Marijuana.

I guess you're all going to be jealous when I tell that I am from The Netherlands:embar:

 

yeah ive heard of this happening the thing is ive never actually seen it happen to anyone i know. I only reckon this happens if you use it on a daily basis and not for an occasion. Just like alcohol, you know your an alcoholic if you get drunk on a daily basis.

 

do you really believe the government should be able to tell you what you can and cannot put into your own body?

 

That's the the reason , The reason is the effects it has on other people , the community.

Don't be so single minded , Yes it's your body , what you do to your body can effect the people around.

 

It's a gun, not a weapon.
Doesn't mean guns don't kill people.

Marajuana should be legalized, just because you make something illegal, doesn't mean you stop people from abusing it.
Look at prostitution, or any other drug.
If they were legalized, and given to people in more reasonable quantities, as opposed to people brewing them up throwing there own piss puke and crap in an Ecstasy tablet then selling it and getting people exceptionally sick; I think that would be better.

Alcohol or drugs is bad for you, however making it illegal is NOT the solution.

 

No, But they shouldn't have to pay people to fix your problems after abusing it.

 

good ole mary jane. i see nothing wrong with the plant except its abuse.

random side note: oh wow i see u guys are advertising rift now lawl

but ya. i remember the first time i smoked weed. I didnt want anything to do with it at first.. as i thought it was this baddd drug.. but my friends pure pressured me into it i guess.

we were in the bathroom of a public park about 1/2 mile away from where i live. 3 of us. one of my friends busted out some wierd ass pen pipe. looking back now it was probaly one of the must dumbest things to smoke out of.

so we smoked some of his weed and got stoned.. i felt a relaxed feeling, but my mind was racing at the same time. i didnt know what it was like to be stoned.. so i thought i wasnt stoned. but i was hella stoned! haha. good times

 

Too be completely honest I smoked weed 4 days ago.

I have not been " brainwashed by my parents and the media about it."
I do accept it 100%.
I however do not support it's legalization because although you may not become physically addicted to Marijuana you can become emotionally addicted to it which in my opinion is a lot harder addiction to break.
And we don't know how the Government would regulate or control the sales of it like if it'd be like Alcohol and Tobacco.

Your right no one have ever "overdosed" on marijuana but people die all the time from being high on it and doing stupid shit.

Fucking lol'd.

And for all the people who say it's a plant, Cocaine comes from a plant.

 

i hope your joking lol... people dont die all the time from being high on it... unless your count black gangsters who smoke weed and get into gunfights with other gangs and cops...

why would you want to illegalize marijauna when all you have is some blind assumption that it is addicting and hard to quit...



also.. do you even know how cocain is made? yea it comes from a plant.. but you have to do a bunch of shit to it chemically..


all you do with marijauna is grow it and smoke it.

 

Lol think about how many people are on this rock, 7 Billion. Think about how many people smoke weed and crash their car or burn down their house.

And I never said it's addicting and hard to quit I was simply saying you get addicted to it differently than you would heroin.

And I would rather see what the Government would do to regulate it before I say let's legalize it.

Plus I never said Cocaine is a plant I was really just pointing out you need a plant to get Cocaine.

Off Topic: Why isn't there a thread to support the legalization of Charlie Sheen?

 

Why "Mary Jane" should be legalized

The first and most basic reason that marijuana should be legal is that there is no good reason for it not to be legal. Some people ask 'why should marijuana be legalized?" but we should ask "Why should marijuana be illegal?" From a philosophical point of view, individuals deserve the right to make choices for themselves. The government only has a right to limit those choices if the individual's actions endanger someone else. This does not apply to marijuana, since the individual who chooses to use marijuana does so according to his or her own free will. The government also may have a right to limit individual actions if the actions pose a significant threat to the individual. But this argument does not logically apply to marijuana because marijuana is far less dangerous than some drugs which are legal, such as alcohol and tobacco.


The second important reason that marijuana should be legal is that it would save our government lots of money. In the United States, all levels of government (federal, state, and local authorities) participate in the "War on Drugs." We currently spend billions of dollars every year to chase peaceful people who happen to like to get high. These people get locked up in prison and the taxpayers have to foot the bill. We have to pay for food, housing, health care, attorney fees, court costs, and other expenses to lock these people up. This is extremely expensive! We could save billions of dollars every year as a nation if we stop wasting money locking people up for having marijuana. In addition, if marijuana were legal, the government would be able to collect taxes on it, and would have a lot more money to pay for effective drug education programs and other important causes.

 

I support the plant and legalization 100%. This plant has changed my out look on life and has created precious moments with my loved ones, it has to be legalized.

 

I support, the fact it's illegal just brings more danger to it and might lead to association with other drugs. If it was legal this wouldn't be a problem, my first pot dealer sold most things which lead me to dabble. But the MJ itself never caused me any harm.

 

Well I live in a country where marijuana is already legal. I support legalization world-wide so to say. As stated by many, it being illegal makes it that more "dangerous". Also it only leads to a higher crime rate as it gets sold on the black market whereas 90% of it is actually bad quality, high price.

Marijuana is not as harmful as other drugs (fe alcohol is a lot worse yet it's legal) however I must press to this as I have always done in the countless of other discussions I've participated in: marijuana is harmful!

A lot of people suggest that marijuana is harmful nor addicting.. well it is! Ironically (and no I'm not generalizing) enough, most often it's the users that suggest these things.

Marijuana too causes addiction. This is often disregarded due to the addiction being psychological and not physical or both. Users tend to say that they can quit whenever they want and there are more than enough users who actually can / did. Just because the majority of users can (unlike most other drugs) doesn't mean marijuana isn't addictive.

As most of us know, marijuana contains a lot of chemicals, hence why a lot of people suggest that marijuana isn't harmful by itself. However if research is done, it is easily found that marijuana contains benz[a]pyrene and multiple other harmful chemicals (benz[a] is known to hold the possibility of causing cancer), even more than in cigarettes.

People, mostly users themselves underestimate marijuana and the cons of it.

 

You're automatically skewing people who say 'no' to legalization as being brainwashed. Just because one evil is allowed, doesn't mean a lesser one should also.


As for the 'it's a plant, not a drug' argument, shall I direct you to just ONE example: Opium Poppy

It would NOT cripple gangs, the ones in the street make chump change off Marijuana. And it's not because they're just carrying a random plant that happens to be on the 'do not carry' list; no one walks around with random foilage in their pocket.

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I respectfully disagree, it's due to war (not on drugs), bad economic decisions etc. The war on drugs does cost a lot and is mostly targeted on OTHER drugs.

If it's harmful, then yes.

Look at all those fools inhaling glue and paint thinners, taking tons of prescription drugs and hard drugs. If you're so pro-human rights, support a real cause like the restriction of REAL natural treatments and cures that the FDA and other government agencies are restricting.

This is the SFA... read the stickies.

 

ive been addicted to weed before, and it definitely has negative consequences. However alcohol is the same way, and i support legalization for people old enough to make smart decisions about its use.

also, its not a gateway drug, that argument is ridiculous.

 

It just feels to me that the people on this thread saying no aren't providing valid arguments. I don't know..

 

okay guy.. i bet you didnt know that weed being illegal is WAY more dangerous then it being legal.

even though it is illegal it BARELY stops people from smoking it.

i remember going up to the mountains where i live for magic mushrooms. at the most remote place on the mountain i saw a shack.. when i looked inside it i coulda SWORN seeing shadowy figures of a like 10 marijauna plants... then i started hearing guard dogs and thought i better get the fuck out of here FAST

i cleared the whole mountain in less then 3 minutes scared for me life.... the whole time i heard those dogs barking, i coulda swore when i was running i heard people whispering.

i can GARENTEE if i stayed there i most likely woulda been shot n killed... if i died up in those mountains it would have been so easy to discard my body.. nobody would have ever known or been able to find me.

this is why weed being illegal is so dangerous... when people stumble upon growin operations shit gets real

 

Ecstasy tablets have the media misconception that all labs are like that when really they arnt, most of them are quite clean because they dont want to kill their customers, repeat business is the key that they want to make money. Moderations is the key, most things in moderation are fine Ecstacy is actually less dangerous then riding a horse (could find the source if you want? )

 

Who burns down their house because they smoked weed, though?

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