Sunshine, Oranges, and NOW Marijuana?

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Games4Fun said:

adriane23 said:

Games4Fun said:

This whole tax the crap out of it will not make states any money at all. They will just have to use it like the billions they already do to help those who become addict, are in their current state useless and on welfare, taking any hand out they can to get that one more puff, or just stay alive another day. Anyone who thinks the governments are actually going to profit off of it in long the run are not looking at the big picture. Just look at tobacco and alcohol. They are taxed to hell. Guess what? the goverment spends a hell of a lot more on helping and caring for thoose people than they will ever make from the taxes. There has yet to be one good reason to make yet another drug legal that cannot be easily taken away with a little bit of reasearch.

BOLDED: Tobacco (with dozens of man-made ingredients) and Alcohol can kill you. Weed (That isn't laced) cannot, so comparing it to the other legal drugs is unfair.

And you think marijuana is going to be any different if it is made legel? Hell, even in its current state people put crap in it. You do realize Tobacco was not always full of all this shit right? Also, where do you get Marijuana cannot kill you? Ruffly 1 joint is = to one pack of smokes in harm it does to your lungs.

Uhh, no they don't. And unless your buying a pre-rolled joint (which I've only seen in the projects) its pretty easy to see if it contains any other 'crap'. But even if you assume every dime bag sold is laced with crack, its still an irrelevant argument since legalization would also bring regulation.

Good thing smoking isn't the only way of consuming marijuana. Every dispensary I've been to in cali sells edibles, which is just THC baked into food, candies, added to drinks, even pill form. Or you can just use a vaporizer, which is just inhaling THC vapor without smoke. So why should marijuana be illegal just because smoking is harmful when plenty of other methods of consumption exist?

As for violence, I recently read that 7000 people were killed in Mexico last year as a direct result of the drug war. And thats not a bunch of gang members and smugglers being killed, politicians, law enforcement and their families are often the victims of targeted assassinations. Although most of the deaths are innocent bystanders.

And as for the money saved - I've also read that around 35 billion or so a year would be saved just by decriminalizing marijuana. States that have a 3 strikes law often require mandatory sentences in the range of 5yrs plus for anyone with a previous strike caught with marijuana on them.

I do not have the current statistics at the moment, but lets atleast think about what Could happen. Increase in traffic accidents. headline POT ADDICT kills Mother of 3 in car accident. Actually lets not go down that road it just leads to me looking like I am trying to use shock to fit my agenda.

SPOILER ALERT: tons of people are already driving while high. Making it legal wont suddenly cause people to start driving while high in droves.

But I would like to see your statistics on pot addicts.