Should marijuana be more legal than it is?  How much more legal?
100543
Based on the HUGE trade deficit in the drug market, and the dollars spent fighting a losing war against drugs, and illeagal sales funding gang activity, I say let's make ALL drugs leagal and controlled like booze.  Sure some folks will overdose initially, but after a while things will calm down.
1094192
Yeah.  They should legalize it, tax the hell out of it, and try to pay back some of the money wasted on the war on drugs...... help us get out of debt a little.  But the government would have to admit they were wrong in some instances, and they'd actually be held responsible for tax dollars gone askew.  Not going to happen.\n\n**Oh, I totally agree with how much safer pot is than alcohol and especially cigarrettes.  Alcohol, the only drug whose withdrawls can kill you- and cigarettes, which contain nicotine, the most addictive drug on the planet, are both available 24-7. \n\nLook at social issues.  You don't hear about a man coming home stoned and beating his wife.\n\nI don't see how legalizing pot would make people more apt to leaving it out in the open for small children to get a hold of.  It would hold the same accessibility as cigarettes and alcohol.  If I had no other choice, I'd rather my kid be smoking pot than cigarettes, especially after learning what chemicals they have been putting in them- sharing some components with crack.
1182063
this is a really good question,  I for one think the US should legalize pot too.... They should sell "j's" in packs like cigs... The US is in so much debt, then y not legalize something that has few side effects besides muchies..... they would be out of debt in no time... And ppl need not to say that it leads to other things cuz it dont , its the person who wants more... not because they cant get h*gh ne more its all in their head ... I know..... Just think if they would legalize it there wouldnt b much hate ne more either........ because its a know factor that when ur sto*ed that ur a happier person .....
45536
Marijuana should be legalized.  \nTax it.  \nRequire a special license to buy it.  In order to get the license you would have to be a certain age and sign a waiver that you can't receive taxpayer funded services if you get addicted to other drugs or contact lung cancer.\n\nRequire them to disclose the fact that they have the license for job applications.  Where else are we going to get Fast Food Fry Cooks in the future?\n\nWhy not do this for other drugs.  Cigarettes.  Alcohol?  Maybe if people had to accept responsibility for what the drugs could do to their system maybe they would think before ingesting them.
761198
Marijuana smoking should be legalised everywhere.\nIt is a simple natural herb, which provides pleasure and relaxation, and has many beneficial medicinal properties. It relieves stress, reduces pain, and certain studies show that it can disipate asthma, and be beneficial to alzheimer's patients.\nThe reason it was made illegal in the first place was because the oil from the seeds can be used to fuel an engine, and so the oil lobby, along with the media who were making profits from cutting down trees, found a way to make it illegal. The law was passed as a part of the tax law, which introduced the name marijuana, so that nobody would realise that they were restricting the use of hemp.
798840
Although I don't support it, the war on drugs is not over, it continues to this day.\nI do think they need to change the definition of illegal substances. Pot is not any more harmful than beer. throwing people in jail for having a small quantity of pot is ludicris. It overcrowds the jails and bogs down the system, it also destroys lives. A person caught with a few grams of pot is considered a criminal like a person caught with a pound of heroin. It's a joke (the war on drugs).
285966
The gov't believes that we would lose the war on drugs.  They also have no way of taxing the crops that are home grown.  So they wouldn't make that much money off of it.  They make more money having marijuana be illegal.\nCurrently in America 16% of adults smoke weed.  Currently in the Netherlands (where pot is legal) only 6% of adults smoke weed.\n\nThousands of people die from smoking cigarettes every day, so why is that legal, when marijuana, something that can't kill you is illegal.  Your statement doesn't make any sense, Man.\n\nCheck this out about common misconceptions of marijuana: \nwww.drugpolicy.org/ marijuana / factsmyths /
797756
Not comletely legal...and even if it were federal law over rides states...haven't you seen the med marijauna in CA??\n\nIt's not now...but we are still working on it...\n\nThe government can't keep the lie up much longer...people know that marijuana is not nearly as harmful as they try making it out to be.\n\nI am more concerned with my son trying harder drugs than pot...in fact I would be more angry if he come home drunk than if he come home high....but I would still be pi**ed!
1029258
I don't think marijuana should be an alternative to alchohol, but I do think it should be legalized. In my opinion alcohol has already killed millions more people than marijuana will ever so I believe that alcohol should be the illegal substance. It is man made and makes EVERYONE on it an absolute a**, where marijuana just makes people chill out and relaxed. On top of it all I have never heard any evidence that would prove that alcohol can be used positively in the medical field, as where marijuana can be positively used for many different ailments: depression, cataracts, cancer, extreme pain diagnosis, and even Post Tramatic Stress Syndrome. Should there even be a debate as to which one is less harmful, but that is the government for you. They would rather people kill themselves by drinking so they can charge them high taxes on it and keep marijuana illegal to make money off of search and seizures.
759494
in my opinion, marijuana is a natural plant, not like most of the stuff we eat today (which has a bunch of unnatural stuff in it to preserve it). so i dont think there is anything wrong with it, but everyone has their own opinion
661832
I'm not exactly sure what you said there bro, BUT yes i agree marijuana should be legal. \n\n1. Beer is legal and much more harmfull. Alcohol destorys a liver. Drunk drivers kill kids. What does pot do? Makes you lazy, who wants to go for a drive stoned? First you have to walk to the car screw that too much work. And I know stoners that drive stoned all the time and never have accedents. However I have known a few of those same people to get drunk and drive horridly.\n\n2. With pot and possably a few other currently illegal drugs legalized you eleminate a large part of violent crime. Not only that you turn drug dealing from crime to legit employment. Youve just fix alot of the crime problem as well as unemployment. \n\n3. Now lets add a tax to our new found trade goods. Say 7 grams (thats a quarter bag) sales for 35-60$ depending on the quality. So well use the 60$ bag, that is 60$ after taxes well say before taxes our price is 15$. As a legal substance we can assume there will be ALOT of huge farms growing right? So with farms produceing our trade goods street sales will drop and eventualy die out. Not only that prices can be regulated and will surely be lower than they are now.\n\nI could list more but I'm rather stoned, and I'm sure i can find something better to do.... like roll another joint.
244540
have rethought my position on legalization of marijuana. I think it should be legal under certain guidelines and locals.\n\nThe first reason it should be legalized it will mellow out the liberals. They are way to shrill.\n\nReason number two, if a liberal is high they won't care about voting and we can easily elect conservative representative, congressmen, and president. Conservatives will never again have to deal with R.I.N.O.s if this happens. Imagine if there was no Arlen Spector or John McCain.\n\nReason Three assuming that only liberals and libertarians are for the legalization of drugs they can fight amongst themselves, and we conservatives have a way to sure up our power\n\nThe Previsos\n\nmarijuana would only be legal in Blue States. If you are caught with marijuana in a red state you get a trial and immediately executed after the trial, no appeals. The reason for this is to get potheads out of here and since it seams as if the Blue states want to legalize it let them.\n\nIf someone who is high robs, steals, or causes an accident after THC is detected in their system ALL their possessions become the property of the estate of the victim. (applies to all fifty)\n\nIf they have children, the children are removed from the home and are never returned (applies to all fifty)\n\nThe only treatment for those who want to quit smoking marijuana will be the intake of tobacco products, or beaten with a bong. Paid for by the offender (the way they train dogs not to make messes on carpets) Again all fifty.\n\nIf this works for marijuana I would propose the same for all illicit drugs. But no one would accept this proposal so I will have to continue my opposition to this and ALL illegal drugs.
746333
yes!!! the effects from "weed" are far less than the effects of alcohol, if it was legal it would free alot of space in our prisons, where they are placed for a non-violent crime, and i believe it would cause alot less people to use harder drugs! and people who need it for medical reasons wouldn't have to go thru all the garbage they need to now for relief!!!
569240
I seriously doubt it although in my opinion it should be legal . There are pros and cons to any mind altering drug but I believe pot is alot less harmful than alcohol yet alcohol is legal.
575828
AGREE! of course...lol jk...idk...maybe\nIt's cool, but wat would happen if legalized?\nLegalizing marijuana would allow ppl to smoke it openly rather than hiding it. But would it bring down the number of ppl that smoke it, or would it bring it up? It does help with Gleucoma and other diseases, so I guess for "medicinal" purposes it should be legalized.\nEither way ppl will b doin it anyway, \nwhether legal or not
117646
if it was a small amount no, that is a misdomenor, ignore that other dude, pot is a great thing. GOD PUT POT ON THIS PLANET NOT ALL THOSE PERSCIPTIONS THAT ARE LEGAL....there is no case of someone dieing from pot, only the actions caused by the affects....pot is the most natural "drug" and it is only illegal because the government cannot tax you for it. they can tax perscriptions........its all about the gov. making money off you
67900
First of all I will say I do not smoke it myself, although I dabbled with it a few times in Highschool.\nMarijuana use is less harmful and risky than the use of alcohol, tobacco, and many nonprescription drugs. It is the safest illegal drug. Marijuana is much less addictive than tobacco or alcohol. This is one reason why most people that smoked it in the 70's were able to quit easily and not become addicts.\nLegalizing marijuana would make it safer for users. One of the main reasons why marijuana is unsafe right now is because it isn't regulated, and its quality isn't monitored by anyone. When people buy marijuana, they don't know for sure what they're getting or where it's been.\nThe government has no right to interfere with people's personal freedom as it is currently doing. Smoking marijuana only has the potential to hurt the health of the user. An individual should have the right to choose to use it. People are allowed to skydive, and drive cars. There are risks in those and many other activities, but the government isn't regulating them. Sure, smoking marijuana does put others at minimal risk through second hand smoke and the user's actions towards others, but this is also valid for alcohol and tobacco. This is why driving while stoned should remain illegal. \nIn my opinion it should also be restricted to adults over the age of 18.