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Should marijuana be legal?

Legalize it?

  • Yes, recreational marijuana should be legal

    Votes: 63 85.1%
  • Only medicinal marijuana should be allowed

    Votes: 3 4.1%
  • No, don't do it.

    Votes: 4 5.4%
  • Justin Bieber looks just like Miley Cyrus

    Votes: 4 5.4%

  • Total voters
    74
I just came back from Colorado, where recreational marijuana is legal. Would you like to see it in your state? Why or why not?

Wouldn't care too much either way if my state legalized it, becuase I think ultimately federal legalization is going to be needed if you don't want a lot of potential issues. For example, I don't want to see my state legalize it and it become decently ingrained into society and then a Republican presdient takes over and actually has the feds start enforcing the laws in states that have it legalized again causing all kinds of nasty potential legal issues.

But I absolutely think it should be legalized on a federal level.
 
I'm not sure what you mean.

I believe that LE fears that the average person will realize that marijuana isn't the big bad evil threat to society that they've been telling us for decades, and what support they do have against legalization will evaporate.
 
Medicinal Marijuana is Legal in the Communistwealth I reside in, and possession of small amounts (less than 1 oz) has been decriminalized here as well. I do not agree with that and I never will. The State may allow it, but it will never be acceptable to have in my home, on my property, or in my vehicle. It's just that simple.
 
Not only should it be legal, but given the complete bastardization of "free society" brought on by the war for drugs, marijuana should be *mandatory* for anyone who ever stood in the way of peaceful drug users. All the DEA bastards, every politician, down to the lowliest soccer mom will have to light up every day or move into the darkest dungeons alongside murderers.
 
Not only should it be legal, but given the complete bastardization of "free society" brought on by the war for drugs, marijuana should be *mandatory* for anyone who ever stood in the way of peaceful drug users. All the DEA bastards, every politician, down to the lowliest soccer mom will have to light up every day or move into the darkest dungeons alongside murderers.

Some of us would rather die than use that crap, thank you very much.
 
Some of us would rather die than use that crap, thank you very much.
But should your opinion of the substance in question dictate what options another person has?
 
But should your opinion of the substance in question dictate what options another person has?

My opinion is based on the damage I believe the substance does to the human SOUL, if not the body. I believe the possession and/or use of the material is an immoral act and I have never believed in an individual's right to act in an immoral fashion. Is that sufficient to allow you to understand my answer to your question?
 
Medicinal Marijuana is Legal in the Communistwealth I reside in, and possession of small amounts (less than 1 oz) has been decriminalized here as well. I do not agree with that and I never will. The State may allow it, but it will never be acceptable to have in my home, on my property, or in my vehicle. It's just that simple.

There is no marijuana movement that is trying to force pot onto anyones property.
 
There is no marijuana movement that is trying to force pot onto anyones property.

True. However, if the Communistwealth makes it legal in the State, then the condo association is likely to be pressed to make it legal on the property. I will never allow it in my home, vehicle, or any other area I have control over. Simply because it's legal doesn't make it Right to use it. It's not an issue of forcing it onto my property as much as it is placing me in a position where I have to proactively ban it from my property.
 
Some of us would rather die than use that crap, thank you very much.

The beauty of this proposed legislation is you could die *while* using that crap - a little forced feeding goes a long ways
 
The beauty of this proposed legislation is you could die *while* using that crap - a little forced feeding goes a long ways

Some of us would die prior to it being forced on us, chromium; and we'd likely take more than a few others with us.
 
Some of us would die prior to it being forced on us, chromium; and we'd likely take more than a few others with us.

This is the beauty of another drug invention, chloroform.
 
My opinion is based on the damage I believe the substance does to the human SOUL, if not the body. I believe the possession and/or use of the material is an immoral act and I have never believed in an individual's right to act in an immoral fashion. Is that sufficient to allow you to understand my answer to your question?
I understand.

I don't agree with you
 
The real question is: what gives the government the right to decide what you can and cant put into your own body?

Technically they do not forbid you from taking the drugs, they just forbid you from possessing them - which rather conveniently makes it very very hard to take them.

And yes it is a very obtuse technicality that does functionally take away our rights to determine what we may or may not do with our bodies.
 


I picture similarities between Jim Ignatowski pre-drugs and Tigger now... and what Tigger might be like if he tried them.
 
True. However, if the Communistwealth makes it legal in the State, then the condo association is likely to be pressed to make it legal on the property. I will never allow it in my home, vehicle, or any other area I have control over. Simply because it's legal doesn't make it Right to use it. It's not an issue of forcing it onto my property as much as it is placing me in a position where I have to proactively ban it from my property.

Again, no law is even being discussed to state that you have to allow it on your property. The only thing people are pushing for is for people who do want to enjoy it to be allowed on their own property.
 
Again, no law is even being discussed to state that you have to allow it on your property. The only thing people are pushing for is for people who do want to enjoy it to be allowed on their own property.

The problem with that is this.... once it's legal in public then I have to proactively ban it on my property. That means I now have to search every individual coming onto the property, and enforce a list of people who are not allowed on the property. It creates a real headache.
 
The problem with that is this.... once it's legal in public then I have to proactively ban it on my property. That means I now have to search every individual coming onto the property, and enforce a list of people who are not allowed on the property. It creates a real headache.

It's OK. Anyone who was thinking about visiting you has already been put off by your attitude.
 
The problem with that is this.... once it's legal in public then I have to proactively ban it on my property. That means I now have to search every individual coming onto the property, and enforce a list of people who are not allowed on the property. It creates a real headache.

Considering a large number of people in your commonwealth are already smoking it, them legalizing it doesn't really change anything for you. Those same people are going to be smoking it. There could be someone on your property right now with a bag in their pocket and you wouldn't even know it.
 
Considering a large number of people in your commonwealth are already smoking it, them legalizing it doesn't really change anything for you. Those same people are going to be smoking it. There could be someone on your property right now with a bag in their pocket and you wouldn't even know it.

Right now I live in a condo complex that does not allow for smoking or drug possession anywhere on the property. I can guarantee you that nobody in my unit has any, and considering the tenants in the other seven units in my building, I'd be very surprised to find anyone else in the building with it. There are certain family members who do use it who have been told they are not welcome at our home because of it.
 
Right now I live in a condo complex that does not allow for smoking or drug possession anywhere on the property. I can guarantee you that nobody in my unit has any, and considering the tenants in the other seven units in my building, I'd be very surprised to find anyone else in the building with it. There are certain family members who do use it who have been told they are not welcome at our home because of it.

If you live in a condo association I am positive there are people who smoke weed. Face it buddy you are surrounded by potheads. There is nothing you can do about it.
 
I just came back from Colorado, where recreational marijuana is legal. Would you like to see it in your state? Why or why not?
No, simply because it's amusing to see people shout and cry over something so trivial and stupid. The cops here won't even waste their time with it unless the person is driving around high, in which case they should be locked up and given the same punishment for drunk driving.
 
The problem with that is this.... once it's legal in public then I have to proactively ban it on my property. That means I now have to search every individual coming onto the property, and enforce a list of people who are not allowed on the property. It creates a real headache.
I'm sure many feel the same way about guns and CCW. And, no, the Constitution does not say you have the right to walk down Main St with a loaded Glock, so don't even go there.

Personally, I don't care to "ban" or "control" any of it. The only place I draw the line is public safety. It's probably not a good idea to allow people to walk around with large quantities of toxins or unstable explosives.
 
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