65%+ of Americans want to see cannabis decriminalized, we are the strong majority. We typically get 65-70% of voters to vote for it in Mass.
As we should be! I should have been more clear...When I said I would hope so, I was referring to the second part of the question, where she asked if it would lead to harder drugs being legalized.
I agree that it should be legalized.
I also think that it should be illegal to drive high, like it is to drive drunk.
It would help rid organized crime of a lot of cash.
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There is a very valid argument that MJ is less harmful than alcohol or cigarettes. So, let's imagine that cannibis is legalized. Would that be enough? Or would it open the door for other, harder, addictive drugs to be legalized?
basically....its fuked up that some members of our species have the power to force they're will on others....thats the fuked up thing...and the more we stop that...the better we'll be.
this doesn't even take into account the directing of dollars from our taxes that will enrich a select group of humans
I agree that it should be legalized.
I also think that it should be illegal to drive high, like it is to drive drunk.
It would help rid organized crime of a lot of cash.
sure...we do have to consider the safety of ohters.....
People will be too lazy to grow their own when Phillip Morris makes it available at every gas station.
I'm thinkig.....users will take pride in their harvest....kinda like folks with gardens that grow tomato's or whatever.........rather than go to the store...more than you think would make the time investment
I agree with you on both counts. What an adult chooses to ingest shouldn't be the gov'ts business.
Alcohol and Diet Coke are my drugs of choice. Weed makes me depressed and paranoid.
It does that to me too. Didn't seem to have that affect in my younger days, I certainly smoked more than my share, but somewhere in my early 20s it simply lost it's appeal. I've gotten high maybe 5 or 6 times in the past 20 years or so, and ever single time I've regretted it ... I'd been having much better time with my margaritas alone.
Still, it's a freakin' plant, it's less harmless than a lot of legal things we could be doing (like slugging back margaritas!), and it's none of the government's damn business.
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Perhaps because i have a chronic illness i see two sides to this debate, legalising for recreational use and for medical use, i'm not into recreational drugs alcohol at all, and i don't really care either way, but i would like to see more research (there is quite a lot arguing it helps people with very serious illnesses in small doses) and in legalising it for the people who would like to use it for their condition.
As I've said before, the benefits of hemp are many.
Sadly, bringing up hemp in a mj legalization debate can be detrimental to the hemp movement....not enough people know the difference....the fact that commercial/industrial hemp is illegal is as big a travesty as prohibition of mj...but mentioning them together can scare the uninformed away from supporting the hemp movement. I can live with some arguments supporting prohibition, because they are based on a belief system (that I don't agree with)....but they should be looked at separately, because anyone that doesn't support commercial/industrial hemp is plain ignorant....
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no one said they weren't. and thanks for illustrating my point further.
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Legalized marijuana? Where?! Where?!!
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over here........ dont forget the scooby snacks.
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Where's the link?
http://www.gabbly.com/forums.pearljam.com/
As I've said before, the benefits of hemp are many.
how do you tax grow-your-own?
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waaayyy to simple for small minds like mahogysouls to comprehend, ols....see, that makes sense and we can't have any kind of logic in this debate...:)
and i repeat.....how do you tax grow-your-own?
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i don't know cate......this whole debate just angers and frustrates me......
People will be too lazy to grow their own when Phillip Morris makes it available at every gas station.
uh huh sure Bube, where'd you go?
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that'd be worth drinking tap water
hmmm...how long before MahoganySouls comes on and refers to Fins a terrorist?
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Hahaha, I was only joking.
I also think that it should be illegal to drive high, like it is to drive drunk.
It would help rid organized crime of a lot of cash.
whatever it takes having to avoid Interpol knocking on your door late at night
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Nah, my only drug is beer.
this doesn't even take into account the directing of dollars from our taxes that will enrich a select group of humans
Personally, I don't like weed at all. I prefer alcohol, which is an even more dangerous drug.
I agree with you on both counts. What an adult chooses to ingest shouldn't be the gov'ts business.
Alcohol and Diet Coke are my drugs of choice. Weed makes me depressed and paranoid.
Still, it's a freakin' plant, it's less harmless than a lot of legal things we could be doing (like slugging back margaritas!), and it's none of the government's damn business.
Sadly, bringing up hemp in a mj legalization debate can be detrimental to the hemp movement....not enough people know the difference....the fact that commercial/industrial hemp is illegal is as big a travesty as prohibition of mj...but mentioning them together can scare the uninformed away from supporting the hemp movement. I can live with some arguments supporting prohibition, because they are based on a belief system (that I don't agree with)....but they should be looked at separately, because anyone that doesn't support commercial/industrial hemp is plain ignorant....