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Legalisation of Marijuana

Should marijuana be legalised?

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lizzie said:
Marijuana and cocaine have VERY different effects, and the users typically have very different reasons for using. Give me a pothead any day over someone who wants to be ginned up on coke. There is no comparison.
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i didnt compare.but if you try it today ,it may encourage you to try cocain..
 
RabidAlpaca said:
You have to be more specific than that.


I read your link, and it doesn't mean anything. It looks like a 12 year old's myspace page, and even that doesn't support any of your claims.
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many people drink alcohol ,but they dont look like a junkie.they are just social drinkers.
 
Medusa said:
i didnt compare.but if you try it today ,it may encourage you to try cocain..
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No, that isn't the case. My point is that they personality type who uses marijuana vs that who uses cocaine is virtually at opposite ends of the spectrum. With drug use, there are certain states of mind that users are trying to achieve, otherwise, they wouldn't use. Same with alcoholics. The difference is (as it applies to the thread), pot is less harmful than either of the other two, yet it is illegal. The government and those who believe that drugs are evil, will try to make you believe that pot is a gateway drug to others. Most of the people I know who smoke weed, use weed exclusively.
 
I don't support legalizing marijuana. Taking a C1 class drug and reducing it to OTC status is legally preposterous. We also don't need another mind altering substance out there for public consumption.
 
Medusa said:
many people drink alcohol ,but they dont look like a junkie.they are just social drinkers.
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Do you have any idea what a junkie is? A junkie is a term to describe a heroine addict. I sincerely doubt you've seen either a heroine addict or a pothead. They don't even look like the same species.

And the link you posted is BS and anything but scientific.

Here's a direct quote:
"It has been suggested that marijuana is at the root of many mental disorders, including panic attacks (one of the very conditions it is being used experimentally to treat), flashbacks, paranoia, depression"
I've specifically been prescibed marijuana to fight these exact conditions, specifically oriented towards PTSD, and I can confirm it's helped me more than any legal drug ever has.
 
Medusa said:
everything happens step by step ,today marijuana ,tomorrow cocain..the harms of these drugs always seem much more than alcohol can give.you can easily be a marijuana addict without any reason but many people are just social drinkers..

THE MEDICAL DANGERS OF MARIJUANA USE
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I think the bar has already been set with alcohol. Pot is no more dangerous than alcohol and isn't physically addictive, like booze and nicotine and the gazillion prescription drugs that the continent is awash in.

It has great efficacy in treating pain, appetite loss, glaucoma, cancer patients (physical and mentally), and stress to name a few things. does it cause some people to go paranoid - yes it does, but considering the long long list of side effects from "perfectly safe pharmaceuticals" when "prescribed by a doctor" it's minor.

then consider the social effects of prohibition. There is a multi-billion dollar underground industry whose "rewards" create a massive amount of violence and crime. In the US prisons are overflowing with pot sellers, distributors, importers. Ironically even being in prison many can continue their businesses albeit on a smaller scale. A casual pot user can be given a criminal record and prevented from all kinds of activities and opportunities.

Pot shoud be legalized, distribution controlled, laws updated so driving or operating machinery while high is an offense like drinking and driving, and taxed up the yingyang.

I'd like to see a Marijuana control board type of distribution. (we have a liquor control board of ontario who distributes/retails virtually all the liquor in the province - can't by booze at a local convenience store or private liquor store - strange to americans but works very well here - the province makes a few billion a year in profit and the LCBO is the largest single purchaser of booze in the world).

Itll never happen of course, because the US won't let us legalize it. They have way to much invested in the phony and ineffective war on drugs. Not to mention that there are just too many people who want to protect us from ourselves.
 
Juiposa said:
Recreational use should or should not be legalised?

My belief is that it should be, and two major parties here already advocate it. What are your thoughts?
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I will support the legalization of marijuana when one of the two following conditions is reached:
1. DUI and DWI rates decrease to near non-existence.
2. Legalization is accompanied by stricter DUI and DWI laws.
 
RabidAlpaca said:
Do you have any idea what a junkie is? A junkie is a term to describe a heroine addict. I sincerely doubt you've seen either a heroine addict or a pothead. They don't even look like the same species.

And the link you posted is BS and anything but scientific.

Here's a direct quote:
"It has been suggested that marijuana is at the root of many mental disorders, including panic attacks (one of the very conditions it is being used experimentally to treat), flashbacks, paranoia, depression"
I've specifically been prescibed marijuana to fight these exact conditions, specifically oriented towards PTSD, and I can confirm it's helped me more than any legal drug ever has.
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okay pothead or junkie ,they may look like each other because of the substance they have been using during their lifetime.and please read all the link.
 
ThePlayDrive said:
I will support the legalization of marijuana when one of the two following conditions is reached:
1. DUI and DWI rates decrease to near non-existence.
2. Legalization is accompanied by stricter DUI and DWI laws.
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It seems you're operating under the assumption that legalization will increase the net number of impaired drivers. What facts or studies are you relying on for this assumption?
 
Medusa said:
okay pothead or junkie ,they may look like each other because of the substance they have been using during their lifetime.and please read all the link.
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It's funny that you request people to read a link you posted when you obviously don't read what other people write. I'll repeat: you've never seen a junkie or a pothead in your entire life if you think they look even remotely similar. You've even admitted you've never used marijuana. What knowledge are you even bringing to the table?
 
lizzie said:
No, that isn't the case. My point is that they personality type who uses marijuana vs that who uses cocaine is virtually at opposite ends of the spectrum. With drug use, there are certain states of mind that users are trying to achieve, otherwise, they wouldn't use. Same with alcoholics. The difference is (as it applies to the thread), pot is less harmful than either of the other two, yet it is illegal. The government and those who believe that drugs are evil, will try to make you believe that pot is a gateway drug to others. Most of the people I know who smoke weed, use weed exclusively.
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oaky i know what you mean but
how can you know this lizzie ?

any marijuana addict can be a cocain addict too..we cant make sure
 
RabidAlpaca said:
It seems you're operating under the assumption that legalization will increase the net number of impaired drivers. What facts or studies are you relying on for this assumption?
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No, my conditions aren't operating under that or any other assumption. My conditions are based on the fact that I don't believe marijuana should be legalized until our society can either prove that it can handle drugs without endangering my and others' lives or that the government can force people to handle drugs without doing so.
 
ThePlayDrive said:
No, my conditions aren't operating under that or any other assumption. My conditions are based on the fact that I don't believe marijuana should be legalized until our society can either prove that it can handle drugs without endangering my and others' lives or that the government can force people to handle drugs without doing so.
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Ok, so your opinion is: Until every single person in america is a responsible drinker, we should screw everybody?
 
RabidAlpaca said:
It's funny that you request people to read a link you posted when you obviously don't read what other people write. I'll repeat: you've never seen a junkie or a pothead in your entire life if you think they look even remotely similar. You've even admitted you've never used marijuana. What knowledge are you even bringing to the table?
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how do you know that i didnt read your post and i never saw them?i am not living in mars..what kind of real positive knowledge do you have while supporting this ?

do i have to burn my hand in order to see it may burn me ??
 
Medusa said:
oaky i know what you mean but
how can you know this lizzie ?

any marijuana addict can be a cocain addict too..we cant make sure
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Because I'm in my 50's. I lived through the drug culture of the 60's and 70's. I've lost friends who were heroin addicts to overdoses. I have friends who smoke pot, and have done so for 40 years. I have friends who are alcoholics with liver disease. I've had friends who were coke-heads. I've watched the effects that drug use has on many people, both prescription drugs, and illegal drugs.
 
I'm all for it, but I wonder how we'd regulate its use. I mean, how could we be sure people aren't operating a vehicle high or something?
 
the failed war on pot is a farce. i support full legalization for adults.
 
RabidAlpaca said:
Here's a direct quote:
"It has been suggested that marijuana is at the root of many mental disorders, including panic attacks (one of the very conditions it is being used experimentally to treat), flashbacks, paranoia, depression"
I've specifically been prescibed marijuana to fight these exact conditions, specifically oriented towards PTSD, and I can confirm it's helped me more than any legal drug ever has.
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I have had direct experience with somebody going all reefer madness on me. Shocked the hell outta me since I have been exposed to a lot of pot smokers over the years. I liken it to the category of possible side effects of pharma drugs. You know those ads that say this or that drug is going to relieve whatever except ..<list side effects and exclusionary conditions in the last half of the commercial time by talking real fast>.

I am not surprised you have found it to be efficacious in treating ptsd. It has many therapeutic effects and should be prescribed regularly. However I get the feeling that because pot can be grown by just about anyone with a little knowledge and $50 worth of equipment, the big drug companies are not at all interested in seeing it legalized unless they can make a thc pill that costs .25 make and they can sell for $10 a pill. (and people think pot dealers are greedy scum.)
 
lizzie said:
Because I'm in my 50's. I lived through the drug culture of the 60's and 70's. I've lost friends who were heroin addicts to overdoses. I have friends who smoke pot, and have done so for 40 years. I have friends who are alcoholics with liver disease. I've had friends who were coke-heads. I've watched the effects that drug use has on many people, both prescription drugs, and illegal drugs.
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if you are that experienced ,you should stop defending it..........

didnt any of those heroin addicts begin this with marijuana ? never?
 
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