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Should marijuana be legalized?

Should we legalize pot?


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Of course. There's no (good) reason not to.
 
Yes, I think it is a good idea, let the gUBMINT get some revenue.....;)
If Wa state passes a grow law, I'm in....
The smell of colitas brings back memories of my misspent youth....:mrgreen:
 
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Yes, I think it is a good idea, let the gUBMINT get some revenue.....;)
If Wa state passes a grow law, I'm in....
The smell of colitas brings back memories of my misspent youth....:mrgreen:

"You can check out any time you want but you can never leave.":)
 
Yes, but with no additional "Sin Tax"---Just tax it like any other Herb. And let people alone about it. :mrgreen:
 
All drugs should be legalised (but it should be illegal to buy them for children). Across the board. Period Not only are the drug laws doomed to failure, they are extremely costly to enforce. Worse, they take away the individual's right to do what he or she wishes to their body. No, the state has jurisdiction over it. And because they're illegal criminal gangs are the ones who deal with them - including terrorist groups.

Complete legalisation and an end to the drug war. Nothing more, nothing less.
 
Wait what?????? It's not legal? Could have fooled me:lol:
 
Yes, but with no additional "Sin Tax"---Just tax it like any other Herb. And let people alone about it. :mrgreen:

Nah. There are plenty of health effects to marijuana. Put a decent tax on it and funnel it into health care.
 
Marijuana and ALL OTHER drugs should be legal for private recreational use.

AND....they, and alcohol and tobacco, should be subject to only the same sales tax all other commodities are subject to, like batteries, tires, clothes, watches, Playstations, CD's and DVD's, etc.

Let's stop pretending the government should engineer society by selectively taxing consumer products.

And if some dumb ass OD's on heroin as a result, let him die if you don't want to use your own money to support him. DO NOT decide that since you don't want to use your own money you should be free to tap into my assets instead.
 
Nah. There are plenty of health effects to marijuana. Put a decent tax on it and funnel it into health care.
I would have to say that the Pluses of Pot, more than compensate for any negative folks my perceive it to have. --Putting a heavy "Sin Tax" on it, will just continue the underground market for tax free pot. Crime will continue to rise. Make it legal, so there is no money for the crooks to fight over. ---where is that pipe??
 
I would have to say that the Pluses of Pot, more than compensate for any negative folks my perceive it to have. --Putting a heavy "Sin Tax" on it, will just continue the underground market for tax free pot. Crime will continue to rise. Make it legal, so there is no money for the crooks to fight over. ---where is that pipe??

I hear this argument a lot, but it doesn't make sense to me. There are heavy taxes on tobacco, but you don't see people growing it in their basements to get around paying the tax.

As far as the issue in general goes, I'm fairly neutral towards it. There are some benefits and drawbacks to legalizing it in about equal measure. At the very least it should be legalized for medical use.
 
I'm so glad I didn't vote with Vader. :lol:
 
Definitely it should be. I don’t know if I’d go to the length that “All” drugs should be. There are some that are HIGHLY addictive whose damage is very quick and very long lasting that I believe may be in the best interest to keep from being distributed. However, there are many, Marijuana chief among them, whose addictiveness and danger is not that far off from Alcohol or Tobacco in short or long term use.

I don’t have an issue with a “sin tax” on it as long as a “sin tax” is still on Alcohol and Tobacco as I’d consider it in the same vein as them. I think it should be sold and regulated with a mixed model of alcohol regulations and laws and harsher public smoking laws (since 2nd hand marijuana I believe does have a more proven affect on others around it than even cigarette smoke).

I disagree with the notion that a strong black market will start up. There will be one for a short time after but within 5 to 10 years that’ll be mostly nill. Homegrown Tobacco isn’t a huge thing, and honestly neither is black market booze when compared to the over arching sale of alcohol. In reality the majority of those that use it will end up going for the route of safer, more convenient, likely higher quality for the price, and most of all legal options than a black market one when given the choice. I wouldn’t be surprised to see low quality “bottom shelf” type variations akin to how one could buy aristocrat instead of Absolut.
 
We have enough problems with alchohol.
The high strength bud thats around is dangerous to mental health.
I've met a few people that have been damaged by smoking dope.
 
I long for the day when I can go into a 7-11 and say, "I would like a carton of Acapulco Gold, please.:cool:
 
We have enough problems with alchohol.
The high strength bud thats around is dangerous to mental health.
I've met a few people that have been damaged by smoking dope.

I disagree. I've been smoking over fifty years and I never met anyone it has killed. The dea lies and even says that it is addictive. That's total bull.

Water is more dangerous than pot. A contestent recently died from water intoxication.

I get a kick out of the lies the media tells about it. They often say that so and so was smoking marijuana during a crime but fail to mention that so and so was drunk out of their minds, too. They blame the pot and disregard more abusive drugs.
 
I disagree. I've been smoking over fifty years and I never met anyone it has killed. The dea lies and even says that it is addictive. That's total bull.

Water is more dangerous than pot. A contestent recently died from water intoxication.

I get a kick out of the lies the media tells about it. They often say that so and so was smoking marijuana during a crime but fail to mention that so and so was drunk out of their minds, too. They blame the pot and disregard more abusive drugs.

It can bring on depression and make people delusional.
If you have been smoking it for fifty years and you have never met a 'pot head' then you couldnt have been looking.
You dont die of an overdose and it doesnt usually make people violent but its still a nasty drug
 
Water is more dangerous than pot. A contestent recently died from water intoxication.

Ugg I swear to ****ing god, people like you and idiotic ridiculous arguments like this and paranoid ranting is one of the largest reasons why its going to be difficult for the next 10 to 20 years to actually get this legalized. Cause god forbid people listen to the folks addressing this in sane and reasonable matter that reasonably discusses Marijuana and other drugs without both grossly under stating or over stating its effects, dangers, and draw backs.
 
It can bring on depression and make people delusional.
If you have been smoking it for fifty years and you have never met a 'pot head' then you couldnt have been looking.
You dont die of an overdose and it doesnt usually make people violent but its still a nasty drug
it's no more dnagerous than alcohol, less so, probably. i've never met a mean pot-head. ;-)
 
it's no more dnagerous than alcohol, less so, probably. i've never met a mean pot-head. ;-)

i have, he was fine until he stopped taking the meds for his marijuana induced scizophrenia, then he was a wife beater
 
Marijuana and ALL OTHER drugs should be legal for private recreational use.

AND....they, and alcohol and tobacco, should be subject to only the same sales tax all other commodities are subject to, like batteries, tires, clothes, watches, Playstations, CD's and DVD's, etc.

Let's stop pretending the government should engineer society by selectively taxing consumer products.

And if some dumb ass OD's on heroin as a result, let him die if you don't want to use your own money to support him. DO NOT decide that since you don't want to use your own money you should be free to tap into my assets instead.

Well, the topic is only about marijuana. If we're going to legalize all drugs, then I DEFINITELY want it heavily taxed, especially to health care and specifically for drug treatment and support. The way I figure it if we're going to legalize all addictive drugs then we should at the very least help and support people who decide to get off of them.

I would have to say that the Pluses of Pot, more than compensate for any negative folks my perceive it to have. --Putting a heavy "Sin Tax" on it, will just continue the underground market for tax free pot. Crime will continue to rise. Make it legal, so there is no money for the crooks to fight over. ---where is that pipe??

Not necessarily. After all, legitimate marijuana dealers won't mix their joints with other harder drugs. It'll be more reputable, especially because it'll be able to advertise. While there will be some underground market for tax-free marijuana it won't be enough to prevent reputable marijuana businesses who pay the taxes for it from doing business. For example, while alcohol products have high taxes, moonshiners haven't put Anheuser-Bush or Jack Daniels out of business. It wouldn't make criminals worse criminals - it would make criminals turn to businessmen.

It can bring on depression and make people delusional.

So can religions but we're not criminalizing all of them based on that fact.
 
i have, he was fine until he stopped taking the meds for his marijuana induced scizophrenia, then he was a wife beater
wait a minute, pot induced schizophrenia? what?
 
i have, he was fine until he stopped taking the meds for his marijuana induced scizophrenia, then he was a wife beater

:rofl he was going to get schizophrenia anyway! Marijuana does not cause it, but can bring it out sooner in someone. So he smoked pot and beat his wife...it is not funny but I keep laughing. the person who wrote this has obviously never smoked. It makes you introverted and peaceful not aggressive! That person had issues to begin with.

YES it should be legal but not for medicinal purposes. There are other drugs with less side effects. Once a marijuana breathalyzer is developed the government will capitalize on it, I assume that is how they plan on paying back all the $$$ they spent.

Anyone who says it should not be legal is not considering that:
-marijuana makes you passive/alcohol makes you aggressive
-marijuana is not physically addictive/alcohol is
-marijuana makes you drive slower and be more cautious/alcohol makes you reckless (not that you should be on the road while intoxicated)
-marijuana is a bronchial dilator, and does not cause lung cancer. In fact, cannibinoids (sp?) actually have cancer fighting properties- I can back this up with medical studies of anyone wants.../alcohol kills your liver

Not that I advocate smoking it, but it is a given if alcohol is legal, marijuana should be too. But it opens your mind (brain circuit 5 I believe as opposed to alcohols #2) which is dangerous for the government. Open minded people are harder to manipulate.
 
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