OH>>>So many things to reply to, I wish I hadn't had to go to work...

Okies, here I go...

Firstly, there is a MAJOR difference between LEGALISE and DECRIMINALISE - I would prefer the latter - that way, it would be confined to private homes and bars - like in Amsterdam.

Imotep, cannabis is NOT a gateway drug - you are the gateway (no disrespect), it is within your own psyche to seek a bigger hit. I know people who have smoked dope for many many years, and have no desire to try anything harder (I'm talking folks who have smoked it since they were 16, and are now 70). It's like alcohol - if you are of the persuasion that you want a bigger hit, you'll get it.

Cannabis is not physically addictive,, but it may be psychologically addictive - two very different issues.

You compare the quality of today's tobacco with tobacco that was produced in (for example) the 40's, and you will find that the level of 'foriegn' additives are of a much higher degree - why?...economics.

Because cannabis stays in the system longer, when are you going to smoke it?
It's not like alcohol, where you can have a couple of pints the night before, and be 'reasonably' sober before going to work the next day. With the drug testing that will become COMPULSORY in every work place and school, due to pressure from the insurance companies, even more restrictions to your enjoyment of the herb will be apparent.

I would want my pilot to be COMPLETELY straight, thank you very much...you all know yourselves, how easy it is for your mind to wander off sometimes...would you want your pilot to drift off into la-la-land, or start zoning out to all the pretty flashing lights on his dash-board? lol


Listen, I'm one of the biggest championers of weed, I got a major bollocking from CH4 for suggesting that everyone should spend a year getting stoned, once they turned 18..lol...I just thought that it would chill people the fuck out, and in time start solving this ridiculous mess that the world is in...a little niave, perhaps, but the sentiment was sound...grrr..I got banned from thier site lmfaooo

Look at it this way:
What obstacles do you face, as a toker, right now?
Ya gotta be a bit sneaky sometimes, or you gotta hide away somewhere where noone will see you...is that such a major bind?
It hasn't stopped us so far...
What benefits will legalising weed bring to you?

Maybe you wont have to sneak around, maybe you wont have to hide away...so fucking what? When you look at all the negative things that would come from legalising it....is it really worth it?

I honestly don't think so....leave it the way it is, I say

Just my opinion