why isnt cannibas an exstacy legal when alchohol is and is the bigger killer an cause of crime?
914082
i agree totally - How many police are there in any provincial town cenre on a friday night breaking up fights outside Wetherspoons (or any other pub chain - i'm not getting at them specifically)... Now go to the edge-of-town club (Or Garlands/G-Bar/Cream in Liverpool) and see the people hugging (teehee) and the distinct lack of police presence. here's no need for the police there!!!... Also - look up a book called Cannabis Britannia (can't remember the author) - you may be interested to learn that the UK government, during Indian Imperial Rule, made a vast amount of money from the Cannabis trade - it was Chinese and US pressure that caused the legislation against it. \n\nOh and on the issue of 'gateway' drugs. Rubbish. There is absolutely no Empirical connection between recreation drug use and hard drug addiction (Heroine etc).
990669
i'ld rather be around a bunch of stoned people then drunk people.....i never met anyone who turned into an as*hole just smokin'.....so yes i think there is a difference...it will never be legal....they get more $$$$ seizing property and cash the they ever would get from taxes, just the way it is.
627716
good grief. ive seen nothing but lame answers so far except for a few. let me break it down for ya. they are planning on legilization of drugs in mexico. yes and it is all drugs. so yes some mexican guy can walk around all geeked up on coke. is it the mob taking over? no. vincent fox is signing the bill into law to crack down on the gangs selling the drugs. these are the same gangs fighting each other for the lucritive US pipeline. they did propose limits on how much you could carry on your person without being bothered by the police which i can tell you is not much.\n\n\noh and far as legalization in the US. hard drugs i say no. marijauna i say yes. i dont even smoke the stuff but i think it should be legal. its only a gateway drug for people who just want to get F****** up. the highschool health classes are filling your heads with a bunch of lame crap. to all the young teenage kids out there, you havent began to see life for what it really is so what im saying probably wouldnt make sense to you. but anyways if marijauna were treated like alcohol it would work in the system.
1084926
I have theories, but they're just theories. Cigarettes and alcohol are legal because they bring big dollars to the government. And they are entirely too common. Marijuana legalized would bring big bucks too, but they would rather use it for keeping the prisons full. The towns that have prisons, typically the prison is their primary source of income. More prisoners equals more free labor, and more jobs within the prison for town residents.  There's also the race thing. Minorities are the ones caught with marijuana charges. After being imprisoned, they're lives are over. Possession of marijuana is grounds for denial of financial aid for college and for employment. Therefore usually after being released they are found doing the exact same thing all over again, or worse. And the cycle continues. There are deeper reasons why marijuana is kept illegal, your proof lies in the fact that cigarettes remain legal no matter what. Several cities are banning the indoor smoking in all public places because of the hazards of secondhand smoking but the thought of making it criminal to smoke at all never came up.
295980
Marijuana is the least toxic drug there is. That includes smoking and alcohal which are both legal and I believe far more dangerous. I think there should be limits on when and where you can have it of course,but I think it should be legalized. The only reason it isn't already is because the Government hasn't found a way to tax the hell out of it yet.
996643
No, if booze and cigerettes just came out today, they would be just as illegal as pot. They are all bad for you. Also, the government makes too much money by keeping it illegal. If they said it was ok, they couldn't keep all the money, cars, etc., that they took away from all the people that they catch.
512143
Because they cannot arrest everyone.  And the only reason marijuana is illegal anyway is to keep kids from smoking it.  It's really better for you than alcohol.  Most people I know smoke it, and those who don't are cool with it.  I know a bunch of cops that smoke too.
6144
It is far safer than drinking alcohol or smoking tobacco.  Alcohol and tobacco are physically addictive, and both are lethal in high doses; marijuana is non-toxic and not physically addictive.\n\nThe biggest danger from marijuana is the legal threat.\n\nThere is no good reason for it to be illegal, none whatsoever.
882849
Sorry about your luck.\n\nThey need to legalize the stuff.  It's a lot less dangerous than alcohol!
1185558
It begins with the constitution when that is perfect the legal system still won't be. Feel me, now why beer is legal and kills many people via drunk driving is beyond me. It killed my brother when I was 7. Now if he had been puffing the Chiba he'd still be alive. So why is it illegal. It's far from cigarettes. Which kill people everyday and yet manage to not only get sold, but get their taxes upped. Which in turn means the government makes more and more off a killer. Back to the point if we are truly innocent until proven guilty how come no one ever tries to prove our innocence? If laws get broke people get punished. But if those laws in turn allow people to be punished even after punishing them who gets the blame. No one power overshadows everything. They won't check it so there will be no balance. But there will always be a deficit. So money makes America go round and will always be welcome. What is fair and what is fair enough is the unbreakable answer.
676456
Yes...Maybe not legal to sell, but to smoke. I would hate the taxing on it, and the potency or effect would be screwed up with all the chemicals that they use for tobacco and $hit. I think just not busting people for smoking it would be nice. Both Alcohol and Tobacco cause more deaths than Marijuana. No one has died from Marijuana unless they had been allergic to it or something, or it was laced. The only deaths from Marijuana are the mental incapability ones, and Alcohol still tops those...So it should be legalized, but in the end that may do more harm then good.
488080
As long as alcohol is legal so should cannabis.\nThis is, to me, a terrible double standard as one intoxicant is legal while another is not.\nI have lived quite a few years and have enjoyed the days when pot was greatly decriminalized. To be quite truthful pot should be legal over alcohol as the negatives are less harmful ( socially ) than alcohol.\nPot smokers rarely beat family members or others and I truly believe that stoners have fewer traffic accidents.\nI personally am in favor of legalization
493070
Because this is America and you can do whatever you want until you get cuaght. Perhaps the police are taking the same stand on drug laws as immigration laws The problem is just too big so o well lets just let them do what ever they want.
255195
I don't think it should be legal, we got enough potheads in America, although I think the punishment for possession should be less serious.
540587
well it's like this...alcohol is legal, despite the fact that you can destroy your liver and brain cells and it severely impairs judgement.  cigarettes are legal despite the fact that they cause cancer, emphysema, and bronchitis.  Most prescription drugs have side effects a mile long, but are still legal.  Anything plastic is made in a process which produces organochlorides, which bio-accumulate(meaning they build up in your system) and never bio-degrade, cause cancer and numerous other diseases, but is legal to use.\nMarijuana has medicinal benefits, kills fewer brain cells than alcohol, and isn't produced in a chemical reaction, biggest side effect is hunger and laughter, yet is illegal.  People are under the mistaken impression it is a "gateway drug" and impairs judgement. I did it in my late teens and never had the desire to try anything harder, and did incredibly stupid things under alcohol influence, not MJ.
1090576
i hear you, like why is it not ok to swear on tv, but it's ok to show freddy kruger ripping people from the inside out with his mechanical hand? i know, it's dumb, just like alchohol is legal and it kills people, and marijuana is illegal and you can never die from it, it's all political.
273431
Before I start, let me mention that I have not smoked marijuana in many years, but have certainly had my share of alcohol.\n\nMarijuana prohibition is idiotic, born out of ideas, fear, and propaganda from a time long ago.  It is safer than alcohol by far, and is only frowned upon because of the legality and social stigma placed upon it.  No one has ever died from marijuana poisoning, or pot withdrawal, yet both of these things happen with alcohol on a daily basis throughout the country and the world.  Riots are not started by folks who are stoned, but violence and drunkenness go hand and hand.\n\nIf the drug were made legal, it could be taxed and regulated just like tobacco or booze.  Legalization would free up space and court resources for real criminals, saving the taxpayers money and getting more dangerous folks off the street.  It's a crime that this drug is treated like a dangerous, physically addictive drug, and it shouldn't be a crime to do it.