In honor of 4/20

[Italiancub]

just wondering what you guys think

[ConstableRabbit]

Arguments, only if it's highly regulated and very highly taxed.

 

Edit: No pun intended

[OleMissCub]

I'm for it. If Alcohol is legal, why can't marijuana be as well. Alcohol is alot more likely to get you killed than dope.

[rocket]

I think it's dumb that a free country won't let people get high if that's what they choose to do.

[USSoccer]

I've never done it, never will do it, but the historical bad rap that that plant has gotten is ridiculous. It's probably less dangerous than alcohol, and certainly less dangerous than tobacco.

 

Tax it (heavily), regulate it, and I'm fine with it.

[Derwood]

pretty much what everyone has said. I wouldn't go so far to call it harmless (i've seen its impact on quite a few people over the years) but if it got all of the one time user/sellers out of our jails....

[Havoc 23]

Whether or not it is legalized for recreational purposes I don't care, but did you know you can make more paper from an acre of marijuana than you can from an acre of trees? The plant itself has many more uses than just getting high that would be of great benefit.

[Derwood]

Whether or not it is legalized for recreational purposes I don't care, but did you know you can make more paper from an acre of marijuana than you can from an acre of trees? The plant itself has many more uses than just getting high that would be of great benefit.

 

and if you smoke that paper...... \:D/

[series65cubsfan]

Whether or not it is legalized for recreational purposes I don't care, but did you know you can make more paper from an acre of marijuana than you can from an acre of trees? The plant itself has many more uses than just getting high that would be of great benefit.

 

and if you smoke that paper...... \:D/

 

Unfortunately, it would probably have the same effect as smoking hemp rope. :(

[srbin84]

Would the government stuff be of the same quality as what you could get on the street though?

[goonys evil twin]

Would the government stuff be of the same quality as what you could get on the street though?

 

They probably have better stuff.

 

But it wouldn't have to be government stuff, just government regulated.

[srbin84]

Would the government stuff be of the same quality as what you could get on the street though?

 

They probably have better stuff.

 

But it wouldn't have to be government stuff, just government regulated.

 

Ah, I gotcha, so business owners could grow whatever they want.

[Derwood]

Would the government stuff be of the same quality as what you could get on the street though?

 

They probably have better stuff.

 

But it wouldn't have to be government stuff, just government regulated.

 

Ah, I gotcha, so business owners could grow whatever they want.

 

Sort of, but it would all have to be approved by FDA standards, etc. It would then probably be taxed like crazy and cost way more per "pack" than cigarettes

[srbin84]

Would the government stuff be of the same quality as what you could get on the street though?

 

They probably have better stuff.

 

But it wouldn't have to be government stuff, just government regulated.

 

Ah, I gotcha, so business owners could grow whatever they want.

 

Sort of, but it would all have to be approved by FDA standards, etc. It would then probably be taxed like crazy and cost way more per "pack" than cigarettes

 

Well, it depends what a pack would constitute.

[Italiancub]

The thing thats bugs me the most is the false propoganda about marijuana. Reasons against not smoking are usually non concrete risks such as becoming dumber or losing athletic ability. Two of my best friends smoke and they are in to top 10 in a class where top 250 is an a average. Would someone who does not support leagalzation leave a comment and say why they are against it.

 

 

p.s. i bealieve if it was made legal the goverment would limit the amount of thc

[srbin84]

The thing thats bugs me the most is the false propoganda about marijuana. Reasons against not smoking are usually non concrete risks such as becoming dumber or losing athletic ability. Two of my best friends smoke and they are in to top 10 in a class where top 250 is an a average. Would someone who does not support leagalzation leave a comment and say why they are against it.

 

 

p.s. i bealieve if it was made legal the goverment would limit the amount of thc

 

Well, if there is not enough THC, there won't be incentive to buy the legal stuff.

[Derwood]

The thing thats bugs me the most is the false propoganda about marijuana. Reasons against not smoking are usually non concrete risks such as becoming dumber or losing athletic ability. Two of my best friends smoke and they are in to top 10 in a class where top 250 is an a average. Would someone who does not support leagalzation leave a comment and say why they are against it.

 

 

p.s. i bealieve if it was made legal the goverment would limit the amount of thc

 

You can give an example of your friends, i can give an example of friends who started smoking pot and turned from bright and eager honor roll students to groggy, lazy burnouts. You can't paint a broad picture of how marijuana effects everyone. Like any other drug, the user's personality and chemical makeup play a large factor in how the drug will affect them. For example, many argue that pot is completely non-addictive, while many studies show severe physical and psychological effects of quitting a strong marijuana habit.

[goonys evil twin]

Would the government stuff be of the same quality as what you could get on the street though?

 

They probably have better stuff.

 

But it wouldn't have to be government stuff, just government regulated.

 

Ah, I gotcha, so business owners could grow whatever they want.

 

Sort of, but it would all have to be approved by FDA standards, etc. It would then probably be taxed like crazy and cost way more per "pack" than cigarettes

 

I don't know, you have a premium already built into the price due to all the government interference in place right now. Would reducing the barriers of entry into the business reduce costs and offset the taxes?

[Italiancub]

You can give an example of your friends, i can give an example of friends who started smoking pot and turned from bright and eager honor roll students to groggy, lazy burnouts. You can't paint a broad picture of how marijuana effects everyone. Like any other drug, the user's personality and chemical makeup play a large factor in how the drug will affect them. For example, many argue that pot is completely non-addictive, while many studies show severe physical and psychological effects of quitting a strong marijuana habit.

 

I agree with you that you can not paint a broad picture of all marijuana users. That is why i used my friends as examples to prove the misconception wrong. As for being addictive, if marijuana really is physically addictive (which we don't know due to a lack of research), its effects have to be less than alcohol and probally tobacco as well. I do not buy into psychological addictions. Anything think can be psychological addictive, that has to do with the user not the drug

[Derwood]

You can give an example of your friends, i can give an example of friends who started smoking pot and turned from bright and eager honor roll students to groggy, lazy burnouts. You can't paint a broad picture of how marijuana effects everyone. Like any other drug, the user's personality and chemical makeup play a large factor in how the drug will affect them. For example, many argue that pot is completely non-addictive, while many studies show severe physical and psychological effects of quitting a strong marijuana habit.

 

I agree with you that you can not paint a broad picture of all marijuana users. That is why i used my friends as examples to prove the misconception wrong. As for being addictive, if marijuana really is physically addictive (which we don't know due to a lack of research), its effects have to be less than alcohol and probally tobacco as well. I do not buy into psychological addictions. Anything think can be psychological addictive, that has to do with the user not the drug

 

by psychological i meant withdrawl can lead to depression, mild scizophrenia, etc. (vs other physical withdrawl symptoms like shaking, headaches or chest pains)

 

and the example of your friends doesn't prove the misconception wrong. It just provides one possible outcome of it's use. There are many many people who do become your classic stoner/dropouts, thus that stereotype isn't actually a misconception (though thinking EVERYONE turns out that way is)

[ConstableRabbit]

The FDA just came out with a report saying that there is no credible/sound medical evidence that marijuana is a good way to treat glaucoma.

 

Link

 

Was that released on 4/20 on purpose?

[TruffleShuffle]

My biggest problem with legalizing it is that I don't think there's a way to test if people are under the influence of it while driving. They can do blood tests or hair tests to know if you've smoked ever, but not whether you just got high 5 minutes ago.

 

The reason I say that is because I knew a lot of people in college who would get high and then drive to parties, home, wherever, because they knew they couldn't get in trouble like they could for drunk driving. So if there's no way to tell if people are driving high, then I'd have to say no to legalizing it.

[goonys evil twin]

My biggest problem with legalizing it is that I don't think there's a way to test if people are under the influence of it while driving. They can do blood tests or hair tests to know if you've smoked ever, but not whether you just got high 5 minutes ago.

 

The reason I say that is because I knew a lot of people in college who would get high and then drive to parties, home, wherever, because they knew they couldn't get in trouble like they could for drunk driving. So if there's no way to tell if people are driving high, then I'd have to say no to legalizing it.

 

Throw some sort of easily detectable ingredient in there, like the dye in packs of money stolen from the bank.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

My biggest problem with legalizing it is that I don't think there's a way to test if people are under the influence of it while driving. They can do blood tests or hair tests to know if you've smoked ever, but not whether you just got high 5 minutes ago.

 

The reason I say that is because I knew a lot of people in college who would get high and then drive to parties, home, wherever, because they knew they couldn't get in trouble like they could for drunk driving. So if there's no way to tell if people are driving high, then I'd have to say no to legalizing it.

 

Throw some sort of easily detectable ingredient in there, like the dye in packs of money stolen from the bank.

 

So you want weed smokers to turn purple?

[goonys evil twin]

My biggest problem with legalizing it is that I don't think there's a way to test if people are under the influence of it while driving. They can do blood tests or hair tests to know if you've smoked ever, but not whether you just got high 5 minutes ago.

 

The reason I say that is because I knew a lot of people in college who would get high and then drive to parties, home, wherever, because they knew they couldn't get in trouble like they could for drunk driving. So if there's no way to tell if people are driving high, then I'd have to say no to legalizing it.

 

Throw some sort of easily detectable ingredient in there, like the dye in packs of money stolen from the bank.

 

So you want weed smokers to turn purple?

 

Maybe violet instead.

 

http://www.dimensionsmagazine.com/images/be/violet/violet5.jpg