Marijuana is illegal. But why? "It's harmful to you." Well, tobacco and alcohol are both bad for you and are both legal. "It can cause hallucinations." So can dehydration.

Marijuana is a naturally-ocurring plant, as is opium (which comes from poppy seeds) and tobacco. I can understand the outlawing of things such as LSD or heroin, but why outlaw the smoking of a plant? Especially when a similar plant is legal.

A few thoughts.

I think if marijunana was legal it would stop at of crimes.. i know a guy who killed his dealer for an 8th.. Which for anyone who doesn't know isn't a whole lot of mary-jane. But hey if america can't tax it then why not make it illegal?

I don't need any drug. I think I'm a drug. My mind is the hallucinogenic.

i don't believe in the drug war. most of the efforts in the drug war solve Nothing at all. so i definately agree with you that drugs should be legal. We should be using the money we waste on prosecuting drug users and dealers on rehabilitation.

but yea, a lot of drugs are definately bad news.just because a drug comes from something that is naturally occuring, that doesn't mean its safe. opium is definately not safe.

pots ok though.

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i agree with you....ciggarettes are way worse then marijuana and you can buy ciggarettes at any store. i think that ciggarettes should be illegal just like marijuana!

So it should be illegal because it emmits noxious fumes when burned? Well hell then pretty much everything around us should be illegal.You don't have to smoke it. Infact cannabis is actually much more effective when ingested with something with a fair ammount of fat in it, as it is lipid and alcohol (but not water) soluble.

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Well, uh, thats why LSD is a probelm. It can alter your thought process. And how much is too much? Some people don't know.

Alot of people don't know how much is too much for alot of things. Can we say alcohol poisoning? In which case the result is often death or other serious permanent damage, the fact is almost anything can be abused to the point where it will harm you. That is no reason to say a responsible person can not have the right to put it in their own body. Oh and any drug (which includes alcohol) alters your thought process. Infact you can change your thought process without ingesting anything, its called cognitive therapy.

I just watched a very interesting movie on the history of marijuna in the u.s. It's called "grass", and it by Ron Mann. It's quite interesting, for example: did you know that pot came into the u.s. in the early 1900's wih the massive influx of mexican workers and the first laws passed against it were in texas as an excuse to have mroe control over the mexicans? also, in the '70's, 10 states completely decriminalized the personal possession of pot, the first one being Oregon (but sadly not my state, vermont, even though we are very liberal now). third, mayor la guardia of new york (the one the airport is named after), was a major supporter f overturnign anti-marijuana laws. Very cool.

Marijuana is most likely not illegal because of taxation purposes. If marijuana were legal, it could be easily regulated and taxed. As a mtter of fact, the government doesn't even need to know or care; they could just as easily let people grow it in their own homes next to the tomato patch.

From what I have learned of political science, the outlawing of marijuana has it's background in racial sentiments. During the 1930's, marijuana use was becoming widely accepted. Many will say that the outlawing of marijuana is as simple as it's rampant abuse during the 30's. However, what is usually not talked about, especially due to today's current war on drugs, is that one of the first and largest reasons for the outlawing of marijuana involved cutting down the hispanic population. Not to sound racist, but studies showed at the time that hispanics were among the largest groups of marijuana consumers. In order to supress the hispanic population, the government had to outlaw marijuana. You may ask why. again, not to sound racist, but look out in the strawberry fileds. do you honestly think a white middle-class man would want to work in blistering sun wading through strawberry bushes 12 hours a day for, oh, say, $5 a day?

well, there's my take on the subject. And yes, all this coming from a devout pothead and member of the California Cannabis Club. ^_^

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Originally posted by lpc08:
i think it is illegal because the goverment can not tax it, because who ever wants it they can grow it.

I really dont understand this reasoning, I have a lemon tree. Why isnt growing produce illegal?

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Originally posted by lpc08:
i think it is illegal because the goverment can not tax it, because who ever wants it they can grow it.

You're beyond right babe. Plus people are relaxing when we're baked. Could our minds really be warped if we laughed in there faces and said FU I dont need this and reach for some chips.

i think it is illegal because the goverment can not tax it, because who ever wants it they can grow it.

i dont think theres anything wrong with it....... oh it gets you stoned for a few hours how is that such a bad thing.... i think its illegal because the peolpe who say its illegal are trying to spoil everyone elses fun.........

well.......i think it should be legal.ciggerates are way more harmful it has so many different chemicals.

i agree with you....ciggarettes are way worse then marijuana and you can buy ciggarettes at any store. i think that ciggarettes should be illegal just like marijuana!

Our government also sent many of us to die in a desert or jungle on the other side of the planet... If marijuana were legal we could just drop marijuana bombs on these countries and lure them out with promises of pancakes and cheetos. Honestly how many people do you know that are agressive and war mongering when they are high?
Being agressive and belligerent are traits associated with Cocaine use... G.W. has been suspected of using coke in the past as well as the present... makes sense doesn't it.

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government thinks its a good idea, we should at least soncider it rationally.

govt also thought making blacks sit in the back of the bus was a good idea too.

I would imagine that they were trying to prevent new things that cause you harm from coming into the comercial world. if alcohol or tobbaco were discovered now, not ages in the past, then it would be outlawed.

Anyway arn't goverments trying to stop people smoking and drinking? Don't you think that if the government thinks its a good idea, we should at least soncider it rationally.

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I've never been high....I'm sure high people can become disorderly....but I wouldn't know...

Well Adam Corrolla said that when everyone except blacks gets high they are to stoned to even lift the tv remote. But blacks, they can go out shooting people high.

Ive been watching cops when people high on pot get arrested they NEVER try and fight back, they just are like yeah whatever, cuff me. But the drunks, they try to take on like 3 cops at once... its insane.

This is exactly why people need to educate yourself in the subject before you start making assumptions.

I've never been high....I'm sure high people can become disorderly....but I wouldn't know...

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laws about getting high and driving and being high and disorderly in public.

Being high and disorderly in public hahahahahah.

I watched a documentary about that and I think it has something to do with the government saying that buying marijuana supports Communists or something.