Poll

Are you for marijuana legalization?

For it
52 (34.7%)
Against it
65 (43.3%)
Indifferent
33 (22%)

Total Members Voted: 4

Author Topic: Marijuana Legalization  (Read 13354 times)

The moral arguments against the legalization of drugs are hypocritical at best. I'm not entirely sure how we can consider smoking or drinking to be any purer of an activity than consuming other substances.

From a pragmatic standpoint, keeping drugs illegal is costing society to greater effect than the users themselves. Billions of dollars wasted on needless bloodshed in a futile effort to snuff out a livelihood. Thousands of man hours squandered to aimlessly harass people and raises tensions. Murderers roam free whilst 'users' spend years of unproductive and costly time in prison.

It may seem counter-intuitive, but legalizing a substance is infinitely more effective at reducing it's harmful effects on society than outlawing it. The Prohibition Era is an excellent case study.

I don't use any of the substances myself and I don't think spouting out statistics about medicinal benefits is going to further any useful cause, but if people could stop and think for themselves for just a few minutes they might just see that sometimes a situation must be faced pragmatically.

If it is legalized, posting youtube videos while high should be punishable by death.

Your 800th youtube video of upside-down luigi saying "EEEhhHEheeeeehHHhhheheheeee!" is just as funny as the first.

I highly doubt it will ever get fully legalized. Recently in Massachusetts, we voted on the amount of substance (marijuana in this case) that could be on your person without being considered an offense. The vote passed and really for good reason.

But Reagan called for the War on Drugs, specifically the cocaine smuggling, and I doubt the policy for fighting drugs is going to give way. What will most likely happen is a crack down on the drugs that make more money, and less focus on marijuana (which per weight makes less than cocaine and crack). Plus we have the troubles of dealing with what Mexico has in Cuidad Juarez, and eventually the United States is going to get involved to a greater extent.

If it is legalized, posting youtube videos while high should be punishable by death.

Your 800th youtube video of upside-down luigi saying "EEEhhHEheeeeehHHhhheheheeee!" is just as funny as the first.
Nixon/Perot 2012.

I have facepalmed so many times in this thread that I lost count.

First of all, all the 12 year olds who have no opinion other than what anti-drug commercials, shut up. You need to find the facts and be smart before you believe everything you hear.

Second of all, I can't stand stupid pot heads who constantly talk about the government and all the brain washing. Face it, there are in fact good people in the world and the entire government is not out to get you although I will allow that there are occasionally bad government officials. It is not all a big ploy to make you stupid with tv. You are already doing an excellent job with pot.

Third of all, personally it probably should be legalized, it does waste many tax dollars. Anyway, once its legalized people won't think its so cool anymore. Because people always think that something against the rules is cool.

Fourth of all, I will not be taking it even if legalized, I have already seen it ruin my sister's life. All she does is sleep all day when she is not on pot. Her friends ditch her if she involved a minute without the stuff. And she overall pisses me off, because her life is a waste of space and does not contribute anything to society. I constantly am appalled that she doesn't realize her friends don't give a stuff about her. At one point her friend totaled her car. She wasn't wearing a belt and broke bones. Her friend was fine, and within an hour had friends pick her up to go smoke pot while my sister went to the hospital. She dropped out of school, doesn't give a stuff about anybody. Doesn't learn from mistakes. And when she is not on pot she is a total bitch complaining that its not her fault, she needs pot to be nice. She has nothing to do, she has no one to talk to. Because she dropped out of school, because she did pot and couldn't focus on school because it was so worth being really hungry for awhile.

Fifth of all, if you smoke weed it is probably because it feels good, which you want to feel good because the rest of the day you are depressed all the time because the world has no point. I suggest you spend around 3 hours outside a day. Sun gives you this vitamin that makes you be happy and not depressed. Maybe go exercise. Or hey, an even better way to feel the world has meaning, go to church! Maybe you'll find some good friends.

Sixth of all, this may be small point, but that abovetheignorance's graph was total bullstuff. Anyone who believed it when it said there are no weed related deaths obviously believes everything they see because they can't think for themselves.
« Last Edit: May 01, 2009, 09:38:59 PM by Yeturn »

loving against it. I have my reasons...

Oh you guys

Where's the "Stop talking about it" option in the polls?  I can't see it!

You have to be at least this tall to see all the poll options:
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i dont feel like voting.

im afraid im gonna get flamed if i post against it.

my lung hurts.

Soon you silly people are going to want having black slaves banned.

Soon you silly people are going to want having black slaves banned.

It was mean.

So why did I laugh so hard?

i say legalize prostitution everywhere

slowly competition will bring down hooker prices, and there will be cleaner hookers, and cuter hookers.
who doesn't benefit from this?
« Last Edit: May 01, 2009, 10:12:07 PM by Bisjac »

i say legalize prostitution everywhere

slowly competition will bring down hooker prices, and there will be cleaner hookers, and cuter hookers.
who doesn't benefit from this?

People who don't want the hiv spread :D

cleaner hookers
besides,
um... wear a condom? prostitutes give no more reason to use them then you should have anyways
font have love with black people and your already at like a 62% safer chance of avoiding STD's

usually i love my tribal comments, but this one happens to be true

thats cool, too bad none of us are loveually attracted to black hookers.