Marijuana Legalization

[Makingblah]

Cons:

• People Smoking it in the street and doing stupid stuff.
• Smoking Marijuana While driving = even more car crashes
• People smoking out on the streets will stink up the place
• A New type of underage smoking
• Pot Parties = A conjoined group of people doing handicapped stuff
• People stealing, doing anything just to buy marijuana
• More publicity and the fact it would be sold in stores = angry drug dealers

Your list is just flawed and forgeted in so many different ways. I could tear every single con on that list apart with little to no effort.

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[Dezcaban]

Your list is just flawed and forgeted in so many different ways. I could tear every single con on that list apart with little to no effort.

do it pls

[SeventhSandwich]

History review kids! Prohibition occurred from 1920 to 1933

http://www.nber.org/papers/w3675

The rate of alcohol consumption compared to pre prohibition data fell 30% but then rapidly went up 60-70%. Your conclusion is historically incorrect.

pageloss because this is the first cited information that directly supports everything we're saying.

[No2mad2]

Cons:

• People Smoking it in the street and doing stupid stuff.
• Smoking Marijuana While driving = even more car crashes
• People smoking out on the streets will stink up the place
• A New type of underage smoking
• Pot Parties = A conjoined group of people doing handicapped stuff
• People stealing, doing anything just to buy marijuana
• More publicity and the fact it would be sold in stores = angry drug dealers

I made a longer list but I shortened it down.
It would be good for it to be used for medical purposes only, of course that's already being done though.

Pretty much.

[Makingblah]

do it pls

Not worth my time going into too much detail, but for gods sake, if the drug is legalized there's obviously going to be precautions put in place in relation to driving and education will be put in schools and stuff like alcohol is.

On another note, driving when you're high is much safer than when you're drunk. Still not a good idea, but it's much more possible. And you don't go nearly as fast. It's too frightening.

On a secondary note, if you put an age limit on ANYTHING, there's going to be underage people doing it. That's just life.

[Jeep]

Your list is just flawed and forgeted in so many different ways. I could tear every single con on that list apart with little to no effort.

I can turn your avatar into a unicorn easily. Just don't ask me to, because I really can't.

Not worth my time going into too much detail, but for gods sake, if the drug is legalized there's obviously going to be precautions put in place in relation to driving and education will be put in schools and stuff like alcohol is.

On another note, driving when you're high is much safer than when you're drunk. Still not a good idea, but it's much more possible. And you don't go nearly as fast. It's too frightening.

Point in case.

[Tammy]

pageloss because this is the first cited information that directly supports everything we're saying.

Just because something happens in one scenario doesn't mean the same thing happens in a similar scenario. For decades our youth has been taught that marijuana is bad, if it were to be legalized I'm sure the consumption rate would increase slowly as it becomes more acceptable.

I'm not totally against weed legalization, I just think that particular argument is flawed.

[Makingblah]

Point in case.

I seriously don't want to get into an argument about marijuana legalization, but if you're saying it's going to create problems and pin problems purely on marijuana, then you're just stupid. Problems will exist, yes, but problems exist with everything like that. Legal or not.

[SeventhSandwich]

• People Smoking it in the street and doing stupid stuff.
• Smoking Marijuana While driving = even more car crashes
• People smoking out on the streets will stink up the place
• A New type of underage smoking
• Pot Parties = A conjoined group of people doing handicapped stuff
• People stealing, doing anything just to buy marijuana
• More publicity and the fact it would be sold in stores = angry drug dealers

1. This can be avoided with legislature that prevents people from being high in public. The same thing happens with alcohol since public intoxication is illegal. This is not a problem for basically everyone, so this is a good regulation to place.

2. Same thing. There's also the issue that there isn't a significant amount of research that shows a reasonable intake of marijuana has a demonstrably severe impact on reaction times. There is some research that shows there's a long lasting cognitive decline associated with very heavy marijuana usage. Needs more research.

3. See item 1

4. People will smoke marijuana whether it is illegal or legal. It's just that one option costs taxpayers millions to imprison people.

5. See item 4.

6. See item 4

7. More like, the fact drug dealers know the best drugs lets them open shops and capitalize on their once illegal enterprise. Jobs lol.

Just because something happens in one scenario doesn't mean the same thing happens in a similar scenario. For decades our youth has been taught that marijuana is bad, if it were to be legalized I'm sure the consumption rate would increase slowly as it becomes more acceptable.

I'm not totally against weed legalization, I just think that particular argument is flawed.

Except this scenario occurred with a very common drug (alcohol) and was observed over a very long time (13 years). The exact same thing will happen.

[Kearn]

israeli scientists have developed a strain of marijuana without the high, which i wouldn't be opposed to at all for medical use

[SeventhSandwich]

israeli scientists have developed a strain of marijuana without the high, which i wouldn't be opposed to at all for medical use

I have never used medical marijuana, but wouldn't getting rid of the euphoria nullify it's medicinal uses?

[Tammy]

Except this scenario occurred with a very common drug (alcohol) and was observed over a very long time (13 years). The exact same thing will happen.

What do you mean "will happen"? Marijuana is already prohibited.

[Kearn]

I have never used medical marijuana, but wouldn't getting rid of the euphoria nullify it's medicinal uses?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/03/israel-highless-marijuana_n_1645488.html

[Makingblah]

By the way, marijuana is legal in spain. And that is a country I am in love with. There aren't people being stupid getting high around the place all the time. There may be the occasional joint in public, but those people just act like normal people. Another perfect example that there is nothing wrong with marijuana.

What do you mean "will happen"? Marijuana is already prohibited.

Marijuana will be legalized in our lifetime. It's for sure.

[SeventhSandwich]

What do you mean "will happen"? Marijuana is already prohibited.

Yeah that was bad grammar on my part.

What I meant to say was, the exact same scenario will occur where consumption rates won't skyrocket due to legalization.