I love the "Above the Influence" commercials!! I mean they're such an awesome interpretation of real teen situations and the effects they have on them!!!

Okay, now that I'm finished lying through my teeth, I actually find them halarious. In reality they're probably good for like 13 year olds, who might still be impressionable enough to not just laugh the moment they see them.

Well, marijuana does actually have a lot of natural chemicals, just as unadulterated tobacco leaves do. Granted, cigarettes have a lot of additives (tar, formaldehyde, etc.) that regular marijuana doesn't, but apparently it's a bit toxic in its own way. Of course, as with cigarettes, it wouldn't kill you unless you smoked a lot (or for a long time), but it's a myth that marijuana is harmless (or so I've been told many a time by those irritating Above the Influence commercials).

Incidentally, does anyone else find those commercials (or that whole campaign) rather odd? I mean, their whole point seems to be combating peer pressure, but it really seems to me that they're just anti-marijuana. You can, contrary to popular belief, decide to smoke on your own, without having your friends make you do it.

Cigarettes have all kinds of chemical additives. Marijuana is a plant. Plants tend to be safer than chemicals. And if weed was legal, the government could regulate it to make sure it wasn't laced with anything; to make sure it is as safe as possible. It's not like weed is any more dangerous than cigarettes or alcohol when used responsibly.

I don't think it should be legal, because thinking back to tobacco use it'd be tragic to see the same thing happen with marijuana.

When tobacco first came out it wasn't seen as dangerous, or at least not dangerous enough to truley worry about. However, addiction started a long with health problems. If marijuana became the same thing we would have two things to worry about and legalizing it would not be a good step to the drug problem that many people face.

i think that it should be legal....in the sence that we are in a deficet right now and it would bring up the capitol witht the tax to make us possabley reach an understandable amount of money...the only problem with this is that we dont need anymore money going overseas. but thats a whole nother debate my friends...a whole nother debate

oh....i miss the holy pineapple it just isn't the same without it......yet this is completely off topic

When it coems to legalizing marijuana i think that it would be best if we did. If it was legal the drug would be able to control it better and less problems...look at amsterdam, they're doing well...

No, you should make a Pineapple bong.

*currently looking to see how to make an apple bong*

I agree with you also about that. I also think that it would be one less thing the government, and justice system would have to deal with. I think we should legalize it also, because the people who want to use it will use it and maybe even die from it. That was their choice though and we will make our own choices some for the best and some for the worst. I guess my point is that legalizing it would help people in certain ways.

Anyone that wants to get high is going to do it regardless of getting permission from the giant eye in the sky.

I agree, but I'm not exactly sure it would work.
If people were allowed to have marijuana, (not that it being illeagal stops them now) but only in small protions, wouldn't it just be easier for people to obtain and abuse it? Or maybe (i dont know) half the reason that some people try it is becuase you're not supposed to. In that case, the percentage of people that use maijuana would go down. Wait.
Did I just contridict myself?
whatev.
I would definately be willing to to put that plan into motion if I were a polotitian. (but i'm not, cause i'm 13 and cant even spell the word correctly)But of course, that would make everyone soupset and confused, becuase things could go wrong and it would be all their fualt. No one ever wants to take the blame.

I think fear gets in the way of too many things that need to get done. So one just needs to suck it up and do the right thing for once.
*sigh*

also, what do you mean by "recreational use"?

Irelands fine and that's a nation of booze hounds

I agree, serious stoners = losers and strains on society.

But so are alcoholics.

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The only reason marijuana is illegal is that the United States government can't make any money off of it. If big brother couldn't make money of of beer and ciggerettes they would be illegal too.

Congratulations! your absolutely wrong! the goverment can tax weed and if you ask me should so I can pay less taxes and those damn stoners on the street corner can actually do something useful when they buy a quarter ounce.
Next stop making allusions to 1984 and thinking your a rebel against a repressive goverment, while it does make me chuckle it makes you seem really freakin stupid.
Finally alcohol was illegal, this little thing called prohibition but the people wanted booze and so it was legalised
There are not enough people who want to smoke pot so it's not legal, this is a society where the majority rules and the majority thinks that stoners are a bunch of dead beat losers who have as much value to society as a kidney stone (less actually) and if you look a stoners you'll find that shockingly enough the majority is correct

My Pot Poem:

Oh, how I wish to inhale,
Your beautiful fragrance,
Your smoke surronds me,
And calms me,
And I laugh in the face of danger,
I can do anything,
But I'll leave it till tomorow,
For now, all I want is something to eat.

The only reason marijuana is illegal is that the United States government can't make any money off of it. If big brother couldn't make money of of beer and ciggerettes they would be illegal too.

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and annoying white kids who are to stupid to make meth

Welcome to Orange County.

Seriously I live like 20 minutes away from this canyon thing where someone was growing ACRES of Marijuana. I think it was something like the biggest bust in the state, maybe country, I don't really remember.

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2. it will create jobs for farmers and in the production process

Lies! we actually pay farmers not to grow normal crops, so why would we pay them for another crop?

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1. tax the hell out of it and it could create money for treatment centers and other useful resources

your speaking but I'm hearing my own words...

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4. it will take money away from organized crime such as gangs but will also take away many drug dealers

most gangs run meth, heroin and coke actually, MJ is farmers and annoying white kids who are to stupid to make meth

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6. it will take drug dealers and users out of jails and make room for more dangerous criminals such as sexual predators and rapists

see why bother? keep them there and kill the dangerous criminals, then we can 1. not worry about the kids doing drugs and 2. sleep better at night because violent criminals will all be 6 feet under

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i say its time to follow suit and legalize it

I'm going to steal a line I'm sure your mom has used "If everyone jumped off a bridge would you do it to?"

the legalization would do these things:
1. tax the hell out of it and it could create money for treatment centers and other useful resources

2. it will create jobs for farmers and in the production process

3. how it is produced will be controlled so it wil be more pure which means less addictive substances added

4. it will take money away from organized crime such as gangs but will also take away many drug dealers

5. because the production will be controlled the sale and also useage can be controlled easier

6. it will take drug dealers and users out of jails and make room for more dangerous criminals such as sexual predators and rapists

how can anyone say that legalizing it would ruin our country??? look at other countries that have legalized it their crime rates are lower than ours... i say its time to follow suit and legalize it

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Originally posted by EarthGoddess:
[QUOTE]That is a good point.

I'm pretty sure most of those hippies who want it legalized, don't have any medical problems and just want to smoke all day. But I still support legalizing it. There's no reason to keep it illegal, other than the BS the media pukes out everyday.

Well really there isn't any reason to legalize it... why would we want to legalize marijuana?