Pot Vote: Legalizing Marijuana Could Be On 2010 Ballot

Someday its going to be legal everywhere, the right choices have been made already, especially with Obama loosening the leash on Feds cracking down on medical grows.

 

I approve bitches!

 

Let the bong buffet begin!

 

Meh.

 

Time to legalize it country wide in small amounts. Do it similar to Amsterdam. It actually lowered the usage of harder drugs there, such as heroin, coke and meth.

 

Please let this happen. If it does, Road Trip to California!

Every year the state and federal governments blow millions of dollars trying to enforce drug laws on pot, and incarcerate people they have busted, and pay for their keeping them in jail, while often times, violent offenders go free becaue of lack of bunk space in the prisons.

If weed was legalized, not only would they reap the economic rewards of no longer having to pay for all of that, but they could tax the marijuana and regulate it, for additional income.

Now here is the kicker. You know all those violent drug gangs in Mexico that have been killing each other across the border and now here in the states? We would be taking away one of their 2 avenues of income, and taking away one of the things they fight over. Gangs in Mexico often times kidnap family members and then force their other family members to sneak into the USA to grow Marijuana crops out in the wild somewhere. By legalizing and taking the money out of this, this would stop the practice.

Law enforcement could then focus on the real problem, Methamphetamine. They could also use the addtional funding for drug education which is a much better tool for them to use.

Once legalized, a whole new industry is spawned. Jobs are now legal, so now the government can tax the workers who work the industry. They also spend money on advertising, health care for their workers, and transportation of their product. This is a win/win situation.

Last year in Humboldt county alone the federal government spent over 10 billion dollars doing drug enforcement on Marijuana. Don't you think we could have spent that 10 billions dollars in a lot more useful way?

 

The Libertarian in me believes we should legalize and tax the hell out of marijuana to ensure that the social costs of consuming the drug are paid for by the user. However, having seen the affects of long-term pot use, I think it's a terrible idea. Yes, one can make the argument that alcohol is worse, but there are lots of drugs better for you than alcohol; that doesn't mean we should legalize all of them.

 

The effects of long term pot use? What do you consider long term pot use?

More often than not, I have found that the people who have "problems" with using pot, are losers to begin with, and the problem is actually deeper than the drug. If they weren't having problems with weed, they would find a way to make something else in their life a problem. Like down at the local bar playing video poker. That destroys a lot more lives than weed does.

History shows that prohibition does not work. Learn from history.

 

Yep, you and I are going to agree to disagree.

 

You still never stated what you considered long term use.

 

Let's say 20+ years of daily use.

 

Anything in excess is harmful.

 

Great. Then we should legalize heroin.

 

that's quite a leap.

What long term effects do you refer to?

 

Okay, if that's the case. We should make water illegal?

Of course we know that there are some drugs that are detrimental to ones health with immediate action. Cocaine and heroin are highly addictive, and there is a high chance of over-dosing. It can ruin ones health both physically and mentally.

You cannot become chemically addicted to marijuana (mental addiction can happen with anything), there have been 0 deaths directly related to marijuana in human history, there is absolutely no proof that marijuana causes cancer or any other disease, there is proof that marijuana can help people with cerebal palsy, chronic headaches/migraines, etc, marijuana doesn't make people lazy, in fact I know people who become more driven when they smoke. There is no proof that marijuana is a stepping stone towards harder drugs. People who smoke are usually introduced to the harder drugs through their drug dealers or word of mouth, you smoke and joint and think, I think I want to try heroin now. Marijuana is extremely natural assuming you don't buy from someone sketchy. Grow a plant, let it mature, cut the buds, dry it out, trim the stems, roll up a joint.

The only negatives I get from marijuana are: low confidence, munchies (hardy a bad thing), CRAZY HEARTBEAT, and cottonmouth...

That being said, I rarely smoke nowadays.

 

Cancer. Any manner of psychosis. Emotional addiction. Anti-social behavior.

I think this--again--is one of those cases where I'm going to have to agree to disagree with most on this board. Many people here clearly enjoy pot and wish their activities were legalized. I happen to disagree with that potential development.