If they legalize Marijuana they're gonna need more fast-food restaurants!

I think it should be legal as well, not going to throw all the statistics here, there's a bunch of that on the internet, but if it would be legal, we'd be spending less time giving slaps on the wrists, and more time going after real criminals. However because of all the billions of dollars that govt. gets from busting people with weed, legalization might never happen.

I've been listening to this debate for 30 years. When someone brings up the subject, I always say, "why not legalize burglary"? I'm against it. They say it's no different then alcohol. That's why I don't drink.

Okay here is my theory... Marijuana is the number one drug being seized to this day. YES it can be regulated. Why not take and make it legal use the TAX money for research or towards the war on drugs. I look at it this way, marijuana is not the leading cause to auto accidents it also is not the leading cause to deaths by cancer, its great for patients who have glaucoma it reduces the pressure up to 30% in the eye's, this is also true for people who do not have glaucoma... If you know what glaucoma is you can see how this would help someone from becoming blind. Also how many people would smoke marijuana over other drugs if they had access to it? How many would chose pot over alcohol? Really think about it. What do you think it would do to our world? Would our crimes rate go down? Either way we are going to have drug problems in our country, but I honestly believe that it would help with other drug issues.

I also believe that people will smoke pot over alcohol. Not to mention there is test out there that can test a person that is high on marijuana, its a strip they put on their tongue and it will show THC if they have smoked marijuana. Just like alcohol it can be tested in the filed and regulated. Alcohol and marijuana are TWO complete different drugs and they should not be looked at as the same, because they are not. Who knows maybe marijuana would help prevent depression in our country as people would be able to self medicate. Heck it’s cheaper than going to a doctor to have them tell you that you are depressed then put you on pills that cost you 100 bucks a month not to mention the office visit price... This is just my .02 cents worth...

NYPDESU said:

"...it reduces the pressure up to 30% in the eye’s" Hmmm.......I remember it used to reduce my eye pressure 50%.....what the hell was I smoking.........

NYPDESU said:

well because my eyes were always half closed..so then,......not going to tell you the process I went through to figure that out, but! (putting my glasses on) according to my calculations, the eye pressure was reduced by 50%...

hey come on, some young people try it at one time or another.. doesn't mean that someone that wants to be a cop didn't as well..

i don't think it should be legalized.. i knew a lot of people that smoked it.. there are losers.. they barely contribute to society.. we don't need a world full of less active people...

I have done that ODIN.

i experimented a bit with it in hs...but like i said.. when you smoke, you barely contribute to society.. i mean if i did it in hs. i mean in hs.. i cut class as a result.. not just me, a lot of us did.. and i look at all those people i hung out with, and as a result of hs experimentation, i think i'm one of the only ones that is doing something with their life

I agree ODIN, there are better things I can do with my time than charge some idiot kid with a minor amount of weed on him. I'd rather just scare the shit out of him to teach a lesson and be on my way.

thats kinda my point, we don't want marijuana leaglized but at the same time we dont charge everyone with minor offenses.
I don't know cop one where im from that has charged everyone they find with mis marij, as a commander of narc i can say we do not get search warrents for someones house that is just a mild smoker, if we did we would not be able to get the real drugs off the streets .meth labs are everywhere, i care not about your bong, we have bigger fish to fry.
I heard that smoking marijuana makes you not contribute to society, and i have heard about the studies. my studies have been in the human condition and i have found that marijuana alone is not the reason people dont contribute to society, we have more alcohol abusers than anything else, i have not worked a sever domestic yet where mariluana was the factor but have worked many where alcohol made people violent, not too many pot smoking cheeto eating hemp wearing violent pot heads out here. i think it would take a big load off the system if we regulated it .

HenryOceanTom said:

ODIN said:

I am all for it. i watched my aunt slowly die from cancer she was told that if she could get marijuana it would help with being sick all the time. i have heard all the reasons that we should not, and have worked my share of DUI like all cops, when it comes to accidents marijuana was never the ONLY contributing factor.

Its should only be legal for these purposes. Medical, and thats it. Marijuana is a gateway drug. If you have teens and people being able to do it legally, whats going to stop them from trying other drugs then. i think it would be a bad idea. Plus, if you could go down to the store, and buy it, all the gangbangers who sell pot for a living, will start to sell harder drugs. I doubt that they would just go out of business. Thats my 2 cents ;)

HenryOceanTom said:

ODIN said:

I am all for it. i watched my aunt slowly die from cancer she was told that if she could get marijuana it would help with being sick all the time. i have heard all the reasons that we should not, and have worked my share of DUI like all cops, when it comes to accidents marijuana was never the ONLY contributing factor.

Its should only be legal for these purposes. Medical, and thats it. Marijuana is a gateway drug. If you have teens and people being able to do it legally, whats going to stop them from trying other drugs then. i think it would be a bad idea. Plus, if you could go down to the store, and buy it, all the gangbangers who sell pot for a living, will start to sell harder drugs. I doubt that they would just go out of business. Thats my 2 cents ;)

You got me thinking about the alcohol and tabacco. Alcohol would never be a facter in DUI's if people knew when to stop drinking, or if people dident binge drink. If you smoke 3 packs a day everyday, for 20 years. Thats not good either. What I'm getting at is that, alcohol, and tobacco are alright in moderations. I suppose if people only smoked a joint or 2 that they would be alrite too. Not alrite to drive a vehicle. But there not gonna be passed out.

All that weed talk got me hungry, does anyone know a good home fries recipe?