2006-09-13 18:26:01 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I believe it shold be legal, but have restrictions as alchohal does like no smoking and driving, or not smoking is public etc.
2006-09-13 18:28:04 · answer #1 · answered by Armanisilk 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Decriminalize it, don't legalize it. If you legalize it, big corporations will take over and you will have a situation like tobacco that is far from natural and has thousands of poisonous additives and only about 80 are known to the FDA. Do you honestly know anyone who smokes 20 to 40 joints a day? That will start happening if it is legalized. Big corporations will put something in it to make it addictive and it will be Big Tobacco all over again.
2006-09-13 18:34:07 · answer #2 · answered by correrafan 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
People shouldn't use marijuana, but I'm not sure it should be illegal.
When we are trying to discourage tobacco use because of its health effects why encourage use of a substance that has more tars and impurities?
I don't know if criminalizing the product helps anything, though. We might do better to legalize and tax it. That could also result in better quality control and would probably wind up reducing its use.
2006-09-13 18:35:06 · answer #3 · answered by Warren D 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Legal! It is no more harmful than alcohol. I am not saying that alcohol is not harmful! I just saying that marijuana is no more dangerous than Alcohol.
This crap about it leading to harder drugs is just that! CRAP! For some people it might. Just as drinking might lead someone to become an alcoholic.
The main reason they don't legalize it, is because the police have no way to test for it with impaired driving. The only way is a blood test. And they can't give roadside blood tests the way they can with a breathalyzer.
2006-09-13 18:33:57 · answer #4 · answered by tjinjapan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Weed should be decriminalized.
Drug prevention is a total failure-- marajuana use is rampant among all races and income groups in the US. Government should be able to trust people to responsibly use substances. If the irresponsible use of substances leads to another criminal act, those acts should be prosecuted.
Considering that weed is at most similar in danger to alcohol and cigarettes, it should be treated similarly. No one should be in prison or kept out of a job because of a charge related to something which poses minimal risk to society.
This really isn't a matter of public safety, therefore I would request that government doesn't enforce its moral will. If government wants to help people leave healthy lives, they should spend money on rehab facilities and eduction.
2006-09-13 18:56:18 · answer #5 · answered by GreenManorite 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, no way, never and the reasons are very clear too.
There are enough people walking around and driving when they are just so spaced out now when they use marijuana without it being legal.
This world is plenty screwed up as it is and if people could get it any time they wanted this world wouldn't be worth the powder to blow it to hell.
Why would any same person want to legalize this dangerous substance anyway other then to just get high and not have any idea of what the hell they are doing? Like I said, to many people already are wasted as it is and I vote not to legalize it at all.
2006-09-13 18:33:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Make it legal. It's not a chemical that was cooked up! It's been natural and always here, even back before the Indian days, they used it for pain even back then. It grows naturally, just like cigarette tobacco. It shouldn't be legal to use in public, though.
2006-09-13 18:43:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, but not for pot heads.. for the people that really legitimately need it.. the DEA drug scheduling of marijuana is ridiculous!
U.S. Department of Justice
Drug Enforcement Administration
Schedule I
The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
Some Schedule I substances are heroin, LSD, marijuana, and methaqualone.
Schedule II
The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or a currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions.
Schedule II substances include morphine, PCP, cocaine, methadone, and methamphetamine.
Schedule III
The drug or other substance has a potential for abuse less than the drugs or other substances in Schedules I and II.
The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
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Anabolic steroids, codeine and hydrocodone with aspirin or Tylenol, and some barbiturates are Schedule III substances.
Schedule IV
The drug or other substance has a low potential for abuse relative to the drugs or other substances in Schedule III.
The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
Included in Schedule IV are Darvon, Talwin, Equanil, Valium and Xanax.
Schedule V
The drug or other substance has a low potential for abuse relative to the drugs or other substances in Schedule IV.
The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
Over-the-counter cough medicines with codeine are classified in Schedule V.
i hope that clarifies some of the stupidity of the system.
2006-09-13 18:36:23 · answer #8 · answered by Fluffington Cuddlebutts 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, I think people be able to live their lives as they wish. The war on drugs is waste of money. Too many people are sent to jail for drugs when other crimes go on with nothing being done. I love the law and laws should be made help the people not hurt them.
2006-09-13 18:31:31 · answer #9 · answered by William L 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Should not be legal! Mostly because personally I am allergic to it, and if it were legal I might get exposed to it as often as I am exposed to tobacco smoke and that would be bad. I have heard that more people are allergic to pot than to tobacco.
2006-09-15 21:38:14 · answer #10 · answered by deputeesteph33 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For medical purposes yes. There are some people out there who are in so much pain, that the only thing that could help them would be marijuana. Plus there are prescription drugs out there that are legal that can be just as dangerous and addictive as marijuana, such as OxyContin.
2006-09-13 18:29:14 · answer #11 · answered by reff 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋