Do you think that marijuana should become legal?

Question

I sure do, although I believe there should be restrictions:

No one less then 18 years old should be able to buy it

No driving a vehicle while using it

No public intoxication
I
know that I may get slammed by people who disagree with me...however, this is only my opinion. I am not saying that anyone should do drugs I am simply asking others their opinions.

(I just feel that law enforcement should be tending to the more violent crimes out there.)

Looking forward to hearing from you...

Answer 1

Yes certainly.
It is definitely far less dangerous than alcohol or tobacco so if pot is illegal, then alcohol and tobacco should be.
If we look back in history to find the real reason for its illegality, we find that it is because it is possible to run a car on it., Henry Ford planned that his cars should be run on hemp oil, but because the banksters had invested in oil, they realised that this would cut out their profits, so they arranged to make it illegal.
People who use marijuana are not a danger to others, and are if fact generally pacifists. Many sick people find that marijuana brings them relief. It is a natural product requiring no manufacturing process, and far healthier than tobacco.

Answer 2

There's a difference between de-criminalizing and legalizing marihuana. De-criminalizing it means it would be like a speeding ticket....you get a monetary fine but no criminal record. Legalizing it means there are no penalities what so ever. Which are you asking about?

Lets look at alcohol. There's laws against driving drunk. But people do it all the time and the results are tragic. If we legalize marihuana don't you think that'll put more impaired drivers on the road?

But I do believe there are more serious and violent crimes that the cops should be focussing on.

Answer 3

The ONE thing you are all missing is if it became legal, think of all the ramifications....................There is enough to handle with the idiots that drink and do stupid, brain dead things. Now you want to add weed to the mix and make it legal??

You will have more young kids using it because it will become much easier for them. It will lay around people's homes like a pack of cigarettes on a table.

OH NO!!!! You need to stop and think this one over again. You think 18 year old kids should be able to purchase it? I know 18 year olds that shouldn't be outside after dark and you want them to buy drugs, use them and then drive a car? I forgot, you said no driving. You believe they won't drive too, don't you? Just like the drunk driver doesn't drive, that he/she remembers, anyway......

Answer 4

I'm only 17 and started smoking when I was 12... Weed is what gets me trough the day. I am always stressin out. Unless I have a bong it calms me right down. I would be the happiest person in the world if weed was illgalized because we wouldnt have to hide it and we could enjoy our buzz. The paranoid part would be gone. The world would be so peacefull. I love my herbal. Thats all I gotta say. We'll keep fightin the fight. and one day it will be legalized:D:D:D:D ....420.....

Answer 5

I most certainly do. And before I elaborate, for the record, I do not indulge. But think of this: If pot were legal, we could stop spending the billions of dollars we are spending trying to stop something that will NEVER be stopped. Farmers MAKE money growing it as a crop; manufacturers MAKE money processing it into cigarettes; wholesalers MAKE money distributing it to retailers; and retailers MAKE money selling it to the public. Even the government wins, as they MAKE money taxing it. Its a win, win, win situation all the way around. And personally, give a choice, I would much rather share the highway with some who is stoned as opposed to someone who is drunk.

Answer 6

Yes. I'm an alcoholic because weed ain't legal. The catch 22 is weed destroys memory. If 300 million citizens smoked on a regular basis...our economy would crash !...but at the same time...it would cut down the violence...NORML.com

Answer 7

No, it's a drug and it can be harmful. It's obviously illegal for a reason. Driving while stoned is dangerous and just because there would be a law against it, doesn't mean people would listen.

Answer 8

well the way that i see it they is nothing wrong cause that fine with me but not to be legal cause that one that comes from mexico is to strong to be legal we don 't want a world full fool walking around say ing what ..what no way my opinion is no just don 't make a big deal fine if they are in there room and of age smoking that ok with fine ////smile it never be legal never never /////

Answer 9

I absolutly agree with you, with restrictions it could actually be good for our economy and make alot more people happy :] 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 10

Yes! With a Doc Rx!