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Should marijuana be legalized?

Should we legalize pot?


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It's amazing how many people on this thread voted to legalize pot. I think the latest national poll I saw showed something along the lines of 50/50. It is time to let the states decide. If 50% of the population thinks it should be legal, that should correlate to marijuana being legal in approx. 25 states.
 
The type of person who participates in discussions is not representative of the whole population. We have computers and we can express ourselves. Many people are as dumb as a box of rocks but that doesn't mean they don't have OPINIONS.

Despite its negative image, marijuana is an intellectual drug. It expands the imagination and is popular with writers, artists and the creative. So, you'll find a disproportionate number of intellectuals advocating legalization.

The majority of the anti-pot segment are drinkers who can't spell marijuana, let alone appreciate it. Typically, these people disapprove of anything THEY don't do and are quick to want those who disagree to be imprisoned.



It's amazing how many people on this thread voted to legalize pot. I think the latest national poll I saw showed something along the lines of 50/50. It is time to let the states decide. If 50% of the population thinks it should be legal, that should correlate to marijuana being legal in approx. 25 states.
 
This looks bad with the US importing over a ton of illegal dope a day.
What does the world think? I’m sure that they don’t want us driving their train.
 
Not no but hell no.........I don't want to out driving on the highway with a bunch of spaced out dopers......Booze is bad enough.......
 
Not no but hell no.........I don't want to out driving on the highway with a bunch of spaced out dopers......Booze is bad enough.......

They are already out there on the highway with you, legality has nothing to do with it.

btw wtf is up with the necro on this thread?
 
They are already out there on the highway with you, legality has nothing to do with it.

btw wtf is up with the necro on this thread?

If dope was legal there would be a hell of a lot more dopeheads out there driving and the next thing you dope heads would want is to legalize cocaine and heroin......no thanks..........
 
Do you think that alcohol should be criminalized? It seems that legal or not, marijuana and alcohol are used extensively. Alcohol seems to pose a greater danger than marijuana.

Historically, neither one has fared well under prohibition. But technology today would make it easier to locate and arrest illegal alcohol production.

This is a real question, not sarcasm.

Not no but hell no.........I don't want to out driving on the highway with a bunch of spaced out dopers......Booze is bad enough.......
 
Outlawing of pot was based on blatant racism. It's time we put those bad old days of institutionalized racism behind us once and for all. Moreover, the result of outlawing pot is the same as the result of outlawing booze: gangs and violence. Moreover, pot growers make a mess out of public lands with their clandestine "plantations." It could be grown like any other crop on private land.

No drug should be outlawed. The really bad ones, like meth or crack, should be available to addicts under medical supervision. Milder ones, like pot, should be produced and old the same as beer.
 
If dope was legal there would be a hell of a lot more dopeheads out there driving and the next thing you dope heads would want is to legalize cocaine and heroin......no thanks..........

I suppose the only thing preventing you from shooting up heroin is a law that says you can't.
 
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.
Compare any stats to those concerned with alcohol or tobacco, and they become a poor joke.
 
Compare any stats to those concerned with alcohol or tobacco, and they become a poor joke.

Alcohol and cigarettes are already legal tou sure don't want to ad brain eating drugs to the mix.........
 
Do you think that alcohol should be criminalized? It seems that legal or not, marijuana and alcohol are used extensively. Alcohol seems to pose a greater danger than marijuana.

Historically, neither one has fared well under prohibition. But technology today would make it easier to locate and arrest illegal alcohol production.

This is a real question, not sarcasm.

You did not answer my comment about driving while spaced out on dope.
 
Polls have shown the American people do not want to legalize drugs.......This forum at the moment is 79-20 for legalization. It just shows once again how DP is slanted way to the left when politics are questioned.......
 
Polls have shown the American people do not want to legalize drugs.......This forum at the moment is 79-20 for legalization. It just shows once again how DP is slaned way to the left when politics are questioned.......

Legalizing drugs is not a left right issue. I know many right wingers who want to legalize pot. Its a vertical issue (authoritarian to libertarian issue)
 
Legalizing drugs is not a left right issue. I know many right wingers who want to legalize pot. Its a vertical issue (authoritarian to libertarian issue)

Being a right winger I don't know any who want to legalize dope............Decrimalize maybe.........Medicinal purposes monitored very closely.........They have made a joke out of legalizing it for medicinal purposes in California.
 
Being a right winger I don't know any who want to legalize dope............Decrimalize maybe.........Medicinal purposes monitored very closely........
I know many right wing libertarians who want to legalize marijuana
Maybe you should venture out of your box....

.They have made a joke out of legalizing it for medicinal purposes in California.
Gonna have to expand on that point.
 
Alcohol and cigarettes are already legal tou sure don't want to ad brain eating drugs to the mix.........
It goes to a point of hypocrisy.

And marijuana doesn't 'eat the brain'. The history of medicine records not one single case of lethality, attributed to marijuana use. By starkest contrast, 2.5m deaths are attributed to alcohol, with 5m for tobacco.

To speak of the 'dangers' of marijuana is laughable, following a glance at the stats.
 
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Here's the thing. Has prohibition worked? After the lost billions, poured into an empty hole of endless 'initiatives' and 'education'?

Is it any more difficult to obtain? Is it any less popular? Is it any less in demand?

It's absolutely nonsensical. In years to come, people will laugh at our attitudes. They will look upon us, as we now look upon those who once burned people for being witches or werewolves. That's how bizarre and brainless it is. Yeah, we'll be figures of fun. Personally, I think it's embarrassing.
 
It goes a point of hypocrisy.

And marijuana doesn't 'eat the brain'. The history of medicine records not one single case of lethality, attributed to marijuana use. By starkest contrast, 2.5m deaths are attributed to alcohol, with 5m for tobacco.

To speak of the 'dangers' of marijuana is laughable, following a glance at the stats.
Edit: Those figures are annual.
 
Here's the thing. Has prohibition worked? After the lost billions, poured into an empty hole of endless 'initiatives' and 'education'?

Is it any more difficult to obtain? Is it any less popular? Is it any less in demand?

It's absolutely nonsensical. In years to come, people will laugh at our attitudes. They will look upon us, as we now look upon those who once burned people for being witches or werewolves. That's how bizarre and brainless it is. Yeah, we'll be figures of fun. Personally, I think it's embarrassing.

The drug war has been far beyond costly and even further beyond failure. We legalize and gain revenue, cut wasted money, and it is much safer than things we consume every day such as caffeine.
 
The drug war has been far beyond costly and even further beyond failure. We legalize and gain revenue, cut wasted money, and it is much safer than things we consume every day such as caffeine.
Hear hear.

How much sense does it make, to prohibit a substance that does less harm than your morning coffee? :lol:

The concept is so ludicrous, it almost borders on psychosis.
 
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