Leagal or not?

Question

what are your views on marijuana? should it be leagalized? are you pro or against the idea? common....tell me what you really think?

Answer 1

I don't smoke it but,defend the rights of those who do.Comparing pot to alcohol is like comparing candy to liquid fire.
Alcohol and even tobacco is much more harmful and kills a hell of a lot of people while pot doesn't even make the scale.
How can you live in a place the makes pot illegal while alcohol is not?Kinda lopsided don't you think?Hell I don't believe in the governments right to tell you what you can or can not have.I'd much rather pass the time with a stoner than a lousey loud mouth slobby drunk any day of the week,wouldn't you?

Answer 2

Sure, why not. The government could levy high taxes like they do with cigarrettes and booze. Then the government could also regulate the growth and distribution in this country. The government could rake in a fortune if they got into the pot business. Legalize the pot and then that would create more open jail. Last but not least, it would be great for the snack food industry, because so many more people would get the munchies.

Answer 3

I can see points either way. I do not advocate using drugs first of all. Marijuana puts one in situations where they have the opportunity to try other drugs. To some extent, it puts you in the drug world. there are a number of negative effects of marijuana such as delayed reaction time, loss of motivation, etc. then there are long term effects with memory, fertility, etc.

If marijuana were legalized, perhaps people would not have to enter the drug world to use it. Also, it would not have some of the additives such as other drugs, pesticides, mold

Answer 4

I wouldn't have any problem with marijuana being legalized. Treat it the same as alcohol. It'd save a lot of time and money on court cases and space in jails.

Answer 5

should be as legal as beer and wine!!with all the laws associated with driving and under the influence. should be taxed and regulated as a drug or sold as cigaretts are?keep the cost and the crime down!!why shouldnt Uncle Sam not make a buck off of it?too many peoples lives are messed up in jail for what?/ something the govt. should have legalized years ago!

Answer 6

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 7

legalize it, the government would make a killin in taxes and could do a lot to eradicate the deficit. I can see only 1 problem, we would need to perfect a pot Breathalyzer, high people are a risk, just like drunks.

Answer 8

Medical studies show that marijuana can increase your IQ when used moderately. Food for thought.

Answer 9

Prohibition doesnt work, It just creates an illegal market for dealers to get rich, it should be legalized

Answer 10

Legal: it can be controlled more readily, therefore giving a safer distribution in quanitiy, as well as quality (no laced drugs).