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By katzperiod - 05/03/2009 04:21 - United States

Today, I was debating weed legalization in drug awareness. I was thoroughly unleashing arguments: how marijuana turns normal citizens into criminals, how the government spends billions to enforce drug laws, when I lost my train of thought. My teacher grinned saying, "My point exactly." FML
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Ok, my turn on my own post. My slip up came because it is very hard for me to organize my thoughts when I don't write them down and also because of frequent personal use. This is all besides the point of the debate though. I oppose the marijuana laws for both my own selfish reasons and from an economic-minded libertarian approach. It is written in the Declaration of Independence that all men are entitled to their own pursuit of happiness. From a public health point, marijuana does not physically harm anyone. Hard drugs should remain illegal because they will lead you to decay and death. Marijuana does not cause lung cancer or any other type of cancer. Zero people in the history of mankind have died directly from weed use. It is impossible to overdose and the worst that can happen is lethargy and fatigue. It can and has been used to treat over 120 diseases or symptoms of other medication. This country spends 12 billion dollars fighting pot with no results. If marijuana were legalized and taxed, then it would produce 6-7 billion dollars in revenue. That means almost 20 billion dollars would be gained every year that marijuana is legalized and taxed, money that can be spent on education, health care, environmental reform, defense, anything. Currently there is a huge overpopulation problem in prisons. 40% of all arrests are because of drug laws. Again as an American, I want to support legitimate American businesses and my government with my weed money. The people bringing weed into this country are international gangs that also deal in cocaine, heroin, prostitution, slavery, and arms deals. I do not enjoy supporting those causes for what I consider should be my personal freedom. To legalize pot would also create millions of jobs. Limited hemp research has proven that it would reduce dependence on foreign oil through hemp products and biodiesel made from hemp. Hemp is biodegradable and plastic can be synthesized from hemp fibers. Hemp seeds contain more protein than soy beans and could lower malnutrition if only it was legal to include it in aid packets sent to Third World countries. There is no slippery slope after you legalize pot. To say that fully automatic weapons could be legalized once pot is is absolutely absurd. Jake, the only reason weed is grouped with illegal drugs is because the government decided to place that label on it. Other drugs do physical and emotional harm through addiction. In response to #54, a good reason all those chemicals are present in weed smoke is because there has been no scientific approach to removing them, and most weed is smoked without a filter. Tobacco has been cultivated in America for 400 years and science has been around for 150 of those, the tobacco companies have billions of dollars to spend funding both research on how to make it safer and to fund anti-pot studies. I say enough propaganda. Listen patiently to what others say and accept it only if they can prove it with facts. All that I have stated above can be proven with facts. Jake, could it be that pot makes your family lazy because they don't want to be arrested outside? For someone who posts that you don't want people to cram opinions down other people's throats, you certainly like to cram your own down ours. In the last one I just read you were using mostly all caps.

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djdeathwish 0

Yep, when I smoke weed I like to go a rapin' and a killin'... lame.

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k4a2t0 0

weed defantly does not make norm citezens into criminals if anything it makes us rightueous slow down take a look at something long look and last thing is killing someone ehh if anything i think iwould bee in juvieee without weed haa

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jake_fml 0

in my opinion all people writing on this comment blog needs to chill, if only there were some way to relax even when you are all wound up........... what could it be........it's right on the tip of my tounge............. oh well, everyone stop fight and find some way to relax and chill out BTW when he says turn civ into crimnals it's because it's ILLEGAL! DUH

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Xaos 0

Tto those that oppose legalisation: Remember the prohibition of the 1920s? The prohibition was meant to reduce the consumption of alcohol, seen by some as the devil’s advocate, and thereby reduce crime, poverty, death rates, and improve the economy and the quality of life. FUN FACT: the exact opposite of what was hoped to be achieved happened. The prohibition caused the explosive growth of crime, and it dramatically increased the amount of alcohol consumption. Tell us again how keeping marijuana illegal is helping your cause?

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musu_fml 0

#65 Water is also a chemical, and you can die from poisoning (not drowning, poisoning) if you drink too much of it too. #70 Yes, it is detrimental to health...MY HEALTH, not yours. I'm 24. I am an adult. I work. I own my own home. I look after myself. I am legally responsible for my own actions. I am aware of the consequences of what I do, and the risks that I choose to take. So why then do you support banning things from me "for my own good"? I'm not a child. You don't need to look after me, and you have no right to force me into your care. After all, sex is damn risky too, and so many things about it can kill you (HIV, to name just one). You gonna tell me I shouldn't be doing that too?

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Jimboom 11

There is another 2 points I need to make in the case for legalising it. In recent studies cannabis was shown to have anti-psychotics as one of it's chemicals. In some strains of cannabis these days these have been bred out to have a higher THC content. If it were legalised then it could be regulated and controlled by the government. They keep complaining saying that there are "killer weeds" out there these days like super skunk and such that can cause you to go insane if you smoke it. But if they controlled it not only could proper studies be done on the plant to ensure the right chemicals remained in the plant but they could also impose an age limit. I smoke so I don't have any problems with others doing the same. I don't however agree with teenagers smoking it though I know that is some of the biggest smokers. The reason I have for that is smoking weed while your body and brain are still developing can sometimes have ill side affects. I personally only had my first smoke when I was 21 and I am glad for this. Because if my lungs got this affected from years of smoking in my 20's then I would hate to have seen what it would have done if I had started while in school. If I had started smoking young I probably would never have moved to the UK, seen Europe (well... maybe Amsterdam). Personally I think if your going to smoke and smoke well and hard then college is the time to do it (or the age you would go to college). I have done that a lot even though I didn't go to college. Thats not to say that you can't be a functional stoner but when I say smoke well and hard I mean caning it. Smoking so much you have a weed hangover the next day. This can only be done when you don't have a career or family, apart from the odd boys night that is. So legalise, regulate and put an age limit on it. Kids are still going to be smoking it, but hopefully not as much as there won't be anybody selling it round the playground. Or at least if there are harsh penalties for supplying to minors that is.

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Curcolio_fml 0

If they legalised weed, they would have to admit they've been wrong before. That's not going to happen. XD

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Rollingstone_fml 0

Ok, let's get something straight. Weed is worse for u than alcohol or tobacco because it does the negative things that both do. While alcohol creates patches in your brain that are unresponisve and among other things tobacco gives you lung cancer lady green does both. So you guys can smoke all you want, but know what it does to you. Also don't give it to ******* twelve year oldes. (yes that means you Tabatha)

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Rollingstone_fml 0

Ok, let's get something straight. Weed is worse for u than alcohol or tobacco because it does the negative things that both do. While alcohol creates patches in your brain that are unresponisve and among other things tobacco gives you lung cancer lady green does both. So you guys can smoke all you want, but know what it does to you. Also don't give it to ******* twelve year oldes. (yes that means you Tabatha) I posted this twice 4 emphasis

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musu_fml 0

#88 and #89 Forgive me if I don't take your claim seriously. I tend not to trust scientific "facts" when they are delivered without any sources, from someone who spells the the second-person pronoun as "u".

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