Why do you think Herb should be legalized?

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I might as well just copy/paste the essay i did last semester:

The Forbidden Herb
Legalizing marijuana is one of the most debated topics in modern America. DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), continuously campaigns to keep marijuana ignorance high in America, and keep the plant illegal. Pro-marijuana groups have been fighting for years to make it legal. Many believe that legalization will bring about positive changes in America, while others would say legalization of marijuana is the harbinger of immorality, and the legalization of other illegal drugs. The legalization of marijuana in the United States would reduce drug related crime and boost the American economy.
When one analyzes the facts about marijuana, one might wonder, “why is this substance illegal, when there are more dangerous substances legal in America?”. One hundred thousand people die resulting from alcohol abuse each year. Zero people have died in history as a direct result of marijuana. Frankly, it’s ridiculous that alcohol, a legal substance, condoned by our society, has caused more fatalities than “the illicit marijuana substance”. Marijuana is a non-toxic substance, unlike many legal drugs on the market today. Between one hundred eighty and one thousand people die each year because of Aspirin, and over one hundred thousand people die resulting from any legal drug. “We’re pro-choice, we think everyone should have the right to smoke pot or not.” said Bud from Sublime, and why not? Almost half a million people die each year as a result of using tobacco products. Nicotine is one of the most addictive substances known to man and is found in tobacco. Marijuana, on the other hand, naturally contains no addictive chemicals. It is unjust and unfair to make a substance illegal when it is less dangerous than many legal drugs.
There are a tremendous amount of benefits that could come from legalizing marijuana. The immediate result of legalization would be the release of tens of thousands of non-violent “criminals”, unclogging overcrowded prisons. A reduced amount of crime would follow, because more accessibility to the drug would lead to less desperation in users, and fewer disputes between sellers and buyers. Police officers could also spend more time and effort searching for criminals who are dangerous to society. Many users of marijuana have a terrible attitude towards law enforcement and our government. The legalization would cause users of all ages to appreciate, rather than detest the presence of police in society and further respect the government. Albert Einstein once said, “The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the Prohibition law, for nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this.” Marijuana also has several medical uses, such as reducing nausea in chemotherapy patients, stimulating appetites in AIDS patients, and reducing headaches caused by glaucoma. Legalizing it would increase sufferers’ access to it as a medical treatment. If marijuana were legalized, it could easily become as large and profitable as the tobacco industry. If such an industry were established, hundreds of thousands of job opportunities would open up and unemployment would decrease. The legalization of marijuana would produce many benefits to American economy and to the public.
Research has concluded that while marijuana is not completely harmless, its dangers have been hugely overblown by DARE and other programs. TV commercials by Freevibe would have viewers believe that anyone who smokes pot will blow off obligations with family, forget to baby-sit their younger sibling, or steal money from grandma just to get high again. Then it concludes this message with:
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My Anti-Drug.
The use of any substance requires good judgment and responsibly when doing so. People who can’t use drugs without becoming a depraved maniac should not use drugs. As has been stated before, marijuana is not lethal and not addictive. Therefore any conscientious person should be able to use marijuana recreationally without turning into a fiend. All anti-drug programs will state that marijuana is “a gateway drug”, which basically means that people who use marijuana are prone to become users of other drugs over time. The truth is, people who go from smoking weed to smoking crack, do so because of their own choices, not because marijuana made them do it. DARE and other organizations use the
Marijuana has been wrongfully illegalized by the American government. Legalizing marijuana would benefit many more people than it would hurt. It is stupid and senseless to outlaw such a harmless substance. People should have the right to choose whether to smoke marijuana or not. The dangers of marijuana have been overstated to a great extent, and its benefits could significantly better America.

 

so we can smoke it in peace.. duh. Like asking jews why they wouldnt wanna be under hitler's control

 

Good point. But I hardly think that would be a convincing reason to legalize it...I think the dude meant more like "legitimate" reasons why bud should be legalized.

 

As we have learned throughout history, it seems no reason is a good reason to legalize it in the eyes of the government, so what else should I say? The only thing that would happen is that they would conduct another "study" to show the defects of it and wa-la, back to square one

 

The negative health effects are on par with alcohol, which is legal. Main reason would be that we're never going to win the war on drugs and all we're doing by keeping it illegal is giving money to organized crime and gangs which could instead be used as tax money for education, drug rehab, social secruity, or any of the other things that need funding.

 

my money isnt going to organized crime or gangs, its going to a hippy guy thats makes ends meet from selling it and is putting food on his table every night.

 

^exactly, like with alcohol during whenever it was banned, then the government realised that they could control and tax it, meaning more income for health care and what-not
and apart from that its fun

 

who gives a shit, lets all just smoke it

 

The goverment already makes a shit load off of weed being illegal. The US 100$ is the only real currency on the world-wide black market- reason because it is so stable. Everytime a black market dealer makes international trade with US money, the US banks on foriegn intrest charges and the income they make on the latter currency exchange....So I wouldn't expect a tax incentive to make the US change their mind.

As well, if the US does legalize the drug, that means the US would put weed under their control. That means regulation farming- which means regulation THC content. Which means really good weed would still be illegal, because they would have percentages of what THC content is allowed in legal weed....

Plus for you young stoners....The US would put an age limit on it. Probbably 21, because the goverment would be able to match underage weed crimes with underage alcohol crimes- making it an easier transistion on the system...No one in this post would be able to smoke leagally anyways.

As well we would then have THC counters, which acted like Alcohol breathalizers. Right now if your pulled over high no big deal, as long as your not smoking in the car. If it is legalized we will have Driving Under Weed (DUW) along with DUI's.

So I don't know if it is a good thing for it to be legal. It makes weed shittier, it hurts our foriegn economy....all it does it makes us a little less paranoid.

 

So he grows the weed himself and sells it? Most weed is imported from large grows all over the place. I remember hearing about some canadian group getting busted with thousands of plants, as well as an armory filled with automatic weapons.

 

Dealers buy from growers. The growers here, as far as I know have big underground facilities down towards detroit where their grow ops are. Ive met one of these guys and they are just in it for the profit, no guns or nothing involved. But I can never say for sure though

 

pot shouldnt be legalized really. LSD and shrooms should...

We all got alcohol and nicotine ... have you ever had a smart realisation on those? like, how society and the point of governing is complete utter crap? nah, you just go whack off ofalcohol. but LSD and shrooms and (sometimes) weed, those things are illegal cause the government knows that they will start a lot of chaos because of their big psychedelic and mind-opening characteristics.

 

Have you ever thought about the fact that neither alcohol, nor nictotine would be legal if they were making their stance in our culture today? The reason they are legal is because American (and world) culture was addicted to these things long before American laws were formed.
Neither would caffine in reality. Canada already has strict measures on caffine in non-cola sodas.

 

We should just get the president hooked.

 

stebo if what youre saying is that acid and shrooms are illegal because the government doesnt want us to have self-realizations and realizations about life well thats just kind of retarded.

But it would be awesome if weed was legalized, no thc restrictions(so they only sold fuckin dank), and the legal toking age was 18... a stoner can dream cant he..

 

Yeah, that happened at the Molson plant where I live. It was a 100 million dollar a year corporation that had apparently been in operation for three years.

 

The government doesn't want it legalized, the longer it stays illegal the more profit it means. You think those millions of dollars towards the drug war are working? Of course not, but the people who aren't affected it by in certain regions are all for it because they don't want to see if in their community. But guess what, while there watching Fox News supporting the drug war, their son is outside smoking a fatty in the backyard so he can go back into his room and post on hipforums about how his parents dont understand. Yes it should be legalized, seeing as how all shamanistic cultures have used botanical substances, but we are far from that. Saying marijuana is gateway drug is true, but is curiousity not also a gateway drug? The only reason this gateway is so bad is because of these drugs our own government supports. Does it make sense as to why Afghanistan isn't the main topic of debate on television, or the fact that its responsible for 80% of the worlds opium trade? Hm now lets see, Oxycontin, presciption pills, heroine. All major in the United States. Why? Because the government doesn't care. Cocaine, come on thats quite obvious, its basically the same story just different countries.

No, I don't marijuana should be legalized, but I do think the laws should be changed. At least that way people will still be responsible with it as they should any drug. But I don't think someone going to jail for a couple joints is fair. Maybe a $100 fine or something along those lines.

Oh and as for LSD and mushrooms being legalized. What genius says that? Mushrooms are meant to be ingested ceremoniously in order to incite a spiritual awakening.

Mushrooms are aliens. They are purple to withstand the UV rays at the end of the spectrum, they did not evolve on earth, and they're spore shells can withstand the forces when entering our atmosphere. Extraterrestrial intelligence, the closest you will come to god. It is meant for responsible people, not recreational use. Which is why drugs should be illegal in the first place, just not as harsh. Many people abuse them, which is why they became illegal in the first place. But with all this bullshit propoganda and drug horror stories, which many are true due to ignorance of the immature, I can understand the reasons for it.

Oh, and someone else said it. If it was legalized, it would be even worse because the government would have that much more control of it.

 

huh? He's 100% right. The government doesn't want mind expanding drugs available because they cause people to think freely. Which is the biggest enemy of any government. Governments want their people to be sheep, nothing more.

There are thousands of reasons why ganj should be legal.
A few major points.
-Its a plant, native to our mother earth. Nobody has the right to restrict its usage.
-Prohibition is against our personal rights and freedoms. Plain and simple.
-It is a plant with many medicinal and spiritual benefits.

Too many reasons to list really.

 

I agree a lot with these points in particular.