Legal Question

Why is Marijuana illegal?

Nothing more, nothing less.

[SirMystiq]

Because it\'s bad for your health and to the health of others. If MJ was legal people would be driving while getting high and that wouln\'t be too good.

Somebody is very quickly going to bring up the subject of alcohol and tobacco, and hypocrisy.

For the record, I think tobacco should be illegal too.

Prohibition, they tried that but it never works. I think alcoholic beverages are okay since they don\'t disorient those who use them immediately like most illegal drugs do. They also don\'t pollute the air or our lungs, like cigarettes and cigars do. Drunk driving laws should be stricter, though.. and maybe bars should restrict drinking a bit.

Maybe, just maybe.. people should be limited to getting wasted on beer in the privacy of their own homes.

[SirMystiq]

^^^ Agreed. And if they get drunk in a bar, they should spend the night in their car...

I find it stupid that people have to be fined and prosecuted for something that is only protecting their health. But then again the Government has to get money from somewhere. SO BUCKLE UP!!!

Why don\'t people buckle up anyways, it\'s so stupid that people don\'t realize or don\'t want to realize that it\'s for their own protection. Let them kill themselves I say.

My Libertarian leanings will show a bit here. I think it should be legal. I am not sure about harder drugs, though.

Now I am not a smoker but I do enjoy a fine cigar once in awhile. Don\'t knock it until you try it. Something about a warm summer night and a fine cigar with an adult beverage by my side. Hey I almost sound like Bill Clinton.

SirMystic you don\'t know shit about marijuana.

There have been ****NO**** documentation that proves that marijuana causes lung cancer.

There are two reasons Spudz: 1) because it just is, and it would look bad if they take back a federal law 2) cities get a lot and I mean A LOT of money from all people getting busted

[SirMystiq]

Little boy, I\'ve smoked my share of weed before. It\'s funny how pot heads always try to defend MJ like if it was their mother. The only reason you said that " don\'t know shit about marijuana" was to draw attention to the fact that you do it, unless your just lying in order to give a false impression of who you are, and are proud of it. That is exactly the problem with MJ, people do it to be "cool".

Marijuana is TEN TIMES worst than tobacco smoke.

You might be surprised to learn that marijuana contains the same cancer-causing chemicals as tobacco, and at higher concentrations. Smoking five joints a week is the equivalent of smoking an entire pack of cigarettes every day which, even in the short term, leads to lung and respiratory problems-wheezing, frequent chest colds and-yick!-a nasty phlegmmy cough. Long-term use increases the chances of tissue damage and lung cancer, and also causes changes in the brain similar to those caused by long-term use of cocaine and heroin.

It\'s NOT SAFE. It affects your brain you pot head.

The likelihood of a car crash is increased by some of the immediate effects of smoking pot-longer reaction time, poor physical coordination, and impaired concentration. Marijuana also makes you more likely to do something stupid you might regret. Pot-smoking has been linked with risky sexual behaviors that increase the likelihood of sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies.

And if can cause psychological problems on you.
Smoking dope can lead to anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and paranoia-and those problems don\'t improve over time. And don\'t you know someone who can\'t do anything without getting high? That\'s because they\'re addicted. Sixty percent of teenagers in drug treatment programs are there because of marijuana.

EVERYSINGLE one of my friends get together every friday to get high. Is it good? Maybe. Is it worth it? Why. If you need a drug in order to feel better about yourself that\'s a whole differet problem. So before you try to defend marijuana in a weed head way, think before you type.

The fact of the matter is that most people that smoke weed are most likely to smoke cigarrettes, that is part of the reason there is no documentation, and the fact that most people won\'t be like yea its all that weed I smoked when they do get cancer.

so your saying marijuana smoke isnt a carcinogen?

I don\'t smoke weed but I have b4. cigarrettes kill more ppl than weed ever has. And if alcohol is legal so should MJ.

Don\'t give me all this BS. I have seen some of sickest drunk ppl do the trangest and craziest things. While most pot heads fall asleep when high.

Alcohol has cause all types of abuse. You can\'t say the same for MJ. I am not saying MJ is can\'t but ppl have been known to beat wives, kids, ect.. just from being drunk.

Only real reason weed is not legal is because the government can\'t regulate it. If the they could tax every joint in the U.S. I assure you weed would be legal.

Plain and simple:)

[Titan]

Wasn\'t marijuana illegal because we didn\'t want competition for the tobacco industry? I heard that somewhere. Not sure if its true. I personally think it should be legal but under HIGH restrictions. Mainly in your home and that\'s it. Can\'t have it while driving or anything else like that. I also don\'t see how its more dangerous than cigarettes. I always assumed it was safer. In cigarettes, you smoke the tobacco leaves, tar, nicotine and some other things. Weed is just leaves (unless you mix). I\'m sure you\'d be just fine if you take it in moderation

Originally posted by SirMystiq
Marijuana is TEN TIMES worst than tobacco smoke.

You might be surprised to learn that marijuana contains the same cancer-causing chemicals as tobacco, and at higher concentrations. Smoking five joints a week is the equivalent of smoking an entire pack of cigarettes every day which, even in the short term, leads to lung and respiratory problems-wheezing, frequent chest colds and-yick!-a nasty phlegmmy cough. Long-term use increases the chances of tissue damage and lung cancer, and also causes changes in the brain similar to those caused by long-term use of cocaine and heroin.

Thats anti marijuana propoganda. Comparing a filtered cig to an unfiltered weed cig. If someone did the same test with either an unfiltered cig or filtered weed cig and the results would be TOTALLY different.

Marijuana is the cause of the most arrests under the war on drugs. If they legalize it they would be facing a drastic cut back in funding to the program and the potential release of 10s of thousands of non violent prisoners.

Thank you Black Samuri!

You should really look at Erowid to get your drug info SirMystic. And you\'re marijuana being 10x worse is just pure 100% bullshit. You really believe that embalming fluid, tar, nicitine, and arsenic is better for you than THC?

[SirMystiq]

I stand firm on what I believe.

I\'m tired of wannabe pot heads that think legalizing MJ is going to improve society. Legalizing a drug puts alot more people at risk than the one actually using it. For I give a damn let the little pot head get high off his mind and run into traffic.

You\'re defending this issue only because you feel that MJ is doing nothing to you. MJ has been proven as a gateway drug and don\'t bullshit me that it\'s false info because my friends have all tried Cocaine and heroic just to get "a bit more high than with weed" You can puff on that join all you want my friend. I quit that bullshit because I don\'t need a drug to make me feel better and accepted like I felt before. That\'s all MJ is, a door to happiness that closess once the effect runs out. Go ahead keep your weed and I\'ll be sure to send flowers to your funeral. Is it bad? Yes.

And honestly, the drug will NEVER be legalized.

Originally posted by SirMystiq
I stand firm on what I believe.

I\'m tired of wannabe pot heads that think legalizing MJ is going to improve society. Legalizing a drug puts alot more people at risk than the one actually using it. For I give a damn let the little pot head get high off his mind and run into traffic.

You\'re defending this issue only because you feel that MJ is doing nothing to you. MJ has been proven as a gateway drug and don\'t bullshit me that it\'s false info because my friends have all tried Cocaine and heroic just to get "a bit more high than with weed" You can puff on that join all you want my friend. I quit that bullshit because I don\'t need a drug to make me feel better and accepted like I felt before. That\'s all MJ is, a door to happiness that closess once the effect runs out. Go ahead keep your weed and I\'ll be sure to send flowers to your funeral. Is it bad? Yes.

And honestly, the drug will NEVER be legalized.

Hell has frozen over!  I actually agree with Mystiq on this issue.  Good post.