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Should Hemp be legal?

Should Hemp be illegal?

  • Legalize it

    Votes: 23 95.8%
  • Keep it illegal

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Other

    Votes: 1 4.2%

  • Total voters
    24
Yes of course Hemp should be legal, and so should Cannabis. Anything that can be grown naturally from the earth should be legal with zero restrictions.
 
Is there any legitimate reason why hemp shouldn't be legal?
I don't see why ANY plant should be illegal, and I definitely don't see any cause for the federal government to get involved in police powers. I would prefer the federal government limited itself to defending our borders and facilitating commerce among our several states. No need to be meddling in the day-to-day goings on of the people of the states. I doubt the states joined a federation so that it could police them.
 
So applying an "out of sight, out of mind" attitude to drug policy?

That's funny, I thought drugs were dangerous.

Fully incorrect. Many people shy away from these substances because they fear consequences. Are you implying that making drugs illegal does nothing to deter their use?
1. I think taxpayer funds should go toward education (honest education, not exaggerations and lies) and deglamorization (honest commercials that propagate the latest knowledge about what drugs do to you). Don't end the war on drugs, just change the way we've been waging it. End the war on drug users instead.

2. Absolutely drugs are dangerous. But when you make a drug illegal, you make it more dangerous, not less. We learned that lesson during alcohol prohibition, but for some reason we forget that when it comes to other drugs.

3. Over the last 20 years, dozens of countries and states have either relaxed or tightened the penalties for drugs. But none has ever seen a change in the rate of drug use as a result of the laws. Drug laws affect where drugs are used, but not necessarily whether they're used. Yes there will be a few individuals who'se only reason for never doing a drug is because of the law, but overwhelmingly drug laws have no noticeable affect on the rate of use.
 
1. I think taxpayer funds should go toward education (honest education, not exaggerations and lies) and deglamorization (honest commercials that propagate the latest knowledge about what drugs do to you). Don't end the war on drugs, just change the way we've been waging it. End the war on drug users instead.

2. Absolutely drugs are dangerous. But when you make a drug illegal, you make it more dangerous, not less. We learned that lesson during alcohol prohibition, but for some reason we forget that when it comes to other drugs.

3. Over the last 20 years, dozens of countries and states have either relaxed or tightened the penalties for drugs. But none has ever seen a change in the rate of drug use as a result of the laws. Drug laws affect where drugs are used, but not necessarily whether they're used. Yes there will be a few individuals who'se only reason for never doing a drug is because of the law, but overwhelmingly drug laws have no noticeable affect on the rate of use.

Do you read what I write? http://www.debatepolitics.com/polls/134967-should-hemp-legal.html#post1060858144
 
And heroin? Opium? Cocaine? You honestly can't tell me the DEA has done nothing to quell the use of drugs...

This is from their website, it's a success report from 2011:

Impact on Demand (2000 through 2011):
Teen drug use:
650,000 fewer teenagers used illicit drugs last year than a decade earlier, a 15 percent decline.
Marijuana:
Current marijuana use by teens has dropped seven percent.
Methamphetamine:
Current methamphetamine use by teens has plummeted 67 percent.
Ecstasy:
Current use of Ecstasy has been slashed by 42 percent among teens.
Cocaine:
Current cocaine use among high school seniors has dropped 48 percent, and crack cocaine use has
decreased 50 percent.
Steroids:
Steroid use by teens has dropped by 44 percent.
LSD:
LSD use has dropped by an astounding 50 percent.
Workplace drug use:
Drug use among workers remains overall at its lowest level in more than 20 years. Since 1988,
positive drug tests have fallen by 72 percent, from 13.6 percent in 1988 to 3.6 percent in 2010.
Cocaine use among workers:
Cocaine use among America's general workforce declined an unprecedented 68 percent between
2006 and 2010.
Workplace marijuana use:
Workplace drug tests in America’s workforce in 2010 showed a 12.5 percent drop in marijuana
use compared to 2006.

I'm assuming that is testing every possible drug user and, if surveys were used, that all answers were truthful.

I know plenty of drug users and none of which are worried about the law. Sure they take steps to avoid it, but that's the point, it's avoidable. It's a waste
 
If there are no hemp permits issued by the feds, and it's illegal, then why is there Hemp milk being sold in the local organic food store?
 
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