Legalize Weed?

Question

Do you think the illigalazation is better or worse with it illigal? Why Should it be illigal? Why not sell it in stores but for a higher price than Ciggerites.

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

I have heard that in the state of California it is legal under certain conditions. If a person has glaucoma or an eye condition, then they can request a permit from their doctor to get state supplied weed.

Answer 3

i think it should be made legal, it is much safer then alcohol. you never hear about people overdosing on pot. the problem is the government is making a lot of money off of it being illegal. maybe one day i think it might happen, out with the cigarettes and in with the weed!

Answer 4

If weed is legalized, a lot of Pharmaceutical Production Companies will shut down. Marijuana is the wonder drug!

Answer 5

Too much money made in smuggeling. To much politics. The government makes more money from smuggling than legalized sales

Answer 6

Should be sold with the same restrictions as alcohol. It isn't nearly as dangerous, and I've never seen anyone fly into a "stoned" rage, but we all know about "drunken" rages!
Tax it the same as alcohol, and boost the economy!

Answer 7

the only reason weed is not legal is because they cant tax it...if it was legalized..dont you pay more for it then youd pay for cigarettes...people by 50 dollars worth and smoke it in a day..which it only last a few hours..

Answer 8

I think it should be legal. But since it is so easy to grow it would be hard to get people to buy it since they would have their own 'tree'. Guess it would be like booze. You can buy it but it is illegal to make. AND....anybody that smokes 50$ worth in one day must have gotten hold of oregano. m

Answer 9

If weed was legalized it would ruin my business so I say hell no, oh and Christina..if they smoke it all in one day, then they are buying some bunk azz weed

Answer 10

I dont smoke it..but my opinion is if beer is legal why not weed???? Look how many people are killed by drunk drivers and its still legal..dont make sense to me!