First Draft

[Void]

I really don't care if its legalized.I enjoy making private calls to my dealer, smoking in my house safely with my friends or in safe PLACES ATLEAST.Orrrr smoking a nice joint before school everyday.Just don't be an idiot with your drug and you should be ok...I have been for the past 2 years.Now did I really need an essay for that?

[zooted999]

Okay, this is my final take on this.

I understand, at 15 years old your convinced you can right a wrong all by yourself because the world, although sometimes messy, really is a just place where Democracy overrules any unfair laws.

I'm sorry to have to be the one to break it to you man, but I would venture out and say that 99% of the time, this isn't true. Individually, you can't make enough noise to change anything besides your curfew hours-- understand that, to change a national law, you need millions of supporters, not just your friends from high school.

I'm asking you to look at this rationally, and take as little offense as you can:
1)You refuse to take the only criticism you get, and this from SUPPORTERS. What about the people who are actually AGAINST legalization?

2) You won't admit fault to something as trivial as plagiarism. This sort of immaturity will cause your point to be overlooked. The fact that your only 15 doesn't help.

3) Just because the paper might be a good paper for a 15 year old, that doesn't mean that it's a good paper overall.

Finally, there's this:
Do you know what makes a good activist? Someone willing to pay for what he believes in. An activist capable of change is the one willing to serve life in prison, be publicly denounced and/or be willing to put aside anything he's worked for, just so that he can support what he believes in. Honestly, are you willing to risk jail time which would consequently damage your chances at a stable job? Are you willing to put aside whatever your parents have done for you simply so you can follow something you believe in? Somehow, I don't think so. I think it's easier to sit back, write one essay and claim to be an activist-- this is fine, by all means, we need open-minded people willing to speak out, but be realistic... understand that your more likely to get drug tested for such a paper than to actually change the mind of even 1 anti-pot person, let alone the national law that plagues this country.

Be practical. Be rational.

[TheAtomicPunk]

Yea, but even though i dont want to sound like an idiot. We're(the US) 6 trillion in debt right now. Tax it bitch! We need cash!

[Void]

Okay, this is my final take on this.

I understand, at 15 years old your convinced you can right a wrong all by yourself because the world, although sometimes messy, really is a just place where Democracy overrules any unfair laws.

I'm sorry to have to be the one to break it to you man, but I would venture out and say that 99% of the time, this isn't true. Individually, you can't make enough noise to change anything besides your curfew hours-- understand that, to change a national law, you need millions of supporters, not just your friends from high school.

I'm asking you to look at this rationally, and take as little offense as you can:
1)You refuse to take the only criticism you get, and this from SUPPORTERS. What about the people who are actually AGAINST legalization?

2) You won't admit fault to something as trivial as plagiarism. This sort of immaturity will cause your point to be overlooked. The fact that your only 15 doesn't help.

3) Just because the paper might be a good paper for a 15 year old, that doesn't mean that it's a good paper overall.

Finally, there's this:
Do you know what makes a good activist? Someone willing to pay for what he believes in. An activist capable of change is the one willing to serve life in prison, be publicly denounced and/or be willing to put aside anything he's worked for, just so that he can support what he believes in. Honestly, are you willing to risk jail time which would consequently damage your chances at a stable job? Are you willing to put aside whatever your parents have done for you simply so you can follow something you believe in? Somehow, I don't think so. I think it's easier to sit back, write one essay and claim to be an activist-- this is fine, by all means, we need open-minded people willing to speak out, but be realistic... understand that your more likely to get drug tested for such a paper than to actually change the mind of even 1 anti-pot person, let alone the national law that plagues this country.

Be practical. Be rational.

Word.He took a more professional approach then I did, and I applaud that.

[lizka4200]

I DONT THINK YOU SHOULD COMPARE IT SO MUCH TO OTHER DRUGS THAT ARE LEGAL CAUSE IT WILL JUST MAKE THEM SAY OO WELL THEY SHOULD BE ILLEGAL TOO....YOU SHOULD WRITE MORE ABOUT WHY IT IS GOOD HOW IT WILL HELP..YOU KNOW BETTER THAN ME. I REALLY WANT TO PRINT IT..BUT I DONT THINK ITS DONE YET..ND I SUCK SO I CANT DO IT

[P.E.N.G.U.I.N.]

the reason alcohol and tobacco are still legal is because of big business. think of how much money the big alcohol and tobacco companies rake in a year, then think of how much tax is placed over both of them. alcohol and tobacco will never be illegal as long as they're popular enough to bring in billions of tax dollars

[TheAtomicPunk]

What's our solution here? Are we giving up? Fixing it up again? or printing it!?

[P.E.N.G.U.I.N.]

my solution is print this version and spread it. I DID NOT PLAGUIRIZE ANYTHING! when i worked on that essay the only internet window i had open was for the cannabis.com boards. print this version, spread it. then i, or whoever decides to take over for me because they think they can, will make another one with more information. it's hard enough to get people to read 1 page, let alone 5 or however many pages it'd take to write about every aspect of marijuana. so, unless the pessimists keep giving me shit, i'll keep going. oh, and zooted, i know i can't change the world and that it's very unlikely that my best efforts are going to get up to Capitol Hill. but...you've gotta take into account that this will catch the attention of people with better brains and bigger balls than i, and maybe they will do something about it. I need your help for it to get anywhere out of Tooele, UT though, and i don't think the One person who will eventually take the final stand and legalize marijuana is one of my peers. so help me out

[TheAtomicPunk]

Wow penguin, nice speech, well. im Heading down to ace hardware to copy them this weekend, then smoking an oz then on sunday, if i can still walk, going to the mall!