Marijuana

[Farbin Kaiber]

I feel much more productive since I've removed myself from being a chronic, habitual smoker.

[Ayman]

I <3 this thread.

[Fourbanger]

Uh kind-of general there and if that happens, then the drugs that are proven to be worse, such as heroin, crack, etc... get legalized? No thanks.

Yes, please.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=portugal-drug-decriminalization

Note that "decriminalization, as practiced in Portugal, eliminates jail time for drug users but maintains criminal penalties for dealers."

People don't avoid doing doing harmful drugs because they're illegal, they avoid them because they're harmful. Decriminalizing all drugs would not increase the number of hard drug users, it would just make the drugs safer for those who will inevitably do them.

It would also save our country billions of dollars on the enforcement of drug laws ($30 billion budget in 1999) and the incarceration drug users (a substantial cost, I'm sure), while at the same time generating billions of dollars by taxing marijuana ($6 billion if taxed at rates similar to tobacco).

It was probably all mentioned in this thread already, oh well. Not about to read it.

[Dozyproductions]

Good point, I'm not a pot head, therefore your logic dose not make sense to me. If you legalize it, it'll just pave the way for more drugs to be legalized. Seriously just get a medical card and be done with it.

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yeah just like in Portugal? You don't have to be a pothead to understand where I'm coming from. You just don't know what you're talking about. Literally.

edit. Not going to go in circles here.

[CrusherCurtis]

[turge]

It's not general. Take out the laws that make it illegal. Don't legalize it with conditions. But then again, you don't sound like some one who has any grasp on the idea.

Good point, I'm not a pot head, therefore your logic dose not make sense to me. If you legalize it, it'll just pave the way for more drugs to be legalized. Seriously just get a medical card and be done with it.

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[Dozyproductions]

Uh kind-of general there and if that happens, then the drugs that are proven to be worse, such as heroin, crack, etc... get legalized? No thanks.

I don't care if people smoke weed since a majority of my friends do it. If you guys have the need to get high, just get a medical card. Seriously all you need to do is complain of some type of pain and you'll get the card.

It's not general. Take out the laws that make it illegal. Don't legalize it with conditions. But then again, you don't sound like some one who has any grasp on the idea.

[tjts1]

Everybody is all over legalizing it but same people doubt it'll ever get legalized. Get out there and do something about it you lazy fuck or are you too busy getting high?

[Farbin Kaiber]

LOL @ Hey Ron being in e.

[CorvallisBMW]

Australia just released a big study saying that it's war on drugs has been a failure and that decriminalizing drugs would be the best way forward.

http://www.news.com.au/national/its-...-1226316949594

[be34st]

Weed isn't addictive at all actually. Truth of the matter is that pot smokers get bored reaaallly quickly compared to non smokers, so we smoke more. I've been a month clean after smoking for two years straight, a month isn't a lot at all but I don't have any urges to smoke. There's no withdrawal symptoms, no nothin'. My two cents.

Response is kind of late but this is totally wrong. Weed absolutely is addictive. And there are withdrawal symptoms. Maybe it's different for everyone but for myself I know this to be true. After smoking non-stop for about 3 years I noticed that If I didn't smoke I would have no appetite, upset stomach, soft-serve ice cream shits, cold sweats, and a generally bad attitude towards everything. I would feel like I had the flu for a couple of days and for a while this was the reason that I continued to smoke. I smoked when I woke up, on the way to work, at work (sometimes with my boss), on my way home, and then when I got home I's smoke 2x as much as I did all day.

I don't smoke anymore because my GF doesn't dig it. But I agree with whoever says alcohol is worse than marijuana. I've done things under the influence of alcohol that I would never do while high. When drunk I have a hairpin temper and it doesnt take much to send me into a rage.

Should it be legalized? NO. Should it be decriminalized? YES.

[turge]

DO NOT LEGALIZE MARIJUANA. Instead, repeal the prohibitive laws and make it a truly free plant as all plants were designed to be!

Uh kind-of general there and if that happens, then the drugs that are proven to be worse, such as heroin, crack, etc... get legalized? No thanks.

I don't care if people smoke weed since a majority of my friends do it. If you guys have the need to get high, just get a medical card. Seriously all you need to do is complain of some type of pain and you'll get the card.

[Dozyproductions]

DO NOT LEGALIZE MARIJUANA. Instead, repeal the prohibitive laws and make it a truly free plant as all plants were designed to be!

[Harbor Freight Tools]

Legalize it watch American weed and this is not a movie

[samiam3356]

Stoners suck, but a little ganja never hurt anyone, and I can say I know many people that are successful every day dudes, and you can't even tell they toke. Everything in moderation is good, alcohol and marijuana. It's alcoholism and being a stoner that's stupid, but having some drank and some dank never hurt anybody when used responsibly.

Our finance director smokes ALL the time. Mind you he has a 300k type job. Got called up for a piss test and decided to haul ass to the head shop down the street and buy some fake piss. Dude still has his job today. LAB ;)

I say legalize it. I don't smoke and wouldn't even if its legal as I have 4 kids to be a good role model.