legalizing Marijuana? Read please!

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[QUOTE="nbtrap1212"]I disagree. Bums who drop out of high-school smoke marijuanna, and I'm sure only a small portion of pot-heads are successful in life.
nbtrap1212

You confuse lazy ppl that start using pot with ppl who start using pot and become lazy. And why would legalizing be so bad if the Netherlands have amongst the lowest percentages of weed addicts of any (Western) country in the world?! It sure is legal there...

Drugs are horrible, they ruin lives. You said you've never see anyone addicted to weed? That either becasue you cant see the forest through the trees or your blind. andyxm

Yes, for a number of reasons

Well, the war of drugs is failing......badly every year, the U.S. spends about 10 billion dollars on punishing people who are in possession, though if legalized, the goverment could likely make that

1. Every country that has legalized it has seen a drop in use

2. Every country that has legalized it has seen a dramatic drop in crime.

3. The war on drugs is expensive and unafective, if legalized, dramaic cuts to this failed program could save the U.S. alot of money.

4. If legalized the goverment could tax it, most people don't relize that marijuana produces more profit than any other currentally grown in the U.S. despite being illegal, with legalization it would be helping the economy, instead of fueling the black market as it currentally does.

5. If legalized the goverment and companys could regulate the quality, lowering related injurys.

it will be legal eventually, probably in our lifetime. pretty much inevitableEl_Fanboy

[QUOTE="Apenoot"]

[QUOTE="nbtrap1212"]
Neither do bums who smoke marijuanna and proud, hard working Americans.
nbtrap1212

They are not opposites... Practically all weed smokers I know work hard aswell. And no they don't come to work being stoned.

I smoke Pot, and I graduated College with a double major.  90 percent of my friends smoke it as well and work full time making a good living.

Why don't we drop the misconceptions which ended up stigmitizing Pot the way it is in the first place?  DARE does stand for Drug Awareness Resistance Eduation.  Well it'd be nice to start off with a factual "Eduation" on the subject. 

Marijuana is not physically addictive, you cannot over dose on it, and not all users are brain dead losers.  Case in point, MYSELF.

And last but not least, what I ingest of inhale is none of your business nor the government's as long as I'm not hurting anyone.   

No, the majority of people diagnosed with Schizophrenia in America have smoked Marijuana. Schizophrenia can not only be harmful to the Schizophrenic, but the people around him/her. Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia#Schizophrenia_and_drug_usehttp://www.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/325/7374/1212.pdfCarlos_Santana

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder, and pot in no way induces it. 

In these cases, the people suffering from the disease use it to suppress their condition.

it should be legalized. its no more harmful than alcohol or cigarettes. i dont see what the big deal is anywayTobyA

[QUOTE="TobyA"]it should be legalized. its no more harmful than alcohol or cigarettes. i dont see what the big deal is anywaythnickaman13

• Cannabis could help computer players, says firm, by Kevin Lowry

RESEARCH for a computer game company has found a small amount of cannabis could help players' performance, making them drive faster and safer.

The experiment was carried out for Acclaim Entertainment to see how cannabis would affect people playing its new game, Burnout. A group of 20 experienced games enthusiasts and drivers between 21 and 40 took part in the test to study reaction times, speed, concentration levels and road safety.

Ten of them then smoked about 0.15 milligrams of cannabis, or about half a "joint", while the other ten had had no stimulant for at least 72 hours prior to the test. They were then given a demonstration of Burnout and asked to take the controls.

The researchers say 80 per cent of those who had smoked cannabis demonstrated superior reaction times to those who had not. About 60 per cent finished a lap faster, while 70 per cent experienced a lower number of collisions, and more than half reached a higher level in the game.

When playing in competition with each other, the drivers who had smoked cannabis won eight out of the ten matches. The company claims drivers under the influence of cannabis appeared to have more confidence in their ability and be much calmer.

Simon Smith-Wright, Burnout's communications director, admitted the findings do not translate into real life, but insisted small amounts of the drug helped driving.

He said: "The results of our tests clearly indicate that a small or moderate amount of cannabis is actually quite beneficial to someone's driving performance.

[QUOTE="Carlos_Santana"]No, the majority of people diagnosed with Schizophrenia in America have smoked Marijuana. Schizophrenia can not only be harmful to the Schizophrenic, but the people around him/her. Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia#Schizophrenia_and_drug_usehttp://www.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/325/7374/1212.pdfDonkey_Puncher

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder, and pot in no way induces it. 

In these cases, the people suffering from the disease use it to suppress their condition.

[QUOTE="Donkey_Puncher"]

[QUOTE="Carlos_Santana"]No, the majority of people diagnosed with Schizophrenia in America have smoked Marijuana. Schizophrenia can not only be harmful to the Schizophrenic, but the people around him/her. Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia#Schizophrenia_and_drug_usehttp://www.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/325/7374/1212.pdfCarlos_Santana

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder, and pot in no way induces it.

In these cases, the people suffering from the disease use it to suppress their condition.

also, the government is not going to give out a patent involving illegal products. ROLFCHANK

Never should they be legalized, and i think of marijuana as a "gateway" drug. You try it and you want something harder and you try some hardcore drugs like cocaine or heroin, and then your life starts to hit rock bottom.StephenHu

typical, you only get responses like that from people who have never smoked pot, and read this thread before you post anything like that

The country would be much better off making it legal. We would stop pouring money into a useless, flawed, and failed "War on Drugs". We would stop putting people in jail for minor non-violent crimes. And the biggest benefit of all, we would be taking away a major source of revenue for violent drug cartels, which are directly responsible for hundreds if not thousands of people being killed every year. Compare that to the number of people killed by simply smoking pot every year, and you realize what the bigger problem is.ProudLarry

thanks, you pretty much summed up most of what was talked about in this entire thread, and i'm guessing you didn't read the whole thing

[QUOTE="ProudLarry"]The country would be much better off making it legal. We would stop pouring money into a useless, flawed, and failed "War on Drugs". We would stop putting people in jail for minor non-violent crimes. And the biggest benefit of all, we would be taking away a major source of revenue for violent drug cartels, which are directly responsible for hundreds if not thousands of people being killed every year. Compare that to the number of people killed by simply smoking pot every year, and you realize what the bigger problem is.dahwnpapaya

thanks, you pretty much summed up most of what was talked about in this entire thread, and i'm guessing you didn't read the whole thing

People are trying to shut down the tobacco company, and and why would people legalize marijuana, it makes things worstSoberWarock

ok...im going to be easy on you.........NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!

Marijuana kills you! **** do some ****ing research! In court marijuana always loses because its already been proofen thats it way more dangerous then a cigerette. Besides eventually the day will come when somebody shuts down tobacco companies so srry A**'s who smoke cant smoke no more.

"OOO LOOK IM COOL IM SMOKING!! MARIJUANA IS GOOD!!!"

Me: "****ing retard...your killing your self*

ok...im going to be easy on you.........NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!

Marijuana kills you! **** do some ****ing research! In court marijuana always loses because its already been proofen thats it way more dangerous then a cigerette. Besides eventually the day will come when somebody shuts down tobacco companies so srry A**'s who smoke cant smoke no more.

"OOO LOOK IM COOL IM SMOKING!! MARIJUANA IS GOOD!!!"

Me: "****ing retard...your killing your self*

gokurocks2442

[QUOTE="gokurocks2442"]

ok...im going to be easy on you.........NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!

Marijuana kills you! **** do some ****ing research! In court marijuana always loses because its already been proofen thats it way more dangerous then a cigerette. Besides eventually the day will come when somebody shuts down tobacco companies so srry A**'s who smoke cant smoke no more.

"OOO LOOK IM COOL IM SMOKING!! MARIJUANA IS GOOD!!!"

Me: "****ing retard...your killing your self*

Caffeine_Trip

[QUOTE="Apenoot"]

[QUOTE="nbtrap1212"]
Neither do bums who smoke marijuanna and proud, hard working Americans.
nbtrap1212

They are not opposites... Practically all weed smokers I know work hard aswell. And no they don't come to work being stoned.