Make Marijuana Legal?

I have never understood that one really. I have never seen anyone do or say anything stupid when they're high (except for that kind of stupid things they say/do when they're sober too), but I have heard many stupid ideas from people who are drunk and I have seen people do very stupid things when they are drunk.
Yes, the stereotype of a weed smoking hippy is that they get stupid ideas and talk about meaning of life and stuff like that. But I have never met a person like that.

Should I ever smoke weed and retain my tastes, I'll let you know.

I was joking, maybe I should have pointed that out. (my bad)

Well, the reasons for the original banning of it were silly to begin with.

Back in like the 1930s the US Government wanted to stop the Mexican Migrant farmer movement and for some reason thought making Marijuana illegal would solve that. So the FDA(might have been something else? far too lazy to grab my sociology notes) that was about to lose funding jumped on board and caused a ton of propaganda including "Reefer Man."

So yeah #Murica.

With my experience I have seen no big reason why it shouldn't be. I simply put it this way:
There are angry drunks, and there are happy drunks.
There are happy potheads, and happy potheads.
Yeah, pretty much. Plus the sales are incredible.

No issue if the idiot is smoking weed and falls off a cliff. But it's the idiots that are driving at 100km/h on a highway then think it's a good idea to light up a joint.

Natural selection is great on the individual but not cool when you start killing/injuring unrelated people.

Pot can be legal for all I care but don't rock up to work stoned.

by your reasoning, we should also reinstate prohabition. remember how well that worked?

Don't put words in my mouth mate. Never said we shouldn't legalise it.

Well, IF it was legalized it should be treated like alcohol in some cases. Like people arent allowed to go to work drunk or drive drunk. And people shouldnt go to work high and they shouldnt drive high either.
BUT in my experiense people are more careful when driving high and there's 2 possible reasons for that (atm) 1. being high usually makes people more careful in possibly dangerous situations 2. they drive carefully because they dont want cops to stop them and find out they are high.
But ofcourse it weed was made legal then the second one wouldnt be an issue anymore.

Many people seem to fail by thinking that if weed was legal people would smoke it like tobacco or something.

I have to agree actually. After working as a bartender while I was in college and working in a pharmacy now, I believe that legalizing MJ will solve a lot of problems and generate a lot of revenue from the sales. If you've ever read Piers Anthony's Bio of a Space Tyrant, he actually theorizes what it would be like if the government took over the drug trade in the right way. Analyzing the drugs and working to remove their negative side effects so that those suffering from addiction can break free.

MJ is just a start, and if it is legalized that means that it also frees up very heavily needed resources to chase more dangerous drugs and other crimes back to their source. Abuse of the law is still a very good potential, but at the same time, I can guarantee there are more people abusing cigarettes and Alcohol than they are weed, and those have far more dangerous side effects than laziness and munchies.

As far as smoking it like tobacco, maybe in the future, but its gonna take quite awhile for them to win past the stigma around it.

I don't agree with making marijuana legal, of course I don't agree with alcohol or tobacco should be legal either.
I have a very biased opinion when it comes to this matter because my parents nor my wife's parents ever smoked or drank anything. I was raised those things were and shall always be evil...That's what I still think now.

Been legal to potheads when weed was discovered; never gave a shit then or now.

My folks always told me weed was bad, until one day under some circumstances they let it slip that they had been smoking it my entire life.

I was pissed, but I still don't smoke. I still do think it's evil for some reason, even though I know they lied about it. However, I did use it as an excuse to drink in their house after I was 21.

You're right, i'm sorry. i misread beacuse i'm so used to people making that argument and then pretending it's somehow different for alcahol. i should have read that last line more carefuly.

So just because you think something is evil you think it should be illegal? And by making something you think is "evil" illegal, you give the marketing of that thing to evil people like in this case drug dealers. Is it better to give money to evil people by making stupid laws or keep things legal and make some good use of the money that comes of it? Because like it or not there's always LOADS of people who want to do drugs and drink alcohol, no matter if its legal or not. Banning things does not work.

I could argue like the guy above , those are good arguments but i think the first question that you should answer is : why is it evil ?

I live in the Mormon capitol of the world, basically Utah....If anyone drinks, smokes, or gets high they are most likely atheist or some other religion and are discriminated. Again those are my influences.

Why are they evil?
-My Mum and Dad don't do that kind of stuff but the rest of my family does (they live in FL), I've seen my cousin get killed after drinking and driving.
-Uncle died of Lung Cancer do to smoking.
- My best friend was beyond addicted to MJ....His GF left him and ended up staying with me until I had to kick him out because he wouldn't quit.

So tell or these not the reasons for being Illegal. "xxxHolic: everything is inevitable. "

I've seen my cousin get killed after eating while driving .


My uncle died from a CVA do to eating fat.



My best friend was beyond addicted to mcdonald , he became fat , his GF left him and ended up staying with me because he was too fat to work until i had to kick him out because he wouldn't try to lose weight.


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By your arguements , food is also evil , shouldn't you stop eating ?

And weed is illegal but still this happened. So do the laws work here? Actually banning drugs makes things worse. Some people actually admit it to themselves that they have a drug problem, but what can they do about it? People are usually afraid of other people finding out about their problem because drugs are illegal. So they dont seek help because they are afraid that they might end up in jail or something.

Also I must ask how do you know he was addicted? Did smoking weed actually affect him in some negative ways or did his gf (and you) leave him just because YOU dont accept drugs? Is he at fault here or do the others just make a way too big deal out of it?
I'm sorry if I seem rude, but thats too often the case. Some people just like smoking weed and it actually doesnt affect their life in any negative way. But then some people close to that person just dont accept drugs and then they demand that person to quit or they dont want anything to do with him.
And dont get me wrong, I know that even tho I see weed as a harmless drug, there are still people who shouldnt use it. But I dont think its because "weed is addictive" its because those people are in general more vulnerable to getting addicted to something. I dont see weed as anymore addictive than sugar or video games [size=10](especially online games (WoW))[/h]. If you start eating candy every day for a month, it can be hard to quit eating it every day.
Everything in moderation. And most of people who dont use drugs in moderation will use them, no matter what laws say about it.

Also banning tobacco wouldnt stop people from smoking and dying from lung cancer because of it. And banning alcohol wouldnt stop people from drinking it and driving while drunk.

So nope, I dont think any of those 3 are good enough reasons to ban things.

Living in a place where atleast 40 percent of people get arrested for just possessing weed i would say let it be legal.If you dont want to smoke marijuana dont then you have the right to choose what you will and wont do right?Mostly for the us idk about anywhere else the tax revenue coming in from regulating it and(helps fight the drug war in mexico)cause if you make drugs that drug cartels legal or not as appealing to get from them and if you must know i havent ever smoked weed.like the expression too much of a good thing can be bad same thing thats what i think.