Opinions on Marijuana?

[sir dooble]

1: Look at the Prohobition. When it was in effect, alcohol use actually went up because it was considered cool to drink illegally. Also, crime went of because of trafficking. After they ended it, alcohol use went down because it wasn't cool to drink illegally anymore

Prohibition was a little bit different.
Alcohol is a much-deeper rooted drug in society than Cannabis is or ever will be.
Alcohol has been brewed and drunk for thousands of years.

And concerning the prohibition of alcohol, alcohol was legal and entirely unquestioned for those thousands of years before it was ever made illegal.
And when I say that alcohol is deeply rooted in society, I do mean that. Historically, it's been a favoured drink for centuries. It was for long times the most common drink, even over water, because it contained fewer diseases and infectious things.


Whereas with Cannabis, it's not had that exceedingly long period of history where it's been taken as part of perfectly-normal behaviour for humans.
Even smoking large amounts of tobacco hasn't been around for that long in comparison.

When drinking was illegal, did people stop drinking? No, they just did it illegally.

Just mentioning as above, this is because Alcohol is so tied in with Human history that to make it illegal and then have that followed by everyone and agreed upon is virtually impossible.

I don't personally think that legalising cannabis use would decrease the number of people who do take it.
I'm certain that out of all the people who do use cannabis, only a tiny percentage decide to take cannabis solely because it's illegal and that makes it edgy and cool.

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[Jacob/Lee]

Either cannabis needs to be legalized or cigarettes illegalized. Cigarettes are far, far worse for you than natural cannabis ever could be.

[sir dooble]

Either cannabis needs to be legalized or cigarettes illegalized. Cigarettes are far, far worse for you than natural cannabis ever could be.

True, but when it comes down to it on a national level, the smoking of Tobacco is so wide-spread around countries and the world, that to try illegalising it would put out such a large amount of people that you would likely not get through with it successfully.
The use of cannabis isn't as widespread and it's not as socially acceptable, because of the mental effects it has on people.

Where a cigarette may just calm a person, cannabis puts them into a different and alien state of mind.
It's not pleasing to see if you're not high yourself.
So, it's not acceptable and people are happy for it to be illegal, whether it's less addictive, poisonous or deadly than Tobacco or other legal drugs, or not.

[DrenDran]

Illegal.
And I seriously hate the potheads who act like they are superior intellectuals for wasting their lives.

Because wasting your life doing something else is totally better.

[dorkdotdan]

Part of the reason it will be hard to legalize Marijuana is of lobbying Paper companies. Hemp is much cheaper and can be used to make equal quality paper. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were both written on hemp paper. You could also make much better ropes out of it too. But lobbyists don't like that, so congressmen don't like it.

[Messes]

Oh and if it became legal to grow I would grow it in a flash Marijuana is a very VERY cool plant.

indeed this

[Mulch]

We should legalize all drugs because their prohibition only fuels more crime.

[dorkdotdan]

We should legalize all drugs because their prohibition only fuels more crime.

A man who knows what he's talking about.

[Volko]

its stuff its all stuff

[Firecycle]

I don't really care, because (Correct me if I'm wrong) I'm pretty sure the only life you're screwing up by smoking pot is your own.

[brickybob]

Illegal.
And I seriously hate the potheads who act like they are superior intellectuals for wasting their lives.

Then lets illegal-ize the entire internet then.

[Kevdude]

I don't intend to use it so I take no position on it

[Tango]

i dont really care as long as stoners dont act like douchebags.

[ATKitton.]

It stinks. Literally.. the smell makes me gag. Smells like a dead skunk.

[Stocking]

smoking weed is illegal because its unmoral and WRONG