do you think marijuana will be decriminilized (in some states, at least) within the next generation?

Question

i think there is growing acceptance of pot as not a harmful drug in the populace. in recent years we have seen the spread of "medical marijuana" states, mostly in the west. several cities have taken steps to effectively decriminilize marijuana, or set it as a low priority for cops. ballot measures in colorado and nevada came close to winning a majority in favor of completely decriminilizing pot, for recreational use as well as medical use.

pot is legal in holland and practically legal in germany, switzerland, and the united kingdom.

do you think that within the next ten or fifteen years, pot will be fully decriminilized in the united states? or at least in some states?

I think it will, because as today's baby boomer generation becomes the senior citizens of the next ten plus years and today's young people become middleaged and more and more young people come into voting age, the percentage of the total population that will have used marijuana will have increased so much??!!!

Answer 1

Maine, New York, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, Mississippi, Minnesota, Nebraska, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, California, and Alaska have all decriminalized marijuana. Grant it, most of the time you still get a $100(ish) fine for possession of a small amount, but at least you don't go to jail. And yes, I do think we will see much laxer marijuana laws in our lifetime. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi was a huge supporter of medical marijuana in California and Colorado Amendment 44 only lost 60%-40%.

Answer 2

i have been an activist for 10 years
one percent of the population gets done for cannabis
60 percent of the prison population is drug related
it is a plant not a drug
a drug is a purified substance ,a plant/pot is a compound with 3000 vairious compounds including one drug thc ,which has a precurser and a decay called cbn
it in the ground is legally a fixture as plant material is is a fungable
thats in legal speak a tradable commodity
ie not a drug
but the young wont register to vote
thus none get on to juries to aquit the one in 21 who fights the bad law ,get regestered to vote and write letters to your congress member advising the hard ship and how that trillion dollars deficet could be used to train nurses ,educate ,even god forbid for medical aid or food
hemp is the tree of life revelations reveals at the end time hemp will save the world
replacing wood chips ,petro chemicals ,nylon ,fibre ,for pennies not american dollars to arabs
the biggest stock market boom in histry was the dutch tulip boom
the hemp boom will be the same
but first the systemised subsidies of medicine and auto industries need to be tamed
the system needs to collaps first
lawyers who make drug money in court can become lawyers who make laws
where is sepperation of powers
as with sepperation of church and state
60 percent of australian polititions are lawyers or were before comming into politics ,they are able to deem plants as drugs by legislative act and treaty ,by law
convincing each of those 20 out of 21 to plead guilty
enrole to vote and say not guilty your honour
its not going to be given us we need to fight for it and lobby ,
or just keep pleading guilt
drug use is a medical issue ,or a saftyu issue .quality controll and protection issue NOT A POLICE ISSUE
but what the heck ,they really dont care
note your responses
they are cowerd with fear
thats qwhat gave the govt lawyers the excuse /narrow way/path of rediculing the next descrimination ,
they becan with the defectives the arabs the abortionists
then guess who.

Answer 3

As far as the comments about certain ages, generatons of people. Who are you to judge what they did or did not do. I approve of medical use only, and only in the case of terminally ill patients that are in so much pain that the stronget pain killers will not help. I also think that should be up to that person only, not the family. But as for as myself, I would never use it for any reason.

Answer 4

I sure hope so...We do not need this War on Drugs and throw everyone in jail...for Marijuana...

...most states only consider it a misdemeanor..luckily!

Answer 5

I hope so. All my dealers are drying up and I am too damn old to try to score in the park at night.

Answer 6

Yeah. I think they should leave marijuana users alone and concentrate on really harmfull stuff like meth.