Why cannabis SHOULDN'T be legalized

[ringo420]

Well I haveread it all, One this plant as all plants were put here for our use now I have to agree with Ms.W I put in 70 hour a week on my feet running all day and eve and I smoke weed every day. I find it calms my ADhD enough that I can focus on multiple areas at once as well and remember them all. Losing your memory from pot not true If One of my sou chefs asks me where something is I can tell them from where I am standing exactly which room which self How foar up all. So if you dont take the time to reserch your opinion from both sides thoughroughly you are still living in ignorance.

[LIP]

Cannabis should be legalised.

We are paying taxes, no one can diaagree. Ok?

Right, well all of that money is being used to arrest people, like us, for smoking cannabis. some are getting longer sentences than some rapists.

Thats sick, the government is wasting our money, putting people behind bars for harming no one.

Cannabis has been proved to have some medicinal valvues, and it can help with energy saving and all the shizzle dizzle that goes along with it.

Cannabis definatly should be legalised. Theres no 2 ways about it.

Your not a pig are you?

[gman420]

you might find this interesting

http://www.prohibitioncosts.org

[harmonicminor]

lol for once Lip I agree with ya
I smell bacon

[jamstigator]

It was only made illegal because of greed and racism, and keeping it illegal keeps the U.S. as the developed country with the highest percentage of incarcerated individuals, many of whom are imprisoned because of non-violent drug charges like possession. If you think about it, an incarcerated person is worse for the country/government/economy than a dead person. The thousands who die from cancer caused by cigarettes or in auto accidents caused by alcohol are DEAD and they don't cost the government anything more than their lost worker productivity. The incarcerated have that cost too PLUS the cost of feeding, clothing, sheltering and guarding them.

There's also the cost of maintaining the drug war. Some studies suggest that cost has reached a trillion dollars now. A trillion dollars! If we'd invested that money in Social Security, then Social Security would be solvent now. Basically, it appears as if we traded the ability to keep our elderly healthy for the ability to imprison more of our young. Nice trade! And what do we have to show for the drug war, anyway? Not much. It's easier to get pot (and most all other drugs too) now than it was when the drug war began. We DO have a ton of people imprisoned now, and that is pretty much all our trillion dollars has bought us. I suppose if you work in the prison security field then the drug war has been a boon, but otherwise...

Cannabis should be treated as alcohol, not worse. Treating it as a Schedule I drug like heroin is simply insane.

[The Figment]

You Want to get the "Crime" out of drugs? take the money out of the equation...No more Smugglers(Who also carry guns) No More Dealers(Who also sell other and more damaging Substances) No moer "Drug War" (A total Waste of MY Tax Money) No More "Cartels" Ect..You get the point.

If you think some of us dont know what we are talking about,I made my living for many a year sellin,smugglin an doing anything you can think of with weed an acid (You know us Deadheads) Made LOTS of money...Had fun too...Now I have the fuckin Feddys up my Wifes ass fer gettin stopped inna her car with 151 pounds...you think pot shold not be legal? the money spent on the "Drug War" in the last 10 years would buy Everybody in New Orleans A New House!

[canucktoker]

"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."


Hows that? The same percent of 19 year olds drink in america now as in places where its legal. Instead of at the bar, where there are bouncers to ensure some type of safety, kids drink unsupervised in outdoor or house parties. It causes MORE drinking and driving. If i try stumbling out of bar while jingling my keys i get forcably put in cab. No one cares if you leave bush party drunk. No one will stop the fights or the rapes there either. A 21 year old drinking age is moronic, its failed as a law, and only the usa has an age that high.



"Medical? Is there really medical benefits? Or is it just an excuse for potheads and old people to get high?"


Quit being a pawn of the pharmaceutical industry, all their sleeping pills and depression meds dont even come close to the benefits of pot.


"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!) "



I think most pot use is medicinal. Its a herb, people should be able to use it for anything they want, and not have to justify to you.



"Yet a non smoker from a completely different forum said: "Amsterdam is full of whores and potheads! It's disgusting!" "


Its full of pot heads because its the only place like that on earth. Who cares about hookers? Are you gay? A jesus freak? People want to fuck a hooker go ahead, at least its contained in one area, people in holland dont have crack whores turning tricks in front of their kids school. There was a red lite long before there was a coffee shop, its the oldest profession on earth.




"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. "



So? Grad school is full of stoners with A averages. Lots of people drop out of school and never touch pot. Pot has nothing to do with you being a failure. It sure helped me acheive success in school. Blame yourself for your own failures, stop scapgoating pot or booze. School in north america is laughably easy.


"Maybe they simply don't want the country to be full of potheads who stay home all the time."


I never stay home. I go to the weed cafe, or just out. Snowboarding, biking, the beach. Stop with the old stereotypes, i know alot of pot heads who are in great shape, the dont stay home eating chips and playing vids.


"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. "


No i am thinking i want to take away money from organized crime and get law enforcement to fight real actual crime. Like the murder rape robbery theft, i can think of lots of stuff the cops could be doing. I am also sick of paying for drug war with my taxes, if that makes me greedy, you can kiss my ass. I already have all the weed i want, it wont affect my life to be able to go to store and get it, but there are lots of people who are sick and cant get it.



"It's already all over the news these days. Kids are abusing salvia. Salvia IS becoming an issue. "


Wow you are easy to lead. A few media outlets create an artifical scare about sally d and now its an issue? I havent heard any real citizens act concerned, just politicans and cops. People dont abuse salvia, even people who like it. It sounds nice, but its just media hysteria, and u buy into it, sad.

[newactivist]

Pride, read www.jackherer.com to get a understanding of why criminalization is a bad idea and always was. Skip through the conspiracy stuff and it has a massive amount of good info. Anyone against the decriminalization of this plant needs to look up a device called the decorticator. Very interesting and informative read.

We also had this same discussion on a board in Nevada. Skipping through it will also give you some basic highlights.

http://apps.nevadaappeal.com/na_poll...e=flat&order=1

[newactivist]

Oops, wrong link.

http://apps.nevadaappeal.com/na_poll...thread&order=0

[LIP]

lol for once Lip I agree with ya
I smell bacon

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