Weed Sandwich! Los Angeles declares war on weed! Should weed be legal?

When used in moderation there's really nothing wrong with it.

I think it should be legalized for medical purposes; seizures, terminal cancer, arthritis, chronic pain syndrome.

The Fed & The DEA want the revenue and so does the State of California. Nothing new under the sun here. Too bad The Fed is one of the most corrupt and ILLEGAL(see your constitution and human rights)institutions ever devised. It makes no sense to have contradicting policies between the govt and the state...but it's what you must come to expect here in AmeriCON.

I used to think it shouldn't be legalized due to the societal issues.

Then, just before the financial crisis hit and the election in 2008, I ran across this:

http://www.dunwalke.com/


The privatization of prisons and the CIA are just a few of the corruption issues swirling around this war on drugs. Yes, I said the CIA. Take a look also at this:

http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Al...

Lets castrate these cartels, people. At least partially. I don't know about the harder drugs, I stll lean towards keeping cocaine and herion as controlled substances. Pot is a major part of the traffic and would not only cripple the cartels, it would lighten the load on the correctional system and put the money back into the tax coffers.

The war on drugs is a costly farce. The "war" needs to stop and we need to legalize, regulate and tax.

yes is should

I can't believe I am voting this way, given my history, but seeing how much damage is done by the tremendous amount of money that flows to criminal organizations, I have to say no. Moreover, I hear many advocates of weed declaring how harmless it is. It's not harmless at all. It changes your perception of reality and saps your energy. Moreover, more and more studies are coming out that confirm smoking weed during the formative years results in permanent brain damage, particularly damaging the memory. In addition, it is a gateway drug; meaning it opens the door for users to try other substances. I believe it has a place in helping cancer patients, under a doctor's supervision, withstand the horrible affects of chemotherapy. I grew up in an age when many of my friends smoked a lot of grass and by and large the more they smoked the less they accomplished and the more likely they were to go on to abusing acid, cocaine, and heroine. Just my real life experience; take it or leave it

I completely agree.

What do you consider accomplishing things?

For those misinforming others that Cannabis is a gateway drug.

The non-governmental scientific community tells us that not only is cannabis NOT a gateway drug, but is in fact an exit drug from hard drug use, which has shown to be invaluable in helping addicts off meth, cocaine and heroin, along with alcoholics and maintainance of abstinence from harmful substances.

Cannabis is good for stopping drug abuse!

Taken responsibility of course.

of course

Well yeah, as long as it's not being smoked while driving or on the job.

And, our Toker-in-Chief needs to make this a priority issue right after he's re-elected.

The estimated money from taxes and dropped enforcement is staggering.

Weed is not a drug!!! but a herb. A thousand times of course it should legal!

Duh!

Smoking pure cannabis is more harmful to lungs than tobacco, a health charity is warning.
A study by the British Lung Foundation found that just three cannabis joints a day cause the same damage as 20 cigarettes.
It is vital that people are fully aware of the dangers so they can make an educated decision and know the damage they may be causing

Dr Mark Britton

And when cannabis and tobacco are smoked together, the effects are dramatically worse.
Evidence shows that tar from cannabis cigarettes contains 50% more cancer causing carcinogens than tobacco.

Dr Mark Britton, chairman of the British Lung Foundation, said: "These statistics will come as a surprise to many people, especially those who choose to smoke cannabis rather than tobacco in the belief it is safer for them.

"It is vital that people are fully aware of the dangers so they can make an educated decision and know the damage they may be causing."

Man, for a guy who's way up on vote scams, you sure have been scammed on this one.

There is NO EVIDENCE for cancer caused by smoking marijuana--this according to a 2006 study conducted by the University of California. Furthermore, prolonged use of cannabis smoking doesn't obstruct the breathing like tobacco--doesn't reach that far.

Morally, individuals have, as Paul Harvey once said, "the right to self-destruct". If I own my person, I have the right to treat it or mis-treat it as I wish. If I mis-treat my body, I pay the consequences of my actions--rehabilitation and the like--or a socialist system gets overloaded with reckless people. History has proven that individual freedom makes more responsible and happy people.

Come talk to us about it when some guy high on marijuana runs over someone you loved.

should cell phones be illegal too then?

... and let's not forget car radios.

yeah!

Let's see, Cannabis is responsible for the paper used for the first drafts of the Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence and Constitution; the first pair of Levi jeans, the first American flag Betsy Ross made, the canvas (from the word cannabis) that was on the covered wagons crossing the plains, the sails that brought us over on the Niina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria, the rope and cordage that held it on and the oil that illuminated their nights; soaps, oils, lubricants and clothing. Cannabis was used by Jefferson recreationally and medicinally, by doctors, to relieve discomfort, treat sleep disorders, and as a detoxification treatment for alcoholism and heroin addiction.

Quite literally, Marijuana (Cannabis) was the fabric of life, not cotton, for early America. It is safe to say that were it not for Cannabis, there would be no USA.

Thank god we have these clowns keeping us safe from weed!

Those who deny the existence of conspiracy should look at the history of Marijuana laws from the beginning of the last century to the present. We are a nation founded on conspiracy: " ... when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government,... "

Amazingly, they are a remnant of alcohol prohibition. After all, sending them packing would create unemployment. So rather than save the jobs of thousands of hemp farmers, they saved hundreds of "law" enforcement "thug" jobs through the establishment of the DEA and BATF. Now, Obama (or whichever slack jawed yokel, corrupt politician wins this November--Romney is eminently qualified on all counts) has a goon squad to round up trouble makers--those who prefer freedom to police.

Hey ,that dweeb on the left has a joint in his pocket, SHOOT HIM!! (morons)

What was it Franklin said people would get when they exchange their liberty for security? Oh yeah, neither!

Prohibition, to stop people from having what they want, Creates a crime world! The law of supply & demand will always rule. Prohibition always destroys liberty. And creates big government. How about thousands that have been kill, or the thousand lives that has been destroyed because of the crime world that prohibition has created!

I think we should outlaw alcohol again .................and THAT would shut a lot of these hypocrites up.

The way this country is going down hill ,I think Obama still smokes it.

In a free country we should be able to make free choices as long as we are not interfering with someone else's rights.

The last time this issue was hot, back in the 70s, a magazine published a thought I liked on this (not sure if it was Rolling Stone or Time), something along the lines of, "There is little doubt that if one were designing our society from scratch and had to choose between alcohol and marijuana as the one allowed socially-approved inebriant, one would choose marijuana as the one FAR less damaging to society than alcohol."

If you ate a weed sandwich would the munchies make you keep eating until you ate yourself to death? Just wondering'...

No. But if you have a digestive issue the weed might be helpful.

all plants should be legal...

Smoke Weed, Stop War!