So what do you think about cannabis?
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The word cannabis reminds me of the word cannibal...
I don't really understand why people want it to be legalized in the states so much. It just sounds like another way for people to get high or wasted. Personally, I like to get my high from playing games and doing awesome sh!t, no drugs needed here.
I don't really understand why people want it to be legalized in the states so much. It just sounds like another way for people to get high or wasted. Personally, I like to get my high from playing games and doing awesome sh!t, no drugs needed here.
I love how all the people saying they don't like it can only come up with frivolous reasons to back it up like "It smells bad" or "I've seen the effects". seriously, that ridiculous. How can you possibly think a smell should dictate the legality of a substance? Also if you've never tried a drug you don't understand it, and how can you judge something you don't understand?
Good reasons for legalisation are to create jobs and bring more money into the economy, prevent crime such as smuggling and selling on the streets (it's sketchy and the illegal network behind it is the biggest problem with weed), it's much less harmful than alcohol and tobacco, has medical benefits (helps people sleep, lowers blood pressure, can help with glaucoma or help people undergoing chemotherapy or people with certain eating disorders), if it's legal more viable research can be performed and the list goes on.
Good reasons for legalisation are to create jobs and bring more money into the economy, prevent crime such as smuggling and selling on the streets (it's sketchy and the illegal network behind it is the biggest problem with weed), it's much less harmful than alcohol and tobacco, has medical benefits (helps people sleep, lowers blood pressure, can help with glaucoma or help people undergoing chemotherapy or people with certain eating disorders), if it's legal more viable research can be performed and the list goes on.
captainfluoxetine said:
To quote the legend Bob Marley "Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction." Which fully agree with.Greyfox105 said:
And drink does make you stink. Everybody knows that. I'm not saying Ganja doesn't smell, cos it does, but not much more than cigarettes and only slightly more than lots of drink.
I have many opinions on Cannabis, too much to fit in one comment, but I will simply say that I am for it, in every way, legalisation, use of, medical purposes etc. And there is many people with me in one or all aspects:
Isn't one directly related to the other?themattd1000 said:
I believe pot should be legal, taxed and regulated, just like alcohol and tobacco. They're all dangerous and damaging drugs, but pot is no worse than these others, which are tolerated or accepted by society. There are certainly risks (we'd have potheads just like we have alcoholics today, and they're all a waste of life and a drain on society) but the benefits outweigh them.
It's pretty good so long as you don't build up a big habit. I don't really get the whole 4/20 thing, we don't have it over here. It's probably better off for smokers to keep it illegal anyway.
Or you could do what they do with cigarettes where only official vendors are allowed to sell it and everything else would be regarded as contraband. There could also be limits for how much drugs a vendor could carry and how much drugs a person is allowed to carry on themselves. It would basically be exactly like now except a part of the money would go to the budget. The police will still crack down on the illegal drug market except not as much money is going to be spent on supplying the "war on drugs" like before.Fire Daemon said:
The USA regularly sponsors the spraying of large amounts of toxic herbicides such as Roundup ver the jungles of Central and South America as part of its drug eradication plan. This in turn leads to health problems for many farmers and their families, most of which have nothing to do with the drug trade. Due to these herbicides crops are dying and farmers are are starving. Hell, the fact that drug use is not considered a victimless crime pretty much means that if you're caught doing a bit of weed you could end up with a record and in turn lose your shot at getting a job which pretty much means death or a life of crime.
Your argument about drug induced government control borders on paranoia. I'm not going to address it
If it's used for medicinal purposes, I'm not bothered, but of course some people have to ruin it for everyone else...
The problem is, our (the UK's) drug classification system is (like almost all countries) based on tradition and social acceptance rather than how dangerous they are.
The facts are, if ranked by potential 'harm' to the user, alcohol and tobacco would be ranked among the most dangerous of substances. This is backed up by sound scientific evidence.
(The picture is from Nutt et al 2007: 'Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs of potential misuse', published in the Lancet)
When viewed in that light the current system seems absurd. How is it fair to harshly penalise someone for using one substance deemed 'illegal', when they can easily get something 'harder' at their local supermarket? There aren't going to be attempts to criminalise the consumption of alcohol any time soon, and when they did just that in the US's recent history, look how well that turned out. This is rank hypocrisy.
For that main reason, I think certain drugs (such as cannabis and MDMA) should be legalised.
The facts are, if ranked by potential 'harm' to the user, alcohol and tobacco would be ranked among the most dangerous of substances. This is backed up by sound scientific evidence.
(The picture is from Nutt et al 2007: 'Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs of potential misuse', published in the Lancet)
When viewed in that light the current system seems absurd. How is it fair to harshly penalise someone for using one substance deemed 'illegal', when they can easily get something 'harder' at their local supermarket? There aren't going to be attempts to criminalise the consumption of alcohol any time soon, and when they did just that in the US's recent history, look how well that turned out. This is rank hypocrisy.
For that main reason, I think certain drugs (such as cannabis and MDMA) should be legalised.
My stance is that they should legalize it and regulate it the same way they do with alcohol. I really can't see a down side to legalizing marijuana, people who want to use it can now do so without fear of going to jail and putting further strain on the prison system. With it regulated they would be some quality control so there's less of a chance of being straight up poisoned by it (Hopefully at least). Lastly with all the weed that gets sold getting taxed there'd be some money going into the economy instead of into the pockets of criminals.
And here I'm usually pretty good at spelling things properly, my bad. Ha, will go back and edit.Sikratua said:
As far as the rest of your post, I completely agree
How about in the two combined?zehydra said:
Honestly, I can't wait for pot to become legal just because I want to see what kinds of wacky products they make from it and what major retailers would jump on board. New from Doritos, pizza-pot chips. All of the baking you need with no oven required!
I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not so I'll just assume you're being straightWilbot666 said:
1. I live in British Columbia, Canada
2. I've never smoked weed
Dude, I'm no search-bar Nazi, but USE THE FUCKING SEARCH BAR!
I've been at the Escapist for about a year now, I think, and I've seen NO LESS THAN 30 of these fucking threads.
OT: At this point in time, everyone at the Escapist just wants pot to be legalized so we don't have to see these threads anymore.