First of all, is it Christian ideas that keep marijuana illegal? Second, if all religions, and non-religion, were equal in America, would marijuana be accepted on it's own merit?
2007-04-02 07:27:42 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Firstly I agree with Carnac, I am an Aussie and we have the same issues here.. I was told a long time ago that the reason it became illegal in the first place was because a certain American President in the 1930's deemed it illegal... Just like that, as his brother in law was the Chief CEO of a reasonably new company called Nylex .. It competed with Indian Hemp, the Churches will put their support behind anything that is deemed illegal without knowing one single fact..Now it is an issue about driving stoned and mental illness etc.. Plus they can't tax it... It is classified as both a weed and a herb.. As far as I am concerned it is part of nature and it has been used since the dawn of time.. Booze and cigarettes are far more harmful but the Governments don't say much about them, nor the Churches.. Too much money involved there......Blessed Be.......)O(
2007-04-02 09:47:04 · answer #1 · answered by Bunge 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The most ironic part is that the Bible does not speak against marijuana at all. Christians have used it since the time of Jesus as a medicine and insense. It's only since the 1930's that it became illegal. Many Christians say they are only against it because the Bible says to live by the laws of the land.
2007-04-02 14:33:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I really don't agree with you. There is documented proof that the people who are keeping the Anti-Pot campaign going work in the Tobacco industry. They don't want to risk loosing revenue to Marijuana use. Just for the record I wish it were legal. I'm too concerned about the legal problems I would face if I got High every once in a while.
2007-04-02 14:31:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Tobacco corporations and government agencies like the CIA keep pot illegal. The church has nothing to do with it. Tobacco does not want to loose any revenue from its current clientele. Government agencies like the CIA make billions off of drugs every year. They are the ones that put it into circulation ($$ selling it $$)) They are also the ones that seize it and $$ resell it $$. If pot was illegal then they would have no substances to seize and a huge open market to compete with.
2007-04-02 14:37:20 · answer #4 · answered by jmk 486 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No in this case the blame is squarely on DUPONT. Why use a perfect renewable resource when you can make a fortune poisoning the environment and using up fossil fuels to make materials?
Oh and also because it was popular with Mexican and Black workers in southern states and we can't have that now can we. People were also fed horror stories of the drug causing immediate and deadly violent reactions that make good young white kids form the suburbs take a puff and kill the family with an ax.
Christianity is only a tiny part of the equation.
2007-04-02 14:34:33 · answer #5 · answered by Lee 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The two things don't have much to do with each other. Some people may oppose marijuana use on religious grounds, but plenty of other people oppose it for social or public health reasons.
My experience is that pot smoking makes people lazy and stupid, characteristics that aren't particularly desirable in any religion or lack thereof... In spite of that, I think it should be legal. Putting someone in jail for a bad habit is overkill. Do we put people in prison for eating lard?
2007-04-02 14:38:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The prohibition against marijuana is more about politics and economics. Hemp used to be used to make fiber for textiles and paper. It was first suppressed before WWII when rayon, the first synthetic fiber, was developed. The powers that be didn't want competition from natural fibers. Later marijuana was demonized because it competed with alcohol and tobacco as recreational drugs. More recently marijuana is suppressed when it's used as medicine because it competes with pharmaceuticals.
If you want to know why the powers that be do what they do just follow the money.
2007-04-02 14:34:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
As much as I despise their trespasses upon the secular laws of this country, I cannot blame Christians for something they have little to do with. Pot being illegal has nothing to do with Christians, and everything to do with the lobbyists for the pharmaceutical companies. Imgine how much money they stand to lose if people began treating themselves with a natural herb, rather than a marketted pill...
I heard a report last night on NPR stating that the pharma-lobby spent $10M to lobby the recent Medicare Drug Plan that was recently passed. KNow what it led to? It led to the US Govt being UNABLE to negotiate drug prices for consumers - something the VA does already... They get drugs at 1/10 the cost that Medicare patients have to pay...
2007-04-02 14:34:02 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think one of the main reasons that pot is illegal is that it's very easy to grow--it's called "weed" for a reason--and if it was legal, anyone who wanted one could have a marijuana plant in their garden or on their windowsill. In other words, it wouldn't have to be mass-produced by corporations, and it couldn't be taxed.
2007-04-02 14:32:31 · answer #9 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think marijuana's illegal status is one of the few things that isn't pushed directly from religion. it's really about money. first off, they can't put a tax on it like tobacco. plus pharmeceutical companies would lose money when people are allowed to self medicate with herbs they can grow on their own instead of over-priced chemical medications from the pharmacy.
2007-04-02 14:35:14 · answer #10 · answered by LoriBeth 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋