Should weed be legalized internationaly?
953956
Why don't we just legalize murder and fraud and robbery and rape.  Smoking Marijuana is illegal and just because millions do it desn't make it right.  Millions of people around the world supported the 911 attacks, does that make them rifght?  Crime is crime and people who commit it should be punished.  Lock up the crinials who use, grow and/or sell marijuana.
483775
yes, it should be legalized. if you can't get rid of it at least you should be able to control it.
317261
If the government can figure a way to tax marijuana, they will legalize it, charge about $10 bucks a joint, so High School students can use their lunch money to get high and stop shootings in their schools, beating up fags, and raping girls; cause then it would be a "don't worry, be happy attitude", and nobody would feel hate, just love and peace.\nI vote YES, what the heck, give it a try, see if things don't improve in our country. Dealers would be out of a job, so they wouldn't be to happy. I say we legalize all illegal drugs, put all the DRUG LORDS out of business, cut down on crime; People only want what they can't have, if it were not illegal, the urgency would dissipate.
300174
Many answers. Nations that have already legalized marijuana are being watched by other countries to see how it goes, before legalizing it in their own countries.\n\nSome countries have decriminalized marijuana, but not legalized it, meaning if you get caught with a few joints, you won't get a criminal record (maybe a small fine), but its still illegal to have it.\n\nResearch has shown that marijuana is worse for the lungs than cigarettes, in terms of the amount of tar it deposits in them, so one could say smoking a joints is equivalent to smoking a few cigarettes.  Lung cancer can take decades to develop and half of smokers get it while the other half won't.  On the other hand, some research has shown that marijuana can help some patients cope with the pain from cancer, and relieve symptoms from some neurological diseases.\n\nIn Canada this is a huge underground economy of BC bud, which has fuel many gang killings here and has caused many ruined rental home, which are used for growing.  Anti-prohibitionist says if all of it was legalized, there would be no gang violence, and the taxes and laws would help to pay for any problems. Prohibitionists says legalizing this would open the flood gates for legalizing harder drugs like crack, cocaine, heroine, which can easily OD a newbie shooter.
348899
I think it should be legal...well it already is in some states. But just think how much money the US can make off of selling that stuff. Perhaps the president might be able to get out of his trillion dollar debt. Alochol is worse than weed. If they want to make something illegal that should be it.
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.
104796
probably.  most industrialized countries are heading this way, and there have been state initiatives (like in alaska) to legalize it.
126322
I think it should be decriminalized.  Marijuana is so much safer than alcohol and tobacco!  And I've never seen a violent pothead!  Think of how much revenue would be generated if it were legalized, and taxed!  Not to mention the savings.  Prisons would be less populated, police could spend more time on things that REALLY matter (you know, murder, other "hardcore" drugs).  I have always been for the legalization of marijuana.  But a lot of jobs may be lost as well (law enforcement).  The "war on drugs" is a big business, and we're just little pee-ons, so what we think doesn't matter anyway.
373125
It should definately be legalized.  If alcohol is legal, then marijuana should be too! I don't think the death statistics for smoking a joint are near as high as the ones for alcohol.\n\nAccording to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2004, 16,694 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes - an average of one almost every half-hour. These deaths constituted approximately 39 percent of the 42,636 total traffic fatalities.
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.
488123
Legalize it.\nTax it.\nDon't demonize it.\nPeople have a fundamental right to do whatever they want to their own bodies as long as they don't hurt other people. The government (of any country, not just the USA) might say differently, but they have an acitve, profitable interest in keeping it illegal.\n\nBTW-No, I don't smoke it. Never have. No plans to. Personal choice. But if I want to smoke it, or shoot smack, or burn some crack, I damn well ought to be able to do that. The consequences are my own. If I lose my job, too bad for me. If my wife leaves me, then that is a poor choice for me to make, but they are MY CHOICES to make.
535037
Yes. It is a helpful drug to many people. It should be legalised, or made easier to get by perscription for people with illnesses. There should be more funding for medical research to see what other treatments it can be used for. Its been around for thousands of years, and doctors have been using it. We have a powerful medicine, and yet we refuse to use it because of its negitive label.\n\nIts a herb, and it dosent have to be smoked.(smoking anyhing is unhealthy) Vaporisers are a healthier way to get the drug in you. Injesting it too.
151407
I think weed ought to be legal, the government could tax it and take all the money their spending on fighting marijuana and dump it into fighting the REAL drugs out there.
929753
I would certainly think the opposite is true.  I do, however, feel that marijuana SHOULD be legalized for medical use in many other circumstances.
901431
Actually, from what I've heard from the Hill, we Canadian have taken a step back from legalizing marijuana because the Tories are in power and they're more hardline about drugs and crime than the Grits were. However, the Tories won't be in power forever because the only reason that they're in power is because the Grits were corrupt. Once the Grits have improved their image and the Tories begin screwing up, the Grits will probably become the ruling party again and marijuana will be put back on the agenda. As it is, marijuana enforcement here is pretty lax and most people I know (I'm a 20-year-old university student) smoke pot on a regular, semi-regular, or occasional basis. I've also heard that Spain, Mexico and the UK have discussed decriminalization, but Mexico and Canada have been afraid the American repercussions, but now the Americans are requiring passports from us (grrr!) it might become less of an issue
600886
Ganja never did anything bad to me...Way less detrimental than all the Coke, heroin, speed, and hydromorphone that I used to use.  I hope that it does become legal, I can't see any negative repercussions here in BC.  Legalizing it would probably cut down on the Hell's Angels and the Vietnamese gangs grow ops here. N.O.R.M.L.
444740
It should be legalized, but natural plants and herbs can't be patented, so the government stands to make more money off of it being illegal...through tickets and citations.  We manufacture and even market drugs with for worse effects and side effects in commercials and in magazines everyday.