should weed be legal ??

should weed be legal ?? (for responsible adults).

 

That's a no-brainer.

 

for responible adults. let's face it, it's a wonderful elixir, but not for everybody.

 

Typical hippies who believe in personal liberty and responsibility. We already have legal alcohol which is safer than marijuana and we don't need more drugs. If weed was legal then all of the hippies would get stoned and drive around everywhere, endangering responsible adults like me. People who use marijuana pose a danger to society and need to be stopped by any means necessary. This includes prison sentences longer than those of murderers and rapists. And if we legalized it the cartels would just be able to sell to the children in America duhhhh. Prohibition is a great success and a moral necessity.

 

You forgot your irony emotie...



I only say that because there are actually people on this forum who would agree with everything that you posted.

 

Yes. Regulate it in a fashion similar to alcohol and tax it.

Offer treatment/counseling instead of incarceration for those found possessing small amounts of hard substances.

Continue pursuing and prosecuting those who deal and traffic hard substances.

 

Your argument is extremely flawed.

Marijuana is not more dangerous, but infact the opposite. While any chemical that enters into your body can have harmful effects but there have been no deaths, that I have heard of, with pot yet people die from alcohol often.

People consuming any drug and operating a vehicle is a hazard and there should be severe punishments for driving under the influence but this is not a reason to make this illegal. Cell phones cause accidents, should we ban those? Or should they just be banned while driving? Same argument for alcohol.

Can you elaborate on this one please? How so? Most smokers are pretty mellow.

This makes me think you are being sarcastic but sad thing is some people think this way.

Umm... no, cartels as we know them (in the pot trade at lease) would vanish. Pot is sold everywhere in CA and there are not many instances of "pot related cartel crimes"

You have to be joking, right?
If you are then ignore all of this, sarcasm on the internetz can be hard to. If not then you need to research prohibition :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States

Prohibition has brought nothing but more crime, deaths, and damage than having a substance be controlled and taxed. There has to be a cost benefit analysis done for all substances and the costs of keeping marijuana has destroyed families, killed thousands of people, and incarcerated even more all this over a weed! We need to treat people that become addicted to substances, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, instead of incarcerating people for something that does little to no damage if used in moderation.

Figures from $40B to $300B per year are reported as the costs of marijuana prohibition. This figure comes from both tax revenue loss, enforcement, and incarceration.

http://www.prohibitioncosts.org/mironreport.html
http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=860

 

I can go and buy enough alcohol to kill myself with.

I can go and buy enough paracetamol to kill myself with.

It's illegal for me to buy any weed and it's impossible to either smoke or eat enough to get a toxic dose.



It's my body and if I want to fill it with drugs then that's my business.

 

Yes, and I'll buy stock in snack companies. Tax the crap out of Hippies just as we tax the crap out of smokers and drinkers.

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Just what we need another legal intoxicant so tens of thousands more can be killed each year on the highways

 

Yes - and I'll make DonGlock26 rich through his various snack investments - plus, I'll help pay off the debt. I am a very patriotic American.

 

Any and all drugs (Including Alcohol) should be illegal.

Just as with religion, the harm done to society out weighs individual freedom.

 

Bingo:

Marijuana Use Increases Risk of Car Accidents

 

I've been smoking for about 15 years. I've not wrecked a vehicle while high or even know anyone who has.

 

There are some alcoholics that can say the same that does not prove anything. It will happen and happen often as it does with alcohol.

 

I know all too well about drunk driving.

Marijuana is not a substance worth being too concerned about. Meth and the like is another story.

 

wow,

how tolerant of you

 

Thats crap. I used to sell it by the pound. You are not talking to a rookie. Smoke it and you are as impaired as a drinker. As a truck driver I do not need more high and drunk people to avoid.

 

The prohibition on marijuana has worked about as well as the prohibition on alcohol worked when America tried it in the 1920s and early 1930s. Just like it was incredibly easy to get a drink then, it is incredibly easy to get a joint now. Given drinking age limits, many kids are more likely to smoke than gulp.

Just as Prohibition fueled organized crime and gang violence so has the money to be made from marijuana fueled organized crime and gang violence. The obvious solution is to implement the solution to the problems of Prohibition - just as making alcohol legal again cleared up those problems, making marijuana legal again should clear up the problems of today.

 

Explain how you will stop the smuggling. If it has not stopped now what will change?

 

Make it legal. I myself can't touch it for personal reasons, but I can't see why it's any different than booze except for one thing. I never had anyone high on pot try to pick a fight with me, but I can't count the times when some drunk has tried. Tax it like liquor. There's one revenue line the gov can use, instead of pulling it out of hard working peoples pockets.

 

There will be no motive (read: profit) for smuggling.

Do people smuggle alcohol or cigarettes to sell illegally on street corners? No (with the exception of some limited tax-avoidance schemes). Why not? Because no one wants to buy from a shady street corner gun-toting pusher when they can buy from a clean, government-regulated liquor store.

I mean, is that not obvious?

 

Please prove that legalization of marijuana will lead to significantly increased "high driving".

Good luck.

 

Look at those numbers:

Yes - 15 - 71.4%
No - 5 - 23.8%
What's weed? - 1 - 4.8%

Who the hell voted "What's weed?"

 

Here ya go:

To think that driving while intoxicated would go DOWN if weed were legal is just insanity.