The Marijuana Thread: Congrats to Oregon, Alaska, and D.C.

[the2real4mafol]

VGKing said:

the2real4mafol said:

VGKing said:
Marijuana is a drug. All drugs are bad. Short-term you might not notice any side effects but when you are smoking it for a long time it will have a negative effect on your health, at least from the smoke alone. Smoking is bad for your lungs. You can't deny that. That alone should be enough reason to not legalize it.

There is research out there that marijuana use leads to psyhological problems. Of course determining if there were already psyhological problems to begin with is hard to prove so smoking could have just worsened any existing conditions.

The problem with weed is how it is promoted as being "cool" by rappers. Kids think its cool to smoke weed and use it as a way to "fit in" with the other cool kids. This is a major issue that isn't going to go away anytime soon. Legalizing marijuana will only make kids have easier access to this drug.

So you are saying we should ban tobacco as well then, that's so crazy

There is definitive proof that tobacco causes cancer and many other health problems.(such as heart disease) Yes, they should bn tobacco. You can't imagine how glad I was when they banned smoking indoors.

 

Yeah I agree, i can't stand the stuff. It stinks and is a waste of money and i'm aware of health problems associated with tobacco but would you arrest everyone who smoked? That's my problem here. Smoking isn't a crime, it's a nuisance though. BUT i see it as there choice, if they want to smoke and pay towards an early death, then so be it. I'm not the one doing it. I see legalising pot and any drug for that matter, in the same way. It's my choice if i want to smoke, and i must live with the consequences (That is the beauty of capitalism). I've chosen not to, but that don't mean i chosen for everyone. You can ban anything if it's harmful, then what would be left? probably nothing. 

To put it into prospective, what did the ban on alcohol in the 1920's do? It just created a dangerous black market with a gang culture and corruption (similar to the war on drugs today)