Carlos Santana Says Legalize Pot: Do you agree?

I follow a strict "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Folks I knew didn't pretend to drive fast...they thought they were!...LMAO

lol

carlos santana is not only a great musician but also is an intelligent and caring human being,ive seen many interviews of the man and thats the conclusion ive come to,im with you carlos.

lol the last thing i need around me is a bunch of pot heads...some brain dead and others intimidatingly smart despite their highness o.o

there are people that dont use pot that are equally if not more brain dead than those that do ,such as...the republican and democratic parties,congress,religeous zealots,anyone that gets into politics that thinks they are going to change things for the better and can get people to work together,and the apocalyptic doomsayers and paranoiacs that slither around on political programs,just to name a few.

I was w/ you until you included the Whole Dem. Party...lol

i just cant stand politics or polititians,both sides of the aisle are full of crap,no reflection on you or anyone else though,i just cant and wont trust any polititian.

fair enough...happy Easter

happy easter to you too! im in the process of getting dinner together,i have to get finished before the boston-cleveland game at 3:30.

wrong! it might help you loosen up...

Why not!
They did it with liquor and it brings in a lot of tax revenue.

It's the big drug Co's that have no way to govern it so they can make millions. So they lobby for it to stay an illegal substance.

I say if it stays illegal that they should make liquor and tobacco illegal too.

Just my opinion.

I agree, but not because Carlos Santana says so LOL

Independent thinker...kudos!

Thank you ;)

Legalizing all drugs?

I can see both sides of thr argument for pot. but even considering to legalize heroin, cocaine etc is just plain idiotic.

Alcohol is of course, bad for you. I think everyone will agree on this at least.. In moderation it is not as bad as it is in quantity, but it is never good. One of the main features of any pro-pot argument is that marijuana is not as bad as alcohol. So what? Not being "as bad" does not make it good. Pot is like alcohol in a few of its nasty side effects. It makes you have less control of your body. It makes you less aware of your surroundings. Over time it causes memory loss. Just like booze. The medical uses of cannabis are inhibited by the problem that the THC content of marijuana varies greatly, and scientists have been unable to develop a strain of the plant in which it is constant.

As I see it medical uses, and all other arguments are not part of the issue. I'd have no issue if someone wanted to make it legal nationwide strictly for health care reasons. there is some merit to that.

There is also some merit to it being used as a fiber as it has a fairly high tensile strength But a vast majority of the individuals promoting marijuana legalization are not interested in any of that, they are interested in smoking pot for recreation.

President Obama should follow the New Deal-era precedent of reigning in the Moral Majority, Banking scoundrels, and “Do Nothing” Republicans of its day. The Anti-Saloon League (a fundamentalist group) also pushed anti-evolution legislation (the Scopes “monkey trial” was in 1925) as vehemently as it did its war on booze. Like today, the political standing of this crowd crashed along with the stock market.
* FDR, understood what people were realistically demanding and came down on their side. Roosevelt fought for the true “Joe 6-packs“(“the wets”) in his presidential campaign, leaving Hoover to drown with “the dries.” President Obama…the time is now!

thats actually a really really good idea

...well the War on Drugs is a COMPLETE failure!

Anyone who wants it knows how to get it. Why promote it more by legalizing it? But it is useful for the pain of cancer and has that appeal - legalize for that use alone.

Prohibition didn't work...too many people willing to pay criminals for harmless way to relax. Less harmful than alcohol too!

First off, I DONT smoke and feel that only idiots do. However, the battle against this substance costs millions, destroys more lives than the substance itself and is unwinnable. The fantasy that it is a 'gateway drug' is a lie. Why didnt we learn our lessons in the 1920's with prohibition?

well it makes money for governments......and other scumbags

A secondary positive benefit to be sure.

You demonstrate solid reasoning, admirable tolerence, and conviction...good for you!
Something to consider:
*** President Obama should follow the New Deal-era precedent of reigning in the Moral Majority, Banking scoundrels, and “Do Nothing” Republicans of its day. The Anti-Saloon League (a fundamentalist group) also pushed anti-evolution legislation (the Scopes “monkey trial” was in 1925) as vehemently as it did its war on booze. Like today, the political standing of this crowd crashed along with the stock market.
* FDR, understood what people were realistically demanding and came down on their side. Roosevelt fought for the true “Joe 6-packs“(“the wets”) in his presidential campaign, leaving Hoover to drown with “the dries.” President Obama…the time is now!

Thanks, I tend to think of myself as a person of good morals and live by traditional values, but I am a realist first. There are a lot of bad choices that people make, but criminalizing them historically casues more problems than it solves. So rather than try to force 'good choices' on people with morality laws, its far better to let people be free do be as successful, or NOT successful as the choose to be, while working to protect society from the truly destructive stuff like hard drug use and alcohol abuse.

Standing Ovation!!
* It is refreshing to find others that realize most choices are not a 'zero-sum' game.

"Marijuana does not appear to be a gateway drug to the extent that it is the cause or even that it the most significant predictor pf serious drug abuse; that is, care must be taken not to attribute cause to association": Institute of Medicine, in a 1999 National Academy of Sciences report called "Marijuana as Medicine: Assessing the Science Base

"If cannabis were unknown and bioprospectors were suddenly to find it in some remote mountain crevice, its discovery would not doubt be hailed as a medical breakthrough.Scientists would praise its potential for treating everything from pain to cancer, and marvel at its rich pharmacopeia many of whose chemicals mimic vital molecules in the human body." : The Economist, April 27,2006

"Overall, by comparison with other drugs used mainly for "recreational" purposes, cannabis could be rated to be a relatively safe drug... In contrast, cannabis might have beneficial effects in some medical indications... It seems likely that medical cannabis will re-enter the pharmacopeia": Leslie Iversen, pharmacologist at Oxford University and member of the British government's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, "Long-term effects of exposure to cannabis," Current Opinion in Pharmacology,2005

Well researched!
PS. Damn, I'm already "mary-ed" lmao

For sure it should be legal and taxed and all [not some ] of the money should go directly to schools to reduce local scholl property taxes. This is what was supposed to happen in NY with the lottery. People are gonna smoke weed regardless of the law so why not make money on it? One thing is for sure, it's better than booze. I don't smoke personally but I used to and I didn't tunn out to be a drug dealing junkie whore. [yet, lol]
BadeeBaDeeBaDee, thats all folks!

Both pot and alcohol need to be outlawed! They kill, destory families and ruin lives. If you can't get a hight off of life, then you need some serious help.

Anyone can come up with excuses for doing durgs. What a horrible example this would set for our children. Take a look at the video on Stupid Americans and you'll see why the drug problem only adds to our character decline around the world.

"Marijuana does not appear to be a gateway drug to the extent that it is the cause or even that it the most significant predictor of serious drug abuse; that is, care must be taken not to attribute cause to association": Institute of Medicine, in a 1999 National Academy of Sciences report called "Marijuana as Medicine: Assessing the Science Base

"If cannabis were unknown and bioprospectors were suddenly to find it in some remote mountain crevice, its discovery would not doubt be hailed as a medical breakthrough.Scientists would praise its potential for treating everything from pain to cancer, and marvel at its rich pharmacopeia many of whose chemicals mimic vital molecules in the human body." : The Economist, April 27,2006

"Overall, by comparison with other drugs used mainly for "recreational" purposes, cannabis could be rated to be a relatively safe drug... In contrast, cannabis might have beneficial effects in some medical indications... It seems likely that medical cannabis will re-enter the pharmacopeia": Leslie Iversen, pharmacologist at Oxford University and member of the British government's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, "Long-term effects of exposure to cannabis," Current Opinion in Pharmacology,2005

"Marijuana does not appear to be a gateway drug to the extent that it is the cause or even that it the most significant predictor of serious drug abuse; that is, care must be taken not to attribute cause to association": Institute of Medicine, in a 1999 National Academy of Sciences report called "Marijuana as Medicine: Assessing the Science Base

"If cannabis were unknown and bioprospectors were suddenly to find it in some remote mountain crevice, its discovery would not doubt be hailed as a medical breakthrough.Scientists would praise its potential for treating everything from pain to cancer, and marvel at its rich pharmacopeia many of whose chemicals mimic vital molecules in the human body." : The Economist, April 27,2006

"Overall, by comparison with other drugs used mainly for "recreational" purposes, cannabis could be rated to be a relatively safe drug... In contrast, cannabis might have beneficial effects in some medical indications... It seems likely that medical cannabis will re-enter the pharmacopeia": Leslie Iversen, pharmacologist at Oxford University and member of the British government's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, "Long-term effects of exposure to cannabis," Current Opinion in Pharmacology,2005

While I disagree with your position on legalizing pot and alcohol, what concerns me most is that the people in that video all have the right to vote.

LOL, some of them seem too stupid for the interviews to not have been staged.

Pay off the National Debt. Tax the weed.

Avoid the tax...plant a "Victory Garden" nyuck, nyuck

Works for me. Gotta know your neighbors though. Wound up in the back of a cop car once because of some beautiful plants. Oh the folly of youth.

Only losers do drugs.

No. Pot ruined a very beautiful relationship I had. My now ex started smoking, and I felt replaced, like he'd rather smoke than be with me. It's one of the worst things I've ever felt. I don't want anyone else to have to go through that.

Also, what does that say about us? Everyone does it anyway, so let's legalize it? Where are standards? Let's say pot is legalized. Some guy is happily smoking while driving... That's great. I don't need to finish that one.
Or, what if it was only allowed at home? Another average Joe is sitting at home, enjoying his weed. He starts imagining things, and, I don't know, starts a fire or something similar. Or runs out into the street, gets hit by a guy in a car. Sounds like great fun.
Maybe we should legalize it; it would get rid of the idiots that think it's a good idea.