California judge slams marijuana laws.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiYCBN84xkg

Every word this man says is true. Especially about the hemp factor. Hemp has no psychoactive affects and is truely a great resource. The declaration of independence was written on hemp paper and the first laws regaurding hemp were ones that ordered farmers to grow it. You can grow hemp but you need a stamp and they aren't giving any out here in america. I alsosupport his hypothesis on why the government won't legalize in the end. How else can Obama say the war on drugs is a failure and have no mind to change it? If wasn't for Jim Webb bringing things into question with his his new bill it probably never would have.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/03/28/webb/index.html

If anything just think about this. The united states has 5% of the worlds population but has 25% of its prisoners. A staggering fact.

Watching nowDivergeUnify

Translation: Wooo hooo I wants my marijuana! Unban it pl0x?

Just kidding Diverge :D.

[QUOTE="DivergeUnify"]Watching nowchessmaster1989

Translation: Wooo hooo I wants my marijuana! Unban it pl0x?

Just kidding Diverge :D.

Legalizing it would defidentely stimulate our horrible economy.

Legalizing it would defidentely stimulate our horrible economy.

Itz_Raining

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Legalizing it would defidentely stimulate our horrible economy.

DivergeUnify

Are you kidding? Legalizing weed in Berkley, CA alone would send us into a huge surplus!

:P

[QUOTE="Itz_Raining"]

Legalizing it would defidentely stimulate our horrible economy.

DivergeUnify

[QUOTE="DivergeUnify"][QUOTE="Itz_Raining"]

Legalizing it would defidentely stimulate our horrible economy.

Animal-Mother

\o/ It's better than alcohol!

\o/ It's better than alcohol!

Listen_420

[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"][QUOTE="DivergeUnify"] it wouldn't fix the economy, but it would definately help out some states. DivergeUnify

i hope they legalize it. we can all hope...

i hope they legalize it. we can all hope...

muller39

As many of you have said, it makes no sense to be illegal. It is profitable for the government (if legal), you don't get a hangover, you can't overdose, it doesn't have addicting nicotine (although I bet you could probably get mentally addicted, just like anything else, WoW for example), and it would take a lot of money from drug cartels.

i hope they legalize it. we can all hope...

I don't understand though. Marijuana is not the only drug out there. If we legalize marijuana, those agency still have to get the budget to fight other drugs. Unless they are too dumb, there got to be another reason behind it, and this judge or his sources are not allowed to make it public.magicalclick

One of the big flaws, however, is if we open "the gate" we won't be able to close it and regulate it as easy as people make it seem, which could easily backfire and corrupt a lot more than we think. Im glad people are for it being legalized but don't just jump the bandwagon because you smoke, know the consequences that may come from this. Its not all flowers and lolipops.

mexicangordo

It seems to me that we've already opened "the gate", so to speak, what with having tobacco and alcohol legal. Those are just as much drugs as marijuana, and we seem perfectly fine with regulating those. Indeed, probably one of the most widely accepted lies by omission is the idea that alcohol isn't a drug.

I've never smoked a joint in my life, but that doesn't stop me from recognizing the obvious benefits and really very few drawbacks of legalizing marijuana (the right way, mind you, not making it available to absolutely anyone who wants it).

Actually if you open "The Gate", marijuana is not hip anymore. :roll: I guess this is one good reason to keep it illegal. Make something not really harmful as hip, so those kids can hip in the safe way. Hummmmm........

magicalclick

Interestingly enough, the current evidence available would actually indicate that as a possible effect. Switzerland implemented a program a while back where they would prescribe heroin to heroin addicts and monitor the effects. They actually found that the number of new heroin addicts decreased year over year, due in large part (or so it was theorized) to the fact that heroin was now seen as something causing a pitiable medical condition than as something rebellious that one could go to jail over.

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One of the big flaws, however, is if we open "the gate" we won't be able to close it and regulate it as easy as people make it seem, which could easily backfire and corrupt a lot more than we think. Im glad people are for it being legalized but don't just jump the bandwagon because you smoke, know the consequences that may come from this. Its not all flowers and lolipops.

GabuEx

It seems to me that we've already opened "the gate", so to speak, what with having tobacco and alcohol legal. Those are just as much drugs as marijuana, and we seem perfectly fine with regulating those. Indeed, probably one of the most widely accepted lies by omission is the idea that alcohol isn't a drug.

I've never smoked a joint in my life, but that doesn't stop me from recognizing the obvious benefits and really very few drawbacks of legalizing marijuana (the right way, mind you, not making it available to absolutely anyone who wants it).

Like you, Ive never smoked a joint in my life, and im still all for the legalization but I honestly can't help but to think its not as easy as 1,2,3... I honestly have this feeling that this could backfire. Yea the money sounds great but i think people see the dollar signs and jump the boat way to fast.

Everyday people are finally realizing that marijuana should not be grouped into the same categories of meth and heroin. Coffee_Blade

Actually, meth is scheduled differently from marijuana. Marijuana is Schedule I (like heroin or cocaine) but methamphetamine is Schedule II (prescribable drugs)

The 'its a gateway drug' argument is the one ive never understood at all, its a completely ridiculous argument with absoltely no base at all. Its like saying that anyone who has a few beers on the weekend is going to become a raging alcoholic which as we all know is completely ridiculous.

There are a few that do go down this road but they are the exception rather than the rule, theres many millions across the world on every continent that just enjoy a drink for what it is not because they're completely dependent on it. Unless u have an addictive personality ur no more likely to become an alcoholic than the next man in the street which is exactly the same for cannabis. There may be a few that progress onto harder things but again they are the exception rather than the rule and they would have found these drugs with or without weed.

Take Holland for example, the number of dutch citizens that actually smoke is lower than any country in the world, the vast majority that smoke weed there are tourists bringing valuable tax money into the economy from every corner of the globe which can only benefit the countries economy.

I firmley believe weed will become legalised sooner rather than later, its only a matter of time before common sense over an outdated and baseless argument comes through, prohibiton in the US didnt work and neither is the blanket banning of cannabis its just adding to the problem not helping to solve it.

It should be legal but until the government finds a way to tax it , it will never be legal sadly.