Quote Originally Posted by JohnnyII
Well, seeing what is happening in Canada, I've lost optimism in it being legalized in my lifetime. I wouldn't ever put money on marijuana being legalized, at least in the US. Sure I'd love for it to be, but the way the framers of the Constitution set up our system of "overwhelming precedent" in order to change something requires about 70-80% of the people to support it over a long period of time in order for the changes to go into effective law. This was intended in order to avoid putting "swings in public opinion" into law. Unfortunately, this is also why it will be soooooooo hard to legalize marijuana.
that's definitely the reason why it's currently illegal; too many people still misunderstand it. That's why I think the better goal is to influence public opinion rather than focus on writing to politicians or lobbying. Al Gore couldn't seem to make it happen for the environmental cause during his political years, but one cogent film escalated environmental awareness so much that the majority of public opinion has shifted, and government and big business is responding to current consumer mentality. It's much more likely that we can convince other citizens about the absurdity of mj laws than influence legislators.


Plus, by the time they figure out how to administer THC and other cannabinoids efficiently, if marijuana isn't legal yet, it would never be legal. Why would you need marijuana if you had a perfect pharmaceutical counterpart to it? The marijuana legalization movement's greatest fear is a "perfect Marinol." Because if they did invent one, politicians who were pro-legalization would be clearly just trying to legalize for recreation use, and that just sounds bad to the American public.
I've never thought of this before. I just figured the pharmaceutical companies wanted to perpetuate myths about weed to keep people from thinking about benefits of mj. maybe both
burnable Reviewed by burnable on . Naysayers "Marijuana will never be legalized." "I like Ron Paul, I actually agree with everything he says, but he has no chance in hell of winning." I believe we can repeal all the federal marijuana laws in the United States. I believe medical marijuana will eventually be made legal, decriminalized, and eventually completely legal, regulated like alcohol and tobacco in all states. I know we have to work to do this. Rating: 5