background). Marijuana is THE most potent anti-nausea drug available. THC pills don't work nearly as well as the natural form. It was recently discovered in multiple clinical trials that THC also keeps lung cells from mutating (unlike tobacco smoke), so marijuana smoke isn't a carcinogen (doesn't cause lung cancer), even second hand.

Its a remarkable drug with an enormous amount of potential. It needs to be studied.

An interesting fact: The funding from the campaign to make marijuana was illegal almost 100 years ago was from the cotton industry. Hemp (a plant undistinguishable in appearance from marijuana) was easier and faster to grow, not to mention cheaper then cotton. William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper mogul of the early 20th century also provided huge financial backing for the campaign. Why? Someone invented really good working hemp paper which was cheaper and more durable for newspapers and magazines, not to mention prevented deforestation. Mr. Hearst was one of the largest land owners for timber in the country at that time. He stood to loose millions of dollars if hemp paper became mainstream.

Answer 4

Why not it's safer than beer... that I'm drinking now, but not going to drive anywhere. It is a little harder to pin-point "under the influence" because it stores in your fat cells (exponentially) if I may be correct. If they could devise an up dated test that was "to the minute" like alcohol. I would be for it. I can't drink and go to work with a buzz, pot smokers shouldn't either. AND! I am not being hypocrytical. I take responsibility, and they should too. make your own peace. I haven't smoked for years!!! But if you don't put your co-workers in a safety situation (( like a drunk co- worker) a pot smoker is A Lot harder to detect).

Answer 5

Yes, but the politicians would never have the nerve to do so, because their opponents would try and paint them as irresponsible and present a danger to kids.
Also the paper companies who cut down trees to make paper pay millions of dollars to lobbyists to keep it illegal. Why? Because the simple fact that pot is hemp and actually makes a much better quality paper, cheaper and is way better for the environment.
Not gonna happen, at least not for a long long time.

Answer 6

No I dont think so. Pot is a gateway drug that leads to harder drugs that lead to crime to support the habit.
If kids today cannot handle the "responsibility" of the choice of alcohol which is so readily available. So I do not think they will handle something that is just as, if not more intoxicating. The answer is NO NO NO NO!

Answer 7

Yes, and don't give me any crap about marijuana being a gateway drug. It could lead to harder drugs only because it is illegal. The same guy that you get your weed from can either get you cocaine too or knows someone who can. If marijuana was legal, then you couldn't go buy cocaine from the store like you could marijuana. The fact that it is illegal is what introduces people to the sub-culture of drugs.

Answer 8

Absolutely, cannabis was misguidedly tossed in with opium and cocaine.... "Reefer Madness", a totally inaccurate film about pot, was used as propaganda to unjustly add cannabis to the list of "controlled" substances.

The government has no business taxing marijuana, we are overtaxed as it is. One of the reasons it is illegal is the fact that anyone can grow great cannabis.... hard to tax under those circumstances...

Answer 9

Yes and consider this. If it were legal, the government could tax it and make tons of extra cash!

Answer 10

yes it should it is safer than beer.If I get drunk and end up driving I drive 100mph that speed and a slow reaction time can kill somebody.But when I smoke and drive I'm only doing about 35mph and that slow speed makes up for my slow reaction time,and everybody goes home.