Random drug testing is a subject in which it is confusing to me. I think that in some cases it would be the right thing to do, but in other cases I think its the wrong thing to do. I dont think that the people in extracurricular activities should be focused on most,afterall a group of stoners could rush home everyday from school and smoke pot at their own house and not in the school.

Aly88 I'd answer your question if I thought it would make any difference but you're such an ignorant ******* that I won't waste my time

Are you guys nuts? Or did you just not pay attention in health class... drugs are illegal for a purpose, and the only people who are against that are those who use the drugs (most of the time) so why, unless you are stones, are you all for the legalization of pot.

And BTW there are long term brain effects as well as short term ones. If you were to go inside a rehab clinic, like the one a group of my friends and i used to volunteer at, you would be able to tell this.. or you could ask almost any GOOD doctor in the U.S. and they would say the same thing.

I don't know how big a drug problem you have at your school with the extra-curricular activities, but random testings don't really seem like the best way to deal with anything. If your school has serious problems, testing the kids who actually seem affected makes more sense (although that could get terribly unfair if you account for prejudice...) Honestly, it doesn't make sense to be testing the extra-curriculars at all. Less people will be inclined to join, and those activieties are probably stopping some of the kids from smoking pot in the woods.

As far as legalization goes---if you're not in favor of it, why do you care? Obviously, you won't be the one who uses it and you most likely won't be around people who do. So how is this going to affect you? I think the only thing that should be done is that, if it is legalized then it should have limits like alcohol. An age limit, no smoking pot and driving,etc. It'll be no more dangerous than alcohol or smoking (and believe me, I have seen the dangers of both).

I agree that most in favor are people who just like to smoke weed. If it was made legal, I doubt many people would actually use it for medical reasons. But again, how will this affect anyone other than the person? It's a person's own right to do what they want with their body. Besides, if whether or not it's made legal, people are still going to find ways of getting it.

So my opinion is that as long as their are restrictions on marijuana that are similar to alcohol, I don't care if it's legal. Yes, people shouldn't get in a car to drive if they're high and if that happens then they should be arrested. But if their just sitting at home smoking pot just like many people sit at home drinking beer, what's the difference?

I'm totally against this drug-testing. A) Hello, most people in extracurricular activities and clubs AREN'T stoners. The only thing I can think of is that maybe some people who play sports are on steroids. But in a general sense, people who are on drugs usually don't volunteer do to anything extracurricular. Their extracurricular activity is smoking pot. This would only be punishing those of us who give a damn about school, life, etc. B) If it's random, it's very unlikely that any druggie would be caught. Somehow, the randomness consistently overlooks them. C) Drug testing should only be used if there is reasonable suspicion. If a teacher is constantly hearing rumors about a certain kid that's considered a druggie or if drugs are found in his locker, bookbag, etc. or if he's caught hanging out with someone smoking pot then I think that it's okay for that person to be tested. But to just randomly be testing a bunch of kids and forcing them to waste their time is completely pointless.

Besides, the stoners aren't doing anyone any harm. Some of my friends do drugs and you wouldn't know it unless you just knew them. They can come to school high, and you can't even tell. What does that have to do with school? Even if they weren't high, I doubt that they would be doing better in school because they still probably wouldn't care very much. It's more in the attitude than in the drugs.

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1)Get arrested to use of marijuana.

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not only do you not have any idea how any judicial system works, but ur gramar is **** too.

[This message was edited by SuemedhaNOISE on June 14, 2004 at 11:28 AM.]

thats what norml is for.

If all of you seem so confident that marijuana should be legal do the following...

1)Get arrested to use of marijuana.
2)Tell the judge you are not guilty because the law is wrong and unconstitutional.
3)See what he decideds.
4)Take it all the way to the Supreme Court, you will uphold your arrest just like every court did.

Don't just sit here and debate, take action.

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I never used pesticides on my plant

no it wont, have you ever had club weed. price would also drop, unless it was taxed severely

the one problem that i have with legalization is the fact that the government will regulate it and because of this, quality will most deffinatley come way down.

that is so unfair

high AND running? I doubt that.

I disagree, the pesticides used on the marijuana harms people more than nicotine and cancer does. The problem comes with legalizing this substance. Do you really want a society in which 50% of it is constantly high and running around. I sure don't. Daveman has the only valid point and that is that it is not the governments place to regulate these things. However, a society with substance ause problems will not last long as a strong one.

"Freedom is not Free"-Korean War Memorial, Washington DC.

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if drug use is a problem in your school somthing should be done to stop it.


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you stupid pot smoking hippies, you all should be tested and sent to jail.

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go to hell you all american ba.sta.rd

you stupid pot smoking hippies, you all should be tested and sent to jail.

Marine16? Bushsupporter?......

Bushsupporter, no one here is saying marjiana doesn't increase the risk of lung cancer when smoked reguarly or that it doesn't cause minor, temporary memory loss. What I AM saying, is that these are the only health shortcomings of the drug, that those are fairly minor in comparision to other drugs, or to life activites in general.

While alcohol and cigerates also can harm ones health in much greater forms than weed, they are legal, and weed is not. Logically, if our governments only reason for their decisions was harm done to others, cigerates and alcohol would be illegal as well. While prohabition might have been a complete failure I see no signs that this "war" on the American people is going any better.

BTW, I am not an addict, I don't think daveman is an addict, and bauhuas doesn't smoke anymore. Exactly who are you referring to?