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Should Marijuana be Legalized?

Should it be legalized?


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I wanted to add that while I think all substances should be legal, there can and should be lefty of illegal activity surrounding them. Like it should be illegal to be under the influence while driving, around children, in public spaces not zoned for the activity, etc. There's a ton of other laws that could go into it but I think the substances themselves should be legal is all.
 
I wanted to add that while I think all substances should be legal, there can and should be lefty of illegal activity surrounding them. Like it should be illegal to be under the influence while driving, around children, in public spaces not zoned for the activity, etc. There's a ton of other laws that could go into it but I think the substances themselves should be legal is all.

Yes, people under the influence of drugs (maybe not weed, but much stronger drugs) often (not always) pose as a danger to the public. It would be silly to just legalise everything and let people who are high have access to cars and weapons.
 
The only thing I want to remain illegal is driving under the influence. Just because it's legal to own and smoke it doesn't make it excusable to get in your car and potentially kill somebody.

Thankfully it's illegal to operate a vehicle while under the influence here, just as it is with alcohol. As it should be too, you should be completely lucid when operating a 2 ton vehicle at high speeds.

Yeah, I've heard that weed can be considered the gateway drug but honestly, all the people that I know who does weed just does weed. Well, one also smokes cigs but that's it. I'm not doubting it happens but I have never actually seen it be the gateway drug it can be known for.

I've always thought the gateway argument is absurd. Nobody smokes weed and then says to themselves "I wanna do some meth!" :p Though I'm pretty sure milk was my gateway drug into eating cheeseburgers. Mmm, dairy.

It would be silly to just legalise everything and let people who are high have access to cars and weapons.

It's also illegal here to have a firearm on your person (whether concealed or not) while drinking. I'm all for restrictions when they are sensible, such as in this case.
 
I voted "I don't mind" because I know of its medical uses and even if it remains illegal, people will still find any way to get it no matter what, but I still know its effects are harmful to the human brain if used in a recreational manner.
 
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Yes but I think it should have the same rules/restrictions as alcohol and tobacco.
 
no i dont think it should be legal 🙃

so like... anybody know about that cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome or...

anyway, in terms of making it legal medicinally, why are non-medical field people even allowed to vote on that 🙃

then sometimes i wonder why people try to justify it by saying "well tobacco and alcohol are more harmful and are legal" because like ... do you guys not know that like,,, those two things are a huge part of the economy and like ... straight up banning them isn't gonna work too well since they're already a huge part of many people's lives 🙃 It's not that simple 🙃

I don't mean to sound rude or disrespectful but I don't really see the point you're trying to make. In my opinion if something like marijuana is going to be voted on and decided if it's going to be legal or not everyone should get a chance to vote in it. It can be used medically, but if it was made legal aside from medical use I'm sure a lot of people would be using it for recreational purposes too. You can use something like an alcohol wipe to clean something but that doesn't mean that's the only use for alcohol - plenty of people use that for recreational purposes.

Tobacco and alcohol are a big part of a lot of people's lives, but that doesn't exactly prove any point either. Alcohol and tobacco are worse and still legal, but I'm sure marijuana is a big part of some peoples lives too. Legalizing, and therefore taxing, marijuana could create a place in the economy for it like alcohol and tobacco. I don't know if you've noticed, but making weed illegal hasn't stopped people from using it. People are going to smoke it anyway, the government might as well make some kind of profit off it.
 
I think it should, since it does have some pretty solid medical uses and other benefits, but I voted for I don't mind since I haven't actually tried it, but i'm aware of the benefits it has and if it does more good than harm, I see no reason why not to.
 
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Sure, it's less harmless than alcohol and the law against it is only used to imprison people trying to make a living without harming anyone.
 
It already is where I live. I honestly don't care about it but I like the freedom of being able to use it if you want to (even for others, as I'm not too interested in it).
 
I think it should be legal so that it can be taxed. I fully believe in my country's public health care system, but for it to work things like cigarettes, alcohol and marijuana (and even unhealthy foods!) need to be heavily taxed to make up for their cost to the system.
 
I think it should be legal but have 18+ or 21+ restrictions for recreational use. I fully support it for medical uses, in a city near me it has really helped a young boy with schizophrenia and his parents hold events for the legalisation of marijuana in my city every year. It also helps parkinsons disease, depression, anxiety, anorexia, ect. I think it's a better way than using prescription medication.
It has many less negative effects than prescription drugs, alcohol, tobacco and stuff like that.

Although, I do live in a very "white trash" kind of drug problem town and its very normal for people to smoke around here despite it being illegal. I do know a few people who smoke weed way too much, all day every day for recreational use, and has led them to live lazy, unmotivated lives wasting all their money smoking it, and their main source of income is selling.
 
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It should absolutely be legal. I know so many people that would benefit from being prescribed cannabis to help with their anxiety disorders and OCD. I'm indifferent when it comes to recreational use, however, to say it should be illegal even when only given by a doctor is just ridiculous, as it is proven to be safer and far less addictive/damaging to the body as things like opioids.
 
I think it should definitely be legal for medicinal purposes. Recreational I'm still on the fence about. It feels wrong to be taking drugs to get high and out of our stressed mind state when people all over the world are just trying to survive. We have it so good compared to others in North America and we could be using the money to help others. Or perhaps we could use the profits from recreational marijuana to fund necessary social programs that we are lacking on.
 
it should be legal for medical purposes (but actually strictly controlled, not just "say some bull to a doctor and get some weed prescribed)

recreationally, however, it is really dangerous. it increases risk of stroke and heart attack, can cause mental illness, and lead to death. so many people don't take its risks seriously because they don't really think of it as a "drug" the same way they do things like heroin or crack

sources:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...fy-two-men-died-purely-result-using-drug.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...DIE-cannabis-poisoning-smoking-joint-bed.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/...risk-stroke-heart-attack-independent-tobacco/
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/...er-risk-for-heart-attack-or-stroke-says-study
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/two-denver-deaths-tied-to-recreational-marijuana-use/
 
it should be legal for medical purposes (but actually strictly controlled, not just "say some bull to a doctor and get some weed prescribed)

recreationally, however, it is really dangerous. it increases risk of stroke and heart attack, can cause mental illness, and lead to death. so many people don't take its risks seriously because they don't really think of it as a "drug" the same way they do things like heroin or crack

sources:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...fy-two-men-died-purely-result-using-drug.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...DIE-cannabis-poisoning-smoking-joint-bed.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/...risk-stroke-heart-attack-independent-tobacco/
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/...er-risk-for-heart-attack-or-stroke-says-study
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/two-denver-deaths-tied-to-recreational-marijuana-use/

I want to counter this with the fact that alcohol and tobacco have all those same problems and then some, and those are both legal substances. Do you think alcohol and tobacco should be made illegal?
 
I live in california so catch me taking edibles all the time B)
 
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