Why cannabis SHOULDN'T be legalized

[mattmao]

well said lip.no victim no crime!!

[Air]

4:20 on the Quad News : Boulder Daily Camera

Because there are mi,llions of people like this...... We have a sticking time bomb of aggrivated cannabis users.... How long will prohibition last untill the dam breaks? who knows

[ZeldaG.]

Medical alcohol

acutally alcohol can be used as medicine in a way...

[LIP]

acutally alcohol can be used as medicine in a way...

Yep, it can! When i was 10 hours old i had to have something done - and i was too young for anesthetic so the nurse gave me 4 drips of brandy off her little finger. Not that i can remember it, but that's medicinal alcohol. And that's why i love brandy these days. Hardly ever drink it though.

[ZeldaG.]

well if i ever do ill be thinking of you :wtf: lol

edit: drink brandy that is...

[jahjahjahjah]

I have a friend who likes to smoke up but actually he hates the living shit out of weed and thinks its ruining the world (he continues to smoke cause he's addicted). I decided to post his opinions but mine as well.

Anyway, we already have tobacco and alcohol problems in this country. Why should we legalize another drug? This country is well known for being stupid with drugs and abusing drugs. Do we really need another drug to legalize?
Freedom of choice? It's gonna cost this country a lot just to do so.

Medical? Is there really medical benefits? Or is it just an excuse for potheads and old people to get high?
If medical weed is legalized, then people can cure their back problems while at work. It's not like their back pains won't return. Then they'll be too stoned to work and it'll all be legal and will cause a slow down in this country.

Expensive pills not working? Side effects?
He thinks that patients are lying and just want weed to get high.
As harsh as it sounds, we cannot just ignore these things.
I've read posts from some of you that are trying to bullshit your doctors to get a medical card (YOU know who YOU are!)

Statistics in other countries?
One pot head said "Look at Amsterdam, they're doing fine!"
Yet a non smoker from a completely different forum said: "Amsterdam is full of whores and potheads! It's disgusting!"
Plus, we're not Amsterdam. In fact, we can't even let alone handle alcohol that we had to push the drinking age to 21. We saved 20,000 lives a year just for doing that.

Many of you think the government just wants money, doesn't want us to know the truth, etc. But perhaps they're keeping weed illegal for a perfectly better reason than what you think. Maybe they simply don't want the country to be full of potheads who stay home all the time. I admit they go out of control sometimes, but so can potheads anyway.

I am not for keeping it illegal, or legalizing it. But rather I'm just a curious George asking questions. Don't be mad and flame me, but rather try to think and reason. All I see are 'LEGALIZE IT' threads, but there's never a topic that questions the bad parts of weed. There's a bad side of everything. We should discuss it. I see way too many threads on people failing and dropping out of school because they skip school and get high. We cannot toss that aside.

It'd be great if weed became legal and I can easily go to a store and get weed and peacefully smoke it at home. That's what we all think. But maybe we're thinking for ourselves and just want to get high.

Maybe we should look at the bigger picture?

Please reply and tell me your thoughts.
Again keep in mind, I'm not for legalizing, nor for keeping it illegal. But I think this is a very important topic to discuss.
Another thing though, this is probably like posting why pirating stuff is ok on a warez forum. But I still want your opinions.
Thanks.

First i'd tell your friend he's a fucking idiot, 2nd i think Dr. Lester Kennith Grinspoon Associate professor of Psychiatry and medicine at Harvard has a lot more credibility then him, This professor is responsible for some of the worlds finest Pharmicuticals available on the drug market today, and he still says cannabis is the # 1 medicine ever created. Another thing marijuana isn't addictive it's the idiot who is using it who is weak minded and has an addictive personality, like those crazy assholes who smoke ciggz.

[rebgirl420]

weed helped me when i had cancer THATS why it should be legalized

[Emmm]

The main issue is that weed was illegalized for no good reason, but now the government sees no good reason to legalize it either. The day our government comes to terms with the fact that the "war on drugs" is a useless, gaping money-pit, then maybe our dear mary-jane will become regulated rather than banned.

[xblackdogx]

doctor's don't prescribe weed often because THEY don't get paid when they give you the card, unlike pills. Yes, doctors get tens of thousands of dollars every month FROM prescribing pills.

[LaidZeppelin]

The problem is that its illegality is a waste of tax payers money...So many people use marijuana its insane. I told a high school senior that according to the DEA statistics 40% of high school seniors use marijuana before they graduate....she laughed and said "ha, try about 90%". The drug war isn't stoping the supply or demand for the drug. It cost about 20k to keep a guy locked up for a year (funny that 20k is above what the government considers the poverty line but thats a whole nother topic) and in many states we are handing out felony convictions, which lead to citizens getting out of jail and not being able to find jobs, start selling again, and wind up in jail...this creates a life long criminal cycle...Look at alchohol, you need to be 21 to get it, this makes it very difficult for high school kids to get, but since drug dealers dont care who they sell to its the drug of choice for HS kids. If you believe it is a dangerous drug than you should be for legalization so that the government can better keep it out of th hands of our youth. I support a marijuana policy that would pretty much miror that of alchohol, you need to be 21 because it is an intoxicant like alchohol. yeah you smoke it but it isnt a ciggarette. Lets see what other ammo do I have.
It drives me crazy that more people don't realize how much money is wasted on trying to stop a plant, it sort of reminds me of that line from jarasic park when Jeff goldblum say "nature finds a way". Since it is a plant its easy to grow, so people grow it inside, guerilla grow it, whatever.
I think more people who dont smoke or agree with marijuana should be outraged at how the DEA and many local governments continue a failed policy that doesnt work, its up to people to demand results from the drug war instead of funding apolicy that produses no results, i think the annual DEA dollar fugures for their weed war is 18 billion(probably wrong on that, but deff in the billions)...now im all for shutting down coke manufacturers, and meth labs...these drugs dealers target individuals create a physical addiction and don't stop until the user is almost dead or dead. Marijuana is totally different.

I also hate the propoganda around marijuana, the DEA wants to paint every pot smoker as a useless dead beat...well you know what i work my ass off at work and school all day and when i come home i wanna relax the way I like too. My boss today said she wish she could clone me cause im such a hard worker....and guess what? america is addicted to mcDonalds but you dont see legislation to stop people from killing themselves with food. I get tired at looking at so many fat asses here in the states but a cheesburger from mcdonalds is worse than a joint in my oppinion.

Yes it does have medicinal value... this is a no brainer. The government hardly lets anyone do research on it, wonder why...cause the more research that comes out the less harmful we find out it is...Also if it were legal people wouldnt have to smoke it all the time they could eat it or cook with it, people dont do that now cause its too expensive. The only one profiting off the drug war are drug dealers. Its not even about how dangerous it is, its about wasting money on a policy that does nothing, either revamp the drug war or stop trying....this is Bush Iraq logic, dont quit just keep loading barrels of money onto the flaming cars in hopes that the money will snuff out the flames.