convince me that marijuana should be legal.

[DD_Bwest]

ChristianTheAtheist said:

DD_Bwest said:
Thank you for posting the video about charlotte :) everyone should watch the full sanjay gupta interview. It really is amazing, especially since just a few years ago he was against medical marijuana.

Ive been a medical marijuana activist for over 10 years, and it makes me so happy to see the level headed support there is :) times have really changed. Thank you guys!

You're welcome, There's a great TED conference on YouTube from this guy. I'm not a marijuana smoker but I think society should be open to the debate about the use of this drug. Right now there are much stronger drugs that are legal (but controlled) and are used to treat many diseases; such as opioids for Parkinson's disease. If they don't want to legalize smoking marijuana, they could at least allow the pharmaceutical industry to manufacture products based on marijuana so that people who really need it can live a better quality of life.

Here in México, I think society as a whole would benefit greatly from legalization. The country is stuck in a loop of violence because of the fight between cartels. If the Mexican State or private companies managed the business of marijuana instead, it would be as available as it is today, but the government would be receiving a whole lot of income from it while giving a strong hit to the cartels. But I think it's not as simple as it seems.

all medical reasons asside..

the amount of reasons to end prohibition is astounding. it is utterly insane to keep it going.  there is zero rational logic behind it.  Its not achieving anything but putting alot of average people in jail,  making the gangsters that arent extra rich, and having officers assigned to fight farmers when they could be finding rapists or fighting cold cases.

Here in BC we have had some major politicians start speaking out about it, aswell as a former police cheif and head of the VPD drug squad.   He straight up says its stupid,its impossible to fight it, they will never make a dent in supply, and the more gang members they arrest, the more violence they get with people trying to fill the void.