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| Pro Or Con Marijuana Should Be Legal READ FIRST, Don't Comment If You Don't Know What You're Talking About. |
| Marijuana is illegal while alcohol, medical pain killers, and tobacco, which have known deadly effects, and high addiction levels, are not just legal but advertised and encouraged. If marijuana where legalized prison overcrowding would no longer be an issue. The prohibition in the 1920's, which was one of the worst mistakes in Congressional history, did not end the use of alcohol but simply went underground. If a doctor thinks marijuana would benefit a DYING cancer patient, who has the right to say no? How many alcohol related deaths are there compared to marijuana? People are uneducated about marijuana. |
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Yes, I agree with that. I don't use it personally, but I used to. And I feel that there is no
problem with it. I actually feel that legalizing it would be benificial to the population on whole.
Legalization of marijuana would allow the government to place a tax on the sales; to have an age
requirement in order to purchase it in stores; there would be less drug dealers; Less people put in
jail for possession; etcetera, etc....
I find that Alcohol use is by far worse than smoking pot. (In terms of one's health and also one's
actions while under the influence) |
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I think that the government should be targeting the Class A drugs like heroin and cocain that actual
has an immediate and life threatening effect on people. These drugs not only have a negative effect
on the people that take it but also on the people around them not targeting people who just want to
chill out and have a joint. It is a fact that there are lower violence rates in countries that
legalize cannabis as apposed to those who don't. Who's ever heard of someone being violent after
they have smoked weed??? |
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Marijuana isn't nearly as dangerous as alcohol and if it was legalized the gov't could tax it. |
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Studies show that Marijuana has no Long Term effects, and it doesn't kill brain cells. All it really
does is make some memories hazy and gives you the munchies. It isn't even addictive. Alcohol is.
Alcohol kills brain cells and causes accidents. Hmmm..... |
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Do all these people who are against legalizing marijuana believe that if it were legal they would be
not be able to resist it? If so, how pathetically weak minded they are. They need somebody to tell
them what choices to make because they are incapable of making their own. What a completely
immature outlook on life they have. |
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I'm a non hippie,(i hate hippies actually) i am in the top class in school( I'm taking classes about
5 years ahead of regular people) Also i don't smoke weed
now that that's out of the way..
Any one who says it should be illegal is ignorant. There's never been actual testing saying ts
bad... A few days ago i even read an article saying people that smoke it in moderation end up being
less likely to get cancer because they build up an immunity(yes i know its smoke ans smoke is bad,
but its not smoke if the cannabis is cooked into something like brownies for example) Ask yourself
how can something that makes people more aggressive and violent be legal while something that calms
people down be illegal. If the U.S. Made it legal the crime rates would go way down and if official
places sold it and America was educated, then people wouldn't smoke bad stuff. I do know a lot of
people that smoke though and they still have motor skills and can concentrate. Its not like people
who smoke it see all these crazy colors and cant do anything.. They can. You might as well make
ridelin illegal because changes people |
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The thing on the top is right i never looked at it that way |
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I think its stupid i think marijuana, is a lot more harmless than alcohol, and in my case a lot less
addictive than tobacco.
I could not stop smoking my cigarettes, but i could easy go with out my weed.
I think like all things it effects different people differently but is no worse than alcohol and so
should be up to the individual weather or not they want to smoke it. |
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Whenever this is discussed, the elephant in the room is the question that's never asked: Do people
have a right to get buzzed?
Because if they do, then the marijuana question becomes much simpler. |
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I personally don't believe in engaging in mind-altering substances, which includes alcohol, so i say
if alcohol is legal i believe that marijuana should be legal for those who want it. |
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People who are in favor of the following should probably support the legalization of marijuana:
1) people having personal freedom - (sort of a traditional American value);
2) not putting people in jail for non-violent, non-fraudulent offenses;
3) ending the black market around marijuana, so that criminals no longer have an incentive to use
violence in selling it (think Al Capone when alcohol was illegal - notice, there are no gangs
selling alcohol in the USA anymore...Hmmm);
4) making the THC available for those with medical issues for which it is the best current medicine
(for which there is voluminous medical evidence);
5) promoting a mind-altering substance that leads some people to become artistically creative and/or
intellectually and spiritually reflective;
6) promote an alternative to alcohol with far fewer negative physical and social side-effects;
7) anyone, anyone? Bueller?... |
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Let people do what they want they have freedom of choice if they od it's their own fault. |
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For those who would like info.. NORMAL go to their website. They have the facts. |
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Legalise it.
When was the last time there was a mass brawl in a pub because everyone had had too much to
smoke?
When was the last time the A&E departments of hospitals up and down the country were at breaking
point on weekend evenings because they were full of violent dope smokers?
Doesn't happen. As a policeman once said to me, "I'm all for it, bit of dope keeps 'em sweet". |
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Definitely should be legal. People always get hooked on the buzz word "drugs". When anything from
cough syrup to heroin is a drug. I feel a lot of people see marijuana as it was portrayed in "Reefer
Madness".
Sure it effects memory, but alcohol kills brain cells. Amyl Nitrate is sold at clubs, that drops
blood pressure.
Does Marijuana have a medicinal usage - yes. Is it dangerous like heroin - no. Is it as dangerous as
alcohol - no.
Give it a few years and it'll be legalised no doubt. |
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Should be legal, people can abuse anything if they try hard enough - alcohol, cigarettes, prescribed
drugs. |
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Should have been made legal long long long ago......... |
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I think that this should be about the person's choice. However, I do agree that unless every thing
else that is bad for you is banned, marijuana should be made legal. Not only is it an intense-pain
reliever, it also lets your eyes drain if you have glaucoma. Also, I don't see people being
[effectively] violent if they're stoned. A lot more deaths are caused by pure choice or by using
other, legal drugs, than are caused by marijuana. Besides, the shady side of drug dealing is caused
only by the fact that marijuana is illegal. |
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For nearly five years I have been self medicating with cannabis for manic depression. No tablets.
I have chosen this treatment as it has no significant side effects and works for me.
Psychiatric drugs made me detached from my feelings, suffer tics, nightmares, stiffness, feeling
cut off from reality and society and numerous other horrific symptoms.
Despite being detained in 2003 under section 3 for my passion against the Iraq war I was signed
off the psychiatric books 2 years ago. Cured? What would you choose? I don't drink or take any other
drugs. |
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To those of you that argue the negative case about how alcohol, marijuana, and cigarettes are all
bad for the body:
They are NOT bad for the economy. People CHOOSE to smoke; people CHOOSE to drink; and if people were
allowed to CHOOSE to use marijuana (and I know there are very many closet-smokers out there), then
the taxes we could collect on marijuana products would be immense and beneficial to everyone. |
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I definitely think it should be legal.
First consider the numbers:
The US government spends nearly $20 billion dollars per year prosecuting nonviolent drug
offenses.
The total cost of our drug laws easily surpass $100 billion per year.
50% of all court trial time is spent on drug cases
400,000 police men work full-time dealing with drug offenses.
Now before I even go into why it should be legal, consider how beneficial all those resources would
be if we let's say put them into global warming, health care, education, homicide cases,
terrorism... All this for prosecuting NON-VIOLENT drug crimes. Victimeless crimes (which go by the
euphemism of Public Order Crimes) are crimes which don't put a psychological or physical harm on
anyone, and are prosecuted because they go against public norm, customs and beliefs. Well this
America, and I'm pretty sure we the people get to decide what we believe.
Next consider the facts:
Sam Harris puts it very accurately, "Concerns about health of our citizens, or about their
productivity, are red herrings in this debate, as the legality of alcohol and cigarettes still
attests. The fact that people are being prosecuted and imprisoned for using marijuana, while alcohol
remains a staple commodity, is surely the reductio ad absurdum of any notion that our drug laws are
designed to keep people from harming themselves."
In the United States more than 100,000 people per year die from using alcohol. As a drug, marijuana
is pretty unique in the fact that it has several medical benefits, and no lethal dosage. (Alcohol,
as many of us are aware, has a lethal dosage that is reached quite easily.)
Drugs like Advil and Aspirin acount for 7,600 deaths per year. MARIJUANA KILLS NO ONE.
Http://www.drugwarfacts.org/causes.htm It would be a good thing for all of you people against pot to
read that.
I really cannot see one arguing this. The fact of the matter is, the pros COMPLETELY way out the
cons. (Though to me the cons are non-existent.)
But to the religious people in America that view pot as a sin, remember that we are not going to
prosecute people because it goes against your bible. There is a separation of church and state. That
is such a fundamental part of our country. This law needs to change. |
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