Legalize Marijuana?

[Irrational]

Make it legal.

What happened to liberty?
Also, it would be a good cash crop for pulp.
You get more pulp per capita than you do with trees..

 

[Ottis]

listen if mary j is illegal i think so should cigs and alchohal

 

[Irrational]

listen if mary j is illegal i think so should cigs and alchohal

Isn't English mandatory?

 

[Darkedge40]

It will over run to many peoples lives

 

[DropKick Murphys]

It will over run to many peoples lives

So you say we should ban it for their own good? Following that thinking would you recommend banning fast food, alcohol, tobacco, and other similar things?

 

[xx mdv xx]

I have a question. Does Marijuana impair you to the point where it could cause car accidents if impaired by Marijuana? If so, then it should stay illegal and so should alcohol, but if not then it should be legal.

 

[Shroom Thrash]

I have a question. Does Marijuana impair you to the point where it could cause car accidents if impaired by Marijuana? If so, then it should stay illegal and so should alcohol, but if not then it should be legal.

There is next to no recorded cases of marijuana smokers causing accidents.

 

[Damien0124]

I have a question. Does Marijuana impair you to the point where it could cause car accidents if impaired by Marijuana? If so, then it should stay illegal and so should alcohol, but if not then it should be legal.

It could, but (read quote below)

There is next to no recorded cases of marijuana smokers causing accidents.

Compared to alcohol, which kills thousand of people every year.

A very old statistic I found on the internet (that has nothing to do with accidents, but with deaths)

Known drug-related deaths in the UK, 1990

Tobacco: .................110,000
Alcohol: ..................30,000
Volatile Substances: 112
Morphine: ................91
Methadone: ..............84
Heroin: ....................62
Barbiturate Type: ....7
Anti-depressants: ....4
Cocaine: .................4
Pethidine: ...............3
MDMA (ecstasy): ...3
Amphetamine Type: .2
Hallucinogens:........ 0
LSD:....................... 0
Psylocibin:............. 0
Cannabis: ...............0

Another more recent one

Annual Causes of Death in the United States
Tobacco 435,000
Poor Diet and Physical Inactivity 365,000
Alcohol 85,000
Microbial Agents 75,000
Toxic Agents 55,000
Motor Vehicle Crashes 26,347
Adverse Reactions to Prescription Drugs 32,000
Suicide 30,622
Incidents Involving Firearms 29,000
Homicide 20,308
Sexual Behaviors 20,000
All Illicit Drug Use, Direct and Indirect 17,000
Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Such As Aspirin 7,600
Marijuana 0

Even aspirine kills more people annually than marijuana!

 

[Bounty Names]

drugs are for rejects *cough* chant

 

[xx mdv xx]

I'm taking Health class as an elective this year and my Health book says that the reason Marijuana is bad is because it can affect you when driving and it causes short term memory. I looked at what the book had to say about tobacco and tobacco is much worse. Tobacco has 40 chemicals in it and it kills, while Marijuana does not kill. Now if it is true that Marijuana can affect you behind the wheel, then you have to realize that getting high from smoking Marijuana is VERY quick and lasts more than an hour, meaning you can be impaired in less than a minute and if you drive you can put everyone in danger. But I don't know yet if it does affect you behind the wheel because I have some people saying it does and some saying it doesn't. I've seen people that are high, but never one behind the wheel, so I have no idea.

Marijuana should be legal because it can only hurt or kill you if it is smoked, but smoking it compared to smoking tobacco is much slower to cause Lung Cancer because tobacco has many more harmful chemicals in them. Cigarettes you see in the store is also considered a drug because it has nicotine in it, which is considered a drug because it helps relax and is addicting. Marijuana is only a drug because it impairs you and can only be addictive if used constantly for a long time.

 

[TheBlankMan]

I think it should be legal because there are more deaths caused by aspirin and caffeine than marijuana per year. However I do think being caught driving under the influence of marijuana should have the same consequences as driving under the influence of alcohol.
Heres a quote to back up the caffeine and aspirin comment.

ANNUAL AMERICAN DEATHS CAUSED BY DRUGS

TOBACCO ........................ 400,000
ALCOHOL ........................ 100,000
ALL LEGAL DRUGS .............20,000
ALL ILLEGAL DRUGS ..........15,000
CAFFEINE .........................2,000
ASPIRIN ...........................500
MARIJUANA ...................... 0
----------------------------------------
Source: United States government...
National Institute on Drug Abuse,
Bureau of Mortality Statistics

 

[Christmas Crackers]

For the time being I am against legalizing it, because it really wouldn't affect my behavior whether it is legal or not, although it would most likely be cheaper.
The statistics up there are interesting, but from what year are they? And if they are deaths, why are they all like 15000, 2000, 500 (almost like estimates)?
I highly doubt the government will actually legalize marijuana because the only people passionate enough about legalizing it are stoners, and the government just sees them as influenced addicts. Then you have the people who are completely impartial to the debate who just say keep it illegal because they don't see any reason for it to be legal.

 

[C_Town_Hero]

i wish it was legal lol

 

[R oc K]

Keeping it illegal because you say it can impair you behind the wheel is such a stupid thing to say. There's ALOT of things that can impair you behind the wheel. Alcohol is a classic example. Obviously if you choose to drink enough alcohol to get drunk, and drive you will most likely crash. Same for marijuana, if you decide to smoke a joint and drive, you will have slower reactions, not necessarily causing a crash but you may miss certain things. But this isn't always true, as every stoner knows if you try your hardest to concentrate and focus on something while your high, you most likely can. This is why there is 0 deaths from people under the influence of weed, rather than alcohol where the numbers are int he hundreds of thousands.

 

[MaderJJ]

I am for, purple haze all the way!

 

[xx mdv xx]

Keeping it illegal because you say it can impair you behind the wheel is such a stupid thing to say. There's ALOT of things that can impair you behind the wheel. Alcohol is a classic example. Obviously if you choose to drink enough alcohol to get drunk, and drive you will most likely crash. Same for marijuana, if you decide to smoke a joint and drive, you will have slower reactions, not necessarily causing a crash but you may miss certain things. But this isn't always true, as every stoner knows if you try your hardest to concentrate and focus on something while your high, you most likely can. This is why there is 0 deaths from people under the influence of weed, rather than alcohol where the numbers are int he hundreds of thousands.

Are you serious? Alcohol kills hundreds of thousands of people yearly due to car accidents, and it takes a longer time to get drunk than to get high. Four to five hits and you're high for a good 30 minutes to one hour. I myself have never done Marijuana, but this question is for someone who has done it before. Does being high effect you behind the wheel, are you in control of your actions, and if you've never drove high do you think you would be able to?

 

[Al3xandre]

against ^^ It's funner to do things that aren't alowed then something that is alowed

Alex~

 

[Shroom Thrash]

Are you serious? Alcohol kills hundreds of thousands of people yearly due to car accidents, and it takes a longer time to get drunk than to get high. Four to five hits and you're high for a good 30 minutes to one hour. I myself have never done Marijuana, but this question is for someone who has done it before. Does being high effect you behind the wheel, are you in control of your actions, and if you've never drove high do you think you would be able to?

Try it before you knock it, one session isn't going to harm your life and the only problem you might experience is a love for one of the most useful and powerful substances known to man.

Driving stoned isn't probably the best idea for non seasoned smokers or inexperienced drivers due to the fact that it does have a much more vivid high the first few times till you get some tolerance, that said there is still no record of being high causing car accidents.

 

[xx mdv xx]

Try it before you knock it, one session isn't going to harm your life and the only problem you might experience is a love for one of the most useful and powerful substances known to man.

Driving stoned isn't probably the best idea for non seasoned smokers or inexperienced drivers due to the fact that it does have a much more vivid high the first few times till you get some tolerance, that said there is still no record of being high causing car accidents.

I highly doubt there is no record of a car accident of someone being high, because I'm sure it's happened before in a world of 6 billion. I also watch the show cops and the cop pulled a guy over for driving recklessly and tested him for Marijuana, and the guy tested positive.

 

[tofurocks]

It's pretty much allready legal... it's totally accepted. Anyone can say "YA MARIJAUNA'S AWESOME I WANNA GET HIGH" but when everyone's high and noone's working... yeah... imagine if all the Jagex staff were high and they started deleting all your items and crap. And all the people at banks were high and they lost your money. So against.