Term paper about legalization

[TheSmokingMonkey]

Be sure to compare/contrast with alcohol.

Note that taxes could be collected from the sale of the product, and no more money would be spent "fighting the drug war" for marijuana.

More kids smoke weed than smoke cigs or drink alcohol - because weed is easier to get. Regulation REGULATES. Duh.

Weed is not a gateway drug - you can find statistics to back this up if you search on Google Scholar.

There is no lethal overdose for weed but there is a relatively low lethal dose for alcohol and if you ate two cigarettes' worth of tobacco you would die (not smoking though cause most of the nicotine is burned off into the air).

hope that helps, I love Google Scholar for papers. It's my favorite.

[TheSmokingMonkey]

Yes, all that loss of productivity of workers being locked up or unemployed due to felony weed charges would be saved if we were to treat users like normal human beings instead of criminals.

It would free up the court system to deal with "real" crime, and would alleviate the burden on the prison system, thereby allowing more efficient punishment for violent crime.

[TheSmokingMonkey]

I have heard the argument made (I am not sure of its veracity) that kids who smoke weed are more likely to try harder drugs because they become accustomed to dealing with the black market, whereas if it were legal, that might not be the case.

[suhl]

the country wouldnt go down the drain because everyone would sit at home and smoke pot. you can get it if you want it now pretty much anywwhere in the country and the people.....i am not even going to go on with this if you really believe the country would just stay home and do nothing then you are going to fail the paper anyway because you are a retard with no critical thinking skills

[GetMoney420]

whats so horrible about ppl sitting at home getting high what would they be doin if they couldnt smoke. And talk about all the fucking oney the government would make if they quit tryin to get rid of weed and started sellin us there shit

[TheAtomicPunk]

You need to research the facts and slam it into peoples face. For example:
American Deaths Yearly:
Tobacco: 390,000
Alchohol: 80,000
Cocaine: 2,200
Heroine: 2,000
Aspirin: 2,000
Cannabis: 0

[LittleLefty90]

I only saw the topic and didn't read anything else so bear with me ( fore I am also doing Homework )
1 New studies are being done to see if weed helps with Attention Deficit Disorder
2 Tests done on British television shows have shown that people actually have driven better(in a closed enviornment) stoned rather than sober
3 The legalization would allow cops to deal more with hard drugs and get the real problems off of the streets rather than dealing with us low key criminals
4 Cannabis can be used as a new natural resource in fields such as clothing etc....
5 The more man smoke herb the more Babylon fall

:rastasmoke:

much love to all and I hope I haven't just repeated what everyone has already said.

[Polymirize]

Dutch and Markass both had some key suggestions...

NORML has some good info on reform and the concept of "responsible use"

I'd also suggest addressing some of the harms that are brought about by current laws with regards to cannabis. How prisons are filled with non-violent drug offenders for example.
You could discuss how cannabis is one of the largest global cash crops and yet we spend millions each year prosecuting people for it.

[dutch.lover]

^^those are great points to bring up too.

man, if we all got together we could write one fine-ass cannabis paper.