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Do you think weed will ever be legal?
If you know about the US Constitution (and have read it), and the US's part as a member of the international community, the following is already known to you
Currently, the way the US Constitution is written, marijuana CANNOT be made legal, and the US is bound by the Constitution to KEEP marijuana illegal.
It would take a Constitutional amendment, at the present time, to make marijuana legal.
For the same reason that it is illegal, the US is required to maintain some sort of punishment even if decriminalized.
Manufacture and distribution, CANNOT be decriminalized, under the Constitution, while in the US, possession is able to be decriminalized.
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Originally Posted by Tea Party
It will become legal when smokers (of whatever age) start presenting themselves in a more positive mature light...like the BC3...
I'm not going to slam Emery, but what he's doing now is hardly "positive".
I WISH that marijuana was legal, starting yesterday. In the meanwhile, I'm hiding.
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I believe that weed will undoubtably be legalized . The question is when. At some point I think that we have to help ourselves by educating those who have been brain washed by the anti-weed propaganda. Our side is millions strong and would be a powerful force that would have to be reckoned with, the immediate problem is that this government is effectively chipping away at our constitution every day with no checks. The rich and the corporations that rape the land, poison the water and stack the deck in their favor and own the politicians ie oil companies, drug companies, pulp industry, etc. would at the least lose buisness and, in my opinion, at best go out of buisness. Weed & hemp is truly the tree of life, everything has a purpose and hemp has countless positives!!!!!:smokin:
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as much as i love getting high, i think america will not legalize it because they cannot make gross amounts of money off of it. Most good bud is not from around here so they cannot harvest it and sell it to the american people so it considered "bad"
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im sure theres a chance it can be legal. but maybe in like a few more years with a new set of people running the gov't as someone stated earlier. people who care more about what the people of their nation actually need rather than the money that gets involved with it. but if it does become legal, i think vendors of cannabis wont be able to make as much as they can because of other people already growing their own stuff. (i didn't mean that in an offensive way)
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:jointsmile:
If we all come out ??
my fam would theya er 26 strong pro pot!!
weve fought way to long!!
:jointsmile::rasta::pimp::rastasmoke:
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If everyone stands up for what they believe.
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I thought it was legal in the late 1930s.
Or maybe earlier than that.
So my answer is yes.
:D :jointsmile:
My question to you is that would weed be legal again in America?
I was being sarcastic.
:giggity: :bigsmoke:
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Yes it was legal until the Tax Stamp Act of 34 I think. At the Worldfair you could walk into a smoking parlor and smoke from a Hooka, either pot, hash or oil dripped by an auto drip into a heated bowl as the hooka captured and blew the smoke into your lungs. Before you went for the stroll arm and arm down the midway.
And of course who could forget the first drug czar Anslinger. His reason for enforcement was that this new drug coming up from Mexico was causing white girls to listen to jazz music and hang out with black men.
The History of this noble weed is amazing
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Oh.. and about why it won't be legal I have to hedge my bet and say it will be legal in a controled way.. We will get legal for med use.. and we may get a small personal use law, but your never gona be able to plant 20 acres out back in it. And your not going to be able to sell your bud a QP on sat night..
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I wish that they would hurry up:hippy:
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Originally Posted by damnwhatsmyname
I wish that they would hurry up:hippy:
Thats why its taking so long.. Your letting Them do it.. If instead of They ,Think WE... and it would happen much faster.
If you want to help speed things up start with education on its history and usages , Knowledge is Power, Then Vote.. Tell everyone you can to Vote and at some point futures collide...
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Do you think weed will ever be legal?
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Originally Posted by maik
If you know about the US Constitution (and have read it), and the US's part as a member of the international community, the following is already known to you
Currently, the way the US Constitution is written, marijuana CANNOT be made legal, and the US is bound by the Constitution to KEEP marijuana illegal.
It would take a Constitutional amendment, at the present time, to make marijuana legal.
For the same reason that it is illegal, the US is required to maintain some sort of punishment even if decriminalized.
Manufacture and distribution, CANNOT be decriminalized, under the Constitution, while in the US, possession is able to be decriminalized.
Also,
I'm not going to slam Emery, but what he's doing now is hardly "positive".
I WISH that marijuana was legal, starting yesterday. In the meanwhile, I'm hiding.
Actually, you're wrong. Because it isn't talked about in the Constitution, the Federal Government can't (or isn't supposed to) make any federal decision of the legality of marijuana. The way our government was supposed to work is that if it wasn't in the Constitution, the Federal Government could have no say in it. Only the States have the power to ban or allow certain substances or social services (public schools, Social Security, etc).
However, we have long strayed against the libertarian ideology that founded our Constitution.
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Originally Posted by maik View Post
If you know about the US Constitution (and have read it), and the US's part as a member of the international community, the following is already known to you
Currently, the way the US Constitution is written, marijuana CANNOT be made legal, and the US is bound by the Constitution to KEEP marijuana illegal.
It would take a Constitutional amendment, at the present time, to make marijuana legal.
For the same reason that it is illegal, the US is required to maintain some sort of punishment even if decriminalized.
Manufacture and distribution, CANNOT be decriminalized, under the Constitution, while in the US, possession is able to be decriminalized.
If you read it that way how do you explain it was Legal to Grow/Harvest/Smoke in Public ect. until 1933 and was only after the Tax Stamp Act and that was an act not an Amendment was passed that made it so.. Unless you are speaking of Treaties were the Constitution requires the U.S. abide by such in the international community.. If thats what you speak of then we need only withdraw from said treaties..
Specifically of which do you speak...
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it must be imsure once i join the army im going to make a lil speach about cannabis and making it legal.
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Do you think weed will ever be legal?
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Originally Posted by maik
If you know about the US Constitution (and have read it), and the US's part as a member of the international community, the following is already known to you
Currently, the way the US Constitution is written, marijuana CANNOT be made legal, and the US is bound by the Constitution to KEEP marijuana illegal.
It would take a Constitutional amendment, at the present time, to make marijuana legal.
For the same reason that it is illegal, the US is required to maintain some sort of punishment even if decriminalized.
Manufacture and distribution, CANNOT be decriminalized, under the Constitution, while in the US, possession is able to be decriminalized.
Also,
I'm not going to slam Emery, but what he's doing now is hardly "positive".
I WISH that marijuana was legal, starting yesterday. In the meanwhile, I'm hiding.
Nowhere in the U.S. constitution does it say pot is illegal, nor in any Amendment to the Constitution. It's a federal law. The best thing that can be done right now, is to repeal the federal law, and leave it up to the states to decide.
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For all intents and purposes, weed could almost be considered legal already, in places like california. I have bros there and from what I gather if the cops catch you with tree, the worst they''ll usually do is make you dump it out. I've also heard that there is a law there that forbids the police from making campaigns to route out weed an arrest those who posess it, which I think is smart. They should be worried about murders going down in south central, not about a couple of college kids who have some plants in their pockets.
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Not until I am very old. Medical purposes are definitely the path to legalization. If a majority of people get recommendations in the states that currently offer it then it will create enough pressure to allow other states to follow.
If you live in a state that allows medical recommendations then it is your obligation to try to obtain one.
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simple fact: when you read the news articles about how USA is growing and selling BILLIONS of dollars of weed every year, and is possibly the country's #1 cash crop, that should tell you it WON'T be legalized ... if the government doesn't want it legal, and the growers/dealers don't want it legal (prices would fall thru the floor) ... it just ain't gonna happen ... as they say, "follow the money" ... I've been active in this 'legalize MJ' crowd for MANY years, (I'm old) and we are FARTHER from legalization, not closer ... :smokin:
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yes, more americans smoke marijuana now than ever, more start, more find out that it isn't as intense/harmful as alcohol, despite what they've been told their entire lives. It's becoming less and less of a secret...younger people are someday going to be making the decisions, it wont be too much longer..
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Originally Posted by Nochowderforyou
In America? Never. :)
They are too fixated on trying to control everyone there, by that I mean giving drug tests when no needed and doing testing in some schools.
I think the people will end up losing control before it is legalized there.
Maybe when the dinosaur politicians die off, some younger ones from this generation will come through and changes might take place, but in the next 50 years or so, I just don't see it happening.
ya thats pretty much my same view on it.
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I don't know about America, but cannabis will probably be legal in Norway in a few years. And how do I know that? My weedsmoking sister had a very interesting conversation with a cop (!) about legislation when she was caught with hash in her posession (she had to pay a fine). The cop said that it would probably be legal within 7 years! :D And this was over a year ago. When it's coming from a police officer there has got to be some truth to it.
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Lets have a world wide hemp fest!
World wide !!!
:rastasmoke::jointsmile::rasta::pimp:
pot is harmless!
:jointsmile:
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2038 it will be legal. Perhaps a few years before.
Legalize it.
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It will become legal; it's all just a matter of time, education, and nationwide understanding. I can't remember the exact figures, but something like 48% of Americans over the age of eighteen have tried marijuana, and/or use it on a semi-regular basis. That's roughly 150 million Americans who are technically "criminals" in the eyes of the federal government. But many of those Americans are federal officials, too. Many are doctors. Many are lawyers. Most are otherwise law-abiding citizens, leading otherwise normal lives...with one exception, they don't fall prey to the rhetoric and taboo revolving around the use of this "illicit & dangerous" drug.
Luckily, studies are scientifically disproving many of the remaining myths about the dangers of marijuana, and more and more respected members of society are starting to passionately defend it's use as a beneficial medicine. On the flip side, there's still the endless debate over restitution for those convicted of marijuana related criminal charges...what would become of the monumental DEA task force, who for the last seventy some-odd years, have been assigned to harass peaceful pot smokers...how the government would regulate the manufacture of what will inevitably be an enormous cash-crop...etcetera, and so forth.
Alcohol was illegal for a time, until the government and citizens realized that it could be regulated and monetized upon. This helped to eliminate the black market, and of course, led to the repeal of the prohibition. But which, in everyone's opinion, is the more dangerous substance: alcohol, or THC? Pretty much all of these kinds of studies have remained pretty conclusive. If something that can destroy your liver/esophagus/brain/possibly even life, can be wholeheartedly approved for responsible use...why can't something that's continually proven to be harmless - sometimes even useful - get the same preferential treatment by the government?
Remember, we're not here for the good of the government...the government is here defend & represent us, her citizens. We do have a voice. We just need to help more people understand that, and we all need to use it.
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Originally Posted by the image reaper
simple fact: when you read the news articles about how USA is growing and selling BILLIONS of dollars of weed every year, and is possibly the country's #1 cash crop, that should tell you it WON'T be legalized ... if the government doesn't want it legal, and the growers/dealers don't want it legal (prices would fall thru the floor) ... it just ain't gonna happen ... as they say, "follow the money" ... I've been active in this 'legalize MJ' crowd for MANY years, (I'm old) and we are FARTHER from legalization, not closer ... :smokin:
Very valid point, but my girlfriend makes a counter that I thought I should note. This is going to be lengthy, so light one up and relax for a few :)
While the governement does rake in billions of dollars annually on seizing properties/assets/money of those affiliated with MJ use, they then have to spend even more housing/taking care of these individuals in the prison system. Last I had heard, it cost over $18,000 to house one individual in a prison per year, if they don't get sick/assualted/hurt (which never happens, lol).
The government also pays a lot of money for extra police/task forces designed only to fight MJ, such as police choppers/cameras, narcs, k9 units, infrared cameras, etc. What about the extra workers at customs that check for our seeds manually every day. I bet that all of these poeple make plenty of money. Shouldn't customs be worried about more important things?
I don't think that the government makes money off of MJ use. The only people that are pulling a profit are the ones selling it.
She believes that it is still illegal for a couple of reasons. Since the baby boomers (people born in the 20's and 30's) were born into a world where everyone told them MJ was the devils weed/evil/etc, they don't know anything else. When these extremist's are out of office or dying of old age, they will be replaced by our generation. This generation is not as oblivious or gullable into believing that MJ is harmful, because we KNOW that it is not. We have seen our mothers and fathers grow and smoke for 40+ years without cancers/brain damage. We aren't stupid enough to believe EVERYTHING we hear (an advertiser loves gullable folk). It actually makes me laugh when an 80 year old senator calls all MJ users TERRORISTS, hahahaha lol. Do you think this person has any idea of what reality is? Who gave this moron any power?
Also, the state governments are starting to realize that any issue not covered in the constitution is supposed to be STATE regulated. She believes that as more states go against the FDA's judgement about MJ being an un-usable drug, and we have atleast 25 states with a MMJ policy (1/2 the states), we will see a push federally (AFTER any elections) to let each individual state decide its own policies against MJ use. She also believes that more and more politicians know that MJ is harmless, but especially during election periods, these folks are pushed by party affiliates to not commit "political suicide" and endorce MJ use.
Even though the US is no where near the top as far as population, we have the highest prison population in the world. We are ignorant and stupid to hold MJ users here, because it is an expensive waste of resources, and CRUEL AND UNUSUAL punishment. These people are held in close proximity to real drug users, murderers, and rapists. These criminals hurt/use/and abuse (rape) MJ users... "Penalties against a drug should not be more dangerous to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of marijuana." President Jimmy Carter
As the government wastes billions of dollars annually on this war on drugs (specifically MJ) there is no curb in usage or the availability. Most teenagers admit openly that it is easier to score a dime bag than a bottle of beer. Tell the government to stop using your tax dollars on this war, and other wars that you may or may not be against :-p (no comment on this thread, lol)
The more that MJ use is socially acceptable, the better chance that we have of legalization. As long as MJ users keep acting responsibly, and destinguishing themselves apart from real drug users, more and more of the public will know the truth.
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it will end up legal to use, but illegal to grow so the man can make all the money off of it.
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Wouldnt it be awesome to go to the gas station and pick up a sack
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No way in Hell! To many pharmaceutical companies and politicians make huge amounts of money from the drug war.
It will never happen in America.
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Never ever ever ever ever ever. Ever.
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Originally Posted by BUDhha
i want it to but i voted no. if it does though it will be a LONG LONG time from now.
Why did you vote no? I just have to know. Was it out of fear?
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No, I don't think it ever will. This country has made such a negative image about marijuana labeling it as a "gateway" drug. The commercials of kids being high and being so dazed they run a kid over coming out of a drive-thru or shooting a gun that they think is not real are prime examples of how far the government has gone to make pot look bad. Like someone said, MAYBE they would decriminalize it but NEVER make it legal. In the governments eyes it would just be the next step to making crack legal.
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Nah, the U.S. doesnt like the thought of having a drug that can ACTUALLY change a person's state of mind, in such small quantities. Beer for example, takes quite a bit to actaully change the mental state of being. Although, there was a prohibition on that and they removed it. i guess maybe theres hope.
I gotta say, im ok with it being illegal at this point tho, adds to the thrill. if it was legal everyone would be doing it, and it just wouldnt be the same.
im sure ill get some shit for that.
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here is why they should not legalize weed
Big tobacco companies like R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris will take weed mass produce it up the fucking ass and make it into total shit
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Originally Posted by Lucifuge
I see decriminalization happening , but legalization? No, not for a looong time.
i agree with this person..
but its up to the people and who they vote for and how much people get involved and voice themselfs
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I believe it should be legal. I hear ya on the "corruption" tip, but the way I look at it, we'll have options. You can go to the store now and buy factory produced vegetables, or you can go to a farmer's market where private individuals bring their goods to sell. I would hope that if it is ever legalized, it will be on the same level as that. You could run up to the 7/11 and pick up some with preservatives and additives, or you can run down the the local "growers" market and pick up the pure shit. Or hell, GROW YOUR OWN!!! :thumbsup:
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hope so , like people have said its up to who we vote for and such
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holy shit Mayack419, you have a trippy ass avatar:Tomcat::buzz_saw::icon506:
im baked
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Originally Posted by HyeCobra
here is why they should not legalize weed
Big tobacco companies like R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris will take weed mass produce it up the fucking ass and make it into total shit
I dont kno about that, I have a feeling taht if it were to ever become legal in the US, there would be a hell of a tax on it.
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If it ever is made legal. I doubt they will sell it as they would cigs man. They would allow it to be strictly medical and only. California has the system pretty well covered. They should expand it more. The problem with pot is it effects people differently and people do it to; get fucked up, high, pain relief, medical. Some reasons wouldn't be legit, it fucks some people up to much and they do it anyway. Also if it was made legal, the Cartels and Mafias that bring it in would become those most powerful people on earth.