Legalize it

Legalize Pot?

  • Yes

    Votes: 29 82.9%

  • No

    Votes: 6 17.1%
  • Total voters
    35
Julio3000 said:
Yeah, prison is a much more efficient use of your tax dollar.
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Overcrowded prisons have nothing to do with all the black people doing nickels and dimes for pot possession.

Weed is illegal because an old white guy was losing money. It wont be legalized to some other old white guy finds a way to make billions off of it.

I should be able to bang an escort with an L in one hand and my desrt eagle in the other.

Lastly seat belt lawz are dumb as ****.
 
elmonthc said:
Overcrowded prisons have nothing to do with all the black people doing nickels and dimes for pot possession.

Weed is illegal because an old white guy was losing money. It wont be legalized to some other old white guy finds a way to make billions off of it.

I should be able to bang an escort with an L in one hand and my desrt eagle in the other.

Lastly seat belt lawz are dumb as ****.
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That is my favorite sentence of the last 24 hours.
 
Krgrecw said:
the more people are introduced to drugs the more people will become addicted. That goes for anything. you introduce a mass of people to something new and a percent of the newbies will like it. but theres addiction involved in drugs. Addiction leads to crime and more of our tax money put towards drug counseling and drug abuse centers

And legalizing weed would make the roads more dangerous. your concentration and reflexes are slowed when your high.

I have no problem if it was legal but

A) dwi charges should be more severe

B) my taxes should never go towards helping people off drugs. Your choice, your responsibility
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Wow, this post and your previous post are two of the dumbest things I've ever read.

Weed is not a gateway drug. A large percentage of people who smoke weed JUST smoke weed. Alcohol is far more likely to lead to other things, as are prescription drugs.

Go check out what's happened in Portugal since they decriminalized drugs.

"The paper, published by Cato in April, found that in the five years after personal possession was decriminalized, illegal drug use among teens in Portugal declined and rates of new HIV infections caused by sharing of dirty needles dropped, while the number of people seeking treatment for drug addiction more than doubled.

"Judging by every metric, decriminalization in Portugal has been a resounding success," says Glenn Greenwald, an attorney, author and fluent Portuguese speaker, who conducted the research. "It has enabled the Portuguese government to manage and control the drug problem far better than virtually every other Western country does."

Compared to the European Union and the U.S., Portugal's drug use numbers are impressive. Following decriminalization, Portugal had the lowest rate of lifetime marijuana use in people over 15 in the E.U.: 10%. The most comparable figure in America is in people over 12: 39.8%. Proportionally, more Americans have used cocaine than Portuguese have used marijuana."

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1893946,00.html

It has also been proven NOT to be a gateway drug, that argument is stupid and archaic. And as the article above states, the cost of treatment is cheaper than putting another non-dangerous drug user in jail.

I know so many people who only smoke weed. I prefer to smoke over drink unless I'm out and about, and it's far less dangerous in pretty much every way.

Also, please find me reports that people are worse drives while high on weed. As far as I've looked, that has not been proven at all. And from an anecdotal standpoint, I'm far more careful, aware, and stay closer to the speed limit when I'm high and driving.

There's no logical reason marijuana shouldn't be legal. It's not going to lead to more people smoking or doing other drugs. If you want to smoke, you will easily find a way to smoke. It was easier to get weed in high school than alcohol. If the government didn't make money off building prisons, I think it'd be legal. They know it's better for society to legalize it.
 
and LMAO off at "smoking leads to throwing your life away." My sister smokes almost every day (doesn't do any other drugs) and just got her masters from UPenn.
Alcohol is far more likely to ruin lives. No one comes home high on weed and beats up their wife. They eat teddy grahams and pass out. RX drugs and alcohol are a far bigger problem than weed would be, and those are both perfectly legal.
 
Its amazing how warped the minds are of some people in this Country. Pot doesn't lead to other drugs. Stupid decisions do. Its not the drugs fault...its the person.
 
thethe said:
Its amazing how warped the minds are of some people in this Country. Pot doesn't lead to other drugs. Stupid decisions do. Its not the drugs fault...its the person.
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It really is crazy. People really think weed is crazy and dangerous. My gf used to think like this, but she's slowly moving away from that. It's really not a big deal to smoke hear and there. I know a guy with two kids who smokes every day. He puts his kids to bed, gets everything ready for them for school and such for the next day, and smokes to relax and sleep really well. I don't advocate smoking every day to anyone, but that doesn't mean I don't believe some people can handle it without being foolish. I keep some around just in case I have a really hard time sleeping. I don't crave it, I have zero desire to experiment with other drugs. I've had this gram for over a month now. I just smoke a little hear and there when I need to relax or sleep. Totally rids me of the sleep anxiety I get when I need to wake up early, and far better than any other sleep-aid I've tried.

I don't think everyone should smoke, and I think even less should do it every day. But for it to be illegal is totally silly. Me smoking in my room a few nights every few weeks will hurt exactly 0 people, yet I'm not legally allowed to do so.
 
thethe said:
Its amazing how warped the minds are of some people in this Country. Pot doesn't lead to other drugs. Stupid decisions do. Its not the drugs fault...its the person.
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Its a known fact that if you smoke weed youre gonna shhot your friend in the head with your fathers gun.
 
thethe said:
Its amazing how warped the minds are of some people in this Country. Pot doesn't lead to other drugs. Stupid decisions do. Its not the drugs fault...its the person.
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B...bu...but it's a gateway drug. The TV told me so!

It should be legalized.
 
thethe said:
Its amazing how warped the minds are of some people in this Country. Pot doesn't lead to other drugs. Stupid decisions do. Its not the drugs fault...its the person.
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You mean, we shouldn't believe everything the media and our government tell us???

No way that applies to any other portion of our lives, though.
 
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Marijuana is a very strong drug, especially the designer strains being grown today. Don't fool yourself into thinking it's not. I've seen it totally screw up people's lives, just like alcohol.

And just like alcohol, some people can handle it and some can't. Still, it should be legal, and cheap.
 
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