Marijuana Legalization

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In the spirit of our gun control thread which had some really interesting discussion. I thought I'd bring up another somewhat controversial subject.

Marijuana Legalization.

Should it be legal?

On the legalization side:

• an argument can be made that alcohol and tobacco are more dangerous than marijuana many, many times over yet those 2 are legal.
• Legalizing would reduce the prison population of people who were caught with relatively small amounts of marijuana
• It would help cancer patients as well as people suffering from chronic pain and stress
• If it were legalized you could grow the hell out of it, tax the hell out of it and bring more cash into the legal economy

On the keep it illegal side:

• There are those that believe that marijuana is a gateway drug that would lead to much harder and more dangerous drugs
• If you legalize it, will it lead to legalization of those harder drugs?
• Some feel that if it is legalized it will lead to more kids using it.

What are your thoughts? Legalize it or not?

[isguros]

It's already legal over here!!

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It's already legal over here!!

How do people feel about it over there? Do they consider it to be on the same level as having a beer?

[isguros]

How do people feel about it over there? Do they consider it to be on the same level as having a beer?

You don't see many people smoking 20 joints a day, haha. Marihuana causes more "problems" over here, but those problems are with the weed-tourist, not with the actual drug use. But other than that they treat it the same.

[Chef]

legalize ALL drugs (rx included). there is no constitutional basis for preventing people from willfully putting a substance into their body. a victimless crime is not a crime.

but, ZERO tax dollars should be used for rehab, "anti-drug" campaigns, etc. and "it is a disease" is not an excuse for breaking into someone's house. with liberty comes responsibility.

[SWedd523]

I never have smoked weed and don't have any desire to (even if legalized).

So while I don't really have a dog in the fight, I would prefer to simply legalize it and let the free market dictate how it is used, priced, etc. Especially considering it is a naturally occurring substance and not artificially produced.

As far as I can remember, a lot of drug outlawing, from opium to marijuana, over the years has been governmental plans to prevent certain minority groups from growing in size.

[CampNightmare8]

As a PH, yes legalize it

[Chef]

As a PH, yes legalize it

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[SWedd523]

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