Why would you be against the Medical Marijuana prop? (lawyers, home)

[Bondurant]

Originally Posted by Ritchie_az

Should all drugs be legal?

Yes. Just like alcohol and nicotine, the two drugs that kill the most people.

[JAinAZ]

Originally Posted by Bondurant

Yes. Just like alcohol and nicotine, the two drugs that kill the most people.

They kill the most people BECAUSE THEY ARE LEGAL!!!! Many people smoke pot illegally, but many more will if it is made legal. Then watch the numbers climb for pot being the cause of deaths.

[Bondurant]

Originally Posted by JAinAZ

They kill the most people BECAUSE THEY ARE LEGAL!!!! Many people smoke pot illegally, but many more will if it is made legal. Then watch the numbers climb for pot being the cause of deaths.

Your hypothesis is likely wrong but if true why would that matter. Do you believe it is the job of the federal government to keep us safe from ourselves?

Would you propose banning alcohol and tobacco too or are they okay because they only kill more because of their legal status?

[Bondurant]

I'd like to point out that the majority of folks that I know personally who do not support legalization are politically conservative Republican. These same folks complain about universal healthcare (something I oppose also) on constitutional grounds. For the conservatives not in favor of legalization: will you please point out to me where in the constitution it gives the government authority to say what goes in our bodies.

If it grows naturally on God's Green Earth and is good enough for George Washington....

[rich67]

The never-ending marijuana debate. The people who don't smoke it and don't see a reason to smoke it usually don't want it to be legalized. It's just another drug (like alcohol and tobacco) that we don't need clogging up our health care system and creating other problems. The people who smoke it, or have smoked it and/or want to smoke it always want to legalize it...well, because "it'd be cool to toke in public", and it's "natural". Well, the opium poppy is natural too. Let's grab that one while we're at it too. And let cocoa leaves into the market as a snuff alternative too, while we're at it, cause that's natural too.
The truth of the matter is, alcohol and tobacco are bad...mmmkay? And they cause a lot of problems (health and otherwise) in society. Marijuana would cause issues as well if it were legalized along the lines as those other two. I am opposed to legalization of it because I see no need to let every bonehead freely destroy their brain cells when I see every other bonehead out there doing it already with booze and killing their lungs and lips with tobacco. That's like swimming in a shark tank with 2 great whites and adding an extra one in there for good measure.

[Bondurant]

I don't smoke anything so you can't throw me into the "it'd be cool to smoke in public" group. Most advocates wouldn't fall into that category. I only know a few people that dig the reefer but know a lot that want it legalized on common sense grounds.

You're worried about medical costs? What about the money that's thrown down the drain locking up users. Jail does not work. They get right back out and start over. You want to waste my money on locking these losers up? Please.

Again. Please tell me where in the constitution the government is given the authority to dictate what one puts into their own bodies.

Should George Washington have been tossed in the slammer for growing/smoking hemp?

[mosesmoses]

In my opinion a pot smoker will be a pot smoker legally, or illegally.
But even if they make it legal, I dont agree, that it should be legal to smoke it in public, only in their own privet basement, or back shed, not in their family room, and not in the room where the children play, or sleep.
I think it would be a good idea to make it legal, but with some restrictions.

[kdog]

Originally Posted by JAinAZ

They kill the most people BECAUSE THEY ARE LEGAL!!!! Many people smoke pot illegally, but many more will if it is made legal. Then watch the numbers climb for pot being the cause of deaths.

Pot deaths? How? You can drink yourself to death in one sitting. However, you can't smoke yourself to death. It's not poisonous like alcohol.

[Newsboy]

Isn't MARINOL already legal? And isn't it the same thing without all the potential side effects? So why do you NEED medicinal pot?

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[Ritchie_az]

Yes. Just like alcohol and nicotine, the two drugs that kill the most people.

OK, I guess we should dismantle the FDA, then....

Isn't MARINOL already legal? And isn't it the same thing without all the potential side effects? So why do you NEED medicinal pot?

Exactly! It has gone through the process put in place to approve/disapprove, regulate and oversee. Doctors can prescribe it. Pharmacies can sell it.
But it is not, apparently, the pot that folks want. The pot that, apparently, folks want, has been rejected by the process put in place. So folks that want it want to circumvent the system and make a special exception for this drug. Why is pot so special that it should get a special exemption?