July 31, 2008
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Marijuana Users
Rep. Barney Frank wants to end federal penalties for marijuana users as long as they have less than 100 grams of marijuana. Here is the link: Link
Do you think we should remove the penalty of marijuana possession as long as the person is carrying less than a 100 grams?
Comments (142)
yes
am i first? woah….
Barney Frank is into issues for puffers.
No. Marijuana should remain illegal. If not, the wrong people will profit.
Ehh, I don’t know. Sure, I guess.
no
yes.
yes
Yes.
Typical Democrat style. Bring it in bits at a time til you have it all!
No, most definetly not. Pot should not be legal in any way shape or form.
.@askdante - Yes… just because there are no federal penalties does not mean that there will be no penalties. State and local laws will still apply.
no, as long as it is an illegal substance having only a small amount should still be illegal.
I never tried marijuana so I don’t know how dangerous or not dangerous it is
puff, puff, pass.
hail Willie Nelson, Bob Marley, and Ricky Williams.
ha-ha-ha.
nah, seriously though. keep the law “as is.”
no. i agree it should be illegal
i think if they made it legal and could find a simple way to tax it, the government wouldn’t have so much to bitch about. it’s really no worse than cigarettes and liquor. i personally don’t do it but don’t find it all that offensive.
Cigarettes are legal. Alcohol is legal. They tax the you-know-what out of those items. I think those two things are way more dangerous than pot. So why don’t they legalize pot and tax the daylights out of it?
The fed could make a lot of money in tax dollars to insure people’s health in fifth world countries if they decriminalized then regulated then TAXED marijuana.
@askdante - actually, that may not be true. The “wrong” people are possibly profiting from it NOW. If they legalise it, the government could regulate and tax… you know, like they did with booze…
@cre13 - Bitching is like team building exercises, administrators can have people do nothing and take credit for everything.
@SamsPeeps - You’re a racist. SamsPeeps YOU’RE A RACIST!!!!
Yup, federal penalties for carrying a bit of weed is a heavy punishment.
This can only lead to confusion and blurred lines. It’s simpler just to make all quantities illegal.
Heck yeah….God made Pot…Man made Beer…. In God We Trust…..
@GhostBenjimon - LOL How do you get “racist” out of that?
I have anxiety problems. I CANNOT and will not take benzos (xanax, ativan, etc) those drugs utterly incapacitate me. They have been PROVEN to be highly addictive. They have no residual affect of decreased anxiety and therefor I cannot work.
Shortly after college I was living in VA. My doctor said I had three choices 1) in patient care to manage my anxiety 2) start on a benzo 3) smoke pot. It has been legal by state law in VA for over 70 years.
my mother had CA and chronic pain. This drug saved her a lot of needless suffering.
By this being a Schedule 1 drug it means there is no medical purpose. Obviously this is wrong. Therefor there is no justification for continuing it as a schedule 1.
Who benefits now by it being illegal?
tax payers? obviously not, we get no tax breaks nothing that benefits us
law makers and lawyers? maybe
police? nadda…do they really want to chase people who smoke medicinally?
Drug dealers? oh yeah they make money
Drug companies? absolutely. They get to make synthetics that don’t work as well and are ungodly expensive because you and I can’t go into our back yard and harvest a few leaves.
So yes this drug should be legal.
@GhostBenjimon - haha. and you’re right on what i’m trying to get at — taxing the marijuana then using it for something more positive like at-risk youth or drug and gang awareness programs for children!
@askdante - No. Marijuana should remain illegal. If not, the wrong people will profit.
The “wrong people” would lose their profit margins with the legalization of Marijuana. If every John and Jane Doe can grow cannabis by their tomato patch, there would be no black market for it.
Yes.
@huginn - there ya go!
Hell I don’t even care if the damned thing is banned or not.
I think my opinion there is a forgone conclusion.
@GhostBenjimon - I’m also for taxing idiots.
Belief in fictitious beings with magic wands should incur a $150 weekly tax. This can go towards a general pot fund. The pot would help them lighten up.
YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! Personal consumption in your HOME should be just as legal as drinking to the point of becoming obliterated at a BAR. If you ask me, liquor is the greater evil here.
Unfortunately…..yes. But throw the book at anybody who sells to minors!
There are probably bigger things to focus on than marijuana. That’s not to say that I don’t think those who use it in an irresponsible manner (such as driving) shouldn’t be punished, it’s just that the court system is tied up enough as it is.
If they want to decriminalize it, why even have a 100 gram limit? I wouldn’t vote to legalize marijuana, but I’m not going to go too far out of my way to oppose it either.
uh,,,yea,,,no,,,uh,,, what was the question again?
hahahahahaha
hey,,, whats wrong with a or b? its ok,,, or its not,,, dont matter to me as i prefer not to be in the condition of the first sentence i wrote up there,,,,
as far as the reasonability of it,,,, (disregarding the stupid gram statement) ill put it in an @.
@GhostBenjimon - hahahahaha,,, yea uncle tax and spend would love another tax,,, id imagine it would be a high one too,,, id hate to think about having to pay it if i in fact desired the substance,,,
whats the matter with free? it dont cost anything,,, uh,,, all drugs should be free in my opinion,,, the quickest way to end the problem,,, remove all financial gain from it,,,,
tax,,, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
dont make them legal,,, dont make them illegal,,, make them free,,,in a few years,,, yea,, it would take a few years,,, there would be no takers,,,
that would be too easy tho,,,, and we wouldnt be able to imprison anyone,,, our fearless leaders would never go for an idea like that.
yes
@HEBCHILL - Right On!
Hey, whats that smell?
I think that all nonviolent crimes should be decriminalized. They are a waste of law-enforcers’ time and the government’s money. But I am a big believer in you deciding what you can do with your body, and not anybody else. I mean you own your house, and if you one day decided you wanted to burn your house to the ground, nobody could really stop you (I don’t think). So if you want to smoke weed, or crack for that matter, go for it. Not that I condone those things, I just think that the responsibility lies with the individual, not the state.
yes
yes
Heck no! God allowed arsenic and the negative too, but should we participtapate or take a dose.
People are going to do whatever the hell it is they want to do, regardless of the laws.
yes.
yes. I think they should remove it.
too many good people are busted with marijuana and then their lives are ruined in a blink of a fuckin pigs eye. It is wrong and they should be able to be high and peaceful as long as they (snickers) hold less than 100 grams..
so if your caught with an ounce you are home free?
awesome.
i like it.
@TSLrocker - this is true.. but millions of dollars are being spent on the war on drugs. It has come to the attention that many people are Marijuana users.. like myself.
I don’t want to ever be caught after I just spent 300 dollars on weed, and then some asshole I don’t even know takes it all away from me and leaves me with nothing but more money to pay and a couple weeks worth of issues that i would never had to deal with if posession charges where inexistant.
either way.. people will still do what they want regardless. =]
yeah.
Yes
Treat marijuana as a combo of Smoking and drinking. Apply both laws and you should be good.
@maje_charis - Making a certain amount illegal makes it easier to prosecute people when it comes time to do so.
@SamsPeeps - Exactly.
Not just yes, but HELL YES!!!
Pssss! No way!
Yes, and those who say no clearly don’t know anything about psychobiology or biochemistry – Marajuana is far less extreme than almost any prescription drug taken with psychological intent.
Yes, I don’t want to pay for potheads to be in jail.
I want to pay for murderers to be in jail and celebrities.
If there weren’t so many people in jail for pot, Paris Hilton, Khloe K., Nicole Richie could have all stayed in jail longer.
weed is not harmful. It’s as harmful as cigarrettes. Yes. But not like other “drugs” I don’t see weed as a drug considering it grows naturally in places.
@UnworthyofHisgrace - I kind of agree with unworthyofhisgrace in that it doesn’t make sense to make it legal to use, while it is still illegal to sell. Therefore, it should just be legal (regulated, taxed, but legal) all the way around, legal to sell, grow and use. Alcohol is actually a more harmful drug in my opinion, and yes, I do vote democrat – not that this is a partisan issue, for example Jesse Jackson (and many others as “liberal”) are against drug legalization while William F. Buckley Jr. (rip), was for it (and not just for marijuana either).
Proabably. . .at the very least it shouldn’t be a federal matter.
Of course marijuana should be legal. It’s less lethal than tobacco or alcohol, the reason it isn’t legal is because the government can’t find a proper way to regulate it in order to get their share of the taxes.
Example: Someone would discover if you had a massive brewery or bottling plant. Someone would discover if you had a tobacco crop (you need lots of space and they are distinct looking). No one would have any idea about the grow room in your closet.
How often do you hear about someone getting high and running their car into a tree? Ok, how about drunk?
Additionally, prisons are overcrowded leading to massive paroles of criminals and violent criminals alike. Would you rather let a pot dealer go, or a child rapist? Get the marijuana charges out of the prisons and leave more room for the guy who killed and raped a five year old.
Can I get an Amen?
If they do legalize pot, at least the people who use this substance would know it’s not laced with something. I personaly don’t, but my friend does and she thought she was going to have a heart attack because her heart was racing so fast. She told her boyfriend at the time to take her to the hospital, and he said that it was just the coke in the pot that was making her heart beat so fast.
So I think they should and tax it all to hell like everything else. It’s more healthy for you than cigerettes.
Yeah, pretty much.
Yes. Actually, we should remove all federal restrictions on marijuana. Where in the constitution does it authorize a ban?
@askdante - So the drug dealers pushing pot on middle school campus are the right people to profit? Who exactly will profit when the drug is legalized?
@LilyChloe - I haven’t tried it either, but I know how it works in the body, and it’s much less dangerous both short-term and long-term than alcohol or cigarettes, and less addictive than either.
copy cat
@nicolexanna - Amen!
@TheRisingWriter - I actually think pot should be legalized because I’m an “economic conservative” – I think the gov. should be out of the free market.
it’s illegal. so even if you’re possessing a small amount it’s still illegal
Someone’s already said it better than I could hope to:
“The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily or mental and spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest.”
-JSM. On Liberty. pg 12.
In my opinion this would be a step in the right direction. It’s all about baby steps.
Yes.
I mean, seriously…you could do things soooo much worse than take a hit off a joint. I don’t see why we can’t just regulate it– no driving under the influence, just like with Alcohol. No public intoxication.
I would be for that. There should be an age limit, like 21 or whatever. It should still be illegal to have it on school property or when driving or whatever. There are bigger problems to worry about. Marijuana is less dangerous to our society than alcohol or tobacco. There’s no good reason for it to be illegal. There wouldn’t even be pot dealers anymore if you could just buy a pack at the gas station…
@Novakana - it’s illegal. so even if you’re possessing a small amount it’s still illegal
It’s only illegal because of a law that says it is. If we change the law then it’s not illegal anymore. If you legalize it this way then there’s not really any reason for anyone to have more than 100 grams anyway because selling it on the black market would be silly.
Keep it illegal as far as I’m concerned. I can’t stand the smell of cigarettes as it is, I don’t want to have to deal with marijuana stink as well.
And on that note, can we make cigarettes illegal while we’re at it…
Yes
No because that would mean my girlfriend would go back to smoking weed, and I’m NOT NOT NOT a fan of that idea.
how about just make that junk legal heheheheh
No, it should stay illegal. mainly because it causes brain damage.
Oh, and it’s addictive.
I don’t think it should be illegal in the first place.
@lovestar_14 -
“No, it should stay illegal. mainly because it causes brain damage.
Oh, and it’s addictive.”
Just google “weed causes brain damage” to realize how faulty your second statement. The closest I’ve found to a legitimate scientific study which came with results that may indicate that to be a truth was a study done in Australia recently with test subjects who admitted smoking 5 joints daily for the last 10 years, and they on average “a 12% smaller hippocampus, the part of the brain which is thought to be
involved with emotion and memory, and a 7% smaller amygdala, which
plays a role in regulating fear and aggression.” In contrast though a NY study done earlier this year done showed the opposite results with “a group of 17- to 30-year-olds who had smoked cannabis two to three
times a week for at least a year. In that study, the brains of drug
users looked no different from those who had never taken cannabis.”
And if you mean addictive, as in it causes physical dependence, that would be incorrect. It may cause a psychological dependence, but so can working out, sex, porn, World of Warcraft, etc.
A cup of coffee or a coke is more addicting than weed, since caffeine, unlike THC, can be physically addicting.
Oh, and if we are making things illegal based on if they do brain damage, then alcohol should definitely be made illegal again. The link between brain damage and alcohol would be much stronger and most assuredly exists, unlike weed where they can only say maybe if you smoke a hella alot of it.
Some links:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jun/03/drugs.drugsandalcohol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiction
http://www.a1b2c3.com/drugs/mj007.htm
yeaaah
I absolutely do. Petty drug crimes are flooding our prison industry.
hell yes
yes, the law is ridiculous as it is. legalize it and tax it.
I think it should be completely legal
@whataboutbahb - It’s super having you back. =)
Major props for this post and the Mill quote.
Perhaps not legally sold at stores, but personal possession should not be a criminal offense.
yeah no pot should not be legalized just because the government will profit off of it and then there will be taxes on it and all that stupid shit… I love marijuana, love it way to much to watch people tax it and watch the fucked up government profit off of it.
it costs more money each day to keep it illegal and cutting costs is a good idea at this time so, yes.
Absolutley YES!
@HEBCHILL – lol
Legalize it. Maybe these bastards would write something interesting.
oh and for all who wonder….i dont smoke pot…..beause my work randomly drug tests….. i just think it should be legal…when it is…i will smoke
no.
Just becasue they lower penalties of marijuana, doesn’t mean they’re going to start selling it at the 7/11. So I don’t have to worry about the government taxing it like crazy. It would still be sold as it is, you just wouldn’t get in as much trouble if you were caught. So, yes, they should remove a penalty for 100 grams or less.
As Bob Marley once said:
“Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.”
im a avid marijuana user and i’d like to say… i support the legalization of marijuana. i didnt even read the entire entry..altho it was short–but.. all i saw was MARIJUANA…AND I SUPPORT IT!!
Yes. I fought for it at our State Convention last month and it is now in the Iowa Democratic Platform that we are for the legalization of marijuana with the provision of taxation. Baby steps……..we’ll get there. Just like alcohol in prohibition. Have you ever heard of someone ODing from pot? NO!
Im in love with Mary Jane..
Yes, I smoke ganja, an no, I’m not brain damaged. However, I have several friends who drink often, and it’s taken it’s toll on their brains. (You can tell. Their speech is often slower, and they forget things more easily) I think fact that it’s illegal in the first place is absurd, considering alcohol is much more dangerous, and it’s legal.
I don’t know how much 100 grams is, but I think putting someone in prison or jail for having pot is stupid; just make them pay the fine and do community service or something. That’s a waste of our money, paying for potheads.
oh dear god yes.
yes.
I say keep it illegal.
@LilyChloe - Agreed.
Why not?
Yesssssssssssssssssss
Marijuana is NOT addictive.
Alcohol is. So are cigarettes and caffeinated soda.
Alcohol regularly kills people. How many car accidents every hour are caused by people who have too much to drink? How many kids binge drink and die from alcohol poisoning? Marijuana doesn’t kill– it sedates you, makes you hungry, makes you want to go to bed.
Often, people find their limits with marijuana and just quit it. But alcohol? That’s much harder. I’ll hit the bottle any day, but the bong– not so much. I quit that a long time ago.
I’d rather it be legalized, so I don’t have to worry about people I love getting arrested for it when they aren’t really doing anything wrong. And I love the smell of it.
Decriminalize, then legalize. It’s far past time.
Yes yes yes and HELL YES!!!! Leave the damn pot heads alone and use the billion of dollars wasted on real criminals like the ones that steal rap and kill!!!!
No. Possession of any form of marijuana should be a ticket to getting your ass hauled off to jail.
Are they limiting it to 100 grams because they think that gas prices will keep people from making multiple trips to get it 100 grams at a time?
I think we should require an age limit, and tax it, like alcohol. Hello, how much more money would the government gain from this? Why aren’t they doing it already?
Yes, make it legal. Too much money is wasted on this issue.
@at_0617 -
That’s right. Spend MY tax dollars to jail some kid with a joint, and push the real criminals out of jails to make room for the kid with a joint. That’s makes perfect sense.
yes; the federal penalties are entirely too harsh, given the harmful effects of the drug. there is really no reason, besides misinformed history, and culture based on that misinformation that pot should be illegal. it’s less harmful to your body (in realistic quantities) than alcohol or cigarettes and less addictive than both of them. 100 grams is pretty much nothing, and too many people are getting thrown in prison for possession alone.
no!! what is wrong with people??!! Not only should mary j be illegal, but so should smoking… I work at a nonprofit that provides housing for lung transplant patients. Because they smoked for most of their lives (whatever it was they smoked) they not only needed a new lung, but have to watch others enjoy life while they watch from the sideline… so sad ….
No!
Absolutely. Alcohol and cigarettes are legal but marijuana isn’t, even though alcohol causes liver damage and cigarettes cause cancer. They should allow it with exceptions like no smoking and driving, and no subjecting others to second-hand smoke. Plus the taxes could help our HUGE national debt.
@chunkofmymind - Why blame the marijuana and cigarettes when those people choose to smoke and choose to take the risk? It wasn’t forced on them.
i agree… i wasn’t blaming the cigs but why give people the option… if you haven’t noticed we aren’t the brightest species. Not me, not you. You give people guns and they kill themselves and hurt others. You give them the choice to elect a person to lead them and it becomes a popularity contest or people elect bush…
. Come on!! No one forces someone else to murder another person… but it’s illegal… are you telling me it should be legal. No one forces you to rape another person, but should you do it? No… that’s why it’s illegal. It isn’t legal to drink and drive because you could hurt someone else. Many times you end up hurting more than one person without even realizing it. When you allow people to legally smoke marijuana, even just one joint, in public you’re infecting the rest of the population. Second hand smoke kills brain cells too. Plus, as long as we keep it illegal people will still continue to smoke it. People do now, and it’s illegal. Only this time they’ll do it in the privacy of their own home… marijuana ruins lives (whether it be the smoker’s or her child’s) and that’s why it’s illegal.
Sometimes people don’t practice good judgment, and that’s why laws exist. But once again, I’m not blaming the marijuana, just the people who use it.
If one is pro-marijuana: yes.
If one is anti-marijuana: no.
The amount of marijuana in possession shouldn’t be relevant. Either it is wrong or it isn’t.
Pot should be legal its no more dangerous than booze or cigaretts, and the government would tax the fuck out of it so everyone wins, if you dont like it dont smoke it but let the rest of the population make their own choice.
@IBleedSoPretty - Woot, sauce on this.
@chunkofmymind -
“i wasn’t blaming the cigs but why give
.”
people the option… if you haven’t noticed we aren’t the brightest
species. Not me, not you. You give people guns and they kill themselves
and hurt others. You give them the choice to elect a person to lead
them and it becomes a popularity contest or people elect bush…
So you would propose what? A dictatorship? A fascist government? Authoritarian or totalitarian? Maybe Plato’s philosopher king? I mean if people are really dumb, why not put one (or a few) really smart people in charge and let them determine what is good or bad for everyone else, that’s what you’re saying right? Let’s make cigarettes, alcohol, porn, guns, myspace, fast food, twinkies, ect all illegal since they all hurt people (and people aren’t smart enough to make decisions for themselves so lets make the government do it for us). And making these things would instantly solve these problems as well right? The war on drugs has been a huge sucess right? Wasn’t Prohibition a huge sucess too? Wait, that was were the American mafia has its roots? Oops.
Is it possible making bad substances illegal 1)neither stops people from using said substance and 2)actually produces very negative side effects (i.e. black market of alcohol and drugs gave birth to the mafia, columbian drug lords, etc). I mean we all know beer and tobacco companies are filled with jerks, but aren’t they a little bit better than Al Capone and Columbian cartels. Making things illegal insures that the worst people are the ones who get the money from selling the product.
You said-
“No one forces someone else to murder another
person… but it’s illegal… are you telling me it should be legal. No
one forces you to rape another person, but should you do it? No…
that’s why it’s illegal. It isn’t legal to drink and drive because you
could hurt someone else.”
This whole tangent approaches the point of being nonsensical. Murdering another person is illegal because you are violating a very important right of another person- his right to live. Rape follows the same concept. Drinking and driving is illegal because it dramatically increases the risk of everyone around you on the road (I personally would be more in favor of harsher reactive laws, rather than preventive ones though i’m not sure if it would work or not).
“When you allow people to legally smoke marijuana, even just one joint, in public you’re infecting the rest of the population. Second hand smoke kills brain cells too. “
Even if a person was standing right next to you, the possibility of you actually being affected by the product is still ridiculously low. The concept of a second-hand high is pretty ridiculous. And it could be treated like the risks of second hand cigarette smoke, which has led to bans that have happened across the country over the last few years in various cities in bars/clubs/various indoor places/etc.
And if you think weed kills brain cells, that’s mostly incorrect. THC does not kill brain cells at all. The act of smoking anything itself can kill brain cells, due to oxygen deprivation, but the fact that the substance is weed is not the reason that brain cells may die.
I think people should be able to smoke pot as long as it isn’t around children or in a public place. as long as a person’s actions are not affecting others, then they should have every right to do it.
& drinking and cigarettes are legal. mary jane is a thousand times less dangerous & less addictive. it’s actually been proven to have some poistive health benefits [increased long-term memory].
it’s completely hypocritical.
<3
hahaha
yes
:S
@LilyChloe - /applause
Yes.
No, that’s stupid.
I think pot should be legalized but controlled, like alcohol is (since alcohol is probably worse for you anyway). I kinda like Barney Frank (except when he’s on Bill Maher he never let’s anyone get a word in). And I think that these harsh penalties for kids selling pot are stupid. Why should some teenager barley (or not even) out of high school get his life ruined just cuz he wanted to smoke a doob while watching Three’s Company?
Okay. Everyone will hate me for this one and it probably even flies in the face of my liberal position on most issues, BUT I think it should continue to be banned and that cigarettes should also be added to the list of forbidden substances. Both are bad for you. Nuff said. I’m not going to get in an argument with anybody over it. It is just my personal opinion.
wow.. me dunno
Wow, I see a lot of uneducated responses! People have no idea how the current drug laws are bankrupting this country (that and the costly wars overseas). If we were to do something as simple as legalize casual usage of marijuana, it would free up more government money for things that really matter, like education.
@IBleedSoPretty -
When you put it that way….I dont pay taxes yet
Ok maybe i was wrong….ish =/
yes.
Why is it that so many people want to hold different narcotics to different standards because they think they’re “not as bad” as another one? Here’s my opinion on the stuff:
-It should be black and white weather the damn thing is illegal (Because it sure isn’t in California!)
-it should be made PERFECTLY clear, that there are no real health benefits to smoking it except to relieve pain in exchange for your pulmonary arteries. Even then, there is better pain medication that does not damage your heart, its just more expensive.
-It should also be made extremely clear, that the first puff is damaging, as well as subsequent puffs. It’s just as bad as smoking tobacco, and sometimes worse.
I have to many friends that don’t know the real research behind any drugs and think it’s ok to try them once or do them once in a while. Bottom line is that the stuff is bad for you, period, any drug is, and if you can avoid taking it, you should at all times.
Now in regards to the question… No, this particular punishment should not be changed because it just makes things regarding marijuana even more inconsistent. Marijuana is still a narcotic, it shortens your life span just like all other narcotics, it impairs judgment and becomes a danger to the public like ALL other narcotics, and therefore, should be treated the same as cocaine, meth, extacy, and whatever else you can think of.
u_u
@mikaisaotome -
You seem to be confused with the actual definition of narcotic. In the medical sense narcotic means a drug derived from opium or an opium like compound, also known as an opioid. In the U.S. legal sense- “
narcotic
refers to opium, opium derivatives, and their semi-synthetic or fully synthetic substitutes “as well as cocaine and coca leaves,” which although classified as “narcotics” in the U.S. Controlled Substances Act (CSA), are chemically not narcotics.”
To further clarify- “Contrary to popular belief, marijuana is not a narcotic, nor are LSD and other psychedelic drugs. Specifically, steroids are not narcotics.”
If you want to use the word in the broad general sense that ignores chemical likeness as identifiers, sure then you can consider marijuana a narcotic. But you could also consider alcohol, TV, and religion as narcotics as well.
You said:
“-it should be made PERFECTLY clear, that
there are no real health benefits to smoking it except to relieve pain
in exchange for your pulmonary arteries. Even then, there is better
pain medication that does not damage your heart, its just more
expensive.”
There are other other health benefits that I could get into (can ease eye pressure in glaucoma patients, increase appetite on patients on meds that kills all appetite, reduce nausea), but it really doesn’t matter. If substances that are harmful that produce no clear health benefit should be made illegal, why the hell are cigarettes and alcohol legal? So either you are for making both these products illegal, or you should re-clarify this part of your position.
You said
“-It should also be made extremely clear, that the first
puff is damaging, as well as subsequent puffs. It’s just as bad as
smoking tobacco, and sometimes worse.”
Please show me a case study that shows one puff of marijuana or even a cigarette has long term health consequences.
You said
“No, this particular punishment should not be
changed because it just makes things regarding marijuana even more
inconsistent. Marijuana is still a narcotic, it shortens your life span
just like all other narcotics, it impairs judgment and becomes a danger
to the public like ALL other narcotics, and therefore, should be
treated the same as cocaine, meth, extacy, and whatever else you can
think of.”
The laws are already inconsistent since other drugs with no health benefit (cigarettes and alcohol) are legal, while others are not. And U.S. laws are also inconsistent with medical classification in how it chooses to classify Marijuana.
Some links:
Interesting chart done by a british medical journal of how harmful specific drugs are in comparison to on another.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcotic
If we removed things like time in prison and made it a misdemeanor crime with a fine as punishment we would save taxpayers a lot of money. While it is still illegal at least.
I don’t think marijuana should be illegal, it seems to be more of a government control thing because it is something that can grow wild which makes it harder to tax. Marijuana is more good than bad.
I say yes!
People are gonna do it anyways so why the hell not.
Nothing wrong with reefer!
@askdante - [Wrong people] will profit? So it’s not good for pot smokers to profit…? I don’t think it’s okay to judge a person just because they smoke…
@SamsPeeps - I agree. I think cigarettes & alchol is much more harmful for your body than getting a natural high, that mostly everyone enjoys. People are more likely to fight with alchol than sweet ol’ mary jane.
@SamsPeeps - taxing it may not be as bad as we think… wouldn’t we rather have it legal to prevent FINES for something as petty as a bud…? Fines are much more expensive than tax. Plus you could possibly have your own business by growing your own plants…That would be sweet…
@HEBCHILL - Exactly. In God we trust. Thank you.
@whataboutbahb - Wow, thanks for the good information! You will be quoted on my blog. So you know, I love your points, you made it very clear that WE SHOULD LEGALIZE MJ!
@ughstupididiot - I have never had a stoned person push me around at a party or a concert or anything… drunk people is another story altogether.
@mikaisaotome - And drinking impairs judgment and all they do is slap a warning label on the bottle.
@ughstupididiot - How cool would it be to have your own plant shop???
@SamsPeeps - It’d be //really// cool to own your own *plant* shop… Mmmm, makes me want to go to Europe or somewhere where it’s legal, and just live the high life… Mmmhmmm… Maybe one day I will do just that.
-by the way, my name’s Jenny d:)
Yes. =)
@whataboutbahb - If you say so, I was quoting my mom.
She says it is, although she’s never tried it.
P.S.
This doesn’t mean you’re right……Or I am.
HEADS UP!!!
mocking is nasty.