Anyone care to explain why Marijuana is STILL illegal?

[QUOTE="Communist_Soul"]

[QUOTE="kuraimen"]

His post said that people don't die from smoking it which is pretty much a fact but die from trying to stop it which is pretty much another fact. So legalizing it will make people stop dying from trying to stop it. Simple first order logic. So legalization is the best bet either way.kuraimen

When people get high they might think they are invincible and may attack or kills cops when they try to stop them, some weed is grown with illegal drugs when they get pulled over by a cop they could kill them so they don't check their car, if police raid a weed growing house they may get killed, they will still die as they trying to stop other drugs so they should be legal to? You need harsher penalties on weed not legalization.

They are not avoided they will still die just a different drug .

will becauseof the huge numbers ofpeoplewhoare addicted to it and wasting thier money on something that is more harmful than benificial

[QUOTE="kuraimen"][QUOTE="Communist_Soul"]

When people get high they might think they are invincible and may attack or kills cops when they try to stop them, some weed is grown with illegal drugs when they get pulled over by a cop they could kill them so they don't check their car, if police raid a weed growing house they may get killed, they will still die as they trying to stop other drugs so they should be legal to? You need harsher penalties on weed not legalization.

Communist_Soul

They are not avoided they will still die just a different drug .

[QUOTE="kuraimen"][QUOTE="Communist_Soul"]

When people get high they might think they are invincible and may attack or kills cops when they try to stop them, some weed is grown with illegal drugs when they get pulled over by a cop they could kill them so they don't check their car, if police raid a weed growing house they may get killed, they will still die as they trying to stop other drugs so they should be legal to? You need harsher penalties on weed not legalization.

Communist_Soul

They are not avoided they will still die just a different drug .

[QUOTE="Communist_Soul"]

[QUOTE="kuraimen"] Any drug helps people who needs the benefits the particular drug provides but that's not enough to declare it illegal.kuraimen

Does it alter their state of mind which can cause them to dumb things?

The people who use them need them and they should go for check ups to make sure they don't use them when they don't need them make them prescription only. Coffee only makes you more alert doesn't make you dumb things.

It's illegal because it fills up someones pockets with money.

[QUOTE="kuraimen"][QUOTE="Communist_Soul"]

Does it alter their state of mind which can cause them to dumb things?

Communist_Soul

The people who use them need them and they should go for check ups to make sure they don't use them when they don't need them make them prescription only. Coffee only makes you more alert doesn't make you dumb things.

When people get high they might think they are invincible and may attack or kills cops

Communist_Soul

There is no reason for it to be legal; cigarettes should be banned and a limit of one alcoholic drink a day. The only reason you want to be legalised is top the police from bothering you. Yes it has heath benefits but only helps the people who actually need those benefits. All the people who were selling weed now will move on to another worse drug they won't just stop and think "Since weed is legal now and I can't sell mine anymore I think I will go get a job and raise a family". They say people never die from smoking it but people have died trying to stop it, many families have been ruined by it, some may move other drugs since their drug dealer offered, and weed dealers may try to kill each other if they steal people who buy weed from them. What is the point of weed to the average person no need for those heath benefits so they just do it to feel better?

Communist_Soul

anyone care the explain why we have 100 topics of making MJ legal???

[QUOTE="kuraimen"][QUOTE="Communist_Soul"]

Does it alter their state of mind which can cause them to dumb things?

Communist_Soul

The people who use them need them and they should go for check ups to make sure they don't use them when they don't need them make them prescription only. Coffee only makes you more alert doesn't make you dumb things.

anyone care the explain why we have 100 topics of making MJ legal???

T_REX305

I'm perfectly fine with medical marijuana, hell hemp rope is cool too, but legalizing more recreational drugs generally doesn't sound like a good idea.

I know nobody will agree with this but smoking and drinking are already bad enough for society, though they have too much economic influence to outright ban, hence the prohibition era turning out major organized crime.

Plus people are a lot more lame than they think when they are high. No I don't care if you feel like you're floating, leave me alone!

It is not legal because a stoner idiot IS the face of marijuana. It would be legal today if it wasn't wholly represented by people who get their eyebrows and lips pierced and think it is cool to celebrate 420 day. There are respectable people who actually do smoke it but they don't come out because they would get lumped in with the rest of the idiot stoner population.

I live in Canada and it is tolerated but isn't legal. 420 day is the biggest crock ever, you got a bunch of hackey sack idiots on parliament lawns smoking up. They want it legal but they are the ones that keep it from getting legalized. Yes we have a ton of people on 420 day who go to parliament and smoke marijuana on the grounds in front of the building.

There is no decent representation for it.The person who works in a business suit, a 9-5 job at an office and isn't sitting in moms basement on an Xbox getting stoned. People who have money and aren't the ones selling items they own to make enough $ for the next gram.

I am pro-decriminalization or legalization. Why? Becuase it is unreasonable to keep it criminalized. You know HOW many people smoke it? You are effectively criminalizing nearly an entire generation of people. It is unrealistic in the long run and would serve as good boost to the economy.

People say the space program takes a lot of money, you know how much the war on drugs takes? WAY more and has produced exactly JACK for results. The money would better be spent on programs etc for people with addictions to higher tier drugs like meth, coke and heroine.

I'm all eyes for any legitimate argument whatsoever.

I'm honestly starting to believe it's some kind of conspiracy.

Franklinstein

I'm perfectly fine with medical marijuana, hell hemp rope is cool too, but legalizing more recreational drugs generally doesn't sound like a good idea.

I know nobody will agree with this but smoking and drinking are already bad enough for society, though they have too much economic influence to outright ban, hence the prohibition era turning out major organized crime.

Plus people are a lot more lame than they think when they are high. No I don't care if you feel like you're floating, leave me alone!

Vaasman

I don't know why it's illegal. I think it should be legal, especially when considering that alcohol and tobacco are legal, which in some respects are much worse than marijuana.-Sun_Tzu-

[QUOTE="Franklinstein"]

I'm all eyes for any legitimate argument whatsoever.

I'm honestly starting to believe it's some kind of conspiracy.

buldog300

It is not legal because a stoner idiot IS the face of marijuana. It would be legal today if it wasn't wholly represented by people who get their eyebrows and lips pierced and think it is cool to celebrate 420 day. There are respectable people who actually do smoke it but they don't come out because they would get lumped in with the rest of the idiot stoner population.

I live in Canada and it is tolerated but isn't legal. 420 day is the biggest crock ever, you got a bunch of hackey sack idiots on parliament lawns smoking up. They want it legal but they are the ones that keep it from getting legalized. Yes we have a ton of people on 420 day who go to parliament and smoke marijuana on the grounds in front of the building.

There is no decent representation for it.The person who works in a business suit, a 9-5 job at an office and isn't sitting in moms basement on an Xbox getting stoned. People who have money and aren't the ones selling items they own to make enough $ for the next gram.

I am pro-decriminalization or legalization. Why? Becuase it is unreasonable to keep it criminalized. You know HOW many people smoke it? You are effectively criminalizing nearly an entire generation of people. It is unrealistic in the long run and would serve as good boost to the economy.

People say the space program takes a lot of money, you know how much the war on drugs takes? WAY more and has produced exactly JACK for results. The money would better be spent on programs etc for people with addictions to higher tier drugs like meth, coke and heroine.

Human-after-all

Weed is illegal because God would disaprove and not want you to smoke it. It's just one of his many tests.

[QUOTE="buldog300"][QUOTE="Franklinstein"]

I'm all eyes for any legitimate argument whatsoever.

I'm honestly starting to believe it's some kind of conspiracy.

Franklinstein

I don't think B is so much a good reason for keeping it illegal, but more pointing out that the stoners dream, I.E. a country where you can smoke anywhere, grow as much as you want, possess as much as you want, will forever be a fantasy for the US. If they ever legalize it it will be just as illegal to grow as it is now. They'd legalize it for tax revanue, not because hipsters want it. And if they can't tax it because you grow it, then theres no reason for them to make it legal.

As it is, it's barely illegal atleast in my state. Whenever I hear someone say "people going to jail for posessing weed" I have to jump to the conclusion that said person had enough weed to be classified as a seller. You don't get jail time for posessing a small amount for personal use here. If you have a huge amount on you, you deserve to go to jail and probably still would even if it was legal.

Weed is illegal because God would disaprove and not want you to smoke it. It's just one of his many tests.

Serraph105

Pftt,it´s legal to me. I won´t have anyone say what I can or cannot smoke in my own house.

That smells like a form of dictatorship to me.

Pftt,it´s legal to me. I won´t have anyone say what I can or cannot smoke in my own house.

That smells like a form of dictatorship to me.

Arach666

Having to obey the law in a country you are a citizen of is not a dictatorship.

[QUOTE="Arach666"]

Pftt,it´s legal to me. I won´t have anyone say what I can or cannot smoke in my own house.

That smells like a form of dictatorship to me.

Pixel-Pirate

Having to obey the law in a country you are a citizen of is not a dictatorship.

[QUOTE="Serraph105"]

Weed is illegal because God would disaprove and not want you to smoke it. It's just one of his many tests.

Franklinstein

I don't get why people who smoke care so much if it's illegal or not. Don't you do it anyway? It's very unlikely that you'll get caught in your home.

[QUOTE="Franklinstein"][QUOTE="Serraph105"]

Weed is illegal because God would disaprove and not want you to smoke it. It's just one of his many tests.

Serraph105

I don't get why people who smoke care so much if it's illegal or not. Don't you do it anyway? It's very unlikely that you'll get caught in your home.

bruinfan617

I don't have any political or monetary argument to why it is not legal or why it should be legalized. All I can add to the conversation is that people high on pot or drunk on...whatever, look and behave quite embarassing and humillating. Be it you're a believer and god created you with an intelligence; or atheist that millions years of evolution and intelligent design granted us intelligence; either way to so willingly and stubbornly look for ways to shut off your god/evolution given intelligence for whatever reasons it's insulting to god/mother nature.

Maybe I have a political reason after all, if the government can keep the public from becoming even more obtuse by banning pot and keep them from becoming a drooling mass red eye carcasses, it should remain illegal

I don't have any political or monetary argument to why it is not legal or why it should be legalized. All I can add to the conversation is that people high on pot or drunk on...whatever, look and behave quite embarassing and humillating. Be it you're a believer and god created you with an intelligence; or atheist that millions years of evolution and intelligent design granted us intelligence; either way to so willingly and stubbornly look for ways to shut off your god/evolution given intelligence for whatever reasons it's insulting to god/mother nature.

Maybe I have a political reason after all, if the government can keep the public from becoming even more obtuse by banning pot and keep them from becoming a drooling mass red eye carcasses, it should remain illegal

Hemaneitor

I really hope the US legalizes it entirely before I die. I really want to do it.

Marijuana is still illegal because the general populace doesn't know the REAL facts of the plant and what it can and cannot do.

I'll tell you what it CAN do. It CAN and would get us out of debt in just about every major city within a few years if they legalized it and taxed the crap out of it.

[QUOTE="Hemaneitor"]

I don't have any political or monetary argument to why it is not legal or why it should be legalized. All I can add to the conversation is that people high on pot or drunk on...whatever, look and behave quite embarassing and humillating. Be it you're a believer and god created you with an intelligence; or atheist that millions years of evolution and intelligent design granted us intelligence; either way to so willingly and stubbornly look for ways to shut off your god/evolution given intelligence for whatever reasons it's insulting to god/mother nature.

Maybe I have a political reason after all, if the government can keep the public from becoming even more obtuse by banning pot and keep them from becoming a drooling mass red eye carcasses, it should remain illegal

Franklinstein

A very good point. Tell all the sufferers of Asthma, Cancer, HIV and other terrible illnesses that they're throwing away their intelligence and I'll bet you see the middle finger quite a bit.

Maybe because its a drug? You think that if Alcohol and Tobacco were still illegal they'd legalize them today?

magnax1

It CAN and would get us out of debt in just about every major city within a few years if they legalized it and taxed the crap out of it.

starfox15

Another problem I have with this: If it was legal, why the hell shouldn't everyone be allowed to grow it? It's a plant.

Marijuana is illegal I believe because it is still defined or looked upon as an addictive substance. Another reason may be that medical affects of Marijuana have not been accepted. This may change in the future but I believe these are two of the reasons why.

I have no problem with using Marijuana for medical purposes. I would not touch Marijuana with a 50-foot pole otherwise though.