Term paper about legalization

[Rjenkins]

i am doing a term paper about the legalization of weed...what is your input..i think it shoudl be legalized..but i htink amaerica would go down the drain..because everyone would sit at home and smoke pot.. haha my points are

1-should be sold like tobacco 18+
2-uses medicly
3-you can only have so much at one time
4-how amsterdam runs with it legal

gimme your input on the topics and what you think...thankss

Rjenkins Reviewed by Rjenkins on 03-14-2007. Term paper about legalization i am doing a term paper about the legalization of weed...what is your input..i think it shoudl be legalized..but i htink amaerica would go down the drain..because everyone would sit at home and smoke pot.. haha my points are 1-should be sold like tobacco 18+ 2-uses medicly 3-you can only have so much at one time 4-how amsterdam runs with it legal gimme your input on the topics and what you think...thankss Rating: 5

[budsmoker only]

http://boards.cannabis.com/cannabis-...alization.html this thread has a lot of good info... hope it helps..

[Yr0c]

Wow.

Oh, and one thing, take a look at alcohol, it is a mind state altering drug, and causes more 'drug related deaths' than anything besides tobacco. So, if Weed is a non addictive drug, helps with stress and such, and all it really does is make you feel better and hungry/thirsty...what the hell is so wrong with it being legalized. Damn propaganda by the government. FUCK THE GOVERNMENT! ANARCHY ALL THE WAY BABY!.

(The only 'bad' side effect of Weed is the Short Term Memory loss that's really it)

[theamazingkane]

Wow.

Oh, and one thing, take a look at alcohol, it is a mind state altering drug, and causes more 'drug related deaths' than anything besides tobacco. So, if Weed is a non addictive drug, helps with stress and such, and all it really does is make you feel better and hungry/thirsty...what the hell is so wrong with it being legalized. Damn propaganda by the government. FUCK THE GOVERNMENT! ANARCHY ALL THE WAY BABY!.

(The only 'bad' side effect of Weed is the Short Term Memory loss that's really it)

I'm not so sure about the short term memory loss. Marijuana doesn't have the toxicity capable of doing anything more than stimulation of certain brain activity, which is completely incapable of causing ANY damage to your nerve endings or brain cells. While your high, you might have short term memory loss. When your sober, that will go away, and there is no credible medical proof indicating any capability of marijuana causing permanent short term memory loss.

Raising awareness of the consequences of drug prohibition | Stop the Drug War (DRCNet) This is a good site for legal information,
Medical Marijuana ProCon.org This is a good one for medical information.

[Yr0c]

That's what I meant, you usually don't remember everything that happens when you're ripped...

[DeepFriedBrain]

Have a look at Jack Herer's 'Emperor wears no Clothes', he's been writing the why's and how's for over 30 years.
This book should be in schools,
ElectricEmperor Friendly Warning!!!

[dutch.lover]

Im not going to tell you how to write your paper, but I thought I would make a suggestion as to the approach of paper. just a thought but, instead of writing about how cannabis would be regulated under legalization, talk about WHY it should be legalized, or HOW to get it legalized.

those topics are rarely covered in an intelligent manner, so your paper would be more unique!

talking points: mention MJs negative stigma and address reefer madness propaganda or even the prohibitions' roots in racism; dispute myths about harm MJ does to the body (and mind) and research how it actually helps the body (and mind); and maybe even talk about what the US would have to benefit from the legalization of it (financial gains mainly).

[Coelho]

Im not going to tell you how to write your paper, but I thought I would make a suggestion as to the approach of paper. just a thought but, instead of writing about how cannabis would be regulated under legalization, talk about WHY it should be legalized, or HOW to get it legalized.

those topics are rarely covered in an intelligent manner, so your paper would be more unique!

talking points: mention MJs negative stigma and address reefer madness propaganda or even the prohibitions' roots in racism; dispute myths about harm MJ does to the body (and mind) and research how it actually helps the body (and mind); and maybe even talk about what the US would have to benefit from the legalization of it (financial gains mainly).

very good idea, dutch!

[theamazingkane]

If I were you, I'd also make comparisons towards alcohol prohibition and the costs, both socially and economically, that prohibition brought on the nation in conjunction with the incredible amount of money that's spent in a futile effort to "prohibit" marijuana usage.
In addition, mention how criminalization has no effect on the available supply of marijuana, it merely inflates the prices substantially while de-legitimizing what could otherwise be a legitimate business like the sale of hard liquor or ciggerettes..
Try and give mention how removing the sale of marijuana from reasonable business and health regulations by criminalizing the drug only encourages individuals who don't consent to the laws in the first place to engage in an illegitimate black market, substantially increasing the available profits to be made from the drug while increasing the danger and risk that takes place with each transaction.

Discuss the costs of trying to house nonviolent marijuana offenders in prisons, and the toll that this takes on society in comparison with the entirely benign effects of marijuana.

If you really want your paper to be easy, just by the book [I]Why Marijuana Should Be Legal.[I] It's by Ed Rosenthal & Steve Kubby, it's about 11.95 and will contain just about all that you need to know for your paper.

[Markass]

lol it's sad to see so many young people who think things will 'go down the drain' if it's legal...FUCK no it wont! Then our lives can't be put on lay-a-way for 10 years because we get popped for picking up an ounce from the local drug dealer. Look man, I don't drink. I don't like it, nor the way that it makes me feel. I smoke marijuana, it isn't a risk to my health, it is not capable of killing me, and I use it to deal with my back pain. The effects are pleasant and not nasty like those from pain medications.

The Blog | Walter Cronkite: Telling the Truth About the War on Drugs | The Huffington Post

Marijuana Law Reform - NORML

Roadside Sobriety Testing Increases Support For Taxing, Regulating Marijuana, Study Says - NORML check this one out..it's a good one

find some information...you don't seem very knowledgable of statistics or anything that would make a convincing report...Find the scientific evidence..