Should marijuana be legalized.

Originally posted by ludaChris
Yeah, because I get sick all of the time. I get sick on average of once a year, and thats when fall changes to winter usually. Nice conspiracy theories and all, but still not buyin it. Just sounds like another shot in the dark to me.

You obviously didn't read any of the information that provides proof. But that's ok because most sheeple don't. Feel free to follow the herd.

Originally posted by Mr Mxyztplk
Unlike alcohol that requires some degree of skill, weed only needs to be planted and harvested, yes pro growers get better product but amateurs can grow decent bud as well.

The contenders at the Cannabis Cup would disagree. When the government in Canuckistan legalized medicinal marijuana, the crops were so pitiful that no one bought it anyway.

Now they've converted the Diefenbunker, a bunker built for the government during the cold war, into a grow-ops.

That's Canuckistan swords into ploughshares. The weed export in BC exceeds all other exports combined, and one could argue whether or not it's a raw resource.

Some enterprising entrepreneurs built a tunnel under the border, but they got busted. Drug laws are always legislated when an underclass begins to get rich on them. Since the opium wars in China - they've been seen as a threat to social control. Frankly alcohol is more like opium than weed is.

Alcohol is physically addicting and they know at least a quarter of the population is predisposed to developing alcoholism. Alcoholism is a terminal illness. Not to mention the murders, suicides, road accidents, etc. that it inspires. It is genetically passed on. One study revealed that alcoholism is highest in cultures with a long history of struggle and warfare. It represents the survivors.

On the other hand, pot, is not physically addictive, one does not die from withdrawal, unless one has smoked an ounce of chronic a day and gone into a pot induced psychotic fugue. New findings suggest that THC content can influence schizophrenia, and ironically even though it aggravates schizophrenia, it may hold a key to reasserting proper brain chemistry. It is like any pleasurable pastime psychologically addictive.

The war on drugs is a war on human rights. Pharmaceuticals want the 'vice' trade. 'Vice' being a Victorian interpretation of endorphin producing recreation. New studies also show that teenagers are abusing pharmaceuticals now more often than illegal street drugs. It must warm the CEO's hearts.


[edit on 11-4-2007 by clearwater]

[edit on 11-4-2007 by clearwater]

Originally posted by Royal76
Make it like a can of beer. You have to be 21. Has to be made of a certain quality. Has to have certain standards. You make someone sick, die because of your product you are open to getting sued in court. This would make the United states a lot safer. The novelty of drugs would wear off. There wouldn't be so many people dieing everyday because of it. Sure there would be od's, just like there are people who drink themselves to death. It's called Natural Selection. Survial of the fittest.


[edit on 9-4-2007 by Royal76]

No one has ever od'ed on pot, just so you know....