Where do you stand on the issue of legalizing Marijuana?
and Have you done any research to support your opinion? Here is my opinion- I would like to hear yours…
Personally, I am all for the legalization of it…
And no, I am not a pothead, I don’t even smoke, I don’t like it…
that being said- My reasons are these,
If Cigarettes and alcohol are legal, what difference is pot? Studies have actually proven that you are less violent and a better driver when high then drunk-
Also, if it is a regulated substance, this actually makes it harder for kids to get it- they would have to show ID (Dealers actually don’t want it legalized because of this, if any store would sell it like they sell smokes and alcohol, the dealers would “go out of business”… It’s harder for kids to get smokes and Alcohol because of this-
also, the history of why pot was made illegal in the first place was during the Vietnam war, when the government couldn’t arrest the protesters for protesting but instead they made pot illegal so they could arrest them for possession.
If the government can tax cigarettes and make such a huge amount of revenue on that, just think of how much tax revenue they would be able to pull in from Marijuana purchases… and on the note of tax money, think of how much money would be saved from Marijuana busts and “criminals” and how much more the DEA would be able to focus on the more hard core drugs being moved across the border and country…
I have seen most of these facts confirmed in other places, I looked them up after watching “The Union”- this was the main source for the ideas I brought up here. I tried to keep it brief- I didn’t want to bore you with the full extent of my thinking 
I know that addiction to this substance can ruin lifes and families, but again, Alcohol does the same thing, and that is still legal- it is left up to the “user” to regulate his or her consumption. Why do we feel the need to differentiate between pot and alcohol?
I am just curious about how many people are really against it vs how many people are for it.
Bert posted: 27 Aug at 7:02 am
Let the States decide. I’m in favor for my State.
perfectlybaked posted: 27 Aug at 7:16 am
I don’t want it legalized. I would have a hard time being unable to sue the government that doesn’t regulate it, in the context of someone being high off of it and committing a crime.
They’re taxing the hell out of tobacco, but they’re gonna legalize the plant? It shows how mixed up our government is.
Sarah Palin posted: 27 Aug at 8:14 am
I’m all for it.
We need to stimulate job growth, revenue, etc.
we need to get people back to work.
Same goes for legalizing gay marriage, gambling and prostitution.
Marijuana tends to make people “do-nothing” as opposed to doing something dangerous.
Marijuana is not methodine.
Chad posted: 27 Aug at 8:55 am
It would be a better way to fund the government than taxing us to death. If alcohol and cigarettes are legal, why not marijuana? But personally, I don’t really care. I wouldn’t smoke it legal or not.
Mr. Mui posted: 27 Aug at 8:56 am
Illegal. It doesn’t matter on anyone’s opinion. It’s against the law and pretty much, it says it all. How about other stuff? Well, let some congress person figure that out.
It gets the Hose posted: 27 Aug at 9:19 am
Might put people off it. All the sneaking would be over.
Mohmod posted: 27 Aug at 9:49 am
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Colanth posted: 27 Aug at 10:30 am
Same place I stand on “legalizing” tobacco. I don’t think marijuana should be “legalized”, I think it should just be removed from the list of controlled substances. (Marijuana is not the same as alcohol. There are legitimate uses for marijuana – the only legitimate use for drinking alcohol is “I like it”.)
Sam posted: 27 Aug at 11:24 am
it doesn’t really bother me either way because I don’t smoke, plus all of the people I know who do smoke don’t seem to find it hard to get hold of so I don’t think it would really make a difference
Mike Hawk posted: 27 Aug at 12:17 pm
i think it should be legalized..i mean look what alchhol does to some people they can go into a rage and cause lots of damage were pot is most relaxing and coalms you down.. i dont see a big issue with it at all
No Way Jan posted: 27 Aug at 12:17 pm
I am for the legalisation of marijuana. My main reason for this is that people then would be able to grow their own crops and not buy some tainted offering laced with dangerous chemicals. Legal or not it would still be obtained, so why not remove the criminal element at least. I don’t smoke it although I have in my youth. I don’t do drugs now, or alcohol or any other brain impairment inducing substance so I guess you could say I have a clear reason for my opinion.
son to the kel posted: 27 Aug at 12:45 pm
I’m for it. Since it’s way healthier than tobacco and alcohol.
The only thing I’d possibly have against I’d the possibility that they’d charge tons for it
Comments247 posted: 27 Aug at 1:45 pm
I am against it. We already have the problem with alcohol and nicotine addiction. If we legalize marijuana we are adding to the list of problems that it is going to create. The excuse that pot does not make you addicted is wrong with me. I bet just like alcohol, older people are going to start using marijuana as means to manipulate younger people. We already have many problems with drug users and we should not add more problems.
My opinion.
Scott posted: 27 Aug at 2:42 pm
Very flawed arguments.
The supply of pot through “illegal” means is very well established; it won’t be harder for kids to get it, it will only be harder for them to get it through legal means. Why would they do that?
The “legal” pot would be many times more expensive than the “illegal” pot. Taxes, taxes and more taxes. Works the same way for bootleg booze and smokes. Again, no one would buy it legally if they didn’t have to.
Legal pot would have to be marked somehow. How would a cop differentiate “legal” from “illegal”? Packaging can be easily faked – again, just like smokes and booze.
So, with the increased cost of “legal” bud, the well-established underground supplies and the stupidity of the government in setting up a method that would remotely work, what’s the outcome of legalizing pot? More business for the dealers due to much better costs, no change in keeping kids from buying it and…well, I think anyone can see that it just won’t work.
The ONLY thing it might solve is that you won’t get busted for possessing it.
Falcon Eddie posted: 27 Aug at 3:01 pm
Marijuana was criminalized in the 1930′s, well before the Vietnam War.
Impaired driving is and should remain a crime, no matter the substance.
Is it worth legalizing pot? Will the tax revenue outweigh the “pain in the butt factor”? Should we try a “coffee-house” approach like the Netherlands? That may be worth a try.
VeeGee posted: 27 Aug at 3:01 pm
I have a neutral stand on the situation, my position is neither for or against it. Whatever happens with it, happens. Even if marijuana was legalized I or my family would not be involved in it anyhow, so there would be no direct effects on us. But I will tell you this: despite all of those studies & ‘facts’ about how marijuana provides less of a risk compared to other substances, etc., the bottom line is that it is STILL a drug that alters your judgment, common sense, & thought process. Therefore, I do not believe that its use can be rightfully justified. Furthermore, marijuana has been titled as a leader drug (or something of the sort), because it in many cases causes the user to get hooked on far more serious & deadly drugs down the road. But I can understand your viewpoints on it based on the points you’ve listed, & I respect your opinion.
EvolMonkey posted: 27 Aug at 3:31 pm
The Drug Enforcement Act of 1974 (Which created the DEA and made it a requirement for people to see a doctor to get their medicines instead of just going to the pharmacy,) was an Illegal law, clearly in violation of the US Constitution. The Federal Government does Not have the power to dictate what goods or services a citizen may or may not purchase (although certain state governments may have that power.)
The history of marijuana laws actually goes farther back than that though. it was first banned during prohibition and depression days because of it’s “destructive influence on the lesser races.”
(I’m not making this up people!) largely as a measure to encourage mexicans NOT to come to the US, and take those farm hand jobs.
Part of the problem is that there are people in congress (Yes, I’m talking about you senator Hatch) that believe the message in the old anti-pot propaganda film “Reefer Madness”. Personally I liked the film, but it should be renamed “Crack Madness,” because the characters turn into crack heads, not pot heads when they smoke.
Basically Pot shouldn’t be illegal. C’mon, its a native plant that George Washington cultivated! (right behind his whiskey still)