Should marijuana be legalized in the states?

Question

I honestly think marijuana should at least be legalized in the states cause it's not nearly as bad compared to meth, cocaine or heroin and it's not even as harmful as alcohol in my opinion.

I would rather be around somebody who occassionally smokes pot over somebody who is a heavy duty alcoholic anyday and what it gets to me is that alcohol is legal and marijuana isn't.

Does marijuana make you become violent and beligerent? I don't think so, does marijuana make you go out and steal from other people like the heavy drugs do? I don't think so.

I think that marijuana should be treated like cigarettes and they should be available at the liquor stores, I think they should only sell up to 2 ounces of marijuana per person if they do sell them at the liquor stores.

Answer 1

I agree. I don't smoke marijuana but think it should be legalized. Think of how much money the government would save/make.
1 The government spends loads of money to try and prevent people from using marijuana. With advertisements and all.
2 the government has to spend tax money to build new prison's, because so many people get arrested for possession.
3 Government could tax it similar to how they tax tobacco and alcohol, so they could potentially make Millions maybe even more.
4 police could spend time actually helping people rather than trying to bust people for smoking a little marijuana every now and then.
5 could create new jobs and stimulate the economy with people buying and selling.

Answer 2

Yes, but the legal age should be 25 because by that time a child is more aware of responsibilities. I smoked in Viet Nam to become more aware of my surroundings and as an appetite suppressor. Imagine my amazement when I found users here in the states used it for the exact opposite. I no longer use it even though I have an addictive personality and get requests often to go toke a bowl. Tee totalers shouldn't have the right to decide how our government taxes because we need to change and this is taylor made for funding those changes. Federal law now is a 250 dollar fine, no jail.

Answer 3

I think it should be, it is a plant & it's outlawed for ridiculous reasons, it doesn't cause any health issues either, it's actually been proven to kill some cancer cells so I don't see the harm in it at all

Answer 4

The statement "the war on drugs is not working" is almost a masterpiece of understantement. Regardless of one's personal feelings or beliefs about using marijuana, chances are that someone you know or close to someone you know has started using harder drugs because of drug testing policies. Marijuana remains detectable for far too long for people to risk losing their jobs. So they just pop some pills or snort some powder, because by Monday morning, or thereabout. thoses substances won't show up in the urine tests while marijuana would. You can't make people stop getting high, and by denying them the relatively benign effects of smoking pot, they are seeking out more dangerous ways to get high. Someone is arrested in this country every minute for marijuana. Please show me the benefits of putting a non-violent, non-larcenous person in jail with robbers, rapists, murderers, burglars, etc. Though legalization may be too much to ask, decriminalization of marijuana would go a long way to lessening young people's use of harder drugs and also help them avoid the many negative results of being broken on the cogs of an undeniably brutal and reform-hungry penal system.

Answer 5

I think that it should be legalized (up to an ounce) and like your saying marijuana isn't nearly as dangerous as alcohol, cocaine, meth and heroin and it can actually be a good stress reliever, I cannot stand alcoholics and like you're saying I'll definitely be around people who smokes pot over drinking lots of alcohol anyday :)

Answer 6

Yes..
The only reason it isn't is because of the power held by pharmaceutical companies. Ask a cancer patient which they would rather use Marijuana or the Oxycontin.

Answer 7

In my county (mendocino, Ca) it is legal to grow 25 plants for personal use if you're a resident. Measure G--I voted yes. God bless America.

Answer 8

Yes, because pot is no different, than booze, cigs, porn, bingo games, we all have vices, and its not the governments job to control a substance that is as dangerous a cig if you smoke weed like you do Marlboro. Weed legalization would save a lot of taxpayer dollars, and free up police departments to enforce traffic law, and allocate resource to real social problem instead of Joe average toker getting stoned for the last 40 years.

Answer 9

Yes it should be legalized and imo, we will probably see it legalized in our lifetimes. I don't know a single person under 35 years old who thinks it should remain illegal. When the people who are young now start running the government we will probably see it legalized or at the very least decriminalized. I'm thinking we'll see this happen within about 20 years.

Answer 10

YES, the gov. can tax it and make a fortune and we can all party and people will be mellow and happy and my temper will subside and i will stop speeding on the hwy