Thoughts on legalizing pot

I think people would be alot happier if they smoked and if it were legal. There would be a lot less angry people.

 

I'd beg to disagree.

 

1) I don't live in 'Cali'
2) The government could stop cigarette companies from putting that nasty shit in there if they wanted to.
3) They would not tax marijuana? Yeah, right. That good ole' US of A omitting taxes...
4) You have absolutely NO idea what they would or would not do. If you're going by shit you've read or heard in the news I feel sad for you

 

How articulate

 

1. It doesn't matter if you live in Cali, it has far reaching implications.
2. They actually just did last year with the tobacco bill. But no one cares because the whole additive thing is BS way for smokers to feel better about smoking, additives don't make the cigarettes unhealthy, smoking cigarettes makes cigarettes unhealthy. The effects of the additives are near nill to the effect of inhaling lots of tobacco smoke numerous times a day.
3. Taxing marijuana is a good thing.
4. Yes no one does because it's never been done before, you on the other hand are spewing shit about the government is going to kill us with it.

 

Also, California, weed is still technically illegal there yet it hasn't stopped mad people from growing it and selling it the dispensaries around the state, yet you're convinced if its legalized the government will poison it and kill us.

 

lmao. No need to get testy. Alright then, I can admit when I'm out of my element.

BTW- If that were the case (what you wrote about smoking cigs) than wouldn't daily inhalation of marijuana (or any smoked substance) be just as bad? Medical research does not back this ^^ up.

 

Alright so under your theory daily drinking of mass amounts of liquids like water should have the same negative effects of intake of mass amounts of alcoholic liquid.

Jesus different drugs do different things, nicotine itself and tobacco smoke has been shown to be carcinogenic, marijuana smoke while having a lot of crap in it and being overall bad for your lungs isn't carcinogenic so it doesn't have the effect of increasing the chance of causing cancerous cells. Marijuana on the other hand might do the opposite as scientists believe THC actually helps destroy mutated cells and may in fact lower the risk of certain cancers.

Science is good.

 

i mainly agree with madcap. along with weed can have other uses medically too. and the health hazard may be there (less than cigarettes) but eating edibles will be much more widespread creating not such a hazard as you think. but of course the government has to be extra cautious of cautions and warnings, so it will be.
on the other hand though, it will be used in the same manner of alcohol though as its recreational. but there will be a difference between medical marijuana and recreational marijuana. theres already strains that have more medical properties as opposed to thc amount. but in the long-run, it'll probably end up being a youthful thing as it is currently. A lot of grown ups grow out of smoking weed. So i kinda think that it'll be a lazy rebellious kind of thing to do, ironically the same as it is now.. but more on a "its your business" agenda

 

Namely lung cancer, throat cancer, and brain cancer, based on what I've read/heard.

 

why hasnt it become legal already? God damn it, half the country smokes it, half the world for that matter. Its so pointless to keep it away from us. Its a experiment.

 

your comprehension skills suck ill try to explain this so you understand it

the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES NOT TAX MEDICINE. PERIOD!!!! do you understand this simple concept?

so, follow me here, if marijuana is legalized as MEDICINE it will NOT be taxed.

for marijuana to be taxed in the same way alcohol and tobacco are (like the manufacturer having to purchase a TAX STAMP) it will have to be sold as a regular commodity, and NOT A MEDICINE just like alcohol and tobacco

do you get it now? the only way for the government to make money off weed is if its a product available to everybody of age, NOT JUST MEDICAL PATIENTS. if it remains as a medicine you will get it tax free, just like your get oxycontin vicoden xanax etc TAX FREE because they are medicine.

now to address your other points:

"2) The government could stop cigarette companies from putting that nasty shit in there if they wanted to."

yeah? wtf is your point? i never said otherwise. YOU on the other hand, said the following:

"If the government took control of it they'd create all these new laws for it's use, and they'd fill it full of formaldehyde "

YOU said the government would put nasty chemicals in marijuana if it were legal. right? i showed how retarded that statement is. now you talk about how the government could stop them from using chemicals if they want. wtf dude?

and when you say:

"You have absolutely NO idea what they would or would not do. If you're going by shit you've read or heard in the news I feel sad for you"

yeah, actually i DO have an idea of what they would do. marijuana is a product, just like any other product that is produced, controlled, and sold. to government will have to follow the same laws with weed as they would with any other product

that's like me saying "yea if weed is legal they will soak all marijuana in hogs urine and suspend it 500 feet in the air via cranes. you will have to climb to the top of the crane to purchase the weed"

what you said sounded just as stupid

 

Fair enough then. I'm wrong, as I said a page ago. But I have one more question. How do you know that marijuana (if made legal) would be classified as a medicine? Just curious.

 

It wouldn't be classified as a medicine, it already is in 14 states including where it might be legal come November. You can't sell and tax medicine freely. It would be classified as an intoxicant commodity.

 

legalise all drugs and let well informed people make up their own minds...

 

Who would the government be governing if they purposely killed off who they govern LoL

 

:iagree: war on drugs 'n all that bollocks... they don't want us to have access to our natural heritage because we would go further to discovering who we really are and ultimately, would realise that we have no need for them... we have a right to our own processes... anyway... waffling on... stoned.
:sifone:

 

Here in Colorado, Medical Marijuana was legalized several years ago. It was still illegal due to Federal Laws which take precedent over State or Local Laws. When President Obama asked that Federal marijuana laws not be radically enforced, Medical Marijuana shops began to appear in Denver. The local governments are trying to figure out how to regulate the shops, but that's a work in progress. In the meantime, I understand it's fairly easy to get a prescription for Medical Marijuana.

I don't smoke it anymore, but enjoyed the hell out of it in the day. Yes, I inhaled - deeply! :rofl:

 

oh im not saying for sure it will be legalized as medicine

im saying IF it is legalized as medicine, then there will be no tax on in

IF its legalized for recreational use, then it will be taxed

which is contrary to your original post where you said it would be sold in pharmacies AND taxed the hell out of. my long convoluted posts were simply trying to show how that would not be the case, as its one or the other