Poll: Weed is it good or Bad?

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

On a personal note, I'd want it legalized in the US because it does what all those other psych meds I've been prescribed are supposed to do, which is level me out. Instead of high energy, ADHD moments (manic) and low energy pissed/sad/depressed moments, I have normal days, can hold normal conversations with people and order my thoughts in a correct manner. Also I'm not annoyed or pissed off by things that would otherwise bother me, I sleep better and regularly and have less pain in my back and I'm not doped up on painkillers that make me unable to function.
Of course, that is me and it certainly doesn't work for everyone.
On the legal side it will clear out a lot of people who didn't need to be in jail/on probation in the first place other than they violated a law but weren't actually hurting anyone. I've noticed the people who have problems in life "due to pot" actually don't need pot to have problems in life, its just an excuse. "Pot makes you lazy" is a stereotype, not a proven fact. I know a lot of potheads who actually do more when they're high, but thats personal experience talking.
At any rate, I don't see what the big deal is but I get the feeling that most of the people who want it to remain illegal had bad experiences with it and think that because it didn't do anything for them it must be bad or are so uptight that they don't realize the alcohol they drink does way more damage to their body than pot does. There may be other reasons but the general fear-mongering ones I've heard so far are just propaganda.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

I've smoked it, but it's definitely not good.

That. Never saw what was so great about it after doing it either...

 

[adderseal]

I've tried it and it was boring. Waste of time.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Well, there are drugs that aren't particularly addictive or dangerous so long as you have the willpower, but plenty of people don't.

Weed isn't dangerous or more addictive than alcohol. However, if you don't have the willpower you can use it far too often and it can ruin your life.

But still, I think that's less likely than with alcohol. I would say that it should be legal and is a good thing, but, as with everything like that, lots of caution is required.

 

[Theninja'skatana]

Will anything change if it's legalized? Think about it now.
We basically have the stuff delivered to every major populated area covertly.
(Taxes on it won't do any good dealers already have it here cheaply.)
Nobody will smoke it if they don't want to.
(They already are)
And for those arguing it's a stepping stone (towards more drugs being legalized) remeber this:
Majority rule. There aren't as many Meth legalizers as there are weed legalizers.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Never tried it, never will... I just hate the smell... it makes me sick.

 

[Furious Styles]

Its good, but don't get too high. I greened out bad a few weeks ago on my friends ultra potent hash cookies. it felt like my eyes were filling with air, water was running out of my knees, my daydreams were constructed from really jerky stop motion plasticene and I was a spectrum, dark side of the moon style, and my green and red sides were floating away.

It was pretty unsettling, I've never been anywhere near that bad before.

 

[shootthebandit]

I've never smoked weed and don't intend to. You don't need illicit drugs to feel good. Why not enjoy the natural high of a long hike in the country, playing tennis with friends, singing songs around a camp fire, or that special feeling you get from being with someone you love.

Look at nature's happiest creature the Axolotl

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Does it need drugs? Hell no! Look at it. The damn thing's tripping 24/7 on the buzz of being a primordial Salamander. We can learn a lot from creatures like this.

Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to finish the rest of this bottle of Tequilla. *Collapses in a heap*

best reply ever, he should be the new mascot "axolotl says dont do drugs"

lol if its illegal, its illegal. I dont want to end up in jail and get bummed by a big sweaty dude just coz i decided to do something immature.

theres generally a reason why things are illegal. murder, rape, theft are not nice things and they are illegal

also i can see alot of people are disputing facts here, i think its because people have different reactions, so for that reason i think your best off not trying it if you dont know how it will effect you

 

[garfoldsomeoneelse]

Cannabis is a wonderful plant with many medicinal qualities, including analgesic properties and unconfirmed-but-promising incredibly useful [http://americanmarijuana.org/pot.shrinks.tumors.html].

I make no secret of the fact that I love cannabis. I must also assert that the prohibition and demonizing of cannabis is an illogical, unconstitutional ban on a plant that is illegal for the simple fact that it is too useful for industrial/pharmaceutical corporations to compete with, and that means less lobbyist money for politicians to pocket.

To quote the great Carl Sagan [http://www.iwise.com/dAwIt]:

"The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world."

EDIT: To those claiming a "tried it, didn't like it" experience, I'd wager that it was not properly inhaled. Before you take that as an accusation of incompetence, allow me to mention that I smoked cigarettes for two years without properly inhaling them, unaware that I was doing it wrong. It's easy to do it wrong without knowing it, which is why I "didn't get high" the first few times I smoked it, either; when I manned up and decided to ignore the unpleasant sensation of inhaling, though, I finally got the tour-de-force, and it remains one of the highlights of my life.

 

[Internet Kraken]

I honestly have no fucking clue if weed should be illegal or not. Which is a problem since I have to write a paper on the Mexican drug war, and this factors into it.

I have seen both sides of this argument dozens of times. I have never seen conclusive proof that either side is correct. Though that might simply be because I can't tell what is true since I've seen so much disinformation. So I've been perfectly fine to just ignore this debate. I can't tell which side is right, and it doesn't really affect me, so why bother with it?

Well that's not really an option now. So I'm trying to find out if marijuana is truly as destructive as some claim and if it being illegal is a good thing. And once again, I can't tell what is true and what is a lie. On one hand, marijuana is used for medical purposes, so it couldn't be to destructive? Though at the same time I think it is only used in extreme cases involving severe depression. Just because it is used for medical purposes doesn't mean it should necessarily be legalized either. Some say it is more destructive and addictive than alcohol, and is illegal as a result. Others say the opposite. So to me it seems like both sides are fabricating false evidence to support their position, as I can't determine what the truth is.

One thing I do know is that over 90% of the marijuana sold in the US comes from the drug cartels in Mexico. Since I've seen this statistic come from multiple sources that seem fairly unbiased, I'm tempted to believe it is true. So even if I didn't think marijuana was harmful, I would never use it because odds are I would be putting more money into the pockets of the drug cartels.

 

[CarpathianMuffin]

Some of my best friends partake quite often. I don't really care either way about it. Certainly not the worst thing that's ever happened, and it does have a lot of uses.

 

[MMETEORAGA1994]

I find it interesting how ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING is now considered 'gaming discussion'.

On topic, it's no longer a matter of what's good or bad, but really just what people want as a whole

 

[shootthebandit]

ill be joining the army

your not seriously telling me you will continue to smoke weed in the army, theres a reason why alcohol is banned when on tour of duty. Also in a disciplined organisation you arent even disciplined enough to give up something you say you arent even addicted to.

i hope you are in the US army and not the UK army, infact i hope you get a court martial. this is why the army is losing wars and people are dying on our side because people like you think its fun to smoke weed and cant maintain the discipline of the armed forces.

 

[teqrevisited]

Gaming discussion?

Skipping that detail, my experience is that those who dabble in illegal substances end up harming everyone around them (In my case, family members including myself having money stolen from to fund use or pay debts owed to a supplier). Based on the actions of those I've known I would be inclined to go entirely against the use of drugs, although I do realise that any substance has the potential to be abused and irrationally desired and that such actions depend on the person.

I suppose people can do what they want, but I don't want those people anywhere near me or anyone I care about.

 

[Matt-the-twat]

Weed is great.

I say this after just coming back from a trip to Amsterdam. Different types can affect your mood in different ways so some people that may not have had such a good time with it for this reason, doesn't mean that all weed will affect you in that way. I've had weed here in Britain and it was to be honest nothing special, but smoking it properly improved it no end. A lot of it is in the execution of how you smoke it.

I think Alcohol is more damaging to you tbh and weed's better anyway. Should be legalised.

 

[Ewyx]

Weed is known to give people a sharp reaction when they hit their later years, 40's, 50's. The reaction being similar to schizophrenia, but more like post-traumatic stress disorder(shell shock). When you keep altering your brain's chemicals all your life, the balance gets screwed up over time.

If that was true, pretty much every anti-drug crusader would be spewing it 24/7. Also, there's a LOT of false information when it comes to any sort of illicit substances. So I'd check your sources carefully.

ill be joining the army

your not seriously telling me you will continue to smoke weed in the army, theres a reason why alcohol is banned when on tour of duty. Also in a disciplined organisation you arent even disciplined enough to give up something you say you arent even addicted to.

i hope you are in the US army and not the UK army, infact i hope you get a court martial. this is why the army is losing wars and people are dying on our side because people like you think its fun to smoke weed and cant maintain the discipline of the armed forces.

Haven't you seen Apocalypse Now? Real soldiers fight on acid.

 

[Lineoutt]

I owe my livelihood to medical marijuana. If I

Why not just legilise it
like i wouldn't be on the streets about it.
the members of governments are just a bunch of old men who said weed is bad
and are gonna stand by that statment.
p.s. weed stops you from being bored so there is no motivation to do much
your just kinda like "whatever" i guess thats the only real bad thing
butthey could prescribe it to kids with add or whatever, its better than riddlen

Legalizing pot is bad for growers. Trust me its not good.

But yeah its good for ADHD

 

[Littlee300]

It destroys brain cells more then faster then alcohol. And The reason it's illegal is because this is exactly why people can't do it cause THIS WILL HAPPEN if it's legal. Car wrecks will be on the rise. People will die.

Flame bait much?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoK6NztH3eQ
0 people died from marijuana, more people die from aspirin.

 

[bob-2000]

Never tried it and never will.

 

[garfoldsomeoneelse]

Legalizing pot is bad for growers. Trust me its not good.

Frankly, this argument against legalization pisses me off. The currently-licensed growers have a stranglehold on the market, and are basically saying "hey, fuck the rest of you, we've got ours". To claim that corporations are going to somehow ruin the cannabis industry is an agonizingly ironic outcry of "we don't want competition because they're greedy".

You are familiar with microbreweries, yes? Despite the fact that Annheiser-Busch and other enormous beer manufacturers are popular national brands, they do extremely well with local business, because they tend to be of higher quality. The local growers and distributors that you're worried about would fill a similar niche. The fact that they would impede the progress of a nation in regards to drug policy in the name of a profits show that they're every bit as soulless as the corporations they're saying will ruin cannabis.