Do You Believe In Legalizing Marijuana?

I do, it has less negative effects than legal cigarettes or alcohol. Its not even chemicaly addicted (in most people) unlike cigs or alcohol.

 

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And just to clear something up, I have never used pot. I still respect that it is currently illegal

 

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I don't use pot either, never have. But it seems to me we are wasting a lot of money on marijuna. We should lablel it like cigarettes and tax it instead of spending millions of dollars, if not billions of dollars, on enforcement laws. It should be treated like cigarettes.

 

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I think once the U.S. goes into a depression weed will be legalized because we won't be able to support all the inmates in prison for possession nor the police to raid and arrest and watch people on probation for weed-related crimes and that will bring us out of the depression.

 

I completly agree.

 

Are you basing this off anything other than your desire for it to be true?

Overall, weed is more damaging to the lungs than cigarettes if ingested in equal amounts. One difference is that a cigarette smoker smokes anywhere from one pace to five packs a day. I remembere reading that one mj ciggy ='s one pack of tobacco smokes. That is probably close to accurate. Weed leaves a sticky resin whereas tobacco does not. but then if you pick any shrub off the side of a road and dry it out and smoke it then i would make the conclusion that it would be bad for a persons lungs.

It is addictive. But thats not really the issue. One issue is what consequences a person is willing to accept for doing something.

 

I think you are going to be hard pressed to prove that it is more damaging. But this is really a question not about mj but about the roll government plays in our lives. I don't think (as a general rule) it is the roll of government to protect individuals from themselves. Individuals should be free to make choices if they have the information necessary to make responsible choices.

 

Hi Joe, I added to the post.

As to you second comment, i dont think that is too much of an issue for a pot smoker. Perhaps more of an issue for a non smoker. The laws vary form state to state but really, in terms of legal repercussions it is not a serious conviction for smoking weed and getting a fine. But it depends on the laws in the state, some places it is like a speeding ticket other than that i am not really sure.

As far as employment, even if it was legal this does not mean an employer would hire you anyway if you test positive for mj just like a person who is an alcoholic, does not mean they are exempt from being turned down for employment.

 

No "sticky resin" in cigarettes? How exactly would you describe tar then?

 

Now IF the OP were to compare mj to crack, meth etc. then i would agree with his op. but as it is stated i say it is fallacious op.

Basically for reasons stated. You need to consider amounts ingested. If someone comes home or goes to a bar and has one or two drinks then he would be WRONG. If someone smokes one ciggy a day...then he would be WRONG. Can someone do the same with weed? sure, but not everyone.

 

How would you describe tar? i really dont know because if you look in the street at tar it looks remarkably similar to what is left in a pipe of rolled mj cigarette.

Dont misunderstand what i am saying here. I am not a fanatic as to the dangers of weed and could care less what people do but it is best to know the truth.

If someone told me i know plenty of crack heads who just take one hit and that is it then i would think they are either lying or serious misinformed.

 

A factual statement, i believe, is: Drinking a small amount of alcohol (one shot of vodka or wine) is good for you then i would certainly agree with that. Beer? perhaps. Many people cannot do that though and alcoholism is a very serious problem for the subject.

On a whole, binge drinking is where anything can happen and none of it good and some of it very, very bad. This is not an issue for weed so i will include that in my synopsis.

Just as there really are people who can smoke one cigarette a week or one at a party but they are few and far between. However, it does happen, therefore i conclude it can happen. That is not the norm though.

 

Are you basing this off anything other than your desire for it to be true?

 

See post #'s 6 and 11.

 

people wont smoke as much weed as cigs why? because they wouldnt beable to move if u smoke 12 joints a day you will be worthless and get fired

 

sifreak, that same conclusion is in one of my posts.

 

There's no evidence whatsoever that would prove that mj causes cancer.

"no positive associations between marijuana use and lung, upper respiratory, or UAT (upper digestive tract) cancers."

http://bcccs.yvr.thelevel.com/resou...cer Cancer Epidem Biomarkers Prev 2006[2].pdf

"Lung cancer has not been reported in people who smoke only marijuana, possibly because less smoke is inhaled than during cigarette smoking, and the smoke contains fewer carcinogenic substances."

http://patient-health-education.suite101.com/article.cfm/adverse_effects_of_marijuana

 

I agree. The government doesnt have the right to tell us wether or not we can smoke cigs, so why pot? Again, i've never touched the stuff, but I dont think its right for them to tell people that they can or cannot

 

Unfortunately, I can't agree with you. Since when has the State been burdened by deficits deep and wide? I can see them expanding the prison population actually. Depression, riots, general discord: plenty of good reasons to imprison people! I can't give you any solid numbers at this moment, but I have heard there are quite a few large, empty, detainment facilities just waiting for the right event.
Hardin, Montana is an example. A scary example.

Just think about it: a huge slave labour population. Is it hard to imagine that there are persons in this country that would just love to implement Chinese style prison camps and workforces in this country?

Not saying this WILL happen. I see it as a possibility.

 

I think actually many of the cannabinoids exhibit strong anti-oxidant as well as anti-cancer properties.