My simple reason why mary jane should be legal...

[ermitonto]

And that's exactly why the government would have such a hard time taxing it. Unlike tobacco, it's extremely easy to grow for almost anyone anywhere, and pot-smokers are wary enough of the tobacco companies that they would have a very good reason to do that if weed were legalized. Heck, I wouldn't just grow it in my backyard. I'd plant seeds everywhere I went, to spread the plant as far and wide as I could. With so much homegrown stuff about, it would be very difficult for a few companies to dominate its market as with tobacco. I suspect most of the people who didn't grow on their own would just go to the existing local growers, who would just move their operations above-ground.

[sMOkeY bOB]

There is no scientific evidence that it is physically addicting

IM ADDICTED TO WEED AND I LOVE IT

[sMOkeY bOB]

ok ur all guna look down on me and frown but i dont think weed shuld or will ever be legal,
for the simple fact that its too easy to grow ur own just look at the evidence all over this website, the government would have absolutely no control over the drug at all,
the only benefit of making it legal would be that u could walk down to the dairy and buy it, but why when you can grow ur own,
sure not all peeple have that option but as like me i buy it (im also growing), if it were legalised then people couldnt make money off it, i no a few peeple live off the sales of mj, if it were legalised they would have no income

[eddievanzant]

it's all america's fault anyway.

[zooted999]

the only benefit of making it legal would be that u could walk down to the dairy and buy it

Are you serious? Have you forgotten about the black market that would die out, the kids who wouldn't turn to drug dealing and the drug-related gang violence that would suddenly cease?

Forget cannabis, legalize every drug. Period.

[MightyFourTwenty]

There's probably something I'm not taking into account, since it seems so simple to me but anyways:

If you can legalize alcohol, and you can legalize tobacco, why the hell can't you legalize weed?

For starters, alcohol and cigarettes play huge factors in the economy: so would weed. I'm just trying to ask why the world is so scared about weed. In my experience an overdose of alcohol is infinitely worse than an overdose of THC. Plus weed doesn't have nicotine or anything its not physically addictive like crack or cigarettes are.

And then of course, it has medicinal uses. What the hell is so wrong with weed?

Nothing's wrong with weed. However, if it were legal, it would hold a huge monopoly over the anti-depressants market, the fuel market (as hemp can be used to create an inexpensive vast amounts of feul), and various other markets (ie, paper industries). Obviously, marijuana is cheap, easy to grow, and can be grown in large amounts. If it were legal, someone would capitalize on it, and gas prices would not remain $2.50-$3.00 a gallon. Seeing as how Bush likes to make his money, especially from the Oil industry, I doubt it will become legalized with him in office. Soon though; I'm predicting in the next 10 years it'll be legalized. :thumbsup:

[MightyFourTwenty]

And yes, WEED is addicting. As for Medicinal Uses, you have people (mostly people that smoke) that say it is good. while others say it is bad.

Actually, weed is not addicting. Try doing some independant research on it. I myself stopped cold turkey after smoking for two years on a nearly daily basis, stopped for over a year, and didn't lose any sleep over need for marijuana. I have never known anyone "addicted" to marijuana in any way. Yes, there are everyday smokers, but that's not the same as being "addicted."

I want to see some research results proving it's psychologically addicting. If it's from the DSM-IV, don't bother, because they've been sketchy various times, ie for years they said that being gay was a mental disorder.

So, a challenge. Find proof (scientific research) that marijuana is addicting either physically or psychologically from a none-biased source, and present it to us on these forums.

[daves19]

Have people in this thread ever went to amsterdam?? Please tell me, does everyone grow out there and is the situation under control or not?? I never went there but heard great storie of a certain balance about decriminalisation...The one who told me his trip down there is a serious young adult achieving his "doctorat: in electro biochemical something, or i f you prefer, he's a smart assss...So my point, would decriminalisation would be a smoother aproach to start with??

[hempman666]

dude wen i turn 18 im goin to amsterdam and i think its my body i can do wateva i want to it it shouldnt b the governments choice that weed is illegal it sholuld b ours

[MullManiac]

But if tobbaco and alcohole were illigal today would they be legalised?

The gov wants to make alcohole and cigs illigal but there just way too many people who use them.

If they legalised weed they would never be able to make it illigal again for the same reasons so there playing it safe.