Thread: Do You Support The Full Legalization Of Cannabis?

I almost feel like this is the same thing as Prohibition. Yeah.... drinking alcohol isn't the BEST for you but when they made it illegal a TON of crime and death came out of it, and now some there are no Al Capones trying to smuggle beer to people.

If Cannabis was legal the Mexican Drug Lords would be out of half of their business.

However I'm not for smoking pot or anything cause I've seen people become obsessed with it and ruin their lives. The same as an alcoholic would do.

Certainly, it's said to be less harmful than tobacco and alcohol.

Yeah, for sure. Fill the jails with real criminals, not some people enjoying a smoke. Also, people are ging to get it regardless of whether it's legal or not, so the government might as well legalize it, sel it in stores, and make money off the taxes.

Most certainly. I want it to be as legal as lettuce. Edit: 555 post get!

Kinda the replies I expected in a forum like this.
I would agree, only I think there should be some sort of age restriction on it. Ya never know...

Absolutely, theres no fucking reason for it to be illegal. If it was illegal because it is bad for you than alcohol and cigarettes would be illegal as well.

Probably cause if the Government makes it legal then everyone can grow it in their backyards and it would yield 0 dollars for them.

Originally Posted by Kayso_Dias

Probably cause if the Government makes it legal then everyone can grow it in their backyards and it would yield 0 dollars for them.

Even if this were true, the US government spends a heck of a lot of money currently fighting against marijuana. Neither losing or making money would be a step up for them.

Definitely. I see no reason why cannabis is illegal.

I have never in my entire life, even for a second, at any age believed that marijuana should be illegal. It should be legal because no matter what can be shown about any negative effect it has on a person's health, a person has a right to risk his health. It should not be the government's decision. Period.

On top of that, marijuana is the least harmful of all of the recreational drugs. Nobody has ever died of a pot overdose... EVER. Not once in the entire history of the world. Marijuana is safer than many things that are legal, including processed carbohydrates, high fat foods, and anorexia. Of course alcohol and tobacco are so much more dangerous than pot that the contrast is actually funny, considering how so many of the people who support marijuana illegality think alcohol and tobacco are quite all right and should be legal.

Then there's the underground market/gang problem. Alcohol prohibition was so out of hand that we needed to repeal a Constitutional amendment. Why in the jumping Jesus Christ on a pogo stick American society did not learn from that huge historical mistake is a gigantic psychological/sociological mystery. Prohibition is the reason for the gangster climate that surrounds us now. Right wing fanatics claim that gangster rap is behind it, but that is a crock. Prohibition is behind gangster rap. This is a gang age we are living in. It's because of the stupid as shit war on drugs.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

O damn where did that smiley come from.

recently i've been hearing about people and pets getting killed in raids for negligible amounts of weed. why is this bull-fucking-shit being tolerated?

I do agree but people who smoke weed stink. lol

Weed can make you go loopy.

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

I have never in my entire life, even for a second, at any age believed that marijuana should be illegal. It should be legal because no matter what can be shown about any negative effect it has on a person's health, a person has a right to risk his health. It should not be the government's decision. Period.

On top of that, marijuana is the least harmful of all of the recreational drugs. Nobody has ever died of a pot overdose... EVER. Not once in the entire history of the world. Marijuana is safer than many things that are legal, including processed carbohydrates, high fat foods, and anorexia. Of course alcohol and tobacco are so much more dangerous than pot that the contrast is actually funny, considering how so many of the people who support marijuana illegality think alcohol and tobacco are quite all right and should be legal.

Then there's the underground market/gang problem. Alcohol prohibition was so out of hand that we needed to repeal a Constitutional amendment. Why in the jumping Jesus Christ on a pogo stick American society did not learn from that huge historical mistake is a gigantic psychological/sociological mystery. Prohibition is the reason for the gangster climate that surrounds us now. Right wing fanatics claim that gangster rap is behind it, but that is a crock. Prohibition is behind gangster rap. This is a gang age we are living in. It's because of the stupid as shit war on drugs.

But some people are stupid in this dumb society we have. So some people need there lives being told, dont they? It could lead from one problem to another and harm other people along the way.

Originally Posted by Lucidness

But some people are stupid in this dumb society we have. So some people need there lives being told, dont they? It could lead from one problem to another and harm other people along the way.

And alcohol is different how?

It should be as legal as alcohol, I think. I don't want drivers to be drunk or stoned.

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

It should be legal because no matter what can be shown about any negative effect it has on a person's health, a person has a right to risk his health. It should not be the government's decision. Period.

That's the exact reason I support legalization of all drugs. As long as you're over 18 and in your home, why should the government get to say what you are allowed to do?

The question that I have in my mind is the line of demarkation between the individual and the state. Many people can safely own guns, and then again many cannot.

Until such a time as it becomes realized that human freedom comes at the cost of human responsibility, I think that this is just another pointless question.

One of the most important facts about human behavior is expressed in the simple statement "You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free." This means that human freedom is proportional to mental ability--an idea which Plato once stated as Geometric Equality, i.e. an equality in proportion to a man's ability.

Originally Posted by horsey101

That's the exact reason I support legalization of all drugs. As long as you're over 18 and in your home, why should the government get to say what you are allowed to do?

A person on meth or PCP is a huge threat to others. Somebody OD-ing on heroine means one less ambulance available for real emergencies. Some drugs are worse than others. It's the government's duty to protect its citizens, think about how your actions could affect others.

Originally Posted by Spartiate

. It's the government's duty to protect its citizens..

I disagree as all are citizens. As the mind of a man is to a man, as a governing body, so too governing agencies of social structures. And as one must learn and effect standards of personal behavior, so too it is up to governing bodies to learn and effect standards of behavior on a social scale--in such a way as to not violate the individuals own responsibility of the same.

Many claim that freedom means freedom from function, when in fact it means freedom to function. The human mind has a well defined function in regard to the life of the body.

Originally Posted by Philosopher8659

I disagree as all are citizens. As the mind of a man is to a man, as a governing body, so too governing agencies of social structures. And as one must learn and effect standards of personal behavior, so too it is up to governing bodies to learn and effect standards of behavior on a social scale--in such a way as to not violate the individuals own responsibility of the same.

[OFFTOPIC] Have you ever read "The Social Contract" by Rousseau? You seem keen on political philosophy. [/OFFTOPIC]

I started to, but he was too simple and too much in error.

However, the legalization or prohibition of anything for any reason resolves back to individual virtue, what and why it is. One must define the unit of discourse, even for social structures before one can claim any ability to manipulate the universe of discourse.

Only when you clearly understand the individual, can you clearly understand if or if not anyone has any authority to impose their will upon you, for individual human freedom is the foundation of all social discourse. However, freedom to function is a great deal different, in fact opposed to, freedom from function, a philosophy now running rampant in our court systems.

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

Why in the jumping Jesus Christ on a pogo stick American society did not learn from that huge historical mistake is a gigantic psychological/sociological mystery.

Because we are Americans. We don't Quit just because we're wrong, we just keep doing the wrong thing until it turns out right

Originally Posted by Spartiate

A person on meth or PCP is a huge threat to others. Somebody OD-ing on heroine means one less ambulance available for real emergencies. Some drugs are worse than others. It's the government's duty to protect its citizens, think about how your actions could affect others.

- people will acquire meth or PCP regardless of its legal status
- if synthetic drugs such as these were legal, users would actually know the strength of the dose and an OD would be much less likely
- people are a threat to others even without drugs;
your government probably prioritizes these things better than others, spart. have you heard about people getting extradited between US/Canada (for weed possession) and going from a fine to... like a decade in prison?