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mfqr · #**301** (**permalink**) Oct-30-2007, 00:16

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Originally Posted by CannabisCarl2134

Okay.....Hell No on " Even Meth should be Legal." Are you kidding? I think nothing above Marijuana should be Legal. What I am trying to say is. There are numerous ways that you can "Class" drugs or "Rate/Scale" Drugs, and what is a Drug?

[Drug],-Noun, Verb, Drugged/Drug-ging
noun
1. Pharmacology. a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being.

A Substanced used in Treatment, Cure, Prevention, Or Diagnosis of Disease...
So How does Meth do this? Thats how I look at drugs, or doing drugs.
Marijuana on the other is used, and proven to Haven Cured, Prevented, maybe not diagnosed, but is alot less hardcore as meth and Doesn't kill you and or Turn you into
"Skeletor!"

So ya Maybe Just have like Cigarettes, Alcohol, Marijuana be legal and call it good??
~ Super highhhhhh

Right, but that's your opinion. Why shouldn't most, if not all drugs, be legal to possess? Why should the government have the power to uphold this "war on drugs" which have had many unintended and unforseen consequences on society as a whole.
Why should the government have the power to tell you what you can and cannot put into your body? You can pump your body full of legal, addictive toxins, but not drugs, because they're illegal. That's the logic behind it nowadays: because they're illegal.

Methamphetamine and any drug in the amphetamine family does have medical benefits, which can include abolishing the symptoms of attention deficit disorder for a short period of time. I am not condoning the use of these drugs, as I know that they are physiologically and psychologically damaging if used incorrectly. Amphetamines are sold to kids for ADD... the pharmaceutical industry has been experimenting with amphetamines for years. But I guess you want to liberate one group of people, and leave the others oppressed, right? Marijuana users should be able to use it, but other people shouldn't be able to enjoy their drug of choice, for whatever reason it may be? Of course meth is harmful if used incorrectly, as most, if not all, drugs are in some way.

The drawback of freedom is that people are responsible for their own decisions. And I guess I would not say that is a drawback - perhaps it could allow people to learn from their mistakes better.

Legalizing drugs could only do good, I don't see why you think it wouldn't. For instance, if crack was legalized tomorrow, would you ever do it? I know I wouldn't, and I know that most people I know wouldn't. If somebody wants to smoke crack in the safety of their own home without worrying about some drug dealer messing with it, then why shouldn't they be able to? Does it affect you directly, or even indirectly? My point is, I think it's pretty obvious that people who don't do hard drugs wouldn't start doing them if they were legalized. Heck, they're easy enough to get as it is. Here it's easier to get crack and heroin than to get good weed - yet, most of our city is full of potheads. You see, keeping these illegal means there's still no regulation. Don't you think it would be safer for drugs to be regulated than not to be?

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BeforeYourTime · #**302** (**permalink**) Oct-30-2007, 07:19

All drugs should be legal. Its a breach of basic human rights not to. So long as you are not harming anyone else you should have the freedom to consume anything within the privacy of your own home.
If you take harmful drugs and are damaged or die from it then too bad, we lost an idiot, more air for the rest of us. Its not illegal to jump off a cliff. Also if drugs are legal then at least the drugs will be clean, and we will have more money to educate people about the dangers of harder, deadly drugs like alcohol and tobacco.

tha_kidd 9097 · #**303** (**permalink**) Oct-31-2007, 19:22

I'm sure this has been said before, but no it should not be legalized. If weed became legal, the government would definitely get there hands on that shit and make as much money as they could by puttin taxes on it. It'd be like $10.65 for a dime...

That's just retarted. I'll take my chances gettin caught.

fallenangel14 · #**304** (**permalink**) Nov-01-2007, 19:12

why not! if everyone toked up hostility would go down, and relaxation would set in america...alcohol is way more harmfull

LA.Jgirl · #**305** (**permalink**) Nov-02-2007, 14:50

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Originally Posted by GHoSToKeR

I completely agree.

However, even though I do agree that if weed were to be legalised it should be restricted to adults only (be that 16+, 18+ or 21+ depending on where you are located) I disagree with age limits altogether.

By this I mean I believe that if there were no age restrictions on alcohol (or any other 'drug', such is Cannabis, if legalised) then mature teenagers would have the ability to try certain things at their freedom. There would be no rush to go out and binge drunk the minute they become old enough. It would also minimise the amount of underage drinking, the same way the legalisation of Cannabis would minimise the amount of Cannabis smoking.

But yes, I agree that, at present, Cannabis should be legalised and should have some sort of age restriction. Though this goes against my beliefs I think this kind of regulation and control is the only way the public would ever accept a full scale legalisation.

Sorry for the rant. Cool idea for a forum.

GHoST

I totaly agree

n1nj4 · #**306** (**permalink**) Nov-02-2007, 14:58

Cannabis should be equal to Alcohol. I also believe if cannabis was legal, it would drastically lower the "gateway drug" theory since we could legally grow marijuana and not have to buy from drug dealers. That's just the jist of my opinion.

LA.Jgirl · #**307** (**permalink**) Nov-02-2007, 15:03

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Originally Posted by tha_kidd 9097

I'm sure this has been said before, but no it should not be legalized. If weed became legal, the government would definitely get there hands on that shit and make as much money as they could by puttin taxes on it. It'd be like $10.65 for a dime...

That's just retarted. I'll take my chances gettin caught.

I have long believed that is why it is not legal now. The government cant figure out how to tax it enough to make as much as they are making off of it now!!

Think about it , what happens when someone gets busted XSP a big bust, they take your money then, you pay fines and such, and I am also convinced that over half of with we smoke is grown by the government!!

Here is the scenario

Johnny buys 1lb of weed for $800
Johnny gets busted with said LB of weed
Fine and court cost of no less than $2000
Johnny goes to prison
The police take this very same LB of weed and resale it
For another $800
The police bust Joe Bob with this same LB of weed
Joe bob Pays fines and court cost. $2000
Joe Bob has a really good Lawyer so he doesn’t go to prison instead he pays more fine plus he pays his Lawyer some big bucks which the lawyers pays taxes on which the state and local government collect
It is a never-ending circle.

trainwreck530 · #**308** (**permalink**) Nov-07-2007, 00:06

ok im gonna say NO, personally for me.

but YES for the sake of everyone gettin shafted.

the reason why i dont give 2 shits if its legal is bc right now im in a perfect loophole.
ive got a perscription to blaze. if it were completely legal prices would go way down which is good for everyone but the guy who gets the best of both worlds like me. AND if i get my care providers liscense i sell all my excess back to the clubs...top dollar for top bud. shit the best kept secret in california is the fact that regular guys like a friend of mine are becoming millionaires, selling the peoples chronic to uncle sam. walk out with a briefcase full of money......california dreamin'

although this isnt all clubs and theres plenty of this thats hows and whys.

it would be nice if it were legal so joe blow in BFE isnt smoking dogshit right now going 'damn i wish i could'

Blacklordheaven · #**309** (**permalink**) Nov-08-2007, 13:04

It should just be decriminalized... don't wanna pay 100$ for 5 grams after legalisation and taxation >.>...

Neither do i want to scare the shit out of me every time i see a cop pass by...

bumclot · #**310** (**permalink**) Nov-20-2007, 19:29

I know the majority are just messing around, but I'm surprised 81 people said no.

tribute to me · #**311** (**permalink**) Nov-22-2007, 12:11

no, i believe that large tobacco companies would start selling it in stores with a lot of synthetic addictives.

Subjekt · #**312** (**permalink**) Nov-23-2007, 00:19

I know this might seem a little F*ck Up but i think marijuana should be legal in just a few states because if marijuana is legal all over the country then taxes go str8 up...

Mississippi Steve · #**313** (**permalink**) Nov-23-2007, 07:57

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Originally Posted by Subjekt

I know this might seem a little F*ck Up but i think marijuana should be legal in just a few states because if marijuana is legal all over the country then taxes go str8 up...

Dude, you can't have it both ways....
Yes if its legalized with the same age restrictions, laws, rules, regulations, and taxes that alcohol has. Here's a news flash for you. Even with alcohol you can legaly brew/ferment/distill your own in limited quantities for personal use. You can still buy the stuff off the counter, and FWIW, the stuff off the shelf is purer and safer than home brew. The pre-tax cost of a quart of Jack Daniels is around $2.00, Quervo Gold is around $1.75, etc. The pre-tax cost of a pack of cigs is around twenty five cents.

Would you pay $20 for an OZ of legal, high grade MJ "cigs" in the local liquer store?? I would.

Weed will have to be legalized on a FEDERAL level to keep the DEA and other agencies from busting the state run stores and coops.

Reefer Rogue · #**314** (**permalink**) Nov-23-2007, 09:48

Based on the harm principal, Liberty and Freedom. Cannabis should 100% be legalized. Eliminate the oppression, erase the arbitrary laws, emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. Alcohol and tobacco are legal, which kill hundreds of thousands of people every year and have no medicinal value. It's completely hypocritic to censor cannabis. When you censor something, you are implying your belief is infallible. Human beings are not infallible, thus cannabis should be legalized. For those reasons and many many more. LEgalize it, don't criticize it, i will advertise it.

Subjekt · #**315** (**permalink**) Nov-23-2007, 11:06

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Originally Posted by Mississippi Steve

Dude, you can't have it both ways....
Yes if its legalized with the same age restrictions, laws, rules, regulations, and taxes that alcohol has. Here's a news flash for you. Even with alcohol you can legaly brew/ferment/distill your own in limited quantities for personal use. You can still buy the stuff off the counter, and FWIW, the stuff off the shelf is purer and safer than home brew. The pre-tax cost of a quart of Jack Daniels is around $2.00, Quervo Gold is around $1.75, etc. The pre-tax cost of a pack of cigs is around twenty five cents.

Would you pay $20 for an OZ of legal, high grade MJ "cigs" in the local liquer store?? I would.

Weed will have to be legalized on a FEDERAL level to keep the DEA and other agencies from busting the state run stores and coops.

Good point but im not talkin bout taxes on the product im talkin bout taxes all over will rise, i dont give a shit if some good ass bud came with taxes, ok fine, i can take that L i would buy some high grade...But you missed my point, not tax on the product, tax all over....

raghead · #**316** (**permalink**) Nov-23-2007, 20:15

In my opinion, every drugs should be legal. From pot to heroin, the government does not have the right to outlaw any of it. Proper education should also be given. None of this bullshit DARE shit that they fuck up kids head with. Every single recreational drug known to man can be used safely if you know what you're doing. Including cocaine, heroin, meth and all those other drugs everyone likes to hate. The key is moderation, with anything. You always hear about cokeheads, meth and heroine addicts, but you never hear about casual users. Not everyone gets addicted, and chances are you wont get addicted from your first use. I know people(through a forum, not in person) that use the harder drugs and aren't junkies.

randomname4888 · #**317** (**permalink**) Nov-25-2007, 00:25

legilize it and tax the hell outta it!

randomname4888 · #**318** (**permalink**) Nov-25-2007, 00:26

legilize it and tax the hell outta it!
if this doesent make sense sorry i just had a dub of chronic

Balkey · #**319** (**permalink**) Nov-26-2007, 01:56

Why don't people realize the concept competition. When there are many companies producing the same product the price goes DOWN. SO if weed were legalized and big corporations started competing, the price of weed will go DOWN from where it is now. The government will not tax it enough to make you STOP BUYING.....that would be BAD FOR THEM if the tax was huge.

IF the government choose to do this, what logical person would keep buying it? THEY WOULD GROW IT and not have the risk of being sent to jail for intent to sell. Not to mention the government would have scared everyone away from weed thus they get no money off the tax. The government is continuously adjusting the tax rate to slowly get as much out of you without pissing you off to the point of picking up your gun and over throwing the president.

Not everyone lives in Cali or out west where the prices of weed are cheap. 4 grams here is $30+. So maybe in some places the price might piss you off but I would bet for 90% of us the price would be much less than it is now EVEN with the governments tax.

kgb420 · #**320** (**permalink**) Nov-26-2007, 03:40

ABSOLUTELY!