Marijuana Legalization?

[Cat]

From whatever state you are from, how do you feel about marijuana being legalized?
Like..do you think that everyone should be able to buy some, not for medical reasons?
There are good reasons why it should, but then some why it shouldnt.
The legalization of marijuana has been debated a lot, and i just want to know how you guys feel about it.

XD

[wtdmnx]

I think that it shouldn't be available to everyone, just to people that need it.
Either way, people will find a way to get it if they want it that much.
The legalization of it wouldn't benefit me in any way, so I don't care a lot, but it seems unnecessary for it to be widely available.
If it was legalized, then it would be just like any other prescription drug people abuse.
Some of my friends use it, not medically, and it doesn't really help them, so I think if it was legalized it could have negative effects on school drop out levels and such.
That was confusing, sorry.

[marebear(:]

well Im from California and apparently it is going to be on the ballot this november
personally I dont think its a good thing I know a girl who does it everyday she comes baked into art and she cant handle it and because of it she is failing her classes

soo I really dont like the idea
some people can handle it some people cant

[Cat]

I actually dont think marijuana is bad.
Its safer than alcohol.
You cant die from smoking too much, but you can die from too much alcohol.
And of course itd be abused, everything is abused because some people just arent responsible enough.
And i know someone, a few people actually, that are high at school
all the time, but they are passing their classes.

[Cat]

I actually dont think marijuana is bad.
Its safer than alcohol.
You cant die from smoking too much, but you can die from too much alcohol.
And of course itd be abused, everything is abused because some people just arent responsible enough.
And i know someone, a few people actually, that are high at school
all the time, but they are passing their classes.

I dont think it would have a great effect on drop out levels.
Kids already get it now anyway.
And if it was legalized, i would think it should be dealed with like any other drug, like alcohol and cigarettes.

[BuckyRandomosity]

I don't know too much about it in legal terms, but I think it should be legalized.
If you can't beat 'em, make it work for you. You're never going to be able to fully stomp out marijuana usage. Just like prohibition didn't get rid of alcohol. People just found a way around it.

[Mikeplyts]

Think everyone; this is the United States of America we're talking about here. Honestly, if the federal government had any common sense, they would have legalized this shit long ago. And we would have probably been a fuckload more richer and getting that debt out of our hair. But, no. The U.S. won't have it; we're just too good to ignore what could potentially, and drastically, improve our economy by 40-50 something percent. I'm not saying that I'm some super, mega pothead that would do anything to have marijuana expand and even become legalized, but when it comes to saving our asses from poverty and/or debt, you bet I'll root for that super, mega pothead.

[Cat]

Exactly^^

[Mikeplyts]

Also, adding on to what I said before, drop out levels and such doesn't really matter much anymore when you take into perspective that we're in mondo debt. Of course education is important, but if we're in debt and we can't offer many jobs, then that education has just been good for practically nothing. Sure, the chances of getting a career would be higher, but again, we're in more debt than you think. And people drop out of school anyway, regardless if they smoke marijuana. I, too, have seen people who smoke marijuana, and even do pills, score higher than anybody else in my class on a test or in our Grade Point Average. I know "druggies" that are in advanced classes as well. However, I also know "druggies" that are failing miserably but that's only because they don't know how to control their "addiction". Speaking of addiction, I don't really think you can get addicted to marijuana unless it had some weird chemical substances shit in it. I guess you could say people who tend to smoke marijuana have a mental addiction, but we can always help them with controlling it.

So, solution? Legalize marijuana and "teach" marijuana abusers to control it at certain times. I also agree with the fact on health issues when it comes to marijuana; there's absolutely no such damage. Forensically, marijuana is just like any other type of over-the-counter medicine that can help a person (unless they are abused).

And if you ask me why I seem to be defending it so much yet I don't do it myself, my answer will be, "Because I simply don't have the means or want to do so" and afterwards, I'd give you the finger. If marijuana were truly dangerous, regardless if it's abused or not, then all of what I've said would be completely opposite. But in this case, it's not. So, with that, I bid adieu.

Case closed.

[Cat]

Hah i cant really say much to that, except i do agree.
Ive always leaned way more to legalizing it, than not.

[lavieestunlabyrinthe]

It doesn't make any difference to me.
Legal or illegal, people are going to do it, it doesn't make much of a difference.

[wtdmnx]

That's true

[BuckyRandomosity]

My friend is writing a whole essay on this. I'm excited to read it.
I'll post it on here once she has the final draft done

[Cat]

It doesn't make any difference to me.
Legal or illegal, people are going to do it, it doesn't make much of a difference.

It does make a difference.
Its illegal, we dont get money for it.
If its legal, we get money off of it.

[Mikeplyts]

It doesn't make any difference to me.
Legal or illegal, people are going to do it, it doesn't make much of a difference.

It does make a difference.
Its illegal, we dont get money for it.
If its legal, we get money off of it.

Zing!

[yarelic]

It pretty much is like tobacco, except that instead of nicotine, it has THB (or something like that). It really doesn't matter to me though. That stuff has never really caught my attention.

[Mikeplyts]

^ I think you mean Tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. :p But I do like your analogy of tobacco, or cigarettes for that matter. Also, tobacco is also considered a drug like marijuana because it does slightly alter your behavior. Oh, another legal drug example is alcohol. I think the only reason it's not legalized because it has a bit more stronger effects than tobacco, probably not alcohol though, and the U.S. doesn't want kids to have such effects. But like I said, all we have to do is teach the abusers how not to abuse it. *shrug*