Legalizing Marijuana?

Just to get this out of the way before getting to my point, I too have not smoked marijuana.

One big reason why marijuana has not been legalized yet is because it is too hard to reguate, since it is natural. Regulating and taxing marijuana is rather difficult.

And it is not even as close to being as deadly as tobacco. Cigarettes contain nicotene, which is highly addictive, and tons of chemicals, including arsenik (rat poison). Marijuana is all natural, and you cannot get addicted to it.

 

In some places you can get it for easing of pain in some areas, in example if you got an bad back and it constantly makes you feel it's about to break, you can get it "legally to use" if it's used for the medical purposes. I read a story about one finnish man who didn't want to stop using because it helped his bad back and there was some other reasons as well, but they weren't in the negative side.

Me and couple of my friends discussed about this few days ago (since we all smoke weed, but not like it would be an usual thing to do) if marijuana would be legalized, but one bad side-effect would be that it would jump over some medicines, just like those what eases pain. Of course those who wouldn't smoke even if it would be legalized and said that it's not dangerous, I think that the older people wouild still prefer the pills better. But within the young, let's say about 18-26, we thought that it would be popular in those ages.

But it cannot really be said before it would be legalized. All kind of things would happen.

 

lol, this is related to drugs thread XD
but oh well.... yay more debates

there is some negative effects, if you keep on taking it it will mess up you mind, but if its use in medicine its somewhat ok
i've seen many who have gone through this because one of my family did and rebeled against me parents

 

Actually, in own way, these two threads are not the same The other is about drug addiction, this is about legalizing one drug.

 

yea but in a way its still related to drugs that we talk about in the drug thread.

 

It's good to have this thread anyway, 'cause when we're talking about the legalizing in the drug addiction topic, we're off-topic from the real point, and I don't knoe if it is, but usually it's against the forums rules.

 

Legalizing marijuana has it's pros and cons.

Pro: It can be taxed. And because there are so many people who do it, it would be profitable.

Con: Ethics. It is unethical to legalize it because legalizing it is indirectly supporting it.

An example of the con is some tax thing done here in California either a few months ago or a year ago. There was some prop about taxing Indian casinos. Yes, taxing those casinos would help, but by doing that it is somewhat encouraging people to go and gamble. And when people gamble too much, it becomes something bad.

And yes, I'm aware the con for legalizing marijuana is debateable.

 

hm.... what your saying is true,
and you have good points to to which it was going to relate to what i was going against.
legalizing it would be not good for the community, its good for taxing but the community would be messed up. its better to choose a different way then risking the live of the people education and whatnot

 

I don't think they should legalize pot.

 

why why why why why swhy?
lol give reason so we can keep on debating
yay more debates
bring more more more XD

 

Because its stupid

 

Pot would be California's cash crop.
We'd be out of debt within at least 5 years.

well, for my state at least.
most likely less.

It'd also clear out prisons.

 

it's natural grown plant. we're worried about destorying the planet with burning forest.. don't go killing weed. lol. yeah the economy would make a crap load of money.