Are you anti or pro marijuana?

[Illusio]

Pro, not that i use it, but I dont think the government should regulate our right to be stupid. There is more trouble cause from drunk drivers every year then from potheads....

 

[Phuz]

Most people are too afraid to tarnish their "image" to post their real opinios.





<< I'm anti-anti-marijuana! >>

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

IMO pot should be totally legalized and sold through ABC stores, and ABC stores should be a nation-wide thing, not just here in the south east.

 

[killface]

Our society is finally begining to wise up and people are begining to loosten up on the issue of marijuana. The Zogby poll conducted by NORML every year found that there is more support now for chaning pot laws than there has ever been since the poll began, which I think is great.

 

[stevens]

<< I still deem it a lesser evil than cigarettes >>



Same and it makes you feel sooooo gooood, but I can never remember were i put my keys.

 

[starwarsdad]

I always felt that I was for choice until I had children. I have done a LOT of bad things in my time. I do not blame others or drugs. My decisions, my responsibility!

I just ask myself the question; is it OK if my kids do it?

If the answer is no, why should I do it?

I am a little confused on this issue personally. I do not think that recreational use of marjuana is bad for other people, but I don't want my children to do it.

 

[Draco]

I'm for it! In fact I think they should sell the stuff by the pound at your local drug store! Just give it the same legal age as smoking and tax the hell out of it so the government can't make some coin too. Maybe Philip Morris can start selling Pot Cigarettes for $15 or $20 a pack? Let people melt their brains (it has siginificant affects when used before 18 years of age on a regular basis) I could care, and if you raise your kids right you won't have to worry either.

So smoke up losers.

 

[Blundar]

I don't use any drugs except alcohol and I am wholeheartedly in favor of decriminalizing ALL drugs. The reason drugs are expensive are supply and demand economics: you remove the financial motivation to sell drugs by making them yet another legal commodity.

The way to fight a "war on drugs" in not to hopelessly battle the supply side, but rather to accept the existence of these chemicals in our world and battle the DEMAND side. In the 15 yeas since Reagan era hardcore drug war, drugs have become stronger, purer, more abundant and cheaper by nearly every measure. Fighting supply is futile.

I will stay away from the overcited example of the Netherlands, and instead suggest Switzerland, where studies conducted giving heroin addicts legal heroin as a government program led to the majority of the participants being able to hold jobs and be "productive memers of society" at a minimal cost to the government.

The paranoia of US drug policy is doing nothing except dividing society. Look at any poor urban area of a US city and you will see a community ravaged twice by drugs - once by the physcial and social effects of the drugs themselves on individuals and families and yet again by the legal system's socially oppressive penalties.

But I digress....

Am I pro or anti marajuana? I don't smoke it anymore. I doubt I will anytime soon. I'm not going to say never simply because I've learned the hard way saying never is a bad thing. I don't encourage my lover or friends to use it, but I will not count marajauna use against someone except if it interferes with their ability to function. I don't think that its status as an illegal drug makes sense. I fully support legalization for any purposes. I however, do not advocate marajuana use.

Go figure
/rant

 

[Squisher]

Pro medicinal, recreational, legalization and etc. here. At 44 I'm only a casual(maybe twice a year) user.

 

[AMDPwred]

I am anti. A drug is a drug, simple as that.

 

[Brutuskend]

Uhhh, what am I doing in this thread?

What was the question again?

 

[royaldank]

<< I am anti. A drug is a drug, simple as that. >>



Yeah, lets shut down the entire drug industry. It doesn't help anyone. If we get sick, either your body beats it or you die. No more penicillin, no more decongestants, no more cough medicine, no birth control pills...we don't need those nasty drugs.

 

[Ornery]

"...drug is a drug, simple as that."

Simple question... Is alcohol a drug? Should it be legal?

 

[Zipp]

Pro marjuana and I don't even smoke it anymore. Like stated in the some of the above post,it's just the same as having a couple glasses of wine or some beers. You just do it in moderation and don't drive or operate heavy machinery and just have some junk food nearby.

 

[Tominator]

<< Is alcohol a drug? Should it be legal? >>



Yes, and no!

We have enough problems with alcohol. It is a waste of time and does no good, but it is a part of society.

I have no problem with personal use, BUT, give Government the opportunity and it will use any drug to control YOU!

Would you agree to be 'drug' tested at each and every traffic stop? Allow insurance companies to deny coverage based on 'drug' test?

How about being denied medical coverage?

How about being denied employment based on the above?

ACLU Lawyers are licking their filthy lips at the prospect!

Could you REALLY handle freedom?

I doubt it.

 

[Danman]

Anti, I hate that sh*t........ :disgust:

 

[vash]

All I have to say about pot is this: it should follow under the same regulations and restrictions that tobacco is. This will create taxing for it, when sold commercially and will legalize the growth of it by individuals. In enabling this crop to be grown and taxed, you create jobs and an industry. Demand is there, supply will be as well.

On a second note about the legalization, quite a few law enforcement agencies could devote more time in pursuing other criminals that don't hurt/mame/kill people. Lastly, by legalizing it, you make a number of drug trafficers and producers to lose a significant amount of money since their crop would no longer be in demand.

vash

 

[Saltin]

Drugs are all around us. Some of them are more harmful to our health and/or relationships than others.
From a scientific perspective, alcohol and tobacco are far more toxic and harmful than pot. In fact, one of the only cons to pot is that most people smoke it, which is bad for your lungs. If you eat it it reduces the health risks to near negligible.

Legal or Illegal is not a valid argument when discussing drugs. It is high time (hehe sorry) that people stopped treating drugs as a criminal problem, and started treating them as a health/social issue. Drugs have been with people since the earliest times. This is an archaeologically verified truth. The need for humans to temporarily alter thier state of conciousness can be observed even in small children who learn that spinning will make them dizzy (and they do it again and again, who here can say they didnt do that?)

Frankly, I think America has a terrible attitude toward drugs. Why criminalize a large portion of your population who are otherwise decent people? What people need is a proper education when it comes to drugs. And not just the "say no" propoganda you read/see every day. I'm speaking of facts. The three most widely consumed "legal" drugs (alcohol, tobacco, caffine) are also three of the most dangerous/toxic. Most people dont see this (especially with caffine and alcohol) because society condones them. This legality does not make them any better or safer!

I'm not pro or anti anything when it comes to drugs. I think people need to be made aware of the facts, the helath issues and social ramifications of using a drug. I think after that, we should just let people be people.

 

[royaldank]

<< We have enough problems with alcohol. It is a waste of time and does no good, but it is a part of society.

I have no problem with personal use, BUT, give Government the opportunity and it will use any drug to control YOU!

Would you agree to be 'drug' tested at each and every traffic stop? Allow insurance companies to deny coverage based on 'drug' test?

How about being denied medical coverage?

How about being denied employment based on the above?
>>




We allready have these problems...if I'm caught with a bag of weed and arrested and imprisoned, there is a good chance I'll lose my job.

I've had a friend that lost his job over his second DUI.

Cig. smokers have been denied health care coverage because they smoke.

And why would they test at every stoplight? You can't drink and drive, and seeing as how alcohol is much more popular (by usage stats), wouldn't you think they would have allready instituted this?

The government here controls you regardless of what drug you use.


SALTIN: You're on the money. Throw DARE and the like out the window and teach facts and awareness.

 

[ttn1]

I say legalize everything and tax it all heavily. Then use the proceeds to fight a "real" drug war. When people know that they will be hunted down for stealing to support their habit, they will think twice about using.

That said, everything is addictive to people with addictive personalities. Marijuana is not addictive in the same sense that caffeine is addictive.

As for the holier that though anti-drug attitude. I would say that there are very few people in this world that aren't addicted to something. Caffeine is the major one. Nicotine is probably second. How about sugar. I think I may be addicted to milk.

A better question would be, what drugs are you addicted to?

 

[bjc112]

ima say pro here..

plsu i'd rather get high than smoke some cigs...

 

[AaronP]

anti

 

[Saltin]

<< The other reason is that we have alcohol and all it's social problems. Do we wish to double those problems >>



I fail to see how legalizing something that people are using anyhow would "double" our problems. People use pot now. The problems with any drug are now, regardless of its legality.
You seem to be implying that making something legal is akin to condoning it. If you believe this, then you sir, are the idiot. Why not educate people and let them make up thier own minds? People arent sheep you know! They don't all rush to do something they would rather not do just because it is legal.

Education is what we require. Seriously. How much did you learn about alcohol in school? You probably learnt not to drink and drive. Anything else? Did they pull out a movie showing a diseased liver? Likely not.
Now, what did you learn abot pot? You learnt to say no. Why should I say no? "Just because?" You'll have to do better than that. You need to learn the difference between drug use and drug abuse. Abuse of anything is bad, it often requires outside help to correct. Some drugs have a higher potential for abuse than others. Tobacco is number one. Alcohol and caffine are close behind. Pot, my friend, is not high on that list. Now, this is not to say people don't abuse it. We all know guys that do. But for you to suggest that a perfectly intelligent adult cannot make up his own mind to use pot without him immediately becoming a criminal? Exactly what kind of a world is that?

 

[Tominator]

If I were to test positive in a drug test, I WILL lose my job!

If I get 1 DUI, I lose my job!



<< Cig. smokers have been denied health care coverage because they smoke. >>



That is becaused who and how they give coverage to is regulated by the Government. Would you be able to handle the FREEDOM of a Company to deny coverage?



<< And why would they test at every stoplight? You can't drink and drive, and seeing as how alcohol is much more popular (by usage stats), wouldn't you think they would have allready instituted this? >>



I mean at every stop by a policeman for a tail light or ?? We DO HAVE this with 'Roadblocks' that test motorists. Another drug would lead to more regulation.

Stats show that 1 out of every 6 drivers on the road after midnight is intoxicated.

Pro-Drug types always want to promote their own freedoms but yet deny the rights of a group of people. Society has set limits on nearly every activity and this is no different. The line is drawn and I've not seen ANYONE address the issues I make except by endless inuendos and generalisations.

Money is the Government's Drug Habit....and it's had too much!

 

[HombrePequeno]

Anti-marijuana. I'm pro-legalization though.