Legalization of Marijuana.

100% should be legal, 1 its way better for you then alchohol, #2 the tax would bring in huge amounts of $$$$ for states.

 

so true man damn straight up

 

Theres no reason not too.. there just being stubborn

 

Completely for legalization here. I think law enforcement should adapt to the times of people enjoying marijuana rather than attempting to penalize its users.

On the other hand, I'm not sure how I feel about people operating vehicles or doing other activities that could put others in danger while high. I'll just say that some handle it better than others...

 

420 blaze it

 

smoke weed everyday

 

Well the OP suggested to provide reason it should stay illegal, only think I can possible come up with is motivation. A vast majority of my friends who smoke weed don't do much else. Work their nowhere jobs and come home to rip the bong and play video games. For that reason I only smoke regularly when I'm away from school during the summer and what not. Of course that doesn't apply to everyone, but count your friends who smoke weed on a daily basis, count those who don't and compare their lives. Who's generally more successful?
Now as far as my personal opinion goes, it should be decriminalized as others have said. I've always looked at it as something for fun, not medicinal. I smoked purely to get high. My opinion on that has also flipped. Ever since I was a kid (10 years old, younger even) I had issues with my stomach/digestive system. I'd go through month long periods of throwing up every single night and just couldn't hold anything down. This was accompanied with some of the worst pain/nausea I've ever experienced.
One time I was about to puke and said fuck it, lit a joint and within seconds it went away. The doctors spent years giving me different prescriptions and doing tests, never came up with anything. I take a hit and I'm good. I haven't had an issue since I found that out.

 

In your first few sentences you have hit the nail on the head. That is pretty much what I have done for 4-5 years now, however I have moved back to my parents house to stop this habbit.
The cost here in the UK just drains your money additionally leaving you struggle to pay rent due to the fact you pick up every day to feed a "habbit".

 

I'm gonna remind you that correlation does not equal causation. so smoking weed does not necessarily lead to being less successful. there are lots of successful potheads in the world. Perhaps these people would be playing video games whether or not they had weed in their lives. it just so happens that weed goes great with video games.

Weed just goes great with doing nothing

 

I'm aware, that's why I said it doesn't apply to everyone. Personally I find myself much more productive without it in my life. I've personally seen the stuff turn a 4.0 graduate into a bum. I'd say there's undoubtedly a correlation between pot and motivation. Some people just aren't as affected or can power through it.

 

you clearly dont get it. you just said you saw the stuff turn a 4.0 graduate into a bum. lol. Like it was the pots fault. More anecdotal evidence.

 

It's a common theme. Someone has things going for them, gets into the drug and things go downhill. You can deny it all you want, but it DOES happen. Hard to call it anecdotal when it's not even just me who notices it. Tons of studies have been done. Quite literally one of the main documented side effects of pot is "decrease in motivation." If science notices it AND I notice it, there's no point in pretending it doesn't exist. The term amotivational syndrome was literally coined by scientists studying marijuana effects.

 

Physcotic elements? THC permanently stains the brain. Schizophrenia & psychosis are permanent affects, might not affect everybody but the decrease in mental health wouldn't be positive..

 

420 legal 4 me

 

its a go

 

I really like the Marijuana... Here in Barcelona - Spain you can smoke (legal) in some clubs and coffe-shop. I think the next step is to Legalize the self-cultivation.

 

I say no to legalizing it. If it becomes legalized, it'll become overpriced

 

If consumers believed it was overpriced they would find an alternative competitor, or resort to individuals who continue to sell it on the black market - this competition (even from the black market) would force companies to make their prices more competitive, or they will fail. The price is determined by supply and demand. Provided, government regulations can interfere with prices is some aspects; I fail to see how your argument legitimately concludes a good reason for it to remain illegal.

 

Okay, I may have mistyped. The price would increase due to taxes and all of that jazz. It may not become “overpriced” per se, but it would definitely become more expensive

 

Compared to black market prices I am assuming? Your argument is: prices are x amount in the black market, prices with taxes will (allegedly) increase the price to y, therefore the product should be illegal.

Which does not give us a moral justification on making something illegal. Prescription Oxycodone is cheaper in the black market, does that justify making prescription Oxycodone illegal? Just because a product is expensive does not justify a moral reason to ban a product.

If corporations were losing business to black markets, wouldn't it be in their interest as a business to lower their prices to be more competitive with the overall industry and accommodate tax rates anyways?