Marijuana--Should it be legalized? Most people have their own opinions to everything, of course, but is marijuana as bad as some say it is? Why is marijuana illegal in some states, but about 10 other states have passed state for it to be legal? Some say marijuana is helpful for some medical conditions and to reduce stress, among other benefits . . . what's your opinion? Would legalizing marijuana be harmful or helpful to our society? Would it stop drug wars? Could marijuana be a cure for some conditions? What are the disadvantages of legalization?
Shannon Adams (11:00)
25 comments:
YES, MARIJUANNA SHOULD BE LEGALIZED, BECAUSE IT IS NOT AS BAD AS SOME PEOPLE MAKE IT OUT TO BE.MARIJUANA CAN HELP CURE SOME THINGS WELL AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT STUDIES SHOW.LEGALIZING MARIJUANA CAN BE HELP-FUL IN MANY WAYS AND ALSO HARMFUL IN MANY WAYS. THE WAYS THAT IT CAN BE HELPFUL IS THE FACT THAT IT CAN KEEP MANY PEOPLE OUT OF JAIL BECAUSE THEY WONT HAVE TO SNEEK AND SELL MARIJUANA TO ANYONE THEY CAN JUST FREELY DO IT.IF TEHY WERE TO LEGALIZE IT THEY WOULD MOST LIKELY SELL IT IN THE STORES AND NOT JUS ON THE STREET. THEY MIGHT JUST EVEN PUT A TAX ON IT.....................
JATAUN V. COLLINS
Why is marijuana not legal yet? Because politicians who could move forward a bill to legalize marijuana are afraid doing so would damage them politically. I think most reasonable people now realize that marijuana is no more dangerous to individual/societal health than alcohol is.
James Burke
I believe the reason that the United States does not legalize marijuana is the fact that it is a drug. I feel that it should be legalized because there are many uses of this herb that are used for good. Many people argue that weed will lead others into doing more drugs. I believe that marijuana is a drug that calms you not speeds you up and like many other drug effects. Weed is very much different than many other harsh drugs. The government is just frightened to legalize a "drug" even though there are many good uses for it.
Darci W
I think the general reason our government won't legalize marijuana, is because they don't want to blatantly allow a harmful substance to the public.However, alcohol and tobacco are all around more life threatening than marijuana.Also, the money that our government would receive from users would be a ton.They would no longer be putting people in jail,which would free up prison costs,and if they taxed marijuana like we do cigarettes and alcohol, we would only benefit from it.
-Tyler Ribbe
Marijuana will be legalized eventually. Its just a matter of time. It has a potential to reduce government costs as well as increase state revenues. This will approximately increase the revenue by 8.7 billion dollars. states such as California are close to legalizing the drug. once other states see the budgetary savings other states will be likely to follow.
Rocky V.
(1:00)
I think marijuana hasn't been legalized because of the generation that is still in control. They see it as a harmful drug still and don't want to find out what will happen when it is legal. It has become a popular topic in the U.S today and i do believe one day it will be legalized. Then i think one advantage of legalizing marijuana would keep prisons from being overcrowded. Then for one disadvantage of legalizing would be since it is out in the public kids would start smoking at a younger age and would be able to get it easier than it already is.
Jared
I believe the reason for not legalizing marijuana is the the word--drug. If politicians were to pass a law does that mean they are drug addicts? It's like prohibition for alcohol--you know politicians drank but they kept fighting to keep it illegal. I have seen the positive results of pot on people with health issues and mental unbalance. I would much rather be sharing the road with someone under the influence of pot rather than someone under the influence of alcohol. It is better for someone with anger issues to indulge in pot smoking instead of consuming alcohol--which increases their anger.
Peg B.
The obvious answer to why it isn't legal yet is that it is all a big money game when it comes to the United States government.The disadvantages to legalizing it, for me anyway, are mostly health related.The short term effects of using it are many, problems with memory and learning, distorted perception, loss of motor coordination,increased heart rates, and trouble with thinking and problem solving. Even worse are the long term effects of using it, such as CANCER!! Marijauna has some of the same carcinogenic ingredients as the chemicals found in cigarettes. Only 5 joints equals the full pack of cigs, there are incidents of obstructions of lungs and airways, and pneumonia, and it impairs the ability of T-cells in your lungs immune system to fight off infections. Under U.S. lawsince1970, it has been a schedule 1 controlled substance which means, in it's smoked form-IT HAS NO COMMONLY ACCEPTED MEDICAL USE! However there are still dummies out there trying to scream "medicine" and not doing adequate research to back up their claim. Data has shown that "pot" smokers show the same lack of coordination on the standard drunk driving tests as the people who were drinking. It effects your concentration, coordination, and reaction time-JUST LIKE ALCOHOL. When the government found that thc, the active ingredient in marijuana,also known as tetrahydracanabinol,had medicinal quality, it meant in pill form to ease nausea, and some pothead somewhere started screaming "its like medicine dude" from the rooftops and people just ran with it like the dummies that they are. Do your research people. The effects are just as bad as cigarette smoking, its just that most researchers assume that you will smoke less pot than you would cigarettes. Yet in rel life, people who aren't studying up on the subject end up smoking pot daily and then suffer the repercussions of it later. DUH!! Is it a gateway drug? No, not necessarily, however, all you dummies out there who think its OK to smoke it end up feeling ten feet tall and bullet proof after awhile, somewhat more bold than before, and that lil devil sittin on your shoulder tells you"well pot ain't as bad as they said, so i bet such and such ain't bad either!" DUH AGAIN! while it may not be completely bad...it isn't good either. I love some of the other comments for this particular passage. It is so easy to tell who gets high and who doesn't. I can't wait to see what condition some of them are in in 5 or 10 years from now, when their tolerance level has gone up so much that half of every paycheck goes to supporting their drug habit and they wonder why they are always broke. That is if they even have jobs. It really does kill any good amount of motivation a person might have . And I really feel sorry for the people who use it to be"social." QUIT FOOLING YOURSELVES! Are those the types of people you want to be social with? wait til you owe the $100 bucks for that last ounce they fronted you and they threaten to burn your damn house down or beat you up. does that sound social enough for you? WOO HOO! Lets socialize!!As far as the benefits go, it makes a pretty good rope. There used to be a rope factory somewhere along route 45 between thomasboro and rantoul, and lots of young potheads who here those old stories still scour the area between the tracks and the highway looking for a plant that may have been missed. The thing is, they aren't even smart enough to distinguish between a male or female plant. One gets you high, the other is used for rope because its fibers in the stalk are so strong.As I originally stated though, it is all a big money game. The government has over 3000 acres of marijuana growing in the state of Alabama, with armed guards guarding it every 20 feet, and they crop it 3 times per year and sell it to people in the field of medicine. They are making so much money from it themselves that if it were to be legalized, the price would go down and they would make less money off of it.
M.S.Humes
For the person who made the long comment right above this one . . . well, some of your stuff is right--marijuana does have harmful effects on the body no one is saying its good for you. Its not really a medicine but it can be used for something to treat things like glaucoma and nausea. Some patients who have cancer get prescribed THC in the form of a pill or in a form of food. But you seem to be stereotyping all potheads as crazy drug people that act like they got sucked into the crack world. You are putting a view on all potheads from potheads you see on TV. Not all people who smoke pot are "dummies" who feel like they are ten feet tall and lose all the motivation they have. Those are people we call "burn-outs" people can be like that that even if they are sober, not every pot head is alike ya know.
And you are right some serious potheads in 20 years may have a terrible memory but you wont see them on a death bed with a ventilator in their throat or getting a kidney transplant. Pot isn't good for you but its not terribly bad either.
Nikki
Saying that pot isn't terribly bad shows your intelligence level. I suppose you think CANCER isn't terribly bad either. I have stood by 4 bedsides now ,in the last 11 years and held the hands of loved ones as they breathe their last breath. Have you actually seen cancer of the mouth up close and personal? It looks like raw bloddy hamburger with white film across it. Imagine staring into the eyes of your father as your both crying and he looks at you and he says"I'm sorry babe, I didnt mean for this to hurt you too." Imagine watching him gasp for air as the nurses are shoving various sized tubes into every orafice possible. imagine seeing him spitting up blood, and peeing blood all day long because the massive bouts of chemo and radiation has opened up bleeding ulcers in his stomach and there is so much blood that it has to come out somewhere! imagine driving him home from chemo and radiation while he is puking in your floorboaed of your car and he is so weak from it that you practically have to carry him into the house. now imagine staring into his eyes while your holding his hand and you see the life leave him, and you hear the sound of the heart monitor change and nurses come in and tell you to let him go because he is"gone now". then do the same thing four years later with your grandma. watch her get smaller and thinner and weaker everyday for 6 months untill one day you are called to her house to say your goodbyes because the hospice nurse tells you its almost over for her. stand by her bed and tell her how much she means to you and beg god not to take her. but he does anyway as you all stand there crying like babies. watch as your husband carries both your father and your grandma to their graves and then find out a few short years later that he too has lung cancer. see if its "not terribly bad" then.watch them zip your husband up into a body bag and carry him out of your bedroom on a gourney and tell me again that smoking ANYTHING AT ALL isnt bad. it is bad sweetie. it is beyond bad and i pray you never live through my hell. m.s.humes
It should be legalized because we are spending too much money on the drug war. And its a losing battle. Reason why some states have it legalized because some states politics are more acceptable to the generation becoming. i believe it would be helpful to our society because we are spending a lot of money to put people in jail for and instead of spending that money we could be using it for other things. i dont believe it could ever be used as a cure for some conditions but there are many reasons out there that marijuana can help.
Jared (1:00)
If marijuana does help medically then why shouldn't we legalize it? we want to prevent diseases don't we? and if it helps aid in preventing them then yes it should be legal. It would also solve the disputes between drug dealers and buyers and lower the risk of people being killed over it.
Lauren (11:00)
marijuana should most definitely be legal. it helps in so many ways, i mean everything has its bad effects so how much worse can smoking a lil marijuana be... and yesss i know you thinking like yea she smoke. and you right i do, for all the right reason.
dea shanay
I believe that marijuana is not legalized because many people consider it a "gateway drug", meaning that once you do marijuana, you are more likely to do other, harder drugs. While I do not have any personal experience with marijuana, I do not believe it should be legal just as I do not think any type of nicotine should be legal. My grandfather died of lung cancer from smoking his entire like and my cousin died from an alcohol related car accident. I do not smoke and I do not drink, however, I don't judge people who do. I don't believe that marijuana has enough positives to be something that should be legal.
Morgan Russian
Marijuana is a herbal medicine but some people are using it too much it causes danger to their health because it is a drug. For me I don't want it to be legalized in Illinois because some people might abuse buying it and they will be taking too much of that. I know a person who smokes weed everyday that he got addicted to the drug and it makes me worried that he is over using it and it'll ruin his health if he doesn't stop taking it everyday. He seems to have a change of behavior after taking marijuana
Samantha E.
I think that marijuana should be legalized. I have always supported the right of each individual to determine what they choose/don't choose to consume. The legalization of marijuana should be a issue decided amongst each individual and not by the criminal justice system. I think that the government already wields too much power and the issue of marijuana consumption/use is just another way the government tries to tell/legislate how we live our lives. I don't think that legalization would be harmful to our society. However, I don't know how helpful legalization would be as well. Maybe it could be/is a cure of medical conditions. Maybe legalization will stop gang drug wars and end rampant police corruption. I am unsure but I guess all that will be determined as soon as the government decides to stop legislating what a individual's rights are and aren't. I think that people have the right to take/use and put anything into their bodies that they choose too.
Eldridge (11:00)
I believe that marijuana should be legal. It has been proven to help many cases involving medical use. Also I believe the crime rate will go down because people will not be selling it and hiding it from the officials. If marijuana is legal police officers can focus more on the hard core drugs like cocaine or meth. I feel that being able to grow a certain amount of weed could be useful to the government as well becuse they can tax it and we all know that they love to do that.
Darci (11:00)
Yes i believe marijuana should be legalized in this country for a plethora of reasons. One being that alcohol is legal. Alcohol is far worse for your health and causes more deaths per day then marijuana has in its lifetime. I think that fact alone speaks volumes about the legality of marijuana. Another reason is the health benefits that marijuana offers. It has many medicinal uses that could be beneficial to people with certain medical conditions. All in all marijuana should be legalized. I feel that it would benefit society tremendously.
Brett Scott (11:00)
Marijuana is a drug and you say it isn't bad well then how bad is coke, meth, or steroids for you. I mean does anybody know the long use effects of weed? Whats so bad about coke it makes you feel good to does it not? I mean doctors even use steroids so why not let athletes use them in significant doses? I mean if you legalize marijuana then you are gonna want something else legalize. Also if you did legalize weed pot heads wouldn't have anything to talk about any more that would be a plus. Also it marijuana that is the gate way drug cause after you see how good if feels to get high on it you want to try something a little better and stronger. I really don't believe it can cure diseases. But I feel like after you make it legal just make coke and other drugs legal to.
Micah
I feel the legalization of marijuana would be a good thing. I feel that it doesn't harm people as bad as tobacco products or alchol and they are both legal. i definitly feel it reduces stress and its impossible for people to OD on it. We also could tax weed and then the drug cartels wouldn't make such a profit off america because we would be able to grow it here. maybe it could reduce some violence in mexico. It clearly has medical benifits since its already used as medicine in some cases. I guess the only negative affects that I can think of is that some people may take advantage of it being legal and just be high all the time, but I really don't think that would be a problem because people are usually way more laid back and chill when they are high.
-jake rone-
I think that marijuana should not be legalized. If it is, it will only be a matter of time before people want the next thing legalized. There is always a want to do something illegal, and then people get mad because it is not legal. Making marijuana legal is not the issue; it is what would be expected afterwards.
Landon W 11:00
Marijuana could help people, and help make different types of medicine. Everything can be used, but people given the chance to experience it, or learn from others that its a bad thing, they won't dare to try the drugs for themselves. If we were to legalize it, there would be people who want to defy the law. So they want to try deeper drugs, and cause more trouble.
Daniel (1:00)
i believe it should be but it should be taxed and there should be a limit of how much you should carry with you. we should sort of treat marijuana like cigars.the only problem that i see with this is that it can effect some people during thier work and it can also put other people at work in danger. but i also believe we should let people make their own decision, just like we do with alcohol and cigars.
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