Are the 5 grams of marijuana for personal use that were depenalized enough?
470612
so i can carry weed now?  YEE-HAW!!!  Oh, I do anyways...Right...
339899
yeah but cocaine paste is man made  marijuana plant in natural form isnt.  it is a rubbish law .
602533
No, it should be decriminalized as it is in The Netherlands.\n\nMarijuana is not a gateway drug. There has never been a legitmate study proving it is.\n\n"Despite the legalization of soft drugs, use of cannabis in the Netherlands is not higher than most other countries in Western Europe: 9.7% of young males consume cannabis at least once a month, which rates the Netherlands 7th in the EU after Cyprus (23.3%), Spain (16.4%), United Kingdom (15.8%), France (13.2%), Italy (10.9%) and Germany (9.9%).[1]\n\nSome critics say that the legalization of soft drugs often leads to quicker consuming of harddrugs. Yet, the percentage of the population which ever consumed cocaine in the Netherlands is still lower than that of the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy. The situation is similar for other hard drugs."
381777
Not legally... but Hemp can be sold and shipped within the United States. And some states have decriminalization laws, so you may be able to grow a TINY plant for your own use. Check the Law books, though. I know New York has the Rockerfeller Drug Laws, so even a joint can get you jail time. A third offense gets you 25 to life. In NY, Joel Steinberg beat his child TO DEATH and received less than 20 years. In NY, Robert Chambers raped and strangled a girl TO DEATH, claimed she asked for it, got less than 20 years.\nSeems kind of backwards... but NO do not ship pot around the country. The mail is Federal. Federal prisons are amongst the most horrible.
103233
Pot is not a narcotic. \n\nCannabis (marijuana) or hemp has been known as a medicinal and psychoactive compound from very early in history, and has been used continuously throughout the world, typically without stigma until the early 20th century, when prohibition became increasingly global.\nIt is generally considered to be impossible to achieve a lethal overdose by smoking cannabis. According to the Merck Index, 12th edition, the LD50, the lethal dose for 50% of tested rats, is 42 milligrams per kilogram of body weight. That is equivalent of a 75 kg (≈165 lb) man ingesting all of the THC in 21 one-gram cigarettes of maximum-potency (15% THC) cannabis buds, assuming no THC was lost through burning or exhalation. For oral consumption, the LD50 for rats is 1270 mg/kg and 730 mg/kg for males and females, respectively, equivalent to the THC in about a pound of 15% THC cannabis. Only with intravenous administration — an unheard of method of use — may such a level be even theoretically possible.\n\nIn summary, it is probably not lethal, and in moderation less harmful than repeated alcohol use.
336105
Marijuana has been used for centuries in many religious practices, it is only in modern times it has been outlawed. I think Rastafarians are still allowed to use it for religious purposes though.
575645
From my studies, Yes.\n\nIt would be a masive bost the the echonomy for the industral uses of the plant alone, the plant marijuana comes from is one of the greatest sorces for bio-fuel in existance and can be uses for nearly anything. It also makes the highest quality of paper, though the paper is not white.\n\nFor recreational usesage though it would be debatable.... However it could be used as a masive bost to the goverment funding, simply by placing a hefty tax on it (even then it would be comprable to the price of tobacco if produced and sold legaly). The sell of ilegal Mariguana in the US makes a good 4~500 million dollors a year..... Imagen the money they could make, and it would give more money to fighting the worce drugs out there.\n\nBut the bottom line is it's health imlications are nominal, being the safest drugs taking for recreation perpouses (healther than alchohol even).  And long as there are proper laws to inforce it's missuse there would be little problem with it. (EI those similar to alchohol use, no smoking and driving, no smoking it on the job... ect ect ect)\n\n\nEDIT- A fun fact, the decloration of indapedance is on paper created from hemp. And our frist president wrote a book on the care of the plant, personaly invinting the methods of triming it in order to produce more leaves for use in making hemp to sell or in order to produce more bud to smoke.\n\nEDIT- Another reson for making it legal is it being iligal has seported criminal activity. Just look at the probition. No one will ever win the 'war on drugs' by making them legal they can control and regulate them, fine them and tax them, and monitor them. It would put a stop most the marijuana related crimes.
1101708
As President Jimmy Carter acknowledged: "Penalties against drug use should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against the possession of marijuana in private for personal use."\n\nMarijuana prohibition needlessly destroys the lives and careers of literally hundreds of thousands of good, hard-working, productive citizens each year in this country. More than 700,000 Americans were arrested on marijuana charges last year, and more than 5 million Americans have been arrested for marijuana offenses in the past decade. Almost 90 percent of these arrests are for simple possession, not trafficking or sale. This is a misapplication of the criminal sanction that invites government into areas of our private lives that are inappropriate and wastes valuable law enforcement resources that should be focused on serious and violent crime.
760430
Nope- unfortunately it didn't pass here in colorado, although in the city and county of Denver it is legal to possess an ounce or less as long as it's in one bag and you're 21 or over.
1086965
I think the punishments should fit the crime. You are correct that there has been stiffer sentences handed out for drugs than for violent crimes. Different states have their own interpretations of what a small amount of marijuana is, and have their own laws regarding it. For some less than an ounce for recreational use with no distribution intent charge is a petty misdemeanor while other states are quite stringent.  Bottom line though, as long as no one else was affected by their use, make the punishment fit the crime and focus on reducing violence by handing out stiffer penalties for that.
352254
its legal but only for like less than an ounce. its a medical law. you also have to be on private property to consume it
1092904
Afraid not. If you travel south to Ohio it is decriminalized to an extent. But state and more importantly federal law prohibits growing a controlled substance.
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Lethal doses are usually measured in something like grams per kilogram of body weight.\n\nYou can find the lethal dose of marijuana at http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/mj_overdose.htm\n\nThe lowest estimate is about one-third your body weight. The highest is 1,500 pounds - consumed in fifteeen minutes.\n\nIf by "overdose" you mean "enough to make you uncomfortable", that depends on the person. Novices can experience it quite readily. Experienced users can consume large quantities with no apparent ill effects -- other than going to sleep of wanting to eat.\n\nFor heroin, the "overdose" amount (that which will kill) is open to question. For inexperienced users, the amount can be fairly small. Addicts, on the other hand, can take quite large doses of pure heroin with no ill effects. See, for example, Chapter 12. The "heroin overdose" mystery and other occupational hazards of addiction at http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/cu/cu12.htm\n\nIt is believed that most cases of heroin "overdose" in the US are really the result of impurities in the black market heroin. See the article linked above for a fuller explanation.\n\nOverdose deaths from cocaine are actually fairly low in the US - a few thousand per year -- about the same number as die from common drugs like Tylenol.
337090
They are coming down hard in the War on Drugs. I would have to say it is a Fifth Degree Possession charge. Since they are a first time offender the punishment shouldn't be that stiff. Even an empty baggy with traces of an illegal drug is considered a small amount. Residue on a scale is also considered a small amount. My buddy had just gotten out of jail after 4 months and didn't realize there was a leftover empty baggy in her purse from months before. She got pulled over on a routine traffic stop. Since she was on probation that gave them a right to search. They found the empty baggy with traces on it. I write to her in prison now.
776217
are they High School students ? 40? that's a lot.. LOLz.. nweiz, hope you'll find this amusing =)\n\n1. alum\n2. marijuana\n3. aspirin\n4. bleach\n5. muriatic acid\n6. baking soda\n7. Borax\n8. cream of tartar\n9. Epsom salt\n10. brimstone\n11. Freon\n12. milk of magnesia\n13. plaster of Paris\n14. quartz\n15. saltpeter\n16. laughing gas\n17. tear gas\n18. acetone\n19. grain alcohol\n20. chalk\n21. formalin\n22. vinegar\n23. rubbing alcohol\n24. wood alcohol\n25. spirit of ammonia\n26. asbestos\n27. barium white\n28. calomel\n29. gunpowder\n30. diamond\n31. galena\n32. gypsum\n33. oil of wintergreen\n34. marble\n35. dry ice\n36. vitamin C\n37. corundum\n38. benzol\n39. carbonic acid\n40. carbolic acid
402214
As a general statement no. I wouldn't call it especially dangerous to health, if used occaisionally in small amounts, but not "good" for you either.\n\nBUT ... \n\nas a health care pro, when I see a patient who is having chemo therapy or who has severe AIDS ... \n\nAND that patient is NOT all skinny and pukey and green and awful looking ... \n\nit is my guess that this patient is using marijuana to fight nausea and stimulate appetite. These patients are generally better nourished than the green ones. In that very limited context, marijuauni is beneficial to the health, IMO.
223622
Where i  live in BC Canada, it is decrimanalized, and i think it is great. Doctors can also prescribe it. You are allowed to have 3 plants for your own personal use and to carry an ounce on you (more is considered selling, and that is illegal).  The worst the cops can do is take it away. \n\nIt works great because this means are jails aren't over crowded with peaceful stoners, but have room for actual criminals.\n\nI almost prefer this to having it legalized cause i really wouldn't want the government controlling it and putting who knows what in it.