Would legalising weed really be better??

[Oneironaut]

I don't even think heroin and meth should be illegal. People are going to use them whether they are legal or not, and I don't think prisons are the solution. They should be manufactured in a safe, public environment and distributed in the safest possible manner so we can avoid all the meth lab explosions and AIDS-infected needles. And people who are addicted can be helped without the threat of being locked up in a cage because they're sick.

Oneironaut Reviewed by Oneironaut on 08-07-2006. Would legalising weed really be better?? Dont get me wrong, im a stern believer that it should, for reasons that you all know, and I cant be bothered to get into it... But dont you think there's something a bit fun about it bieng illegal? And who do you think would really benifit from the laws being changed. How much tax would they slap on??? I recon you could add on about 25% to what you're paying now... Keep tokin':rasta::thumbsup: Rating: 5

[Genuine17]

yes

[Captain Hanks]

before it was prohibited it cost 9 bucks for an ounce, prices will probably go up as most things do in this new day and age, but it probably would follow the tobacco pattern (5 bucks for 20 joints weighing in at .7 per joint), also people will be able grow them more openly and do alot more testing on the drug allowing in more understanding and higher levels of thc!

the only downside that i can think of, is that companies would do to the herb what they've done to tobacco... (add alot of cancerous chemicals that make it addicting)

heck, herb is so much easier to produce it would probably be less then 5 for a pack, more like 2.50$

[MistaPoleeseMan]

What you fail to realize, is that the government wouldnt let us have any weed that was 30-40 percent THC. It would be like beer. They would regulate the THC content in the name of "Public Safety".

Also, were it legal, people would just grow it. How can you tax a weed? It is essentially a weed that will grow anywhere under most any condition. And actually, the IRS sells stamps that you are supposed to buy if you sell drugs.

If you havent they will get you for tax evasion, which is worse than possesion of weed. The marijuana trade will never be regulated. How many of you buy tomatoes at the store? Out here in the south nobody buys anything from the store that grows in the ground. They do it themselves. The police make more money with weed being illegal.

And to the dude who started this thread, youre a fuck. Apparently you havent seen hundreds of your peers and family members locked away and arrested due to the illegal war on drugs. Ive lost hella freinds to the drug game. And you think that shits fun? Call me and tell me how much fun youre having when you get thrown in jail with abunch of real criminals who dont give two shits about your narrow ass.

[Oneironaut]

Also, were it legal, people would just grow it. How can you tax a weed? It is essentially a weed that will grow anywhere under most any condition.

Exactly. As Noam Chomsky put it, "One might ask why tobacco is legal and marijuana not. A possible answer is suggested by the nature of the crop. Marijuana can be grown almost anywhere, with little difficulty. It might not be easily marketable by major corporations. Tobacco is quite another story." If weed were legal, heck, I'd have plants growing all over my apartment. And so would many of my friends. We'd probably grow enough that we could just give it away or sell it extra cheap to all our friends, and it would probably be mostly under-the-table deals so the government wouldn't get a cut. There are very few modern industries that could be done almost entirely in ordinary households, but the marijuana industry is definitely one of them.

[shoi]

I don't even think heroin and meth should be illegal. People are going to use them whether they are legal or not, and I don't think prisons are the solution. They should be manufactured in a safe, public environment and distributed in the safest possible manner so we can avoid all the meth lab explosions and AIDS-infected needles. And people who are addicted can be helped without the threat of being locked up in a cage because they're sick.

o yes i agree completly that jails and such arenot the answer... also u can eliminate alot of risks, but i think many of these things arent good to have for similar reasons as alchohol

[Oneironaut]

Exactly, and they should be discouraged through proper education and peer pressure, not legislation and coercion. If we teach our kids about the real dangers of these drugs, they'll know not to do them if they want to avoid those risks. The problem is that currently we are just using scare tactics to try to steer people away from all drugs, which are lumped into a single category labeled "EVIL". This lack of real education about drugs is causing a huge problem: once people learn that not all drugs will instantly kill you or make you hopelessly addicted, they start to ignore the real dangers they should have been properly educated about and start doing meth and heroin and other things which can be really harmful.

And as far as heroin goes, I think legalizing opium could do a lot to lower heroin use. After all, who wants to shoot up when you can buy a pack of opium cigarettes from the local store? One reason heroin is so popular is because opiates are expensive and heroin gives you the biggest bang for your buck. If opium cigarettes were cheaply available, I think that would be a more popular and safer way for people to get their opiates.

[shoi]

Exactly, and they should be discouraged through proper education and peer pressure, not legislation and coercion. If we teach our kids about the real dangers of these drugs, they'll know not to do them if they want to avoid those risks. The problem is that currently we are just using scare tactics to try to steer people away from all drugs, which are lumped into a single category labeled "EVIL". This lack of real education about drugs is causing a huge problem: once people learn that not all drugs will instantly kill you or make you hopelessly addicted, they start to ignore the real dangers they should have been properly educated about and start doing meth and heroin and other things which can be really harmful.

And as far as heroin goes, I think legalizing opium could do a lot to lower heroin use. After all, who wants to shoot up when you can buy a pack of opium cigarettes from the local store? One reason heroin is so popular is because opiates are expensive and heroin gives you the biggest bang for your buck. If opium cigarettes were cheaply available, I think that would be a more popular and safer way for people to get their opiates.

YES!!!!
i have said this abt proper education many many times (not on this board however), i also feel this is a big reason marijuana is (or is labeled as) a gateway drug, once some one sees pot isnt even remotly how they were taught then they think "well maybe meth is the same"

also i find ur idea abt opiates very good... the only problem is if they are too cheap and such then that could lead to problems... but this goes back to proper education

[MistaPoleeseMan]

Exactly. If we were taught facts instead of propaganda, and what they describe as dangerous were something we had seen in our lifetime, it might be different. With all the lies they tell about weed, when kids do it for the first time, they realize theres nowhere near the risk they were taught about, and therefore, view all drugs in the same manner as marijuana. This is unfortunate, but it is a direct result of the lies being perpetrated in this country.

[Flesh420]

The fucking problem is that most of who smokes weed either wont go and do something about it or they dont care. I like to compare it to Bush, its like everyone hates him and hes doing all kinds of shit to make America go to shit and NOONE will do shit about it. We just let him get away with it. EVERYONE needs to unite and fight for our freedoms even if a few get killed.