Should Marijuana be Legal?

[Young Thug]

OP is great.

 

[ShishaMastah420]

OP is great.

Thank you

 

[Mischeif Maker]

Yes it should be legal. What a person does is their own business and nobody else.

oh ya does that include crack...heroine....child molestation

fact is what others do does not only affect themselves and ppl high have killed ppl b4 and now is when you say oh but drinking is legal.....drinking should be ten times more illegal then weed that i agree

 

[iMicLykTyson]

Ok I read it, it's really good I had to right a paper like this in 10th grade I had similar ideas only urs is detailed and longer than mine lol +rep

 

[Punk Hazard]

That's a very good.essay.

 

[Shinobi Train]

Very well written. I did see a few grammar issues, but it's not huge unless you're getting a grade for that. Also I would find one more source and add that marijuana has zero negative affects, especially when injested rather than smoked. However, it is confirmed that a person who smokes a little bit every day is incapable of getting cancer...cancer cannot live in a body that consumes marijuana. So cancer research is just...well...stupid. It's a waste of perfectly good funds when we could simply supply the population with MJ and never see cancer again. It only works as a preventative though I believe.

 

[ShishaMastah420]

oh ya does that include crack...heroine....child molestation

fact is what others do does not only affect themselves and ppl high have killed ppl b4 and now is when you say oh but drinking is legal.....drinking should be ten times more illegal then weed that i agree

Child Molestation isn't personal business it involves other people, as far as Crack and Heroine goes, not my cup of tea, but to each his own.

People sober have killed people before, whats your point?

Substance abuse should not be the blame for the actions of a person, You chose to do that Substance so then you must choose to accept the the consequences of your actions.

ME, personally i have never heard of a pot head, getting up off the couch and leaving his bong to go kill someone or even drive a car in which they could cause an accident but then again i have not met every pot head in the world.

Very well written. I did see a few grammar issues, but it's not huge unless you're getting a grade for that. Also I would find one more source and add that marijuana has zero negative affects, especially when injested rather than smoked. However, it is confirmed that a person who smokes a little bit every day is incapable of getting cancer...cancer cannot live in a body that consumes marijuana. So cancer research is just...well...stupid. It's a waste of perfectly good funds when we could simply supply the population with MJ and never see cancer again. It only works as a preventative though I believe.

I am getting a grade for it.

Its still unfinished so i need to touch up some issues, i'd love if you could point some out for me, which kind of my main point of this thread, lol

Thank you for the suggestion, i'll look into it and try to find some more sources, the ones that i am finding are suggesting some subtly side effects from Marijuana uses such as weakening in cognitive skills, motivation, memory, etc

That's a very good.essay.

Thank you.

Ok I read it, it's really good I had to right a paper like this in 10th grade I had similar ideas only urs is detailed and longer than mine lol +rep

Thank you, for reading it and your opinions.

 

[saaaaaadpanda]

Spoiler

Should Marijuana be legalized?

According to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), Marijuana or Cannabis Sativa is a “Drug” with no medicinal properties. Cannabis Sativa was criminalized by the Federal Government in the United States of America in 1937 but as of recently legalized for Medical purposes by as many as 18 States. (1) Marijuana has been used for thousands of years without any Deaths and has been confirmed through numerous scientific studies to be an effective pain reliever through the euphoric and relaxing effects caused by the chemical in Marijuana called Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). (Cohen, 2009) In my opinion Marijuana is a plant that should be legal in the United States of America for both Recreational and Medicinal purposes, I feel that if Marijuana was legalized on a federal level it could become a major asset for the economy and an incredible help to the national debt which is currently 16 Trillion. (Ed Hall, 2012)It is estimated that enforced Marijuana Prohibition cost taxpayers up to $10 Billion annually with cost rising increasingly each year. (Norml, 2010) (2) To my knowledge Drug Dealers can make an estimated $9000 in one month from selling one pound of Marijuana by only investing $3000.

Marijuana being the (3) third most popular recreational drug in the America and being (3) used by nearly 100 Million Americans can generate (4) $2000 million dollars in one day if each of those 100 million Americans bought one gram of Marijuana, this is why I believe in the economical resourcefulness of Marijuana but currently with the way laws severely punish the possession of even the smallest amounts of Marijuana, progress cannot be made. In 2010, 97.5 arrests were made per hour for Marijuana related offenses and there continues to be 850, 000+ individuals arrested per year for Marijuana related offenses. (Norml, 2010)

I feel as though those resources used to arrest and lock away Marijuana offenders are going to waste. (5) In the past I have seen many different types of people who use Marijuana, majority of these people are people whom I deem to be non-violent, dedicated individuals who unlike alcoholics, cocaine addicts or heroin addicts are productive (6) law-abiding citizens who have promising futures. The effects that Marijuana produces impacts selective and divided attention, cognitive flexibility, and time estimation similar to alcohol yet alcohol and tobacco, drugs that are legal are to be blamed for hundreds of thousands of deaths per year (Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2010)

I cannot see why people are having their life’s ruined for smoking a plant that is in my opinion safer than both cigarettes and alcohol. (3) Proper legalization and regulation would prove to bring about an economic revolution. Besides helping to promote the economy or for recreational usage Marijuana has been shown to have medicinal effects. The chemical in Marijuana, THC produces a “hunger effect” where the user has an increased appetite and the urge eat, this side effect can be greatly useful for those whom are suffering from eating disorders or those going through chemotherapy who need to have an healthy appetite so as to provide their bodies with the proper nutrients it needs to help combat illnesses.(Ford, Ludlum, 2011)

(3) In the past and still today the Federal Government has provided Marijuana to a select group of patients but due to prohibition and pressure from political figures, the Government seized the program and only provides federally grown Marijuana to four patients whom receive monthly supplies from the only Marijuana plantation at the University of Mississippi. Still, in order to provide the medicinal help that the chemical in Marijuana provides the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the drug Marinol, a pill with the active ingredient THC, consequently this pill is less effective and more costly than the plant itself. (Ford, Ludlum, 2011)

I believe that Medical Marijuana could provide a more inexpensive and effective medicinal help to patients than many pharmaceutical drugs.(7) A friend of mine whom suffers from nausea, loss of appetite and depression regular exclaims to me that without Marijuana he would be “head-over heels in pills and debt.” In order to better help their patient’s physicians must provide the best treatment and promote the best interest of their patients but with Federal prohibition to access and use of Marijuana, the (8) Government is infringing upon citizen rights to live and avoid suffering. ( Pfeifer, 2011) So while the patient and physician try to work towards the health of the patient they must be looking over their shoulders hoping the Government doesn’t find out about their actions and lock them away, I believe this is wrong, unless one’s actions cause harm to another or to one’s self then I do not believe the Government needs to be involved, it is our natural born right to exercise our free-will.

The Government itself also supports my position because while they are penalizing the use of Marijuana (9) they themselves are growing it and giving it to patients and also extracting the active ingredient in Marijuana to create pills. I believe that the Federal Government should legalize Marijuana and properly regulate it so that it can be used as an economic resource as well as Medicine, this must be done in-order to better use taxpayer money and shift the flow of (3) billions of dollars made from the sale of Marijuana from drug dealers and into the economy.
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This isn't a bad paper, but you need to get a peer to proofread it for grammar. You have some issues with run-on sentences and you have a lot of randomly capitalized words. Also, the way you've included your citations is really strange. They should be included within the sentence at the end, like this ("citation").

Here's some more specific critiques (I've marked things in bold in the quote):
1. This sentence needs a credible citation of some sort. Is Cohen 2009 the source? The way you have it written, it's not clear.
2. Your personal knowledge of what a drug dealer can make from marijuana is meaningless unless you are a certified expert on the subject, and I'm guessing you're not.
3. Needs a source.
4. Is that something you read, or are you making those calculations yourself? If you're doing the math yourself, you have to consider that the price of marijuana could change drastically if it becomes legalized depending on supply, demand, taxation, and a number of other variables that are nearly impossible to account for. If you haven't got an accredited source for this number, don't use it.
5. The subsection of marijuana users you've been exposed to may not be statistically representative of the population as a whole. That's not a very good argument.
6. If someone is using marijuana when it's prohibited, they aren't law-abiding.
7. Relaying what a friend thinks is essentially hearsay and is insubstantial.
8. You're entering into a Constitutionality argument that needs more fleshing out and justification.
9. They're doing that for research purposes. It's not the same thing as general use.

 

[ImmaculateShadow]

So currently i am writing a paper on whether or not Marijuana should be legal, Have a read and let me know what you think:

Spoiler

Should Marijuana be legalized?

According to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), Marijuana or Cannabis Sativa is a “Drug” with no medicinal properties. Cannabis Sativa was criminalized by the Federal Government in the United States of America in 1937 but as of recently legalized for Medical purposes by as many as 18 States. Marijuana has been used for thousands of years without any Deaths and has been confirmed through numerous scientific studies to be an effective pain reliever through the euphoric and relaxing effects caused by the chemical in Marijuana called Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). (Cohen, 2009) In my opinion Marijuana is a plant that should be legal in the United States of America for both Recreational and Medicinal purposes, I feel that if Marijuana was legalized on a federal level it could become a major asset for the economy and an incredible help to the national debt which is currently 16 Trillion. (Ed Hall, 2012)It is estimated that enforced Marijuana Prohibition cost taxpayers up to $10 Billion annually with cost rising increasingly each year. (Norml, 2010) To my knowledge Drug Dealers can make an estimated $9000 in one month from selling one pound of Marijuana by only investing $3000.

Marijuana being the third most popular recreational drug in the America and being used by nearly 100 Million Americans can generate $2000 million dollars in one day if each of those 100 million Americans bought one gram of Marijuana, this is why I believe in the economical resourcefulness of Marijuana but currently with the way laws severely punish the possession of even the smallest amounts of Marijuana, progress cannot be made. In 2010, 97.5 arrests were made per hour for Marijuana related offenses and there continues to be 850, 000+ individuals arrested per year for Marijuana related offenses. (Norml, 2010)

I feel as though those resources used to arrest and lock away Marijuana offenders are going to waste. In the past I have seen many different types of people who use Marijuana, majority of these people are people whom I deem to be non-violent, dedicated individuals who unlike alcoholics, cocaine addicts or heroin addicts are productive law-abiding citizens who have promising futures. The effects that Marijuana produces impacts selective and divided attention, cognitive flexibility, and time estimation similar to alcohol yet alcohol and tobacco, drugs that are legal are to be blamed for hundreds of thousands of deaths per year (Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2010)

I cannot see why people are having their life’s ruined for smoking a plant that is in my opinion safer than both cigarettes and alcohol. Proper legalization and regulation would prove to bring about an economic revolution. Besides helping to promote the economy or for recreational usage Marijuana has been shown to have medicinal effects. The chemical in Marijuana, THC produces a “hunger effect” where the user has an increased appetite and the urge eat, this side effect can be greatly useful for those whom are suffering from eating disorders or those going through chemotherapy who need to have an healthy appetite so as to provide their bodies with the proper nutrients it needs to help combat illnesses.(Ford, Ludlum, 2011)

In the past and still today the Federal Government has provided Marijuana to a select group of patients but due to prohibition and pressure from political figures, the Government seized the program and only provides federally grown Marijuana to four patients whom receive monthly supplies from the only Marijuana plantation at the University of Mississippi. Still, in order to provide the medicinal help that the chemical in Marijuana provides the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the drug Marinol, a pill with the active ingredient THC, consequently this pill is less effective and more costly than the plant itself. (Ford, Ludlum, 2011)

I believe that Medical Marijuana could provide a more inexpensive and effective medicinal help to patients than many pharmaceutical drugs. A friend of mine whom suffers from nausea, loss of appetite and depression regular exclaims to me that without Marijuana he would be “head-over heels in pills and debt.” In order to better help their patient’s physicians must provide the best treatment and promote the best interest of their patients but with Federal prohibition to access and use of Marijuana, the Government is infringing upon citizen rights to live and avoid suffering. ( Pfeifer, 2011) So while the patient and physician try to work towards the health of the patient they must be looking over their shoulders hoping the Government doesn’t find out about their actions and lock them away, I believe this is wrong, unless one’s actions cause harm to another or to one’s self then I do not believe the Government needs to be involved, it is our natural born right to exercise our free-will.

The Government itself also supports my position because while they are penalizing the use of Marijuana they themselves are growing it and giving it to patients and also extracting the active ingredient in Marijuana to create pills. I believe that the Federal Government should legalize Marijuana and properly regulate it so that it can be used as an economic resource as well as Medicine, this must be done in-order to better use taxpayer money and shift the flow of billions of dollars made from the sale of Marijuana from drug dealers and into the economy.
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P.S This is not a thread to state your own opinions on Marijuana, just on my essay, Thank you.

Loved it!

Pros: Nice sourcing. Great point to consider. Good to see you used actual plant names. Glad to see you taking a swing at the 'Big Three' in the second paragraph. The fifth paragraph is informative - I had no idea that there was a federal program that was supplying Cannabis, please name it for us and in the paper. Love the diggs you take against the medical establishment.

Questions: Why did you write out the number $2000 million in your second paragraph on sales and economic implication? Why not $2 Billion?

Critiques: The national deficit isn't some thing that can ever be repaid considering the fact that we have loaned that money from other countries on interest. There for I don't find it compelling as a number for the consideration of paying off that debt. What I would say is that the plat could help the US sustain it's self in the mean time.

In the third paragraph you start out by saying, "I feel that ..." I would advise against that language. In any paper which asks for your opinion it best to present a strong argument as though you know what your advocating - since what your writing about in respect to incarceration is a fact, presenting it in that way makes your argument stronger.

In the fourth paragraph you say that it is your opinion that the plat is harmless for consumption - it is harmless for consumption in comparison to the big three. I suggest making that statement stronger.

Sixth paragraph - Medical Cannabis CAN provide a better more cost effective substitute to individuals over narcotics. Make that stronger.

Please name the drug being made by big-pharmaceutical, in the last paragraph, and it's horrible failure in comparison with cannabis.

Hope that helps - Ent

 

[ShishaMastah420]

This isn't a bad paper, but you need to get a peer to proofread it for grammar. You have some issues with run-on sentences and you have a lot of randomly capitalized words. Also, the way you've included your citations is really strange. They should be included within the sentence at the end, like this ("citation").

Here's some more specific critiques (I've marked things in bold in the quote):
1. This sentence needs a credible citation of some sort. Is Cohen 2009 the source? The way you have it written, it's not clear.
2. Your personal knowledge of what a drug dealer can make from marijuana is meaningless unless you are a certified expert on the subject, and I'm guessing you're not.
3. Needs a source.
4. Is that something you read, or are you making those calculations yourself? If you're doing the math yourself, you have to consider that the price of marijuana could change drastically if it becomes legalized depending on supply, demand, taxation, and a number of other variables that are nearly impossible to account for. If you haven't got an accredited source for this number, don't use it.
5. The subsection of marijuana users you've been exposed to may not be statistically representative of the population as a whole. That's not a very good argument.
6. If someone is using marijuana when it's prohibited, they aren't law-abiding.
7. Relaying what a friend thinks is essentially hearsay and is insubstantial.
8. You're entering into a Constitutionality argument that needs more fleshing out and justification.
9. They're doing that for research purposes. It's not the same thing as general use.

Thank you so much dude! This is actually what i was looking forward to.

1& 3. The thing at the end is the source (Norml, 2012)

2. Well you could say i am a expert, but then again drug dealing is a legal business is it?

4. That is a accurate calculations, it is true the supply and demand could change and also the price could change but these numbers are the numbers for now for the illegal sale of Marijuana, my source is my self, my dealer and Norml.

5. You are right by my teacher told me to involve some personal experiences, i tried to incorporate it into what i was writing about.

6. True, i should remove law-abiding

7. It isn't what he thinks, it is what he says and what is true, IMO, pills do cost alot and he doesn't have money to afford the numerous pills that the doctor is subscribing to him.

8. I feel i did flesh it out, chemo patient needs Marijuana to help their appetite but doctor isn't allowed to prescribe said patient Marijuana, instead they prescribed a bunch of costly pills.

9. The supply is grown and given to the 4 removing patients of the former program.

 

[kakashi owns all]

i read it, disagreed with every word you wrote that was opinion ( non fact) but the essay is wrote well.

 

[Mischeif Maker]

Child Molestation isn't personal business it involves other people, as far as Crack and Heroine goes, not my cup of tea, but to each his own.

People sober have killed people before, whats your point?

Substance abuse should not be the blame for the actions of a person, You chose to do that Substance so then you must choose to accept the the consequences of your actions.

crack heads kill ppl to get money for crack and heroine mother have pimped out their children for money for heroine and drunk drivers have crashed and killed ppl and pot head have done the same on more then one ocassion so it is all a public issue if it cost ppl their lives

most ppl kill ppl when they have been physically or mentally abused till they were crazy or out of desperation out of poverty and all the so called gangster who kiil for fun they were all once hungry kids just trying to eat and the path they took from their lead to who they are now


all of it is public issueand not to each their own and maybe you would be able to realise this when you had someone you know die because someone was to each their owning

so unless you are totally clueless then yes substance abuse it to blame for many thing because if they wernt on the substance then they wouldnt have done it and you can cry oh it their choice its their choice....what about the kids who grow up with parents who tell them its ok to smoke crack....think it doesnt happen all the time then a child trusting his parents end up addicted then you will wanna rant about how they can quit if they want but that is spoken by those who have never had to quite anything most people cant even quite something as small as cigs but the withdrawls from crack and heroine can literally kill you and i bet you think you could take that pain and the life time of not being able to forget and want something that you know is bad 4 you without a problem your the one person who could just do it like a boss

to each their own pffffft

Spoiler

Car Plows Into Group of Cyclists in Italy, 8 Dead (Driving While High On Pot)
Yahoo News ^ | 12/4/2010 | Yahoo News

Posted on Sunday, December 05, 2010 10:51:17 AM by Dallas59

ROME – A speeding car plowed head-on into a group of cyclists in southern Italy on Sunday morning, killing eight of them, officials said. The driver had been smoking marijuana, police said.

Bent, mangled bikes were strewn about the scene, and the sheet-draped corpses dotted the two-lane road near Lamezia Terme, in the Calabrian "toe" of boot-shaped Italy where the accident occurred.

In addition to the eight cyclists killed, four people were injured, said Gianluca Gioia, a spokesman for ANAS, the agency that runs Italy's state roads and highways. Police confirmed the toll.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...

to each their own right

 

[Shinobi Train]

I am getting a grade for it.

Its still unfinished so i need to touch up some issues, i'd love if you could point some out for me, which kind of my main point of this thread, lol

Thank you for the suggestion, i'll look into it and try to find some more sources, the ones that i am finding are suggesting some subtly side effects from Marijuana uses such as weakening in cognitive skills, motivation, memory, etc

Yeah, like the Panda Sage said, there are some spots that need touching up. Getting someone to proof read it would help alot. I'd be willing to take a look when you're through, but I'd need some time to do so.

Right, I'll see if I can dig anything up. There's also a great website with lots of sources, it's sole purpose is to fight the propaganda and tell the truth about marijuana for once.

Nope, people stating that it makes you lazy or forget things etc. are seriously deluded. I've never worked harder or more efficiently while I was smoking weed on a regular basis. Now that I'm off it for the most part, I've noticed that I'm slower and don't have the motivation. True, it effects people differently, but I was introduced to it while working with my brother, and together we kicked some mega a** just from bong hits.

I'm reminded of a certain song actually:



Oh, and don't respond to these fools spouting regurgitated propaganda; they have no actual experience, all they know is what they've been told, so no point arguing with them.

 

[ShishaMastah420]

Loved it!

Pros: Nice sourcing. Great point to consider. Good to see you used actual plant names. Glad to see you taking a swing at the 'Big Three' in the second paragraph. The fifth paragraph is informative - I had no idea that there was a federal program that was supplying Cannabis, please name it for us and in the paper. Love the diggs you take against the medical establishment.

1. Questions: Why did you write out the number $2000 million in your second paragraph on sales and economic implication? Why not $2 Billion?

2. Critiques: The national deficit isn't some thing that can ever be repaid considering the fact that we have loaned that money from other countries on interest. There for I don't find it compelling as a number for the consideration of paying off that debt. What I would say is that the plat could help the US sustain it's self in the mean time.

3. In the third paragraph you start out by saying, "I feel that ..." I would advise against that language. In any paper which asks for your opinion it best to present a strong argument as though you know what your advocating - since what your writing about in respect to incarceration is a fact, presenting it in that way makes your argument stronger.

4. In the fourth paragraph you say that it is your opinion that the plat is harmless for consumption - it is harmless for consumption in comparison to the big three. I suggest making that statement stronger.

5. Sixth paragraph - Medical Cannabis CAN provide a better more cost effective substitute to individuals over narcotics. Make that stronger.

6. Please name the drug being made by big-pharmaceutical, in the last paragraph, and it's horrible failure in comparison with cannabis.

Hope that helps - Ent

Thank you so much dude.

1. lol my slip up... or to be honest, i didn't realize 2000 million was 2 billion...I might be stoned... maybe...

2. True that is understandable

3. It is a journal type of essay, my teacher said we were allowed to do so, thanks for that suggestion though.

4. I talked about the deaths compared to the other three, i don't want to do into too much detail about drugs.

5. thanks again for that.

6. i did its called Marinol o.o

i read it, disagreed with every word you wrote that was opinion ( non fact) but the essay is wrote well.

Fair enough, thank you though.

Yeah, like the Panda Sage said, there are some spots that need touching up. Getting someone to proof read it would help alot. I'd be willing to take a look when you're through, but I'd need some time to do so.

Right, I'll see if I can dig anything up. There's also a great website with lots of sources, it's sole purpose is to fight the propaganda and tell the truth about marijuana for once.

Nope, people stating that it makes you lazy or forget things etc. are seriously deluded. I've never worked harder or more efficiently while I was smoking weed on a regular basis. Now that I'm off it for the most part, I've noticed that I'm slower and don't have the motivation. True, it effects people differently, but I was introduced to it while working with my brother, and together we kicked some mega a** just from bong hits.

I'm reminded of a certain song actually:



Oh, and don't respond to these fools spouting regurgitated propaganda; they have no actual experience, all they know is what they've been told, so no point arguing with them.

Yeaah i agree with seeing some subtly differences now that i'm not chronically smoking as i used to.

Thansk man Letme know

crack heads kill ppl to get money for crack and heroine mother have pimped out their children for money for heroine and drunk drivers have crashed and killed ppl and pot head have done the same on more then one ocassion so it is all a public issue if it cost ppl their lives

most ppl kill ppl when they have been physically or mentally abused till they were crazy or out of desperation out of poverty and all the so called gangster who kiil for fun they were all once hungry kids just trying to eat and the path they took from their lead to who they are now


all of it is public issueand not to each their own and maybe you would be able to realise this when you had someone you know die because someone was to each their owning

so unless you are totally clueless then yes substance abuse it to blame for many thing because if they wernt on the substance then they wouldnt have done it and you can cry oh it their choice its their choice....what about the kids who grow up with parents who tell them its ok to smoke crack....think it doesnt happen all the time then a child trusting his parents end up addicted then you will wanna rant about how they can quit if they want but that is spoken by those who have never had to quite anything most people cant even quite something as small as cigs but the withdrawls from crack and heroine can literally kill you and i bet you think you could take that pain and the life time of not being able to forget and want something that you know is bad 4 you without a problem your the one person who could just do it like a boss

to each their own pffffft

Spoiler

Car Plows Into Group of Cyclists in Italy, 8 Dead (Driving While High On Pot)
Yahoo News ^ | 12/4/2010 | Yahoo News

Posted on Sunday, December 05, 2010 10:51:17 AM by Dallas59

ROME – A speeding car plowed head-on into a group of cyclists in southern Italy on Sunday morning, killing eight of them, officials said. The driver had been smoking marijuana, police said.

Bent, mangled bikes were strewn about the scene, and the sheet-draped corpses dotted the two-lane road near Lamezia Terme, in the Calabrian "toe" of boot-shaped Italy where the accident occurred.

In addition to the eight cyclists killed, four people were injured, said Gianluca Gioia, a spokesman for ANAS, the agency that runs Italy's state roads and highways. Police confirmed the toll.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...

to each their own right

The fact still remains that, that person or persons chose to buy and abuse that substance, the substance didn't jump up and say" Hey, Your gonna abuse me Today!"

So my point still stands to each his/her own.

Sober people have done all of the same things that your trying so hard to put on a pedestal just because it involved someone that abused a substance.

Also in this day and age i find it difficult for anyone to be knowledge incompetent, unless your living in a 3rd world country or in extreme poverty.

 

[mcchikeneater]

I think they should decriminalize it, and make it just a minor ticket if you get caught, and make it really really easy to get a medical marijuana card, for things even as minor as arthritis or trouble sleeping, then the government should start growing mass amounts of it and selling it to the people who get those cards, and when they confiscate weed from someone who doesn't have a card, they will get money from the ticket, and have more weed to sell, and not have to spend money on court costs and stuff to deal with the case. Then they should stop trying to catch people with it, or at least stop trying very hard, stop doing fly by's looking for it growing, and all the money that they spend paying cops to bust marijuana, should be transferred into the fight against drugs like cocaine and heroin that actually harm society. The government spends billions of dollars every year just to try and take marijuana off the streets, when they could be making billions of dollars off of it. Fully legalized isn't necessary, and if it was fully legal they would start doing roadside tests to see if you have been smoking and give driving under the influence tickets for it, I have a friend who lost his license because he admitted to being high when he was pulled over. They already have a test that can tell if you have been smoking weed within the last few hours, but they don't use it very often.

 

[BettyWhite]

it should

 

[~Sky~]

Nice paper man. You have a couple grammar issues, but I'm sure you can sort that out quite easily.

You had a good voice coming out the gate that you kept strong all the way through, and it was very intelligently written. Good job, just proof read it a little more and try and have a friend or family member help you out with it as well, it works.

 

[willie0828]

Well I accept the fact that Marijuana has medicinal value.. But through abusive consumption (addiction) it should not be legalized.

 

[~WastelandSociety~]

I think people should be able to smoke it and at the age of 21.

 

[YumBadgerKebabs]

I very much agree with the 'I cannot see why people are having their life’s ruined for smoking a plant that is in my opinion safer than both cigarettes and alcohol' bit. From my experience, drinking alcohol is far more dangerous than smoking marijuana. It just completely goes past me to the reasons why alcohol is legal and marijuana isn't. It's pretty ridiculous if you ask me.