MAKE MARIJUANA LEGAL

mysticweed
mysticweed Posts: 3,710
edited February 2010 in A Moving Train
Not just for medical use, although that would be a start for the 36 states that don't. Anyone over the age of 21 can buy gallons of booze. Pot is FAR less harmful to the body and the brain than alcohol. I know that fun is often poked at "stoners". And while moderation is always the key, having been around both, I prefer the company of stoners to that of drunks.
. . .I'm just saying
fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

"what a long, strange trip it's been"
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  • left the porch
    left the porch Posts: 504
    lettinggo wrote:
    Not just for medical use, although that would be a start for the 36 states that don't. Anyone over the age of 21 can buy gallons of booze. Pot is FAR less harmful to the body and the brain than alcohol. I know that fun is often poked at "stoners". And while moderation is always the key, having been around both, I prefer the company of stoners to that of drunks.
    . . .I'm just saying

    Dude I don't even know you but I can honestly say, I love the way you think. Fucking A right, legalize it! :D
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    lettinggo wrote:
    Not just for medical use, although that would be a start for the 36 states that don't. Anyone over the age of 21 can buy gallons of booze. Pot is FAR less harmful to the body and the brain than alcohol. I know that fun is often poked at "stoners". And while moderation is always the key, having been around both, I prefer the company of stoners to that of drunks.
    . . .I'm just saying
    I prefer the company of both!
  • ryanevolution
    ryanevolution Posts: 782
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  • mysticweed
    mysticweed Posts: 3,710
    pandora wrote:
    lettinggo wrote:
    Not just for medical use, although that would be a start for the 36 states that don't. Anyone over the age of 21 can buy gallons of booze. Pot is FAR less harmful to the body and the brain than alcohol. I know that fun is often poked at "stoners". And while moderation is always the key, having been around both, I prefer the company of stoners to that of drunks.
    . . .I'm just saying
    I prefer the company of both!

    Touche', I have been both. Now I am neither, I can drink and smoke in moderation (just not at the same time).
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

    "what a long, strange trip it's been"
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    move to california

    http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/29 ... -2010jan29

    :mrgreen:
  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    As long as people can't be stoned on the job or while driving I'm all for it. Oh and I'm for a very high tax on it as well.
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    I'm good with the medical end of it.

    Godfather.
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    my sister-n-law has rare disease called cerebellum degeneration and honestly weed is the only thing that
    helps in her late stage of her illness.

    Godfather.
  • release23420
    release23420 Posts: 1,176
    i down for it :mrgreen:
  • Kel Varnsen
    Kel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    unsung wrote:
    As long as people can't be stoned on the job or while driving I'm all for it. Oh and I'm for a very high tax on it as well.


    What makes you think that people would pay tax on pot if it was legal? I mean growers are willing to risk jail time to make money off it now; I am not sure how much they would be concerned over a tax evasion charge? Especially when the illegal infrastructure is essentially all ready in place.
  • FiveB247x
    FiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    Why stop at just Marijuana? Why not legalize all drugs?
    CONservative governMENt

    Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
  • Stypo420
    Stypo420 Posts: 519
    I'm with you Mary has always been good to me, she is a kind and gental soul.

    Just look at deaths:

    100 million people died of tobacco-related causes during the 20th century. :shock:

    In the United States during 2004, 16,694 deaths occurred as a result of alcohol-related motor-vehicle crashes. :?

    Mary she has never killed anyone, anytime anywhere. :mrgreen:
  • mysticweed
    mysticweed Posts: 3,710
    FiveB247x wrote:
    Why stop at just Marijuana? Why not legalize all drugs?

    Baby steps, Five B, baby steps
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

    "what a long, strange trip it's been"
  • FiveB247x
    FiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    edited February 2010
    Not saying I want either of these options, but I'm just curious what people think.

    I also do find it funny that so many who to make marijuana legal, a strict anti/left leaning government group to begin with, all of a sudden, would swing the other direction in favor of government control of the industry for high taxes on the product? Seems rather odd doesn't it?
    lettinggo wrote:
    Baby steps, Five B, baby steps
    Post edited by FiveB247x on
    CONservative governMENt

    Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
  • Stypo420
    Stypo420 Posts: 519
    FiveB247x wrote:
    Why stop at just Marijuana? Why not legalize all drugs?

    I actually agree with this too, Who in there right mind would do heroin legal or not, but if someone does want it let them get it from a doctor who can atleast present the risks before handing it over. Bottom line drugs are a medical problem but to meny cops, correctional workers, shierfs judges, clerks, lawyers make ass heaps of money off this stupid "war on drugs" I swear it is all a curtain to block the attention of the general puplic as the lower socio economic groups are escorted to prison instead of a hospitals . :evil:
  • FiveB247x
    FiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    What people need to figure out is that these drugs will never be legal... if anything we need to adjust the justice system to properly correct the penalties and long term criminalization/treatment programs of those who get caught. And yes, as goose points out, it turns into a socio-economic project to sweep the poor minorities to jail.
    lgoose420 wrote:
    I actually agree with this too, Who in there right mind would do heroin legal or not, but if someone does want it let them get it from a doctor who can atleast present the risks before handing it over. Bottom line drugs are a medical problem but to meny cops, correctional workers, shierfs judges, clerks, lawyers make ass heaps of money off this stupid "war on drugs" I swear it is all a curtain to block the attention of the general puplic as the lower socio economic groups are escorted to prison instead of a hospitals . :evil:
    CONservative governMENt

    Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
  • mysticweed
    mysticweed Posts: 3,710
    FiveB247x wrote:
    Not saying I want either of these options, but I'm just curious what people think.

    I also do find it funny that so many who to make marijuana legal, a strict anti/left leaning government group to begin with, all of a sudden, would swing the other direction in favor of government control of the industry for high taxes on the product? Seems rather odd doesn't it?
    lettinggo wrote:
    Baby steps, Five B, baby steps

    I was joking, FiveB. I do not want EVERY drug legalized. But I do believe that marijuana is not harmful or addictive. In NC the state runs the liquor stores, but that is not the case in every state. Legalization of pot does not automatically imply governmental overlords. Each state can make its own plan. I am quite sure my state will be one of the last to do so, though.
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

    "what a long, strange trip it's been"
  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    I'm pretty much for most sin taxes and against property and income taxes.
  • FiveB247x
    FiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    Albeit every state has laws regarding drugs, alcohol and arms, the overall, large laws like legal age of use and similar are federal... so why would this issue be different?
    lettinggo wrote:
    I was joking, FiveB. I do not want EVERY drug legalized. But I do believe that marijuana is not harmful or addictive. In NC the state runs the liquor stores, but that is not the case in every state. Legalization of pot does not automatically imply governmental overlords. Each state can make its own plan. I am quite sure my state will be one of the last to do so, though.
    CONservative governMENt

    Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    FiveB247x wrote:
    What people need to figure out is that these drugs will never be legal... if anything we need to adjust the justice system to properly correct the penalties and long term criminalization/treatment programs of those who get caught. And yes, as goose points out, it turns into a socio-economic project to sweep the poor minorities to jail.
    A defeatist attitude only empowers those employing bad policy.
    I dont think there should be ANY penalities for drug use.
    Tax and regulate weed via growing permits only...while I feel that concerns about driving and working impaired are grossly exaggerated, I strongly feel that they need to develop more practical testing for mj impairment. If these are major concerns, a test that detects use in the past several weeks (essentially testing for ANY use, not impairment) is not fair to anyone.
    I support legalization of everything else too...
    Tax and regulate every other drug similarly to alcohol, with ALL proceeds (and budget savings realized by ending the war on drugs) going directly to education/harm reduction, and healthcare programs.

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