please give your answer and a couple of reasons why.
2006-09-27 05:13:44 · 33 answers · asked by spens dad! 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
No not at all.
It is a very serious problem now in the UK that goes un-noticed and unreported, far too many people spend their valuable lives with a spliff in one hand and a PlayStation controller in the other.
No job, no study, no nothing, no future.
Do not complain about the immigration of skilled workers when an awful lot of our youth is stoned in front of the PC/TV/PlayStation for 24hrs every day of the week too paranoid to leave the house let alone find a job.
The smoking of this weed has isolated so many people, some I have known personally, some I have had dealings with at work. Nice people, who would be good citizens, with a career and good prospects, but for the ingestion of this `relaxing` herb, they have become so bloody relaxed that they can do nothing at all !
In Europe it is considered to be a problem almost as bad as heroin. The modern variety of marijuana, genetically modified to increase it`s potency is addictive in a very subtle way and this of course generates larger profits for those that distribute this noxious herb. It is the tax on this profit that the government wants, the policy to legalise has nothing to do with freedom, quite the opposite. Where do you think that extra tax will be spent ? Health Service, no, it will be all but privatised soon. Military expenditure, expeditionary wars and control over us lot is where it will be spent. Remember, if you are stoned, you are not thinking, you are incapable of making a rational decision and you are easily controlled. That will be you in the front line then !
It has wasted, quite literally about two generations now.
Make it legal, no definitely not.
2006-09-27 05:56:58 · answer #1 · answered by Robert Abuse 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
This is a good argument... There are many reasons for and against. There are many people out there that puffin helps loads but for others it can and does make them mental... so here i go, in truth, what i have mentioned above is the same effects of alcohol and yet this is legal, studies also prove the alcohol is more harmful to the body then the odd spliff, so if alcohol is legal yet worse then yes marijuana should be legalised, but wait !!! do two wrongs make a rite....noooooo.....the increase of mental problems in this country co-insides with the increase use of soft drugs, this leaves English tax payer paying more for the health service, whilst the drug dealer who is the cause makes huge profits, seem rite!!! my answer in the end is that yes it should be legalised but only sold in hospitals, this takes the power and money out of the dealers hands and into the government, it will also make it harder and more shameful to get hold of... "please take a ticket number, u are number 89 in the drug users cue" lol.. i wouldn't do it.... so there you have it.... the answer to the worlds puff problem... was found on answers
2006-09-27 22:06:37 · answer #2 · answered by thenickistar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. There is some evidence to suggest THC (the active drug in marijuana) may help alleviate some of the symptoms of MS or Parkinson's, but these are all for the most part short term and not big enough or solid enough to matter greatly as yet. THC is manufactured synthetically and on sale now in US and Canada for such cases.
A joint is about four times as carcinogenic as a cigarette, especially for cancers of the tongue, lips and throat. It's more expensive than just cigarettes (not that I'm advocating cigarettes either), if it were legalised it would immediately have a whopping big levy slapped on it and would cost a huge amount more, and that's probably the only reason it would be legalised - for the revenue it could generate for the government.
It is also one of those drugs which does not agree at all well with a small number of people who use it, even once or twice can be enough to induce an often permanent state of psychosis. If it were legalised, more people would be exposed to it and unfortunately more would go on to develop this drug induced psychosis.
Dropout syndrome has also been associated with habitual use of the drug, even though some studies dispute this, they are usually too short to be definitive.
All in all there are no good reasons for legalising it, apart from more money for the Government, and all too many good reasons to keep it from being freely available.
Just like the drinker never thinks of liver damage and brain death, and the smoker never thinks of lung cancer or emphysema as relating to them, so the weed smoker only thinks of making it easier on himself - not about the future generations coming up after him who will be needlessy exposed and potentially ruined.
So... short answer - NO!
2006-09-27 05:47:56 · answer #3 · answered by RM 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Before Downing Street 'closed' as a public thoroughfare, at about 1.30 in the morning, my brother and I, having just finished a joint between us, walked through there, said 'Goodnight' in passing, to the Copper on duty outside of No 10.
It was 'cheeky,' a little funny and a bit risqué, to us.
I smoked the stuff off and on for about ten years, and generally I enjoyed myself and the effects - re audio - listening to music, taste - eating, sense of smell and sensory - sexually.
Personally, it did me no harm ...though I did experience some 'paranoia.' I knew I was being unreasonably paranoid, but it didn't stop the sense about it that I had.
What interested me was that I would get a good hit, but was capable of functioning pretty well on the level of 'normal,' and that was maybe after taking a few hits off a joint. Whereas the others i was with would go on and on smoking the stuff ...which seemed crazy to me!
I was really 'enjoying' the music (for eg) on the level I was at while they were simply getting 'smashed out of their skulls.'
It made no sense to me as they really were not able to retain the pleasures, have memories and any kind of understanding of the experience.
It still makes no sense to me ...and it has been a number of years since l have tried any and wouldn't anyway as I'd have no trust in what I was smoking. It would be something like buying those pills that you keep getting adverts via emails of the Internet. They could be laced with anything by people who care nothing for anything but 'getting paid.'
On the whole, and as regrettably, I have to say No to your question because, like anything else, the abuse of it (ie Alcohol) is far to easy and the users unaccountable for what comes about..
Sash.
2006-09-27 13:55:37 · answer #4 · answered by sashtou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i believe that it should be made legal.
my mother and a lot of other people use it for a variety of conditions such as athritis,parkinsons and many others, it is very good at helping to relieve pain, i have even tried it myself when i was in pain from a very serious whiplash injury and it did help.
also if it were legalised it would take away some of the risk factor from it and would then not be so appealing to a lot of the youngsters.
if it is the smoking element that you are concerned about,then you can always use it to make a kind of tea and drink it, or grind it down and mix it with butter to use on your toast.
there are many ways in which you can use it without having to actually smoke it.
so yes, it should be made legal.
2006-09-27 07:49:53 · answer #5 · answered by mythmagicdragon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is Less harm full than alcohol, to some people but can emphasise schizophrenia in others,It is not a new thing native Indians swear by it, it possesses healing properties and is organic, so in moderation why not it is an alternative to binge drinking Imagine how the country would collapse if we all had to go to court for 2pints of larger and a packet of crisps I think its not the THC that is the problem ITS THE BE IN MY GANG ATTITUDE that surrounds it, take that away and bobs your uncle
2006-09-27 05:28:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes.
1. pot smoking hurts nobody
2.there are too many killjoys about
3. Any prohibition has always led to organized crime, corruption, and crime from the users in order to be able to buy their drug (although even that is not the case in marijuana users.)
4. As long as illegal drugs are around, there will be users. No policy can ever change that.
5. Lots of prison cells would be empty, lots of time would be saved by courts and police, saving the tax payer an enourmous amount of money.
6. Controlled by the state, it could become a valuable source of tax income.
2006-09-27 05:53:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Yes, all drugs should be taxed and legalised. That way it can be monitored and all the profits are taken away from organised crime. Any profit from the tax could be used to help addicts. Drugs are a way of life for a lot of people across all classes and it is about time society realised that it does not help any-one by refusing to accept this fact. Burying your head in the sand will not make the problem go away.
2006-09-27 05:38:07 · answer #8 · answered by nicksname 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
YES, Alcohol is a far worse drug.
What with binge drinking and an increase in alcohol related violence, BAN alcohol (ohhh, buts its an acceptable drug, also taxed lol!)
2 stoned people fighting or loud and obnoxious? Impossible...
The world would be a better place.
Imagine kicking out time, no fights on the street / in the pub, just smilling happy people...
(I have known MANY people who's lives have been ruined by alcohol, none from pot.)
2006-09-27 05:17:34 · answer #9 · answered by Banderes 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes it should, but it should be sold in food or drink form not in smoking form. The amount of tax we could gain from it would be a huge plus. I would go as far as making prostitution legal as well.
2006-09-27 05:24:24 · answer #10 · answered by si n 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋