EVERYONE WHO IS FOR LEGALIZATION NEEDS TO READ THIS!

[m4ster chef]

This is a site i found while reading the link that one of you guys gave in a post about LEAP. This is EXCELLENT material and it should be thouroughly read, TOP TO BOTTOM. This is some of the best material i have seen in a long time.


http://www.drugwardistortions.org/NO...eport_2005.pdf

m4ster chef Reviewed by m4ster chef on 04-03-2006. EVERYONE WHO IS FOR LEGALIZATION NEEDS TO READ THIS! This is a site i found while reading the link that one of you guys gave in a post about LEAP. This is EXCELLENT material and it should be thouroughly read, TOP TO BOTTOM. This is some of the best material i have seen in a long time. http://www.drugwardistortions.org/NORML_Truth_Report_2005.pdf Rating: 5

[Kitty Kat]

Thanks for the info!

[m4ster chef]

Knowing the facts and being able to use them in arguments and or discussions is the only way we will ever be able to change people's mind's about marijuana and its use.

Through intelligent argument and reasoning, I myself have changed several people's minds, including my highly conservative grandfather.

Alcohol has been proven, time and time again to be the most overall detrimental substance (drug) available. It is also the cause of more accidents than any other drug and it is responsible for about 45,000 deaths a year and tobacco is responsible for about 440,000 deaths a year.

so stick that in your pipe and schmoke it...lol

[robert42]

but weed kills

[tadaa]

Knowing the facts and being able to use them in arguments and or discussions is the only way we will ever be able to change people's mind's about marijuana and its use.

Through intelligent argument and reasoning, I myself have changed several people's minds, including my highly conservative grandfather.

Alcohol has been proven, time and time again to be the most overall detrimental substance (drug) available. It is also the cause of more accidents than any other drug and it is responsible for about 45,000 deaths a year and tobacco is responsible for about 440,000 deaths a year.

so stick that in your pipe and schmoke it...lol

I think the problem here is most people, including ourselves, miss the big picture. The big picture is that the people who are in control of this country, and will always be in control of this country(I'm not referring to any 1 political party, it's a combined effort of both), don't want marijuana legalized, therefore it never will be.

You changed a few peoples minds, don't get me wrong-that's good, but the government changed 200,000 peoples minds today with a commercial they showed. See my point? I've said it time and time again on this board, it comes down to money, MARIJUANA WILL NEVER BE LEGAL IN THE UNITED STATES. Money drives this country, why would any government that's driven by money legalize something that will COST them money? Simple, they won't ever do it, period.

It doesn't matter how fucked up it is, this government is a piece of shit. They could care less about you or me, lets be honest here. This may be a good country, and I'm glad to be here, but I sure as hell wouldn't call it "great".

[m4ster chef]

Yes, weed kills. But in a ratio compared to alcohol it is about 1 to 6000 to cause death (one being one unit, enough to get one person "high", the one unit being about a fifth of an eighth of 5 percent THC marijuana), while alcohol has a 1--6 to 1--10 ratio, depending on the person.

And yes, i know you were joking, but there are people who might actually take that seriously.

[m4ster chef]

I have no doubts that it will be legalized. Every year there are about 750,000 people arrested for marijuana.

The war on drugs is a 69 billion dollar a year debachle (if that's spelled right) that has been going on for about 30 years. It costs as much money every year as that first major attack on Iraq. The gov't cannot ignore the increasing use and availability of it, nor can it ignore the significant amount of taxes that could be generated from it.

[rastabill89]

thx man that was a good read

[m4ster chef]

I thought it was a very easy to read and very well put together report with all sources well documented and links to many of them. I dare someone to argue that report down.

[zephyrinne]

That's a good read, thanks man!

I'm hoping within the next couple decades or so that marijuana will be legalized. However, it never will be until people, the average American, wises up and seeks out information on the drug.

The reasons that it will be so hard to legalize is just because the government can't regulate it, like they can tobacco or alcohol. Because weed is so easy to grow, anyone can do it. Therefore they wouldn't be able to tax those who grow personally. BUT if it were legal, the gov't could get so much money by taxing it, because you know most people would probably buy the commercial stuff, so I don't know why they don't think about that. Or maybe they do.. ?

And besides, politicians and big business, pharmacutical (sp?) companies are all deep in each others pockets with campaigns monies. Don't think these huge companies don't know the benefits of marijuana.. they do. That's why they work so hard to keep it illegal... So people will continue to buy their overpriced and overprescribed medications.