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whatever on 23 December 2010
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Kasz216 said:
whatever said:
Kasz216 said:
sapphi_snake said:

You should see the lies they said about marijuana in anti-drug classes over here.


You should tell us.  It would be fun. 

As for the legalization of Marijuana... good.

I've seen people ruin their lives thanks Marijuana,(believe it or not, it does happen.) but it's exactly that.... their lives.

Agreed.  I think there have been far more lives ruined by the insane "war on drugs" (not to mention the billions of dollars spent).

And think of all the not good it's done.  I don't do drugs, nor do I know anybody who does... but give me, a  half a day and I bet i coud get whatever I wanted if I wanted to do drugs.

There is a lot of hyperbole and overexageration on BOTH sides, but it doesn't take more then just looking at the results to see why it should be legalized.


I think it's something like 1/3rd of people in the US have tried it and 1/2 of college students?    How many people are in jail over it when our jails are overcroweded?  Hell, we're paying people in Afghanistan to grow drugs... then you look at the money spent like you said, sure you'd still spend SOME of that money regulating it.

On the "cons" side is, you wouldn't make as much money off taxing it as you'd think, because it'd cost more for legal companies to grow the stuff, and people probably will grow their own, furthermore you can't tax it THAT high otherwise you'll still have the underground drug trade.

Furthermore, those drug dealers are going to turn to SOMETHING else to make their money, probably sex slavery rings or further illegal gambling.  (Which honestly, i'm surprised gambling is falling behind Marijuana at this point, i guess it's because the government doesn't have marijuana lottos.)

Yeah, I don't think we'll cure all of our financial woes by taxing it, but it wouldn't be chump change either.  I would tend to think it would go more the way of alcohol, you can make it yourself, but it is generally inferior to what you could buy already made.  So I wouldn't see home "growing" making too much of a dent.

As for the dealers, they can only prosper if there is demand for their products. Taking away their highest demand product will not suddenly cause other things to be in higher demand.  So I'm not sure what the impact would be here (maybe some even go into legitimate businesses?)

Most people don't realize that pot is a "step-up" drug because it is sold by the same people that usually sell other stuff.  It's real easy to get people to try harder stuff (and get them hooked) if you get them high first.  Take this out of the equation, and pot simply becomes like alcohol.  It can ruin lives, but so can alcohol (or any other addiction).