should weed be legal??

Question

im not a user but i think that it causes a lot of problems because its illegal. The police do so much to get rid of it and it still isnt under control. If we made it legal it could be less of a problem???

if it was legal, the police wouldnt spend so much time and money to look for it. This will give the police more time to hunt for criminals. when its legal we have more crime, people are killing each other to get some. If it was legal the price will go down sharply and drug dealers wont be making profits.

Of course if its legal, it should be regulated like alcohol or cigarettes. Not everyone should be able to get their hands on it. In addition, it should be banned where ever smoking is banned.

Its a dangerous substance and I dont want to promote it, but cigarettes are dangerous too and they are legal

Answer 1

there are both positives and negatives in legalizing weed,the positive i think would be better control over it ,for the negatives well one just has to look how the tobacco industry manipulated the people on their product and that would be just the start i think....either way ,its a no win situation

Answer 2

I have a theory, but it will take a second to explain...
Alcohol, which is legal, tends to make people violent, if consumed in large amounts, causes lots of car accidents, and on the weekends sends a lot of people to jail.

Weed, which is illegal, mellows people out, brings people together, and unless caught with it on your person, rarely sends people to jail on the weekends. When one smokes weed, one rarely wants to go very far from their bag of chips, so less car accidents.

Now, here's another angle, THE UNITES STATES IS BROKE!
The amount of money that could be revenued from the sale of weed would help our country largely.

That is my opinion!

Answer 3

I understand why you think it would be less of a problem if it were made legal, but there's a few problems.
1. It's a gateway drug (proven).
2. It does alter brain chemistry, cells, and mental clarity.
3. If it were legalized, other drug users would be fighting to legalize their drug of choice. Everything from Estcasy to Meth.
4. History has shown that making something [harmful] legal seldom solves problems with it, but instead, creates new problems.
5. Causes problems with short-term memory.

My sister and her husband have told me for almost 20 years that they can quit whenever they want, yet he's lost jobs because he couldn't stop smoking long enough to pass a drug test. He lost a promotion last year because he failed a drug test. It doesn't sound like a drug that should be legal.

Answer 4

I believe weed shouldn't be legal. There's plenty of it out there, but making it legal, would send the wrong message.

Not all weed smokers use hard drugs, but I think you'd be hard pressed to find a hard drug user who didn't start out on weed.

I've seen the destructive power of it. The money spent on it at the expense of almost anything else, the addiction, the mood swings & even the psychosis it can bring on.

Smokers of weed usually cite the prevelence of alcohol. Can't argue with them on that. But that's a whole new topic.

Answer 5

In Holland, when MJ was legalized, pot usage went down.
"We have succeeded in making marijuana boring" as one Dutch politico put it.
Wanna take a HUGE bite out of crime? Legalize it. The black market (i.e. mafia, organized crime, and gangs) make most of their $$ off marijuana sales. Make it legal for every adult who wants to smoke it to grow it. Just like it's legal to brew beer and vent wine at home.
You'll see a huge reduction in other forms of organized crime when they no longer make $$ off of MJ.

P.S. marijuana has numerous health benefits, and NO health risks. It's even been shown to shrink tumors in labratory animals, help the brain heal faster after a stroke and the heart heal faster after a coronary. It dulls pain and reduces stress.
It's one of mankinds oldest (and by far the safest) medicine, having been used for over 7,000 years, with never 1 fatality, unlike aspirin which kills hundreds of people a year.

Answer 6

It should be legal if cigarettes are legal. But the government has no way of taxing it and controlling the growth of the product in private homes.

Answer 7

All of the potheads of the world would be unleashed into the streets. Is that a world you'd want little kids in? It would only help the snacks businesses, but the economy would shrink from all the people too lazy to work. Smoke breaks would turn into joint breaks. Too many accidents would result from the inexperienced users using heavy machinery. People would be stoned 24/7 and although there would be deep thought that could be productive from some, the majority of conversation coming from the stoners would be "I am so high!" and "Whoa man my hands are trippy!".

Answer 8

Some view taking the criminality of drugs would take the money out of it, thus no motivation to sell it. It could potentially reduce a lot of crime...in theory. More so for other drugs.

Answer 9

It should absolutely be legal for its many many uses (that have nothing to do with getting high).

You should do some research on why and how the prohibition of cannabis hemp was instituted. It had everything to do with business, profits, and patents and nothing to do with public health and safety.

Ask any cop, paramedic, or doctor whether weed or alcohol causes more health problems, be they chronic or acute in nature.

Answer 10

Yes. It would do a lot to curb crime in the drug arena. Additionally, it would raise significant revenue which could be used to demonize it, and fund hardcore drug restrictions.

I think there is a growing segment that thinks along these lines and if you impose penalties similar to alcohol [e.g. drinking and driving] then it will gain a stronger foothold.