From the article: Pros & Cons of Legalizing Marijuana
Why do you believe marijuana sale and possession should, or shouldn't, be legalized? Share Your Thoughts
Legal!
- First off, the bar of morality should be set at home and reinforced by religious and community organizations of your choosing. If you remember, this was the argument behind getting rid of prohibition. The country decided back then it is the government's only responsibility to ensure that my rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, are not infringed on. This is a constitutional issue which in itself makes it an economic issue which in turn makes it an investment issue. A seasoned investor would have seen the wisdom in that, no matter which side of the issue they favored. You can no more regulate the behavior of another human being then you can catch the wind. So to lose a potential investment opportunity, farm land reform, employment opportunities, and billions of dollars in revenue to fear and ignorance, is as immoral as you can get. No one is advocating that ill-responsible people be allowed to go unchecked.
- —Guest Adams
DO IT!!
- Why not make it legal? It doesn't cause any real harm at all.
- —Guest cheese
Why not legalize it?
- Weed should be legal! People are saying that they don't a firefighter rescuing them while under the influence of weed. That is a dumb way to think about it; just like you can't drink on a job, you can't smoke on a job. I'm sure with the technology America has these days, we can come up with some sort of breathalyzer that reads if you are under the influence. I smoke weed myself; the last thing you want to do when you are high is go rob a store or kill someone. All we want to do is hang out and chill. That is what I think. I am a stoner and there is nothing wrong with it.
- —Guest geddy hess
This law is absurd
- Reading some of the first comments, someone's uncle apparently died on marijuana, and so that obviously makes it a very dangerous drug, and we should TOTALLY keep spending billions of dollars every year in today's economy to stop this horribly addictive and dangerous drug. (Note my sarcasm.) What about the advertisements you see on television for pills, where they read the side effects for a full 50% of the commercial, the majority of which being life-threatening risks. And this is LEGAL AND ADVERTISED ON TV. And what about marijuana as a DEA's schedule one drug? This law is an absolute absurdity. If some form of alien were to come to earth, and their first observation was of our laws against this natural plant, when we allow some horrible, horrible manmade substances, they would think we are absolutely out of our minds.
- —Guest Craig Calaban
For real huh!!
- Stoners don't do anything that stupid when there high, but eat and sleep. I'm sick of people who smoke getting looked at as big druggies! I mean come on, which is worse meth or marijuana? Meth kills you. Marijuana does nothing to you but makes you feel great and free and like you have nothing to worry about, no care in the world. So legalize it for people 21 or even 18 over older to buy. And do the same they do with drinking. Don't drive while high
- —Guest Monkay!!
Legalize it
- I think it should be legal. Quit being stupid. It helps so many people and some people just want to smoke it. Its not hurting anyone. It's so much better than cigs and alcohol.
- —Guest nathan
Use common sense
- To all you morons saying "Oh I dont want to be rescued by a high firefighter or I don't want to be treated by a high doctor," use common sense. Do you really think you will be able to be out in public high or smoke in public other then smoking bars(just like bars with alcohol?) Use common sense: it will be regulated just like alcohol.
- —Guest bbb
Illegal due to alcohol/tobacco lobbies
- Marijuana is illegal because of the alcohol and tobacco industry. Think about it: cheaper, lasts longer, no hangover, not nearly as bad for you. People don't get into accidents because they are high; they do because they are drunk. If it's legalized, it will make at least 7 billion a year in tax. It will fix the economy that Bush destroyed. It has no harmful affects. It has a special DNA molecule in it that blocks carcinogens from attaching themselves to DNA to cause cancer. All you people who think it should stay illegal are a bunch of conservative idiots.
- —Guest bbb
Legalize it!
- All you people are dumb who say it shouldn't be legalized. If you don't want it, then don't have it. It's not like you are going to be forced to smoke it if it gets legalized. Alcohol is much more dangerous and its legal. If someone chooses to smoke pot, then let them do it, It's not going to hurt you. There aren't tar and how many other chemicals in weed. ITS NATURAL. And how often do you see stories about people getting in accidents because they are high? Not many. Now compare that to the 500,000 people that die every year from alcohol and tobacco, Not looking so bad anymore, is it?
- —Guest fhmjryk
It shouldn't be legalized and heres why-
- Yes, cannabis has medical effects but it also has negative medical effects. It may put cancer and MS sufferers out of pain for a short while, but the long term effects of that is mental problems. It may put them out of pain, but it will turn them into someone they are not, and probably never wanted to be.
- —Guest Nikki
Yes, legalize it
- I don't see the problem with it. Legalize it now and maybe it will help the economy!
- —Guest dardar
THIS IS FLIPPIN' RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!
- Ok, what kind of person wants to walk around with a big fatty rolled up in there hand or in a filter but like that will be any different. Just the thought of having one of those filthy things in my hand or even in my mouth. They say weed is not dangerous. Well, I strongly disagree, because after you get high and you see how it makes you feels sooo good and you want more and more that you will be willing to do anything to have more. BOOM!! That's the addiction every one is talking about. And I must add that my uncle's life ended at the age of only 16 years of age due to marijuana. Not heroin, not cocaine, not speed, none of it. It was MARIJUANA! So tell me now how it's not dangerous...hmmm? You know, if it wasn't so bad, then why isn't legal already? Ask yourself that when you got some mary jane in between your thumb and index finger.
- —Guest Frog Goes Ribbit
Legalise Cannabis
- Alcohol - Man made poison.. Cigarettes - Kills many thousands of people Cannabis - Illegal? This is weird? Either there all illegal or legal. There can't be one left out.. Legalise Cannabis.. Cannabis should be legalised in both the UK and USA. I think both countries should be like Amsterdam and have the same type of rules.. like only allowed to smoke cannabis in cafes and in homes, not in the streets or public areas. The government and police moan how dangerous cannabis can be.. because dealers put God knows what mixed in with it from glass to coke and spray! If it's legalised, make an age limit to it just like drink and cigarettes. If you get caught in posession of cannabis, the police treat you like thugs and serious criminals when all it is, is basically a natural herbal substance.. I personally think this world should grow up and just legalise it already. I'm suprised the government haven't already legalised it as they would make so much money from it.
- —Guest Legalise Cannabis Man
You are all...stupid
- Alright...seriously? If we legalize marijuana, who would get it? Let me see...hmm...tobacco companies? Oh yeah, that would work SO well. They have done such a GREAT job keeping us informed of what is in their cigarettes; now let's just hand them a mind-altering drug. You are all seriously retarded if you think legalization is smart. I personally think it should be left the way it is, and people should stop whining for it to be legal.
- —Guest Noah
Absolutely!
- I suffer from glaucoma...my daughter has had MS for 21 years, my son-in-law suffeers from heart/nerve damage because of juvenile onset diabetes, all conditions which benefit from medical marijuana. The Pharma masters prefer keeping us a serfs using their chemically based/vastly over priced meds. When we finally grow up in this country we will legalize the use and sale of medical marijuana. Those who object can abstain...leave the rest of us alone!!!
- —Guest gioia
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