how can you get marijuana legal?
919340
I think there are several approaches to this Q.  Any law has to be sold to the masses and it also has to be appealing.  Here are my selling points:\n1) It has abundant medical uses and it is cheaper than current prescription choices\n2) As a recreational drug it is less deadly and problematic than alcohol and/or cigarettes\n3) It can be highly taxed bringing in a new source of gov income\n4) People who profit from marijuana sales could be properly taxed for their income\n5) Land degradation and pollution by illegal growers would be easier to prevent\n6) Control of the substance and substance abuse would be easier to identify\n\nAnd Now for the controversial argument.... Religious...  God made all plants to be used by people as needed/desired.\nGenesis 1:29-30\nThen God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food."
323155
Grass (no pun intended) roots political action. The best people to contact in regard to this would be NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. They are actively working towards getting the laws changed so that marijuana is legal in the United States by proving that it is harmless (which like anything in moderation, it is) and pushing for legislation that would get its classification in the Controlled Substance Act changed.\n\nAgencies involved would have to be the Food And Drug Administration, The US Department of Health and the Drug Enforcement Agency. As for how the legislation would actually be presented to congress and so on, check the link below =)
515289
Any "illegal" drug which doesn't have to be manufactured should be legal.  I don't believe in God, but the best religious support I've heard for Marijuana and Mushrooms is: By making these drugs illegal is like saying God was wrong!  Take that to the local church, or even the religious leader Goegre W. Bucsh (yes, he probably spells his own name incorrectly).
485541
Marijuana is decriminalized in Amsterdam.  It is legal to sell it in designated coffee shops, and to carry 1 ounce on you.  So, it isn't exactly legal or illegal. You aren't supposed to smoke out in the open though, just inside coffee shops and your own home.
364399
Denver did legalize marijuana, but Colorado did not. Since state law overrules city law, it is technically still illegal. And no there are no other states where it is legal.
455222
Heres a link to an article on the "conspiracy"...Otherwise known as the real reason pot is illegal.\n\nhttp://www.world-mysteries.com/marijuana1.htm\n\n\nPeace
7560
This decision is binding on Ontario's lower courts, which means that no-one can be convicted of pot possession in Ontario. This effectively means that marijuana is now legal in Canada's largest province.
409587
read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalization_of_marijuana
1063202
there is no quick way to get marijuana out of your system. all you can do is wait and let nature do the rest. marijuana enters the lungs, then is absorbed into the blood stream. however, a friend of mine had this same problem and he drank plenty of cranberry juice and even some vinigar. he took a drug test and there was no signs of marijuana anywhere.
610077
your chances are slim and none.what's even worse is that even if marijuana is eventually legalized it will still be on your record because it was illegal at the time.let's wake up,people,and quit wasting lives and tax dollars over prosecution of a relatively harmless weed.far less harmful than tobacco or alcohol.
963829
I don't think it will ever be legalized in all 50 states because the government can't figure out a way to get every tax they feel inclined to impose.\nIf pot is legal to smoke then everyone will be growing their own.Can't tax what you don't know about.Only monies collected on homegrown will be thru fines imposed on the smoker after the consumption and that's only if the smoker is dumb enough to go out while stoned and get caught doing something stupid.\n\nIn a way I can't help but feel like they may as well legalize it and save us all alot of tax dollars wasted on the war on drugs.\nBut then on the other hand I really would be uncomfortable going into surgery wondering what my surgeon had to smoke a few minutes before.Or the judge that was trying my lawsuit.Or my kids teachers.And lets not forget the guys building the skyscrapers or the bridges we drive on or the ones working in the nuclear powerhouses.Especially not those guys!Do you really want Homer Simpson sitting in front of the destruct button with a big doobie in his mouth nodding off?\nWe all want a little escape from reality.We just don't think about everyone wanting to escape at the same time or the consequences when they do so.
852294
It is illegal because there is no way for the U.S. to regulate and tax it. People would just grow it in their backyards. This is the REAL reason, not because it is a "gateway" drug. (If people want to do drugs, it is because they choose too, not because they got high and the joint said "Hey, you like this? Try Heroin!!" I've smoked marijuana many times before, but it has never made me want to try anything else.)
1116685
There are some ways to get legal in this country, none of them are easy, you my start by applying for some kind of visa, like student,  worker, refugee,etc. type of visa, and that might open you the door to apply for "Permanent Residency" in this country, or hopefully Bush approves amnesty so tons of honest, good, and hard working people can get their status strengthen out. good luck!
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.
55616
Legalize it, impose laws like drinking laws.  I'd rather be around someone high, than a nasty whiskey drinking drunk!
259199
I thought only California allowed medicinal marijuana use.  Lord knows, it is all over the place in the county where I live, LEGALLY!
1133633
As I have experienced both marijuana and alcohol I have the knowledge and first hand experience to make an educated decision.\n\nMarijuana should be legalized.  If not, then alcohol should be illegal.  You are never going to so stoned on marijuana that you will be falling over, can't walk let alone stand up, can't speak or hold a conversation, pass out not remember anything, wake up puking your guts out like on alcohol.\n\nIt has many benifits and medical uses (such as glocoma, arthritis, eating disorders, pain) and would make the government legallizing it lots of money.