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Legalization of Marijuana/Hemp

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I'm personally for it, especially the hemp aspect of it.

Hemp has so many different uses and using it is much more friendly to our environment than current manufacturing products.

One acre of hemp can produce as much paper as 4 to 10 acres of trees over a 20-year cycle.
 
Medical Marijuana is legalized here, so okay to that poll option..

I personally don't really agree with the complete legalization of it. I think my main concern is the discreetness of being high - it's not particularly noticeable, unless you actually go around and flaunt it. I've known people in class who got high during lunch beforehand and it was hardly noticeable other than the fact that I knew they were. Spotting someone who is high vs. spotting someone who is drunk is a completely different story. The impaired aspect of it going hand in hand with driving is just a dangerous mix imo. With people essentially 'allowed' to be high, high impaired drivers wouldn't be nearly as easy to spot as a drunk driver, and I would without a doubt bet my 5 bucks that it would happen a lot more frequently as well.

While on the other hand, I do sort of agree with it being used as a recreational activity (in ones own privacy). But while still going back to that impaired factor, I'm a little torn between what I would deem allowed & not allowed, because ultimately the rule would probably be broken most of the time with the less-noticed impaired effects of it giving courage to someone wanting to get behind the wheel.

By keeping it illegal though, then I guess there's no worrying about anything involving it. I personally don't use it, so it doesn't directly affect me whether it's legal or illegal. I think legalizing it would ultimately lead to a whole lot more problems than if it were to just be left as it is right now
 
Slasher said:
By keeping it illegal though, then I guess there's no worrying about anything involving it.
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the illegal purchase often funds other crimes. If the government made it legal then it could be taxed just like alcohol, cigarettes, and gas
 
Just legalize it so these giggling fucking retards will shut the fuck up about it.

If there's anything on this earth that hasn't spawned a more juvenile, annoying subculture than marijuana, I haven't seen it.

I'd rather be locked in a concrete room with no windows with the worlds biggest Hannah Montant fan, than spend 2 minutes with a fucking pothead.
 
Where's the I don't care option. I don't smoke it but I believe if people want that they will regardless of whether it's legal or not. The police over here do so little about the end users that it might as well be legal now.

Saying that Medical-marijuana substitutes and hemp are both legal over here. There are loads of beauty and cosmetic products that contain hemp on the market here so that's another practical application of it.
 
Legalizing it will stop all the smuggling from south of the border. You'll still have problems with cocaine and meth, but at least it's one less thing smugglers can bring here.
 
Still not convinced by either side of this. Should be legalised to take it from the hands of criminals, standardise it, provide taxes and to decriminalise what is essentially a victimless crime.

But if it was legalised I know people (including me) would be smoking it more and living in a world where more people are stoned more of the time is not an appealing idea.
 
True, it's not hurting anyone. But i'm sure it would be a terrifying prospect seeing knowing that 60% of the people you meet will be high and everything will just become a joke.

My friend has a jumper made out of hemp though, apparently it's 20x more durable that denim.
 
Ciaran said:
But if it was legalised I know people (including me) would be smoking it more and living in a world where more people are stoned more of the time is not an appealing idea.
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I'm sure it would have the same controls put on it as Alcohol.
 
Joey said:
I'd rather be locked in a concrete room with no windows with the worlds biggest Hannah Montant fan, than spend 2 minutes with a fucking pothead.
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that is just absurd. the potheads you know must be a lot different from the ones I've seen. they were always relaxed and kinda quiet.
 
As long as alcohol and smoking are legal, marijuana should be legal. It just needs to be done in the privacy of your own home, and there need to be laws regulating its usage around children.
 
Teowulf said:
As long as alcohol and smoking are legal, marijuana should be legal. It just needs to be done in the privacy of your own home, and there need to be laws regulating its usage around children.
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Taking my first post into consideration though, as well as going off of what Ciaran & Sir_Axxewraith said, sure it would be no problem regulating and selling marijuana, but actually enforcing the rules surrounding it like alcohol has rules would be virtually impossible. I similarly agree with you on a moral level of thinking, thinking that it should be legal since it does no harm; but taking a look at what would ultimately come of legalizing it, I don't think it would be a smart decision.

If marijuana had similar restrictions as alcohol: You can get away with being high in public without a problem, whereas considering alcohol, it's quite noticeable. I guarantee you that if there was a law concerning only being able to smoke marijuana in the privacy of your home, that it would be done in public regardless and would occur way more frequently than alcohol does. It's way more frequent to know people who are high all of the time versus drunk all of the time, and so if that were to be allowed (legal) people would be smoking it everywhere & anywhere they want also considering it could be easily disguised as a cigarette. Imagine a world with the majority of the population high all of the time, I wouldn't want to be living in that world.
 
I personally haven't seen an issue with people who ARE constantly stoned. My buddies driving was completely unaffected, in fact he actually drove safer, as he usually speeds.
 
EndUnknown said:
I personally haven't seen an issue with people who ARE constantly stoned. My buddies driving was completely unaffected, in fact he actually drove safer, as he usually speeds.
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That's like saying when I drive drunk(well, more buzzed) my driving isn't affected. It usually doesn't really affect my driving (I guess I'm gifted), but in reality, my perception and level of being impaired is severely hindering my ability to drive regardless of what I think, making for a less controlled drive.

I can be buzzed and driving just fine, but that doesn't mean I should be driving
 
Yeah! you made our thread! Legalization FTW!
 
Hemp naturally has very small amounts of THC, you would have to smoke a ton of natural hemp before you felt anything.

The weed sold on the streets today has about 20 percent THC. The stuff in the 70s had about 2 percent. (If I remember my facts correctly)
 
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