Decriminalize And Legalize Non-medical Marijuana In The United States | Review viewed 9 time(s)
Review left by Addelynnsmama (0) on 10/09/2008 [ Send this review to a friend ]
I think its a waste of time. Making it legal won't help. A lot of people who smoke also do other drugs as well. It's not like druggies make this the drug of choice, its a drug of availability.
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I've smoked marijuana in the past, and as such have several friends who have and some who still do. Very few of these friends have tried any other illegal substances, and even fewer have done so repeatedly.
If you think making marijuana legal won't have any effect, just turn on the news, go looking for drug related news stories. I guarantee most will be about marijuana. I rarely hear reports about drugs raids that have found marijuana and other substances. If marijuana became legal, think of all the money that could be saved in law enforcement. Now quite a few people would say, "then why not make everything legal and get rid of the police completely?", but that's blowing it out of proportion. Smoking marijuana may cause health risks, to the person smoking it. There should be programs available to help people stop, to convince them of the risks, but we should have the freedom to do as we please as long as it's only ourselves that will get hurt.
Plus you've got to consider that making marijuana legal might be an incentive for people not to try other drugs, since they are still illegal and a good, legal 'high' is available. Although personally I believe all drugs should be legalised. Even the ones I wouldn't want any of the people I know taking. I don't think the law should be used to protect us from things we choose to do to ourselves.
If you think making marijuana legal won't have any effect, just turn on the news, go looking for drug related news stories. I guarantee most will be about marijuana. I rarely hear reports about drugs raids that have found marijuana and other substances. If marijuana became legal, think of all the money that could be saved in law enforcement. Now quite a few people would say, "then why not make everything legal and get rid of the police completely?", but that's blowing it out of proportion. Smoking marijuana may cause health risks, to the person smoking it. There should be programs available to help people stop, to convince them of the risks, but we should have the freedom to do as we please as long as it's only ourselves that will get hurt.
Plus you've got to consider that making marijuana legal might be an incentive for people not to try other drugs, since they are still illegal and a good, legal 'high' is available. Although personally I believe all drugs should be legalised. Even the ones I wouldn't want any of the people I know taking. I don't think the law should be used to protect us from things we choose to do to ourselves.
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define drugs legal drugs illegal drugs things from under the kitchen sink things you find in a forrest?
if you make a comparison of lethality / abuse / long term physical damage with alcohol tobacco coffee aspirines fast food or chocolate. You will see marihuana does the least harm to your health.
- it has medical uses
- it can be used as biofuel
- You can digest it it is a very good foodsource
- Can and has been used to produce almost ANYTHING from paper to clothes to plastics
- You cannot overdose on weed (lots of people have tried and failed)
It perks are what it has going against it... the established industries don't tolerate a huge threat to their profits that is represented by this PLANT
- The base of criminalisation were racist and xenofobic policies that gave us the alcohol prohibition that helped finance and empower organised crime at that time)
it is the most versatile crop with a huge return / per acre with minimum input of energy.
And these are facts
if you make a comparison of lethality / abuse / long term physical damage with alcohol tobacco coffee aspirines fast food or chocolate. You will see marihuana does the least harm to your health.
- it has medical uses
- it can be used as biofuel
- You can digest it it is a very good foodsource
- Can and has been used to produce almost ANYTHING from paper to clothes to plastics
- You cannot overdose on weed (lots of people have tried and failed)
It perks are what it has going against it... the established industries don't tolerate a huge threat to their profits that is represented by this PLANT
- The base of criminalisation were racist and xenofobic policies that gave us the alcohol prohibition that helped finance and empower organised crime at that time)
it is the most versatile crop with a huge return / per acre with minimum input of energy.
And these are facts
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