will cannabis be legalised?

Question

ive heard they are gonna legalise it this year any thoughts

Answer 1

No. Just my opinion; The government who makes our laws is fueled by big$$. The huge companies who support our government officials with campaign contributions get special treatment when it comes to laws being made. Tobacco companies like Phillip Morris are among these. They want people to smoke their product and therefore so does your government.
If a safer and legal replacement to tobacco was available it would impact these big companies deep pockets and so they will pay whoever they have to to keep things the way they are.
Imagine the tax revenues generated by tobacco that would be lost if you could legally and openly grow a couple marijuana plants in your own backyard or next to a window in your study.
The government is clearly not concerned about your health and safety or they would stop production of tobacco which is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year.
I would love to see it become legal. Not just for the "recreational" benefits but also for the other commercial applications. Hemp fibers are among the strongest plant fibers in nature and can be made into hundreds of products ranging from paper to t-shirts to boat sails. I understand it can be grown to produce a high yield of oil which can then make ethanol that our cars could operate on. I'm sure our friends in the middle east wouldn't like that.
It's all a combination of politics, big bucks and pure stupidity. And the gullible, brainwashed population who believes the anti marijuana hype will continue to believe the tainted research against it. So, it will be a long time before cannabis is legal.

Answer 2

The first step is decriminalization...to unclog the judicial system from small time offences.

Legalization is a long way off, I'm afraid. But what could speed it up is the government's realization of the taxes which could be collected from Government owned growing ops and distribution sources.

For the time being, however, the US is still fighting Canada for their liberal stand, fearing it will impact the US. Pretty self interested, I'd say, as the gun laws in the US are negatively impacting Canada!

Answer 3

Colorado and Nevada tried to change their STATE laws last year and failed. Denver has a city law saying possession of 1oz. or less is a ticketable offense, not even a misdemeanor, but under state law, like Nevada, the government (including local police, state troopers, etc.) can still prosecute you if they feel the need. California, as most know have changed local laws, but still not their state laws, so depending on what county or city you're in, you could get a ticket or go to jail. As for all 50 states however, it is still against FEDERAL law, which means that the FBI, BATF, or any other Federal agency can still prosecute you, regardless of local laws. Summation: No matter what your local law says, it's still illegal until state law is changed (In which case all state agencies agree not to prosecute and the only way you'd be charged is if the government steps in.) or if federal laws are changed, making it completely legal in every sense.

Answer 4

I don't think that they will legalize it with out a way to tax and sell it. Even if they allow it to be sold in certian places, once someone buys it once they can plant the seeds and grow it on there own. Unless they keep it illegal to grow it. Besides, the government makes too much money "busting" criminals. I personally think that weed isn't as harmful as alcohol, but in the eyes of the law, it's a drug. But then again, asprin is a drug too, and at leas weed is natural, asprin is something that is made up of chemicals and more people die from taking asprin than they do from smoking a joint. I'll stop here, other wise, i'll just keep ranting, btw, i don't smoke weed. ;)

Answer 5

I wish....But it wont be,,or if they are planning to legalise it then it will be so they can catch everyone.......They will make it legal to smoke it but then keep the distribution and selling of it illegal, so unfortunately my friend, we will have to keep dodging the law and the citizens for a wee bit longer yet........Take care.......

Answer 6

Not in America. Still too many hypocrites from the "Just Say No" era who think that a toke of pot is going to send you directly into heroin addiction.

Canada seems to be moving the right way, though...

Answer 7

Heh. Yeah. Sure they are.

If this country were to change it's policy on marijuana, the farthest I think it would go would be decriminalization (this is different from legalization). And i don't think it will go that far, certainly not anytime soon. The country is pretty conservative on certain issues, and drugs is one of those issues.

Answer 8

i dont think so... heck, they're trying to phase out cigs. what makes you think they'll legalize the wacky tobacco? alcohol will be next if we don't stop these islamic extremists. it should be legal, the argument that there are too many drunks driving the roads as it is, and we don't need pot-heads out there too is non-sense. i've never heard of anyone dying from smoking pot (it's impossible, except for maybe lung cancer), and they don't drive usually and if they do, their paranoid.. so, it makes me, sorry THEM, a better driver...

Answer 9

there remains going to be a showdown between the states and the federal authorities about that. interior the best it is going to probably flow to the superb court for a call on even if the federal authorities has the right to outlaw hashish or if it really is going to be left to the states to make your innovations up. In any experience, if the state makes a call to withdraw its help to the DEA then it will make it tougher for the federal authorities to implement the federal version of the regulation. The DEA has to count heavily on interior of reach regulation enforcement. they don't have the factors to regulate all factors of drug regulation enforcement in a state. i ought to work out the federal authorities dangling a carrot to get the states to artwork with them. provide tens of millions in provides to the states that outlaw it and artwork with the DEA. for sure, the accepted public view on marijuana is replacing. possibly interior the subsequent 20 years it is going to likely be thoroughly criminal in the course of the rustic?

Answer 10

depends were u r... i dont think it will be because cannabis is often a gate-way drug.... meaning people start off by using cannabis but then move on to more dangerous drugs like E n Herion