Marijuana Legalization???

Question

What does everyone think about marijuana legalization? I am all for it, it is far less harmful than alcohol...its been proved.

wow these are great answers. no negativity yet...i love it. i am a heavy smoker, i smoke weed all times thru-out the day. its also a good pain reliever especially when u worked a good 8 hours...

Answer 1

Your absolutly right. 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 think it should be legalized, no question. Just look at the scientific studies that they used for their reasons. They would pump so much marijuana smoke into an animal's face that it would be choking from lake of oxygen for a while and then conclude that marijuana damaged brain cells. Never mind that the lack of being able to breath kills brain cells, it was all the drug's fault. Overdosing on it is pretty much physically impossible, you have to smoke (theoretically) about 40,000 times more than what gets you high, in roughly the same amount of time, to OD on marijuana. It is even less harmful if you don't smoke it, but eat it instead. The worst thing marijuana has ever done is waste billions of dollars by the government to try and get rid of the weed.

Answer 3

I believe the benefits of 'decriminalizing' the plant far outweigh the current enforcement.

Although I have indulged in a little 'peace pipe n fattie pass arounds' in my day, I am on the fence with total legalization.

Two wrongs don't make a right (as your point with alcohol.) Testing has proved that alcohol is more dangerous than alcohol. But, are the politicians on the hill willing to give up their martini lunches, business dinners and nightcaps?

When I see pot smokers doing more time in prisons than murderers, child molesters and criminally negligent homicides while DUI, I simply scratch my head and wonder who screwed the lid on the priority jar. It's time to take the crime (pot possession) out of the crime.

Answer 4

I'm all for it. Of course good luck getting it on a ballot. Big Brother can't make money off of it........so they don't want us smoking it. If the government and higher ups could find a fool proof way of profiting off of it, it would be legal in a heart beat.

Answer 5

There are so many benefits to legalizing weed, the government could tax it like tobacco or alcohol. Once it's legal the crime element goes out the window. Do it soon and meet me later for a legal dube.

Answer 6

I am for it. I used to take paxil - I would not orgasm on it and that crushed my ex girlfriend. Oh real good stuff those anti depressants. On pot I have a good time -laughing and smiling - laughing from my heart - real - relaxed. I am for moderate use if you are using it every day like me. Just enough to get you through the day - get stuff done - small amounts give you enormous energy and drive. Large amounts leave you comatose. Just like anything. Legalize it. it does not F **** your digestive or sexual system up like paxil or many antidepressants. It does not make you homidial or suidical like paxil and prozac.

Answer 7

I'm all for it. It would provide a huge new source for tax revenues and it is far less harmful that alcohol. The fascists don't want it because it reduces their ability to control you.

Answer 8

heres my theory(and i don't Even smoke anymore)...it makes no sense that alcohol is legal, and i don't think i even have to say why, but anyways....you hear about the guy(or girl) who goes out and gets ****-faced,comes home and beats the **** out of a loved one...whats the worst that could happen, had that individual just smoked a phattey?.....eat the other person's dinner?

Answer 9

i'm all for it... let it be regulated like cigarettes and alcohol are... it's a lot less harmful that either of those substances! plus it'll put violent drug dealers out of business if folks can get it at seven eleven for half the price!

Answer 10

I agree. How often do we hear of "stoned " drivers killing people, or beating up family members? Also, as mentioned numerously here, it beats the hell out of the anti-depressant drugs being prescribed for everything. The government could (& would) tax the hell out of it. Hell it probably get us out of debt! It could be controlled (like tobacco) to try and keep the number of kids smoking down. etc....etc....