Could America Benefit From Legalizing Marijuana?
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2012/07/23 18:00:00
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Election time is always the place for strong and sometimes aggressive debates, but there are some topics that candidates fear: abortion, gun control and medicare, for starters. And then there's the topic of legalizing marijuana. Gary Johnson, former governor of New Mexico and Libertarian Party nominee for the 2012 presidential election, believes in legalizing marijuana in America, just like the country did with alcohol to end the prohibition.
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John Galt jr or Ron/jon 2012/07/23 18:48:29Yes
+30ending the 'war on drugs' would create jobs, cut law enforcement costs, raise revenue – and benefit patients.
They will always try to side step the question with another question while trying to hold you and others accountable for any possible vices that you or others may harbour or practise in life.
This is their way of absolving themselves of any real accountability or cuplability related to their consumption of the intoxicants and the resultant intoxications that could and often enough do create problems and contention amongst other people.
In their own defense they will argue that their choice of intoxicants and or their intoxications are no worse that the existing "legal" intoxicants and or the intoxications of other people.
We already long know about the alcohol related problems around the nation caused by the insistant use of alcohol while the alcoholics adamantly defend their right to be drunkards, if they so choose to do so...no matter what the consequences...as it is their right to be intoxicated "even" if their alcohol consumption practices "do" negatively effect other people.
We know alcohol is legal and used to be illegal ( but it was not illegal before it was illegal for a short period of history) while the drugg...
They will always try to side step the question with another question while trying to hold you and others accountable for any possible vices that you or others may harbour or practise in life.
This is their way of absolving themselves of any real accountability or cuplability related to their consumption of the intoxicants and the resultant intoxications that could and often enough do create problems and contention amongst other people.
In their own defense they will argue that their choice of intoxicants and or their intoxications are no worse that the existing "legal" intoxicants and or the intoxications of other people.
We already long know about the alcohol related problems around the nation caused by the insistant use of alcohol while the alcoholics adamantly defend their right to be drunkards, if they so choose to do so...no matter what the consequences...as it is their right to be intoxicated "even" if their alcohol consumption practices "do" negatively effect other people.
We know alcohol is legal and used to be illegal ( but it was not illegal before it was illegal for a short period of history) while the druggies like to repeatedly use Alcohol prohibition as their reasoning and comparison as to why all the other intoxicants should be freely available and legal also.
They have their points but in the end it is a big conflict of interest because while they advocate the freedom to be intoxicated on their drug(s) of choice they are also crticising the other intoxicants that they are not consuming..at least not presently using but may very well be using in the future.
Each drug consumer will defend the use of the drug he or she consumes while using other people that consume other intoxicants as examples of other peoples vices in life while attempting to validate their particular vices in life.
Like a drug induced merry go round with all the druggiies and consumers of intoxicants pointing the accusing finger at the other users of intoxicants in defense of their intoxicant consuming practises while attempting to validate thier own personal participation and intoxications.
I have never met a recreational drug consumer that does not also drink alcohol and get intoxicated on alcohol also while smoking their marijuana or any other drugs they like to consume.
Of course there are some..but alcohol and drugs go hand in hand...like brothers and sisters
Yet they like to lament the alcohol in defense of their particular "additional" recreational intoxicant that they are so quick to defend.
Their continual involvement in the world of intoxication and their particular brand of practised intoxication simply fosters all the more intoxication related problems and social contention....but they do not care as the intoxication is what matters to them and their agenda is based on consuming the intoxicants.
Would America benefit from legalising marijauna??
Of course, as that is sort of a no brainer question.
Would America benefit from no supply and no consumption of the recreational drug known as marijauna.
Of course, as that is also a no brainer question.
Meantime the relatively minor percent of citizens who insistantly consume the intoxicant known as marijuana are continually creating drug related consumption problems by way of their insistant consumption of their chosen drug while "adding" to the existing "intoxicated people" problems.
Meantime most other people who are never intoxicated on anything at all have to tolerate and or have to help resolve the drug consumption problems while reluctantly being dragged into the nations related drug consumption problems
Who's concerns should superseded the others concerns?????
Those who want to be intoxicated or those who do not want to be intoxicated and do not want intoxicated people around them while having to witness the drug users practising the consumption of their intoxicants???
And you also said you'd like to meet:"People that are really open minded and have no particular convictions in life and understand that you have to be flexable and forgiving and willing to accomodate other people in life."
Yup, just another self-aggrandised richy-richard who likes to spit on all those he believes are below him.
I will always oppose the drug users and the use of the non essential recreational drugs.
Why dont you focus more on the drug users rather than waists your time criticising me.
It is the drug suppliers and the drug users that create the problems...not me ..so your attentions are: I would say very misguided and very off course.
You should focus your attentions on the drug users because for the last 60 years in North Amerca the drug suppliers and drug users have proven themselves to be the least trustworthy and nefarious collective lot of citizens while continually breaking the existing laws.
The drug users and drug suppliers are the biggest lot of liers there are.
They are hardly truthfull about their drug use and all the drug users I have ever known ( and I have known a lot of them ) are the biggest complainers and whiners and whingers about everyone else and everything else.They are the biggest armchair critics I know of and never stop criticising other people.
This is a opinion based web sight so criticism of drug users and the drug suppliers should be of no surprise to you.
Besides the drunks and tobacco addicts and drug addicts and drug pushers have always been targets of criticism and social loathing anyhow.....or is that fact a new revelation to you??
Drug users are an overly sensitive pissy lot if ever there was.
And what issue are we going to discuss?
The issue of whether America could benefit from cannabis being legalised.
No need to debate that as I already agree that America could benefit from legalisation .
I support legalisation of the drug...but I still do not support its consumption.
I support legal alcohol consumption...but I do not support alcohol consumption.
So what is it you want to debate.
Your going to inform me I am ignorant about cannabis "because" I oppose its use for the sole purpose of intoxication and you feel the need to educate me about drug users and their habitual intoxications and convince me that it is socially acceptable to be a pot head ( or drug user ) because alcohol is legal and everyone gets intoxicated on alcohol so people should also be intoxicated on other intoxicants such as cannabis.
Try to convince me all the more drugs on top of all the more drugs consumed by the nation is going to be good for the nation??
Drugs don't cause crime, violence, troubles with children and family; people do. And that goes for any number of inanimate objects often scapegoated for social problems, if you know what I mean.
"The media fails to mention this in most of its reporting... The left wants chaos as that will require more government controls...more police state...."
Uh, right. The "left" wanting the government to stay out of decisions regarding drug use somehow means "more government controls" and "more police state". So I guess when the police have you face down on the curb for smoking a joint that's somehow a shining example of freedom and liberty?
Drive down almost any Colorado main street and you will see places advising the sell of Marijuana -. What comes to mind when you think of Colorado? How many of our nations most heinous crimes have occurred in Colorado? Is the availability of Marijuana and those crimes related - I believe so!
No to legalization of Marijuana !
Is there some reason to think that the efforts to stop the traffic and use of other drugs would go away and we would not be burdened with the high costs of enforcement if we legalized marijunana - get real! How about the costs of known illness, death and crime associated with the ise of marijuna - do you honestly think that too would change?
You're right about using Vaporizers. They are legal and much safer alternative to smoking. However, if you are caught with one and ANY AMOUNT of marijuana in your possession, or residue is present in unit then that would (unfortunately) be another criminal charge for possession of paraphernalia. The problem I find with this is the fact that using a vaporizer is much more healthy when using tobacco products or cannabis products but police will seize it.... then there goes your safety. And that carries some very stiff penalties by Federal , state and local law enforcement in most states. Penalties for possession of any drug should never be more damaging to the individual than the drug itself.
You are deluded. I live in Colorado and have never seen a sign advertising (advising?) "the sell" of Marijuana. Never have and I don't believe you saying you have, since it would be idiotic to post signs of that nature.
Marijuana causes heinous crimes, because you believe so. How nice and simple. However the heinous crimes you're referring to were committed by people not on drugs and research shows what most people know, marijuana makes a person less likely to be violent.
http://www.cannabismd.net/vio...
Since smoking is destructive to health, selling it in smokeable forms should be outlawed or highly taxed, Candy, cookies, gum and drinks could all be encouraged, especially sugarless forms.