In your Opinion, Should pot be legalized

[Locut0s]

Yes.

It's less dangerous than alcohol and cigarettes or at the very worst just as dangerous. Those two have been integral parts of our society for decades. You see alcohol everywhere you go, it's advertised everywhere, it's on restaurant menus, it's part of normal social interactions. Besides all that it's used in many places almost just as much as it would be if it were legal now. Given the percentage of people who smoke it now whatever horrible apocalyptic things puritans think will come about due to legalization would already be happening now. Make it legal, tax it and put the production into the hands of companies, or let people grow it themselves. For one thing this will remove much of the criminal element that people worry about (the only legitimate argument people have about it).

Continuing to demonize pot as some evil menacing drug while keeping alcohol and cigs legal makes as much sense as banning the sale of green cars while keeping all other colours on the road.

 

[Zebo]

I disagree. I can drink a half gallon of Crown and still be GtG next day. One joint totally puts me to sleep and out of it for 24 hours.

Still think all should be legal - it's a individual liberty issue.

 

[Locut0s]

Repost.

And my answer is yes.
Legalize it and put those fucking Columbian drug lords and Mexican drug mules out of business. And brutally punish anyone who sells it without a license.

Fuck it, why not make a license for purchase too? You have to take a class on THC and the dangers it can present when used without responsibility, and then pass a written test. When done, pay a small fee for the license. You abuse your priveledge, you lose your license for a year or more. Again, seriously punish anyone with or without a license who sells to someone without their purchase license.

I honestly believe that it will end all the shady street dealers. No one will bother selling dime bags out of their back alley when they cant make any profit competing with the big corporations, and will get hammered horribly by the government if they try.

Also, everything above I just said, needs to be done for booze as well. Maybe not the buyers license, but we really need to create a society that treats the drug more responsibly.

I doubt a huge amount of the Mexican and Columbian drug money is caught up in pot. Here in Vancouver most of the pot business is run by local thugs and organized crime running large grow OPs out of rented house. People also grow their own around here recreationally from seed. I would imagine the vast majority of the stuff coming over the borders down south is of much harder stuff like cocaine and heroine.

 

[Locut0s]

I disagree. I can drink a half gallon of Crown and still be GtG next day. One joint totally puts me to sleep and out of it for 24 hours.

Still think all should be legal - it's a individual liberty issue.

Don't know haven't tried it yet myself but maybe you just have a low tolerance for it? Many people can say the same about alcohol (one drink and they're out). Many very high functioning professionals around here have weekly if not daily pot habits.

 

[Locut0s]

Legal pot will suck, keep it illegal and keep it strong.

Put it in the hands of competing companies and I'm sure the quality will be pretty high. If the government is the only one growing it then yeah you are right.

 

[GWestphal]

In a word, Yes. I've smoked a few times. My virgin lungs can't handle it so I need a vapo.

 

[sao123]

no no and hell no

 

[Nik]

Oh good, we haven't talked about this subject this week. Thanks for bringing it up.

 

[Xylitol]

no i dont think it should except for medicinal use. the penalty should just be a light fine kind of like a parking ticket (to prevent retards)

 

[NetGuySC]

perhaps a poll would be in order

 

[squirrel dog]

Think of all the out of work Lawyers legalizing pot would create .

 

[coloumb]

imho, tax it regulate it and let the goverment make some money of it.

/thumbs up.

I don't smoke pot - no reason to. Taxing it would be a definite yes - sell it like cigarettes and use the money to improve the local government system.

There really is no reason why it shouldnt' be legal - I laugh when people say it's the gateway to hardcore drugs.

If anything, it's the gateway to driving to McDonald's and ordering 5 quarter pounders with 3 orders of fries or some possibly awesome sex. 🙂

 

[Linflas]

Absolutely. The US got along just fine without the drug nannies for the first 140 years of its existence. The war on drugs has done nothing but allow what would have once been considered unacceptable violations of our civil liberties to become commonplace along with an enormous expenditure of resources with little or no results.

 

[shortylickens]

I doubt a huge amount of the Mexican and Columbian drug money is caught up in pot. Here in Vancouver most of the pot business is run by local thugs and organized crime running large grow OPs out of rented house. People also grow their own around here recreationally from seed. I would imagine the vast majority of the stuff coming over the borders down south is of much harder stuff like cocaine and heroine.

If coca cola all of sudden couldnt stop selling coke, you'd better believe it would fuck them up permanently.
Yes, they have their fingers in about 2 dozen pies, but they cant lose their big sellers all of a sudden and not be wrecked.

 

[Genx87]

Yes, along with other drugs like opiates and cocaine. Regulate the market and make the drug cartels compete with Walmart. In the meantime increase the quality of the product for the users via regulation.

 

[GrantMeThePower]

Legalize it - don't criticize it
Legalize it and i will advertise it

Some call it tampee
Some call it the weed
Some call it Marijuana
Some of them call it Ganja

Legalize it - don't criticize it
Legalize it and i will advertise it

Singer smoke it
And players of instruments too
Legalize it, yeah, yeah
That's the best thing you can do
Doctors smoke it
Nurses smoke it
Judges smoke it
Even the lawyers too

Legalize it - don't criticize it
Legalize it and i will advertise it

It's good for the flu
It's good for asthma
Good for tuberculosis
Even umara composis

Legalize it - don't criticize it
Legalize it and i will advertise it

Bird eat it
And they leave it
Fowls eat it
Goats love to play with it

 

[TecHNooB]

Absolutely.

 

[Train]

Never done a drug in my life (other than alcohol), never will/would, and yes it should be legal. Government should have ABSOLUTELY NO involvement in personal choices like that. Regulate manufacture and sales, tax it to hell, and move on.

Agreed, with the condition that employers should be able to test for it whenever they want.

I dont want pot heads in the military/police, or operating heavy machinery, flying planes, etc.

 

[40Hands]

Yes. There is no valid reason for it to be illegal. Why no poll?

 

[40Hands]

Agreed, with the condition that employers should be able to test for it whenever they want.

I dont want pot heads in the military/police, or operating heavy machinery, flying planes, etc.

Don't worry, we already have alcoholics doing all of those.

 

[meltdown75]

we jammin... jammin... jammin

i wanna jam it with you

 

[NeoV]

yes, just to shut up all the losers that smoke it and the money that could be made off of it ( or saved )

 

[40Hands]

yes, just to shut up all the losers that smoke it and the money that could be made off of it ( or saved )

Translation: HURRR

 

[IGBT]

dope is a test. if you use it you fail.

 

[crownjules]

I doubt a huge amount of the Mexican and Columbian drug money is caught up in pot. Here in Vancouver most of the pot business is run by local thugs and organized crime running large grow OPs out of rented house. People also grow their own around here recreationally from seed. I would imagine the vast majority of the stuff coming over the borders down south is of much harder stuff like cocaine and heroine.

The Mexicans traffic everything and do grow their own pot. It's absolute crap but also dirt cheap.

I'm all for the legalization of pot. All of the pros for why have been listed, but the big three reasons I'm for it:

1) A decades long "War on Drugs" has wasted billions of dollars and failed to curtail useage of any drugs here in the US.
2) Elimination of a black market seller means less money going into the hands of criminal elements that use drug selling operations to fund other illegal activities.
3) Legalization opens it up for taxation, so not only do you stop wasting money on enforcing unenforceable laws but the government will make money.