pot, weed, mary jane...

[hXc_pwnage]

So...for or against legalization of it? I am for it ( and no, I don't smoke it. )

[hXc_pwnage]

The way I would work it would be semi-complicated. You wouldn't be able to buy like 50 pounds and shit. Small amounts. I believe in the use of it for spiritual enlightinment (sp), not recreational purposes.

[UndefinedBoy]

I'm for it. Our prisons are filled to the brim because of our harsh drug laws. While these people are filling the prisons, the real criminals are getting away with corporate crime at the highest levels.

Even if its not legalized, drug crimes shouldn't be punished with jail time, but rehabilitation.

[yeat182]

I'm for it. Our prisons are filled to the brim because of our harsh drug laws. While these people are filling the prisons, the real criminals are getting away with corporate crime at the highest levels.

Even if its not legalized, drug crimes shouldn't be punished with jail time, but rehabilitation.

drug use shouldn't be punished as severely as selling drugs. i think fines are a good way to punish teens and other recreational users, mandatory rehab better for serious users, and jail for dealers.

[hXc_pwnage]

drug use shouldn't be punished as severely as selling drugs. i think fines are a good way to punish teens and other recreational users, mandatory rehab better for serious users, and jail for dealers.
Agreed...for the current system. But, if the user keeps getting in trouble, there should be jail time...but small.

[Sinister Rouge]

I'm for it. Our prisons are filled to the brim because of our harsh drug laws. While these people are filling the prisons, the real criminals are getting away with corporate crime at the highest levels.

Even if its not legalized, drug crimes shouldn't be punished with jail time, but rehabilitation.

Legalize the bud....

There is no reason why pot shouldn't be legalized..it is safer than alcohol.

America's war on drugs is fucked like the war on terror is fucked. The US is wasting valuable resources on users and not dealers.

[yeat182]

Agreed...for the current system. But, if the user keeps getting in trouble, there should be jail time...but small.

yeah, i don't see what good it does to ruin some kids life because he smoked a joint when he was 16 and got caught, but there should be a limit to how many offenses, either increasing the fine, or eventually stiffer punishment.

[hXc_pwnage]

But I believe legalizing it could benefit more. Free up the jail cells (saves money) and the money we get from the people who buy it can contribute to the economy (we gain money.) Two birds with one stone.

I'm nor saying that you should be able to buy like 10 pounds...there should be a set limit. It would be kind of complicated for the way I want it. But like I said...I don't agree with the people who do it for fun. I believe more in using it for spiritual purposes and such like that. I personaly believes it helps expand your mind and helps to think outside the box...stuff like that.

[yeat182]

I don't agree with the people who do it for fun. I believe more in using it for spiritual purposes and such like that. I personaly believes it helps expand your mind and helps to think outside the box...stuff like that..

i think that is why most people do it for fun

[hXc_pwnage]

Most people (I know) do it just to get high. They don't care about anything else. They don't really think about anything...except for how to get more weed.

Like Bob Marley, he used it for spiritual purposes.

I also think Einstein was a stoner...who the fuck would have thought of a light bulb back then? E=MC^2...dubya tee eff? And then...just look at the guy. Damn. :)

[yeat182]

Most people (I know) do it just to get high. They don't care about anything else. They don't really think about anything...except for how to get more weed.

Like Bob Marley, he used it for spiritual purposes.

I also think Einstein was a stoner...who the fuck would have thought of a light bulb back then? E=MC^2...dubya tee eff? And then...just look at the guy. Damn. :)

einstein didn't invent the light bulb...but i think most people use it for the same reason, whether it be spiritual or recreational, and that is because you get high, so i don't see a problem with either.

[hXc_pwnage]

Haha, I don't remember who invented what. My bad.

I got E=MC^2 right...I'm sure.

I don't really have a problem with it...but when people start to become dependent on it to be happy or whatever...it really annoys me. When it is used to enlighten you ( which is different than just getting high ), you are using it for better purposes. But a once and a while smoke just for fun is ok. My mom does it. Haha.

[UndefinedBoy]

Legalize the bud....

There is no reason why pot shouldn't be legalized..it is safer than alcohol.

America's war on drugs is fucked like the war on terror is fucked. The US is wasting valuable resources on users and not dealers.

Very true. Alcohol is way more dangerous and has caused way more problems...the same with cigarettes. Chris rock said something about drug legalization in his last stand-up...I think he said the only reason the U.S. bans marijuana because it wasn't made here...and "we can't let any brown people get wealthy!"

Funny funny!

[cantnokdahustle]

we should do exactly what britain does.

[hXc_pwnage]

How about we be like Amsterdam?

[open mind]

legalize it and then tax the shit out of it,probably won't happen cause the timber and tobacco industry stands to lose to much.

[cal1082]

I dont think taxing it would help all that much. You dont get that much money from those taxes and just helps promote smuggling and getting it across state lines.

[open mind]

nothing promotes the smuggling of a product more than making said product illegal.

[cal1082]

nothing promotes the smuggling of a product more than making said product illegal.

i agree, but taxing it out of this world will do the same thing

[open mind]

not to the same extent though.

[boysdontcry]

i admit that i do smoke pot once and awhile and i am in no way a drug addict or some fucking juvinile delinqint stoner but i do think it should be legalized. it will be better for the economy as well as teens (teens won't feel that they need to do illegal substances to be cool, so less people would actually smoke pot).

[open mind]

i don't really think it would be good for the economy if weed was legalized cause hemp makes 4 times the amount of paper trees do,you can make clothes out of it so the cotton industry would take a hit (unintentional pun)and jails would empty out which would mean losses of billions of dollars a year in funding for people who work in the correctional industry,basically i think pot is to much of a threat to job security to be legalized.
me being me though i say fuck'em and legalize it.

[UndefinedBoy]

i don't really think it would be good for the economy if weed was legalized cause hemp makes 4 times the amount of paper trees do,you can make clothes out of it so the cotton industry would take a hit (unintentional pun)and jails would empty out which would mean losses of billions of dollars a year in funding for people who work in the correctional industry,basically i think pot is to much of a threat to job security to be legalized.
me being me though i say fuck'em and legalize it.

It costs us much more money to keep people in prison than to let them out...don't worry, there are still plenty of criminals to fill the prisons.

[open mind]

It costs us much more money to keep people in prison than to let them out...don't worry, there are still plenty of criminals to fill the prisons.
i think something like a third of the inmates in our nation are in jail because of non violent drug offenses,a big chunk of those are marijuana convictions,not having those people locked up would mean less funding for police,dea,fbi,courts,probation officers,coast guard,lawyers,medical care providers of inmates,and prisons,alot of jobs would be lost which would fuck with the economy plenty.the second biggest buisness in alaska is the department of corrections and other law enforcement agencies,warehousing people is only second to the oil buisness in the amount of money it supplies the economy.so legalizing pot would at least initially hurt the economy.
i think it's kinda funny that the land of the free depends so much on the jobs provided by locking up people.
still i think pot should be legal.

[UndefinedBoy]

i think something like a third of the inmates in our nation are in jail because of non violent drug offenses,a big chunk of those are marijuana convictions,not having those people locked up would mean less funding for police,dea,fbi,courts,probation officers,coast guard,lawyers,medical care providers of inmates,and prisons,alot of jobs would be lost which would fuck with the economy plenty.the second biggest buisness in alaska is the department of corrections and other law enforcement agencies,warehousing people is only second to the oil buisness in the amount of money it supplies the economy.so legalizing pot would at least initially hurt the economy.
i think it's kinda funny that the land of the free depends so much on the jobs provided by locking up people.
still i think pot should be legal.

True, but less money would be spent going after those minor crimes. Our prisons and and jails are horribly overcrowded, this would thin out the ranks, as well as save tax-payers a lot of money. I really doubt this would cause the police to lose all funding...in this scenario they'd be able to go after real criminals.

[mirtizzle]

don't legalize it, decriminalize it...

it would never happen though. there's been so much money and so many resources used for the drug war that, even with evidence supporting marijuana use, the government would never retract their stance on the issue. it'd just be too big of a defeat for them.

[open mind]

True, but less money would be spent going after those minor crimes. Our prisons and and jails are horribly overcrowded, this would thin out the ranks, as well as save tax-payers a lot of money. I really doubt this would cause the police to lose all funding...in this scenario they'd be able to go after real criminals.
i didn't mean that they'd lose all funding, but that funding would be cut back alot which would result in at least tens of thousands of people losing jobs across the nation, something that would not really be good for the economy.
as for saving taxpayers money, i doubt it would result in a tax cut,we'd probably just pour money into our other life destroying big buisness, known as the military.

[tbag311]

The more legal weed becomes the more safe it becomes in my opinion. We always have to buy it from dealers and we don't know where the hell they got it OR what is even in that shit sometimes. If it was legal it could be sold like cigarettes or alcohol, and there would be no chance of it being laced, or just total crap :lol2:

and seriously, I really don't understand how weed can be illegal while alcohol, which ruins peoples lives constantly, and even has diseases related to it, ruins peoples lives constantly. I guess the same can be said about cigarettes aswell.

legalize it!

[XcrossmyheartX]

we don't need weed

people who want weed have no lives and put their paychecks into stoning themselves for a couple hours when the money should of gone to something better...like food for their kids...or something good

smoking sucks

[_astheruinfalls]

we don't need weed

people who want weed have no lives and put their paychecks into stoning themselves for a couple hours when the money should of gone to something better...like food for their kids...or something good

smoking sucks
But let's buy mass junk food! And hookers! And buy our children everything they don't need!

The money is going to get wasted anyways.

And we don't need you.

[Mercy Medical]

But let's buy mass junk food! And hookers! And buy our children everything they don't need!

The money is going to get wasted anyways.

And we don't need you.
But just because everyone else is wasting their money doesn't mean you have to as well...

[BuriedAlive]

So...for or against legalization of it? I am for it ( and no, I don't smoke it. )
that's total bullshit haha.

[_astheruinfalls]

that's total bullshit haha.
That was before.

Haha.

[BuriedAlive]

That was before.

Haha.
haha how things change in like 4-5 months.

[_astheruinfalls]

haha how things change in like 4-5 months.
Hahahaha, I know.

[BuriedAlive]

Hahahaha, I know.
haha taking one day at a time gains more meaning in those sort of situations.

[XcrossmyheartX]

look what pot does to people...
http://www.geocities.com/centmepryde/extratartypotatoes.html

[_astheruinfalls]

Um?

If that was a joke it sucked.

[boysdontcry]

So...for or against legalization of it? I am for it ( and no, I don't smoke it. )
HAHAHAHAHAHA

[BrandNew20]

I'm all for its decriminalization, save the government money without having to make it completely legal.

I feel as though more money should be spent trying to get the dealars who supply the drugs to the communities than the people who buy them.

[Lueda Alia]

Sorry but I'm against it.

[BrandNew20]

Sorry but I'm against it.

its decriminalized in Canada right? or am I thinking of something else?

[commatosa]

I believe weed should stay illegal, but barely illegal. About as illegal as jay-walking. Cause once it becomes legal it would become crappy weed. Corporations would add so many chemicals and shit to it. They would make it addictive and it would give you cancer. I think Canada's got the right idea. There's a limit to how much you're allowed to carry. And if they catch you with more than the limit it's about as bad as a traffic ticket.

[BuriedAlive]

HAHAHAHAHAHA
haha yeah i know seriously.

[_astheruinfalls]

You guys are so funny.

sXe FO LIFE YO!

( I am actually kind of stoned while I type this. )

[BuriedAlive]

You guys are so funny.

sXe FO LIFE YO!

( I am actually kind of stoned while I type this. )
haha.