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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek
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I almost used that same video as my sig. Good group.
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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek
Why even make it legal? I guess if you're a pot smoker then you would be all for it.
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I personally could give a sht if they make it legal or not, I'm still going to get it and smoke it.
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Originally Posted by Kevin
1) It costs a crapton of money to enforce the law.
2) It costs another crapton of money to warehouse nonviolent (drugs only) offenders.
3) Keeping marijuana illegal allows organized crime to have a major source of revenue which leads to violence and in Mexico's case, government instability which leads to a lot of deaths and bad stuff which wouldn't happen if the drug was being sold legitimately.
4) It's a low cost way for many people with serious ailments to deal with those ailments without the use of expensive drugs which may have undesirable side-effects (as far as I know, and I've never used the stuff, so I don't have much frame of reference, marijuana doesn't have any undesirable side effects, bad interactions or anything which might give rise to concern).
5) Constant marijuana use isn't nearly as bad for you as continuous alcohol use.
ETA: 6) In the Netherlands, where the stuff is quasi-legal, there is just about no problem with meth and other drug use is drastically lower.
7) An extension of #6: Many terrorist groups and other international bad guys make a lot of money producing or transporting other drugs for use in the United States. Legalization of marijuana would be a huge financial blow.
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Agreed. Making it legal isn't going to change a thing, at least nothing that's a major change. Sure, you'll have your accidents, but I've seen some idiots getting into accidents just because they don't know how to drive.
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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek
Yeah, I'm sure there will be some designated areas, but what about just walking around outside smoking it like a cigarette. I jog every morning so what if I pass someone smoking it and I smell it. That's unfair to me.
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No offense, but your post on this issue suck. Here's why. You're pissed because you don't want to smell it and you think it effects your health, because of that you want to keep it illegal. If that's the case, then make transportation illegal too. Cars and buses effect your health too, because you breathe in the pollution daily.
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Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam
You can't get a contact high from simply smelling pot as you run by.
You can't get lung cancer from simply smelling pot OR cigarettes as you run by.
If someone is completely wasted and reeks of booze, you can't get drunk from smelling it, and as long as that person doesn't touch you or harm you in any way, they are fully within their rights. "Harm" does not include "that person is smelly."
You don't *have* to do anything. But are you proposing an outlaw on passing gas because the smell is obnoxious? What about Indian Food, you wanna outlaw that too?
Coffee isn't "good" for you and some people can't stand the smell. I say we should ban drinking coffee in public places. After all, it seems like I'm using the same logic as you.
Any health risk to you as a non smoker and someone who doesn't smoke pot as you run by someone who is doing either of those things is negligible.
Come up with better reasons for the continued outlaw of marijuana. "Oh well I guess if they just do it in their homes that would be OK" is not a good reason. There are better reasons than that.
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I agree with some of this, but most of your comparisons are pretty shitty. Do you bust your ass in pubilc or while you're at work? Why or why not? Trying to make a point by comparing a natural bodily function to smoking really didn't get your point across. I agree with some of it though and that's because I smoke it.
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