Pot Vote: Legalizing Marijuana Could Be On 2010 Ballot

You don't need pot or heroin to live. But nice try, anyway.

I'm just an advocate of not slipping any further down a slippery slope. I understand most in here disagree. Like I said, my personal philosophy contridicts my political position.

 

If so, it will destroy this country.

 

Somebody has been watching MSNBC

 

Purely hypothetical...

maxiep.....If only one could be legal and you had to base it on which would be least harmful to society which would you pick, booze or weed?

 

In terms of effects on society, if I had to choose, I'd choose Marijuana. But anyone can make booze from what you can purchase at a grocery store, where getting marijuana seeds is tougher. Hence, if one is going to be legal and the other illegal, marijuana is the easier drug to control.

Also, since alcohol is already legal, I see no reason to expand the number of drugs available to the American people.

 

So do you think alcohol should be outlawed? Let's assume, for the sake of argument, that prohibition of alcohol could work as "well" as prohibition of marijuana (up to opinion how well prohibition of marijuana works). Do you feel that the social costs of alcohol also outweigh the benefits of greater freedoms? If not, why not?

For the record, I don't do marijuana and rarely drink (not due to moralistic reasons in either case). I just find this an interesting issue.

 

I rarely smoke, but I can see how you would assume that.

 

Well MaxieP I hate to tell you this, but your definition of long term use and some supposed side effects is pretty bunk IMO. Lets put it this way. I know in excess of 10 people that have used Marijuana daily(approximately) for at least 20 years, most of them probably more near 25+. Most of them are now folks that earn 65k+ a year(some over 100k a year), have families to the extent that they wanted them (some wanted kids, some not), and all are people I consider very successful in life. The problem is what your preconceived notions of a pot smoker is. What is it, Spikoli off of hard times at Ridgemont High? Get real. Smoking Pot is no more serious than drinking a Martini after work. Your argument earlier about how Alchohol is already legal, so why legalize weed is bunk. Weed is a different effect, and many people highly (pun intended) prefer one to the other, and this country is all about freedom isn't it? Let folks choose their own path. Not just "your chosen path".

 

Meth is pretty far down the ladder of biggest abuse problems for drugs, in numbers of addicts anyway.

Abuse of alcohol tops the list, then tobacco, then legally prescribed drugs, followed by stolen or illegally prescribed drugs, then waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down the ladder you have street-made amphetamines, barbituates, cocaine, crack, ecstacy, PCP and meth.

Marijuana is too innocuous to be considered in this company.

 

So your decision is based purely on your personal addiction to alcohol, and hypocrisy.

 

Time to get your myths straight:

http://www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/factsmyths/

Top Five Marijuana Myths

Marijuana Can Cause Permanent Mental Illness
Marijuana Is Highly Addictive
Marijuana Is More Potent Today Than In The Past
Marijuana Offenses Are Not Severely Punished
Marijuana Is More Damaging to the Lungs Than Tobacco
There have been no reports of lung cancer related solely to marijuana, and in a large study presented to the American Thoracic Society in 2006, even heavy users of smoked marijuana were found not to have any increased risk of lung cancer. Unlike heavy tobacco smokers, heavy marijuana smokers exhibit no obstruction of the lung's small airway. That indicates that people will not develop emphysema from smoking marijuana.

More Marijuana Myths:

Marijuana Has No Medicinal Value
Marijuana Is a Gateway Drug
Marijuana's Harms Have Been Proved Scientifically
Marijuana Causes an Amotivational Syndrome
Marijuana Policy in the Netherlands is a Failure
Marijuana Kills Brain Cells
Marijuana Impairs Memory and Cognition
Marijuana Causes Crime
Marijuana Interferes With Male and Female Sex Hormones
Marijuana Use During Pregnancy Damages the Fetus
Marijuana Use Impairs the Immune System
Marijuana's Active Ingredient, THC, Gets Trapped in Body Fat
Marijuana Use is a Major Cause Of Highway Accidents
Marijuana Related Hospital Emergencies Are Increasing, Particularly Among Youth
Marijuana Use Can Be Prevented

 

it doesnt.

 

!!!

 

Not directly, but it can when people are stupid enough to smoke out of aluminum foil.

In the documentary The Union, they talk about how cocaine, cigarettes, and even coffee are more addictive than marijuana.

By the way, The Union is a very good documentary on the myths and history behind marijuana. Check it out when you have the chance, the full version is on Video Google.

Worst of the lot. There are more kids in rehab for "marijuana abuse" than all drug related abusers combined.Want to know the main reason? If the judge says to you, "Six months of probation with rehab or spend some time in jail," Which would you take?

I remember when I was younger I attended one of the D.A.R.E. assemblies (anti-drug program) and the speaker told us that one joint is as damaging as a whole pack of cigarettes.

Denny, marijuana most certainly doesn't cause lung cancer... Or any sort of cancer. The only damage way you're damaging your lungs when you smoke is by the normal properties of smoke. It has nothing to do with the plant itself.

There was an infamous experiment that was released by the government in the 80s (I believe) that tested the effects of marijuana on monkeys. They discovered that marijuana kills braincells. Of course, they published this and now most of the people in the world believe that marijuana can literally destroy your brain.

Well, this is how they conducted their experiment... They would strap a breathing apparatus on the monkey's face and pump it with weed with any oxygen going into their lungs. They pumped something around a pound within ten minutes. What happens when the human brain doesn't get enough oxygen? Braincells die. Funny that.

Yes, if you're lazy to begin with.

Which is why it's still around...?

Do you ever hear anyone smoking weed, going home and beating their wife? No. What about with drinking?

This is definitely true. I've had some of the best sex when I was stoned.

LOL!

Over-eating?

 

Wow, could that passage be any more detailed?