your take on marijuana?

Question

well, i'm doing a persuasive essay and my topic is the legalization/banning of marijuana.

i'm doing this so that i can have the stats and TRUE facts.

please answer yes/no and why :]


grazi

Answer 1

my general answer,
I do not think that it will ever be legal in the USA,if a
anything the politics are moving in the oposite direction and a fascist attitude against minority groups is growing

ATITUDES IN OTHER COUNTRIES
mild in Canada.used to be legal in Alaska.in Autralia you can have a few plants in the garden,In South Africa an ounce in your pocket is accepted .In Holland it is sold openly in koffie Bars and the police will direct tourist to safe places to buy.}in England a few years ago it was decrimenalised.
In Marroco it is the culture and all the old men smoke it in the caffees..as in many Arab countries
In Asia in some countries it is a very old part of their culture.
etc. etc.

MEDICINAL
in many countries marijuana is used in rubbung alcohol mostly by old people to relieve body pains especially the limbs.
it is also used for Asthma and nervous disorders

AMERICA
the USA the attitude is dogmatic for other reasons than the narcotic effects of the drug.
before 1920 marijuana was extensively grown by the USA and Mexico for the production of fibre.which made a durable material,cheap and it does not scorch,that was used for all the jeans,ropes,sails for the sailing ships and millions of jute bags that were used by millions of farmers,representing a multimillion dollars business.

after 1920 with the coming of synthetic materials,which were products of the petrolium business ,which were owned by the families or associates of most of the presidents,

this competitive comodity could not be allowed to continue to exist,
and the war on Mariujana was on.

the drug factor although it has been proven beyond doubt by countless tests that it was a relative harmless substance compared to sigarettes,alcohol and others,was blatently ignored and relentlessly the war continued to this day.
although it does worry the church, since people tended to stay up all night and question religious and philosohical beliefs.some times coming to uncomplementary conclusions of what was socially accepted.

alcohol puts people to sleep and they dont question the given standards.


MARIJUANA FIBRE
today Mariujana fibre is making a come back in Europe and Africa and produce designer pantalons and shirts for very high prices because the quality is superior than linnen.

these fibre plants do not produce drugs to speak of and are worthless for the drug market .it is the fibre that is the value.

and organically speaking it is an exelent plant to recuporate tired soils ,after cattle and corn field have practically destroyed the land,because the plant is deep rooted grows on most altitudes,and breaks open or loosens compacted soils as well as secreting nitrogen.

.the stalks can also be converted in to building material such as blocks

P.S the war against Marijuana ,has traditionally been used in Europe,Africa ,USA and Mexico,as an excuse for the Governments to invade peoples privacy,place soldiers and police strategically throughout the countries for control and observation,and to employ more security forces.
American Soldiers are in Mexico today suposedly for Marijuana but the real reasons are more sinister
It also creates the right climate for coruption and abuse of power(which was the norm rather than the exception in South Africa ,during the days of Aparheid ,when it was simple to place a bag of marijuana in some bodies house,who was unpopular with the authorities, in order to arrest or shoot them.)
Note:
i grew up in a drug culture and there was lots of weed around many of my friends still smoke and i am now 62.
for health reasons i dont smoke much any more .
in the early days these transitional drugs were necesary,for great changes in the general mentality,
today in many places,this mentality is here , and in reality the drugs have become obselete .

we wasted a lot of time messing around when we should have been thinking of our future,but at the time the cultural revolution was more important ,but not any more

we have reached what could be reached ,many druggies from the sixties are in leading positions today ,and a lot of changes are in place,(although some countries seem to be going backwards i think, but drugs are not the solution in this case)

my advice to anybody young now is leave the drugs ,alcohol,sigarettes alone ,dont be misled by peer pressure and concentrate on securing a good future.

when you are established and stable ,then is the time to play around with whatever you please ,at least in a democratic concept,

but dont do it when you are young because then you cannot afford to loose the time,and many people of today will look down on you as being a looser

Answer 2

Prohibition doesn't work. "three people died of pot. 1 laughed himself to death. 1 ate himself to death. 1 f*#!d himself to death. Ask bill clinton what he and Willie Nelson were doing on the balcony of the whitehouse. Crack and Ice epidemics are a result of the flawed drug policy that spawned gangsters,murder, corrupt police & officials. Check Arnold trebach on the web. Tricky Dick Nixon disbanded the Federal burough of narcotics because it was too corrupt. He started the D.E.A. to replace it. The D.E.A. immediately Hired the F.B.N. agents. The D.e. A. is just as (if not more) corrupt. Millions of lives have been adversley affected by the drug War. Alcohol; 350,000 deaths per annum. Tobacco; 650,000 deaths per annum. What's happening is a travesty. Your generation will be destroyed by this madness. The two million In prison do at least provide jobs for those who excelled in gym, sports and student govt.. [e-mail] starving for a joint in hi.. the insanity would end if all refused to vote for candidates who aren't pro legalization.

Answer 3

why the hell do people always say "for losers who cant face life", it doesnt like make your life any easier you jackass, do you drink alcohol?ok you do that and i will smoke weed, lets see who dies first. you will, alcohol and tobacco are far worse than marijuana, very simple, there has never been a single person die from it, as millions have died from the legal drugs the government makes money on. you say drugs are bad while drinking your beer and smoking your cigarette, you are a god damn hypocrit, they are drugs, one day weed will be legal in the united states, because of the billions of dollars that is being thrown away by the government in attemping to stop drugs and failing horribly. did you know more money is being put into the war on drugs than the war on terrorism?our countrys money is being wasted on putting our own countrys citizens in jail for not doing anything wrong. it is the government that is wrong, and stripping citizens rights of living in a so called free country for arresting people who are not hurting anybody, not even themselves. who the **** is the federal government to tell me i cant sit in my backyard and smoke a ******* plant that grows out of the ground, not altered or cooked like crack or ****, and then arrest me for doing so. out government is stupid, we have politicians not looking at the interest of the people, only the interest of their own campaign and how much money they themselves are making. new hampshires politicians are actually opening their eyes, and trying to get bills passed to legalize marijuana altogether, not just for medical value, not because they enjoy weed themselves, but because of the amout of money that is being wasted to keep non-violent stoners in jail. they are thinking about what is best for their state and the people in their state.

my take on marijuana, why the hell was it ever made illegal in the first place, and why are there human beings who are made of the same skin and blood i am, telling me i cant put something into my own body, and stripping my title as a "free citizen", and because of that very reason, this country is not a free country, it is very far from it

Answer 4

The U.S. founding father grew pot. Hemp was used for many purposes. I wonder if George Washington lit up a little. Legal as stated above practically everywhere except the U.S. Suprizing considering how many liberals there are here.

Answer 5

Byderule has given you a most excellent answer. I would add that the USA Prisons are loaded with inmates whose only crime was a little pot. That is a great burden on the Taxpayer.

Answer 6

Although I am a Hawkish Republican and am exteme on everything, here I do not agree with my party. I believe that, like alcohol, if you want to go smoke pot, it's your choice. I may look down on you, but it is your right. I am sure that the founding fathers would have wanted you to have every right that you could.

Answer 7

it's the only affordable medicine that helps me sleep more than 3 hours a night.

Answer 8

For losers who can't face life.

Answer 9

no not into it