Legalize Marijuana

This is something that I’ve wanted to discuss on here for a while and that’s the legalization of marijuana. I know that this is a long thread but this is something I strongly believe in and want to fully explain why I feel this way. This is a very serious topic and the legalization of marijuana needs to happen now! Although I think that all drugs should be legalized I’m only going to discuss marijuana and how it’s a great thing for everyone. For many many years America has been losing miserably in the war on drugs, it’s on of Americas biggest failures. The prohibition of marijuana is the only reason why marijuana gets a bad rep and the only reason why it causes problems like all the crime and the so called make believe theory that marijuana is a gateway drug. If you were to legalize it and tax it you know how much money would come in? Marijuana industry makes over a billion dollars a year. Just think of all the money we would be saving at the same time, we wouldn’t be locking away innocent people and giving them many years in prison for doing nothing. You can get less time for killing a person then you can for selling pot or getting caught with a plant which makes no sense at all.

For many years are government has told us many lies about the effects of marijuana like if you smoke pot you will lead on to other drugs. Weed is not a gateway drug there is no such thing as a gateway drug. First off you have many people who either smoked ciggerates or drank before they tried pot. Your always told marijuana will do terrible things to you but when you finally try it and realize that nothing happened you may think well maybe heroin is nothing too. The fact that it is illegal is what helps get people hooked on other drugs. Your buying your weed from some dealer most dealers usually sell other drugs too. Most times the dealer will say I have some heroin, I have some cocaine, I got these pills it will make you more fucked up so if you weren’t buying your weed of the guy on the street they would be less people moving to other drugs. In Amsterdam where marijuana is legal over 60% people who smoke weed does not move on to harder drugs. The most important thing you have to look at when it comes to drug addicts and pot heads are not drug addicts, but what you have to look into when you want to know what lead this person on to harder drugs. Most drug addicts were either abused, molested, parents divorced, parents or close family relative died. Those are what lead on to other drugs not pot. That’s like saying I use to eat a lot of cookies but I wanted something that would give me a edge so I started smoking pot, then that wasn’t good enough so I moved on to meth. That’s how silly marijuana is a gateway drug sound
When you look back at the alcohol prohibition it’s the same as current marijuana prohibition. All it does is cause crime look at Mexico and the drug cartels if there wasn’t a prohibition there would be less crime there and less crime here. I would feel more comfortable buying my pot off of a professional with a marijuana selling lisecence then a sketchy drug dealer. Our government takes the drugs in themselves then they arrest us and lock us up in there private jails where they get rich off of us. Why is it that a person like Cassie Antony can be free and Michael Vick can get a year for murder but a mom you got busted for selling 31 dollars’ worth of pot gets ten years or Mark Emery was locked up in a American prison for 5 years for selling seeds in Canada. Then you have a MS patient in New Jersey who was busted a year before they made it legal for MS patients to use for having 17 plants he never sold any of it, and was using it to help his condition. Now this poor sick man is facing serious jail time. None of that makes any sense. You have people who are a complete disgrace to the human race and that’s the D.E.A. These sick people violently bust in legal marijuana dispensaries with guns, scream and curse at them treat them like animals then take away all there marijuana leaving sick people who depend on that marijuana with nothing. I don’t understand how any D.E.A. worker can look at himself in the mirror and think he is doing a good job.

The super bowl makes me sick too because the NFL has strict policies about how the players can’t smoke marijuana but on Super bowl Sunday I’m sure everyone will be talking about how much they liked the beer commercials. Tobacco is the leading cause of death Alcohol comes in at third, prescription pills and aspirin are also on the top ten leading causes of death. In the thousands of years marijuana has been around not one person has died from it. You can die from drinking too much water and some people can die from eating a peanut, but not a single person can die from weed. Marijuana makes you more peaceful, it makes you more laid back. How many times do we here about a guy getting stoned and beating his wife? Marijuana has been scientifically proven to help your brain cells and kill cancerous cells. There is no medicine like medicine. Marijuana can cure a lot of serious health problems and cause very little side effects. Look at pills and all the side effects they cause some anti-depressant pills can even lead to suicide and these are the ones that are recommended to take. Medical marijuana helps so many people, and then you have sick heartless people like Mitt Romney who told a critically ill 80lbs medical marijuana patient that he would lock him up if he became president. You have to be really sick in the head to say that to someone. Marijuana is a super medicine.
Let me also say a little about hemp. Hemp is the most useful crop in the entire world yet it’s illegal. Hemp and marijuana both come from the cannabis plant but are two different things. Hemp is grown much differently then marijuana. You can make over 25,000 different things from the hemp plant including fuels, oils, medicine, paper, clothes, and so much more. You can make so much more and much better paper with hemp so we wouldn’t have to chop down so many trees, killing innocent animals who once called those woods there home by chopping down all those trees. The cannabis plant also releases a carbon dioxide in the air that is very good for our environment. There are thousands and thousands of benefits that this plant can give us but instead our government locks up innocent people for having a harmless plant. One of the reasons why I think marijuana is illegal because it makes us think wisely and our government had always looked down at critical thinking. They do not want an entire nation of intelligent people they want a nation of idiots who are easy to brainwash so they can get rich off putting away innocent people in jail. So they tell you all these lies like you will never doing anything in life if you smoke marijuana.

I’ve been smoking marijuana for five years now and I’ve been doing almost every day for three years. I don’t smoke ciggerates and I don’t drink any alcohol never went on to any other drug. I think that weed made me a better and smarter person. It made me love myself more and start caring about my body. I started exercising and eating right. It made me friendlier and be a better person to be around. Before I started smoking I had anxiety problems always felt depressed but when I started smoking it was a whole new thing for the first time in my life I started living life. I smoke all the time I never sleepy unless I get a bad night of sleep and I still have a real good memory. I may forget a few little things here and there but don’t we all. It’s sad how so many people know nothing about the truth of marijuana they just know the lies that were told to them. I also don’t think that marijuana is for everyone and I don’t put people down who don’t smoke it or would never force anyone to do it. I just want to inform you the truth. I just get mad when I have people who never smoked pot before tell me how bad it is. That’s why we need to have Ron Paul as president. He is the only candidate out there with a brain. I know this is a real long thread and I hope you read it like I said before I just wanted to fully explain why I feel this way. Even though there’s a lot more I could say on this subject. I want you to know the real truth on marijuana. For net flix users if you want to watch a amazing documentary watch The Union the Business behind getting High. It is the most informative documentary you need to watch on marijuana. Let me know how you feel on this subject
 
I didnt read all of that but I think the problems stems from people overdoing it. There are those out there who just dont smoke because they admit they dont know their limit. We'll have ppl smoking and driving just like they drink and drive or going to work high. I'm not saying everyone would do this but it would happen. Overall if people just accepted more responsibility and knew the appropriate time in which to get high it wouldnt be a problem. As far as health goes certain drugs affect people in different way. Like you said, you keep yourself healthy, but someone who already smokes cigarettes and doesnt work out doesnt need to add another risk factor to the equation. I guess thats the main concern by those out there who are actually considering the pros and cons of pot instead of feeding lies. As far as legalization goes, I wouldnt mind it it was for medicinal purposes for people who actually have a condition that will improve with pot use.
 
I didnt read all of that but I think the problems stems from people overdoing it. There are those out there who just dont smoke because they admit they dont know their limit. We'll have ppl smoking and driving just like they drink and drive or going to work high. I'm not saying everyone would do this but it would happen

I think it would be wise for the government to place some sort of constraint. Make it legal but just like smoking and drinking, dish out fines for people who aren't responsible enough. Make it still illegal to smoke it in public places or other communities that place it in as a by law. Build marijuana smoking pubs so people have a place to go,out of the public's way. I know people still won't play by the rules but all they can do is lay down the law and if you choose not to oblige then that's your own undoing.

If Marijuana isn't going to be legal at least decriminalize it or smaller amounts. I know in the states its pretty bad but in Canada, the cops are a bit more lenient. I don't understand this who war on drugs to begin with. There is a large underground supply and demand for it,simply because its illegal. You can't eliminate it completely, there is always way to much money to be made for ether side to cave.

What happened during the 30's during the prohibition era? You all know the result. You make something illegal,an underground supply will quickly become available. Then all that ceased when alcohol became legal again. It could work with marijuana as well. Legalize it,tax it and regulate it. The underground market will fade. The only backlash is the possibility of another,yet even more dangerous drug rising up and filling the void.

Legalization is inevitable,just not in the foreseeable near future.
 
Here is a link for the entire movie The Union the Business behind Getting High. This documentary is the most informative documentary on marijuana and I have seen a lot of them. This movie is for any Marijuana activist or anyone who doesn't know a lot of the power of the wonder plant. Too many people don't know enough about what this plant can do. It's very well put together and must watch documentary and one that everyone on here should watch.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jO_ncXj7RE&feature=youtu.be
 
http://www.naturalnews.com/034967_celebrities_pharmaceuticals_timeline.html

Just look at all the famous celebrities who were killed due to pharmaceutical drugs. This list goes all the way back to the death of Marilyn Monroe and Whitney Houston being the most recent death
A lot of people on that list that we all loved and they are gone and they wouldn’t have died
If they all just smoked too much pot instead

Pot never killed any of the people we strongly admired and yet that is the dangerous drugs. While the pharmaceutical industries continue to be one of the most profitable industries today and continue to drug us up with all these different types of pills.
When are people going to wake up and realize where the real damage is coming from?
 
This is off-topic, but Todd, I implore you, please spend some time looking over your posts and formatting them better. For the most part, I like your posts, but you write in disjointed sentences and paragraphs sometimes and it makes it hard to follow. Use some formatting, use subheadings, underline the important points, something to make it easier to read.
 
Just look at all the famous celebrities who were killed due to pharmaceutical drugs.

You could also look at a list of wrestlers who died young. It's about as meaningful as that list. And their lives are a drop in the ocean compared to the amount of lives saed or extended by pharmaceuticals. It takes a special amount of idioucy to make me defend big pharma. Congratulations on being that stupid Todd.

This list goes all the way back to the death of Marilyn Monroe and Whitney Houston being the most recent death

She'd been taking benzodiazepines and alcohol. They have a well documented interraction.

A lot of people on that list that we all loved and they are gone and they wouldn’t have died. If they all just smoked too much pot instead

And nobody would have noticed their deaths if they hadn't been famous. Also, smoking pot and driving doubles your risk of dying. Just saying.

Pot never killed any of the people we strongly admired and yet that is the dangerous drugs.

Nope. They have killed a few we haven't and been linked to mental health issues.

While the pharmaceutical industries continue to be one of the most profitable industries today and continue to drug us up with all these different types of pills.

They're able to be so profitable by being just about the most incredably corrupt and cartoonishly evil corporations on the planet. They've also saved, lengthened, and improved more lives than near damn anything else in the developed world.

Also, learn the difference between a pill, a tablet and a capsule. Pills haven't been used in years.

When are people going to wake up and realize where the real damage is coming from?

Yeah, like I say Big Pharma is corrupt and cartoonishly evil but they didn't kill Houston. She misused and abused drugs and died because of it. Companies make damn sure that warnings like "may cause drowziness" are known so that they don't get sued. If Houston decided to ignore those warnings then that's her own damn fault.

Don't use her death, or anyone elses to further your own agenda, dumbass.
 
You could also look at a list of wrestlers who died young. It's about as meaningful as that list. And their lives are a drop in the ocean compared to the amount of lives saed or extended by pharmaceuticals. It takes a special amount of idioucy to make me defend big pharma. Congratulations on being that stupid Todd.


The only thing that I agreed with was the very first sentence you said. Wrestlers are another good example to bring up. Look how many of them died to of an overdose or from a long history of pain killers and other prescribed and unprescribed medicine before the age of 50. Marijuana is a good for relaxing your muscles but that's a banned substance. There’s still thousands and thousands of deaths each year when marijuana itself hasn't killed one person

She'd been taking benzodiazepines and alcohol. They have a well documented interraction.


Alcohol alone kills about 85,000 people every year


And nobody would have noticed their deaths if they hadn't been famous. Also, smoking pot and driving doubles your risk of dying. Just saying.

Well there’s more than 100,000 people who are not famous who die to similar causes. Alcohol still kills a lot more people behind the wheel than pot but alcohol is legal. Our government has lied to us before when it comes to their marijuana research so who knows if they are lying this time. I have driven with plenty of people who are stoned driving and didn't have any problems at all I drive all the time when I'm stoned and everyone tells me I drive better when I'm high

Nope. They have killed a few we haven't and been linked to mental health issues


That’s only for people who abuse the hell out of it. People who eat too much fast food get fat get fat but there not closing down fast food restaurants. Look at the tons of more health alcohol and tobacco cause No one is banning bars or making tobacco products illegal. Those 3 cause way more health issues than pot will ever cause


They're able to be so profitable by being just about the most incredably corrupt and cartoonishly evil corporations on the planet. They've also saved, lengthened, and improved more lives than near damn anything else in the developed world.


Marijuana can also provide so many different health benefits. Medical marijuana has saved millions of lives across the entire world. Marijuana kills cancerous cells and is the only single medicine that has so many different benefits. You try telling a person with MS who smokes medical marijuana not to smoke pot


Also, learn the difference between a pill, a tablet and a capsule. Pills haven't been used in years..


Well I wouldn't have known I haven't taken any of the type of medicine in years

Yeah, like I say Big Pharma is corrupt and cartoonishly evil but they didn't kill Houston. She misused and abused drugs and died because of it. Companies make damn sure that warnings like "may cause drowziness" are known so that they don't get sued. If Houston decided to ignore those warnings then that's her own damn fault


You still can't die from just smoking marijuana you can't even overdose from smoking too much marijuana

Don't use her death, or anyone elses to further your own agenda, dumbass.

Why? Is it because alcohol tobacco prescription drugs and aspirin kills over 500,000 people each year
 
Marijuana should definitely be legalized. It should have never been made illegal in the first place. The short and long term affects of alcohol are much more damaging then that of marijuana. It could also be easily regulated and given similar restrictions to alcohol in terms of age and driving. It's not like if it is made legal there is going to be a shit ton of new people smoking and driving anyways.

The people who already smoke pot will continue to do so, just without any need to hide it from anyone. Those who don't smoke it because of fear of a drug test at their job will likely start back up, but if they are responsible enough to stop when it is illegal and could affect their careers, then I'm sure they would be responsible enough to follow whatever rules are laid out. I think many of you would be surprised at the number of people from all different walks of life who currently smoke weed even with it being illegal.
 
The only problem I see about marijuana being legalized is, well, the (U.S) government.

Like everything else they get their greedy little paws on, it'll be taxed to hell, and thus become completely unaffordable. The "outlawed" snuff, apparently not regulated, will be brought down with swift vengeance and furious anger.

I could only imagine though the sales pitches from supermarkets though:

"BUY TWO OUNCES OF HIGH-GRADE GRASS TODAY AND GET 2 BAGS OF FRITOS FREE!"

(poster's note: I've never had the stuff, never will, just my two cents.)
 
It should be legalized. You can't justify that it shouldn't be. I am just gonna keep this simple and sharp. Alcohol has way more effects on you and kills a lot more people each year. Alcohol affects you way to easily where as weed does not. Anybody who has had weed can tell you that what they show on tv about how people have weird imaginations or how it trips you out and stuff would know that that is completely bullshit. I have done weed that many times to safely say that. I have only had one hallucination out of the billion times that I have done it. Oh and while we are on the subject, it is almost impossible to overdose on weed (forgot the amount but you would have to smoke like 40 pounds of weed in a day or something ridiculous involving the number 4 in it to overdose).

Weed is also used for medicine and is not addictive like cigarettes. It is easy to give up weed, you don't even crave it once you have given up. Where as cigarettes can kill you and is actually addicting. Also you have more chance of a vending machine falling on you than weed killing you. Also the government would save so much more money just making it legal.

So if you are going to make weed illegal, make tobaco and alcohol illegeal as well, otherwise make weed legal!
 
Marijuana doesn't kill you but Police will kill you for having marijuana Police once again making complete fools of themselves

http://www.hailmaryjane.com/18-year-old-man-shot-in-new-york-over-marijuana/

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/02...ill-18-year-old-inside-bathroom-of-bronx-home

You tell me if this police was just doing his job?

18 year old Rahmarley Graham was stopped by cops for only having a joint he ran to his house where the police followed him. The police then busted through the door without announcing who they were or without a warrant. The police then rushed in the house with their guns drawn shot Graham in the chest in front of his grandmother and 6 year old brother. Police found no guns only a small amount of pot that he was trying to flush down the toilet. One of the links provides a video of the police breaking in the hose. How is this justice? When will people realize that the war on drugs has been one of the biggest failures our country has ever had? Today you can get killed for not only having a plant, because having weed on you makes you a dangerous person. Never once did Graham draw a gun on the Police he didn't even own a weapon. This isn't justice this is murder. Yes he did run away from the cops which was Graham's fault but at no point did he use any kind of threat giving the cops no reason to shoot. Reasons like these are why marijuana needs to be legalized and Rahmarley Graham would still be alive today.
 
The only problem I see about marijuana being legalized is, well, the (U.S) government.

Like everything else they get their greedy little paws on, it'll be taxed to hell, and thus become completely unaffordable. The "outlawed" snuff, apparently not regulated, will be brought down with swift vengeance and furious anger.

I could only imagine though the sales pitches from supermarkets though:

"BUY TWO OUNCES OF HIGH-GRADE GRASS TODAY AND GET 2 BAGS OF FRITOS FREE!"

(poster's note: I've never had the stuff, never will, just my two cents.)

Well, thats why they should legalize it in my opinion. I was a huge pothead for a long while and only recently quit. Hell I even used to sell it in high school.

It should be legalized simply because its less harmful than alcohol and it could be taxed to hell and that would in turn help our disaster of an economy.

The only reason I can think of why it shouldn't be legalized is because then people would question why harder drugs like heroin or cocaine couldn't be legalized. I personally believe that alone to be the biggest reason why they haven't legalized it yet. It would open the discussion up for harder drugs and if we went down that road it would be disastrous.
 
The myth of Bigfoot is more real then marijuana being a gateway drug. You have to look into the life’s of the people who are moving on to other drugs. A high percentage of heavy drug users are missing one of their parents or had an abusive childhood or just grew up or had a very traumatic experience in their past. In Amsterdam where marijuana is legal more then 50% less people move on to harder drugs than they do in America.

From everyone I talked too most people either drank alcohol or smoked cigarettes before they tried pot so does that make alcohol and tobacco a gateway drug. You can easily say that I started off by drinking milk and wanted to move on to something harder. That's how stupid and silly that make believe gateway drug really is. I've been smoking pot for over 5 years now and I have never got the urge to try harder drugs I even refuse to drink because I know the severe damage long term alcohol use can cause since I started smoking pot I got my life back together I came out of my shell and just became or better person all around in everything that I do.

The fact that marijuana is illegal makes it a gateway drug because a lot of drug dealers sell other drugs besides pot the drug dealer will offer you a harder drug and that’s how people move on to harder drugs not because marijuana is a gateway drug
 
Shouldn't be a law on it either way for me, which I guess means it should be legal (I'm not a lawyer, if something isn't illegal, is it legal, or is it something else; I guess something like 'we don't care about that').

Never touched it, never been in the same room as it, I've smelt it at people's houses and told them they're stupid for doing it though. But I don't think I really have a right to stop them doing it, if they were cutting themselves I would, so certainly in terms of my moral compass, I have a position of discouragement, but not one of withdrawal.

I don't have a high opinion of most people who smoke it (that I know and celebrities), at the same time, some people I hugely respect in the public domain are forthright that they do it all the same. This doesn't mean it should be outlawed though, I don't have a high opinion of most people who clear their throat loudly near me, doesn't mean their should be laws on it.

I don't know if I'd ban any drugs honestly though, it worries me a little why people seek out substances like cocaine and heroin in the first place, but I feel a little uneasy saying they should be illegal.
 
http://news.menshealth.com/news-eve...-MHNews-_-SmokedPotReadThis&fb_source=message


Here is a great article to read basically says how pot doesn't really do any real damage to your lungs

here’s a clip from the article

“the researchers found that pot smokers seemed to have better lung function than people who didn’t smoke at all.”


That just proves my point even more that marijuana is good and there aren’t any real dangers to it and that it should be legalized now to make the planet a better place
 
http://news.menshealth.com/news-eve...-MHNews-_-SmokedPotReadThis&fb_source=message


Here is a great article to read basically says how pot doesn't really do any real damage to your lungs

here’s a clip from the article

“the researchers found that pot smokers seemed to have better lung function than people who didn’t smoke at all.”


That just proves my point even more that marijuana is good and there aren’t any real dangers to it and that it should be legalized now to make the planet a better place

I'm not necessarily anti-weed, but I am pro-logic.

Here's another clip from the article:

Study leader Stefan Kertesz, M.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, says that he and his colleagues don’t think marijuana actually makes your lungs healthier—it’s an irritant, after all. But the way people smoke pot, by breathing in very deeply, may have trained participants to perform better on the tests. Either way, the effect was very small. “Don’t smoke pot if you’re trying to improve your triathlon times,” Kertesz jokes.

Todd, you speak as if weed is some kind of health supplement that benefits your respiratory system. Yet, the very article you cite states that it is the breathing techniques that gave participants better results on these tests. Ergo, marijuana use is entirely incidental; scuba diving, opera singing, or huffing gas could have the same effect on lung capacity.

Moreover, the article also states that excessive pot smoking is eventually detrimental to your health. So it seems you can't use this as evidence for going and smoking as much weed as you want without any risks.

I don't normally get involved in these debates because I quickly get fed up with the inevitable "420 BITCH U R A PUSSY CUZ YOU DONT DO WEED FAGOT" arguments, but that sheer lack of reading comprehension from Todd just tugged me enough.

Also, the pro-weed consensus generally will always use "well it's not as harmful as alcohol therefore it should be legalised" as their first line of defence. Similarly, I could go out and randomly attack a complete stranger on the street, get charged with assault, and then claim "well, at least it's not as bad as murder". Nope, don't buy it.

And if it was legalised, you've then got the issues of government control, marketisation, and taxation, which the right honourable Bad Booking brought up. The powers that be will not just legalise a drug if it doesn't benefit them.
Then, to avoid the price hike and the inevitably shitty quality weed they'll flog in Walmart or Tesco, you'll just get an even bigger illicit market emerging, which will only reinforce the criminality which was hoped to be erased in the first place.

In a nutshell, if you want to break the law, just learn how not to get caught. Soda out.
 
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Moreover, the article also states that excessive pot smoking is eventually detrimental to your health. So it seems you can't use this as evidence for going and smoking as much weed as you want without any risks..

The article does say that which is true but that was something I already know. Too much of anything is bad for you I talk a lot about the benefits of marijuana but I also talk about smoking marijuana responsibly I'll be the first to say that pot isn't for everyone but for the many people it helps it does great things for them

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don't normally get involved in these debates because I quickly get fed up with the inevitable "420 BITCH U R A PUSSY CUZ YOU DONT DO WEED FAGOT" arguments, but that sheer lack of reading comprehension from Todd just tugged me enough.

The only difference is that I actually post facts with evidence to back my self up

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Also, the pro-weed consensus generally will always use "well it's not as harmful as alcohol therefore it should be legalised" as their first line of defence. Similarly, I could go out and randomly attack a complete stranger on the street, get charged with assault, and then claim "well, at least it's not as bad as murder". Nope, don't buy it.

That's a dumb compariosson

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And if it was legalised, you've then got the issues of government control, marketisation, and taxation, which the right honourable Bad Booking brought up. The powers that be will not just legalise a drug if it doesn't benefit them.
Then, to avoid the price hike and the inevitably shitty quality weed they'll flog in Walmart or Tesco, you'll just get an even bigger illicit market emerging, which will only reinforce the criminality which was hoped to be erased in the first place.

The part that is bold and underline is one of the biggest problem typical government only caring about themselves and not the people marijuana can save so much money because we would letting out thousands of innocent people in prison and be making billions of dollars back. I'm all for legalizing and regulating it. Legalizing marijuana will be good for people and the environment and there’s thousands and thousands and thousands of things that we could make from it and it’s safe to say that the cannabis plant is the most useful crop in the world

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n a nutshell, if you want to break the law, just learn how not to get caught. Soda out.

People shouldn't have to hide the fact they smoke pot and people shouldn't be looked down for doing so either I think that the people are slowly starting to realize that there so many benefits from marijuana and so many lies that were said about it. I say people who smoke pot should be proud to be themselves and proud to be a pot smoker
 
Too much of anything is bad for you

Except for, I don't know, fresh air, maybe?

The only difference is that I actually post facts with evidence to back my self up

You posted a link to an article which you selectively read and subsequently misinterpreted. The article itself doesn't have much in terms of solid data; it doesn't even provide a link to Dr. Kertesz's research, not even an abstract. Even so, the study didn't actually set out to prove that weed is good for you, all they've proven is that pot smokers have the ability to breathe deeply.

That's a dumb compariosson

I know, it was a parody of the stereotypical arguments I was making reference to. Too stoned for satire?

The part that is bold and underline is one of the biggest problem typical government only caring about themselves and not the people...

Governments care about revenue because they have to foot the bill for running a country, of course they'll try and squeeze money out of the population where possible. Look at the state of the UK right now: the duties on alcohol and tobacco are enormous because the government knows people would rather pay more than have to give up their addictive habits. Same would happen if weed were to be legalised and regulated.

People shouldn't have to hide the fact they smoke pot and people shouldn't be looked down for doing so either I think that the people are slowly starting to realize that there so many benefits from marijuana and so many lies that were said about it. I say people who smoke pot should be proud to be themselves and proud to be a pot smoker

Of course, First Amendment and all that jazz. But with any lifestyle choices, you shouldn't shove it down other peoples' throats.
 
I don't shove anything down anyone's throats I let people know about the real facts I try to separate facts and opinions. If you choose to believe that I only briefly read the article then that’s fine you can believe that by legalizing marijuana would bring in billions of dollars we would be saving money and gaining more money and it would help people become aware that marijuana is so much safer for you then alcohol and tobacco
 
http://reason.com/blog/2012/05/20/a-report-from-obamas-humane-drug-war-my



Here are cops who were just doing their jobs?

Police broke into the home of Kyle Farrar on May 10th at 5.30 in the morning. Police forcefully broke into the room of his 12 year old daughter and led her down stairs at gun point then forced her to lie on the floor next to her parents with her hands behind her head then took his 2 year old son and refused to give him to his parents who was crying and screaming for his parents all because he was selling bongs These police also raided the homes of 13 other head shop owners All the head shops had the inventory seized and one shop lost more the $80,000 worth of merchandise they were even scum enough seized the cars of one head shop owner and his employees.

This really has to stop the DEA are some of the lowest forms of human beings in existence. They have no right doing what they are doing when it is perfectly legal to sell bongs. There is nothing wrong with selling glass smoking products, I see so much worse with people with guns breaking into a person’s 12 year daughters bedroom and forcing her to lie on the floor. I don’t get how those cops can live with themselves it’s a shame. What has this country come to?
 
http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=60527546


One more thing I had to post

I strongly suggest that everyone reads this link especially people from New Jersey tomorrow members of the assembly are going to vote for a bill to decimalize marijuana Assembly Bill 1465 if this bill is passed it will remove all criminal penalties of possession of marijuana of under 15 grams and no criminal record. With this link you can tell your assembly member that you favor the Assembly 1465. This can be a big step in the future for legalizing marijuana It's more of a crime that police arrest innocent people with no criminal record for having a small amount of marijuana. It's time for change in our world let’s make a change and let the world know that the cannabis plant can do millions of great things write to your Assembly member tell then that you favor Assembly Bill 1465
 
I agree with alot of the things said by Todd; but to be honest, I am completely against the legalization of Marijuana. If it were to ever be legalized, it would end up under the complete control of our government. With the government in control, they can basically regulate the distribution of it as much as they want. They can even make laws that prevent people from growing their own plants and thus force the user to buy their overpriced version of Marijuana. By legalizing Marijuana you basically tell them, "here, take the last bit of hope we have from preventing a complete corporate society in which that one little green paper dictates our lives."

What's that? You don't think the government would stoop so low as to use Marijuana against us rather than to the people's advantage? -- Think again. We live in a decaying society that doesn't seem to have any light shinning over it for the times to come. The devil's hand is upon us, and things can only get worse with a shift in hands of the marijuana plants.

If you think about it, or rather, from my personal experience, Marijuana is in the hands of the people as of this moment. Yea, it's illegal, but does that stop anyone from taking a hit? You see it everywhere--a good percentage of our population has had experiences with Marijuana. Funnily enough, the people who distribute the Marijuana to "commoners" are not big time criminal organizations; but rather, just the same as the class-type mentioned prior: commoners.

Marijuana is given a bad rep because the majority of its users happen to be located in the ghetto--the fricken ghetto. But what people don't realize about this is that what has just been mentioned is nothing more than a statistic. A statistic that means only information. Go up to the people that blaze, take a minute and conversate with them, you'll find that everyone who blazes is a lot smarter than you give them credit for. Even more so, I bet the majority of these people are peaceful deep within, it's their surroundings that have made them the person they are today, not the plant.

As far as the gateway theory, that's a load of shit. It was the person's own choice to move on to harder drugs; saying that it was the plant's fault for not being what they desired is a bullshit excuse: you wanted to try something stronger, and therefore you did. However, that was all based on YOUR wants. Not no one's else, nor the plant's. It was all you, only you.
 

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