I was thinking of starting a protest organization... Does this sound interesting to anyone?

Question

I'm not a smoker... pot that is. I never liked the way it made me feel and that's the only reason. But I was thinking of starting an organization that supports the legalization and regulation of marijuna in all states in the U.S.

Did you know that of total deaths in the year 2000 in the US, 3.5% were alcohol related, and 0.0001% were marijuana related? That includes consumption, violence, and vehicle crashes. That's a 35,000 times difference!

I think it's rediculous that people are being sentenced to jail for possession. Cocaine and Heroine are a different story. But people don't die because of car crashes when marijuana is involved.

So I want to include as members, people who are also non-smokers who agree with me. That will add credibility to the claims, since we wouldn't be asking for habit support.

Does anyone find that plausible?

Check these sites for reference:

http://www.stopaddiction.com/narconon_alcohol_deaths.html

http://www.briancbennett.com/charts/death/cannabis-yr.htm

by the way, those percentages translate to 85,000 alcohol related deaths and 4 marijuana deaths.

Answer 1

Just exactly what the pot heads have been claiming for a very long time.

Marijuana is classified as a drug with no medical possibilities, but the drug companies have developed and released at least two synthetic cannibinoids, currently on the market?

Stoners realize that they are impaired and make adjustments in their driving, unlike drunks, which are more likely to drive faster and more recklessly because they feel less impaired.

Pot heads do not get high and want to fight.

Pot smokers do not get high and physically abuse their spouses.

There are many organizations based on this issue. NORML is probably the most well known.

The idea is not only plausible it is necessary.

The US has more citizens involved in the law enforcement system, incarcerated, paroled or probation, than any other civilized country in the world. Approximately 7 million.

Nearly half of those are non-violent drug related offenders.

When did the American Medical Association approve years of incarceration for treatment of a substance addiction?

We simply cannot afford to prosecute the war on drugs as it currently exists. Law enforcement is targeting the end users to increase their arrest statistics and ignoring the major suppliers and smugglers.

Every major bust for drugs presented on the news as far back as I can remember were just luck busts. A nervous or impaired driver, serving an unrelated warrant and finding a stash, the CIA plane full of cocaine, etc.

We need to end the war on drugs or at least shift the enforcement priority to the drug cartels and industrial suppliers.

If someone steals to support their habit, punish them for stealing. If someone can remain functional enough to afford their habit, then it makes no sense to remove them from society.

Answer 2

Don't jump to conclusions that marajuana is safe to get high and drive on.
People react differently to the substance and that means alot more could end up causing accidents if it were made legal.

Due to the fact that it is an illegal substance perhaps alot of high people are staying put and not driving. If so this would disprove your theory based on the figures that you've shown.

Answer 3

I have no problem with legalizing marijuana, and I don't smoke it either. It could be taxed in the same way cigarrettes are and would be a source of revenue for the goverment.

Answer 4

For those that say lets tax it. Show me how you plan on doing that? Unlike cigarettes, people will grow their own pot and cut out the middle men!

Answer 5

I am for legalizing medical uses for it at this point. Lets get that done and see how it goes from there.

Answer 6

throw in taxing the sale of it, and i'm in. there should be just as much tax on it as there is on tobacco.

Answer 7

yes. cause pot is a good thing yeh

Answer 8

there are already organizations for that...

start with

http://www.norml.com