who here thinks marijuana should be legalized?

Question

i personally think marijuana should be legalized lets see some other opinions!!!!!!!!

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 agree 100%! I think it's the best stress relief there is. It would be such a cure for so many problems! People would be too stoned to create violence, and it would definately jack up munchie sales. People with eating disorders wouldn't have a problem anymore. And nowhere is there any proof that marijuana is harmful to your health; it doesn't create cancer like cigarettes, you don't hear or read about car accidents as a result of marijuana like alcohol or any other street drug that is heard of. And it has not been heard of that anyone has died or gained life-threatening illnesses as a direct result of marijuana usage. As for those who complain about the smell - I personally would not have a problem keeping it to myself, or with those who enjoy marijuana, at home. After all, if marijuana was so bad, then why was it legalized for medicinal purposes???

Answer 3

Without a shadow of a doubt, marijuana should be fully legal to posess and distribute. The laws governing the use of pot are antiquidated and idiotic, and based on fiction and false morality. Marijuana makes you happy, makes you want to stay home, makes you want to eat, heightens your perceptions of colors and sounds (ie art and music), and keeps you from exceeding the speed limit. politicians who make these laws should be shot, but I just dont feel very violent after that last joint.

Answer 4

I do. It is not altered in order to produce the high it gives, it comes from the earth that way. Besides, alcohol is legal and it is more destructive to the body and causes destructive behaviors-marijuana doesn't.

I don't even like it but i don't consider it a drug.

Answer 5

Marijuana should be legalized. Car accidents happen more often when people aren't high.

Answer 6

I think so cuz cciggattes and alcohol are legal!! thats my opinion though. As you can probly see, i love the stuff

Answer 7

Hearst is to blame. He was scared that hemp would affect his income. So he started humping the legs of politicians to have it banned and made illegal.

Its really a fascinating story how one fat cat with money can use propaganda to make his wallet richer.

Answer 8

ya bro when alcohol and Xanax are legal then why not marijuana ??

Answer 9

it should be legalized!
yay marijuana

Answer 10

Not me. My dadgum friend smokes that crap everyday and sometimes he acts as though he is as looney as a bat. When he is not high, he is very sensible. I hate it when he is hi and tries to eat up a months worth of groceries. I can't afford that.