Should marijuana be made legal? (Denver: buying, pros and cons, live)

[edesign]

Ah ok, I understand you now

And yeah, the "not as good the second time" thing...that's why I quit for a week or two at a time fairly regularily. You get a tolerance or burned out (long term habitual use) and it's just not the same any more. Took me quite a few years to figure that out. Glad to hear you're happy now though! More power to ya!

[SergeGainsbourg]

drugs ruin lives. drugs ruin neighborhoods. drugs ruin families (you think kids whose parents are heavy into drugs have nice childhoods?)

No thank you!

[Bideshi]

All drugs should be made legal. That is the only way to take the profit out of drugs and end the nightmare.

[reginhild]

Originally Posted by SergeGainsbourg

drugs ruin lives. drugs ruin neighborhoods. drugs ruin families (you think kids whose parents are heavy into drugs have nice childhoods?)

No thank you!

Interesting, the same could be said for alcohol, are you a teetotaler?

...but the alcohol ruins neighborhoods really only happened during prohibition - when it was illegal.

[McGowdog]

But alcohol is good business for many. And it's good for about 90% of you people. There's a baby in every bottle.

I'm a rambler and a gambler, it's a long way to the ole sod...
and if ye don't like me... then just leave me alone...
I'll eat when I'm hungry and I'll drink Rye when I'm dry...

and if WHISKEY don't kill me... I'll live till I die...

[CosmicWizard]

SergeGainsbourg wrote:

drugs ruin lives. drugs ruin neighborhoods. drugs ruin families (you think kids whose parents are heavy into drugs have nice childhoods?)

What you say is true, but I'm guessing that MOST people who would be heavy into drugs are already heavy into drugs. The kind of people you refer to are not the kind of people who will let a simple matter like legality interfere with their addictions. Making MJ legal will however keep some of these people out of prison. Not having the criminal label around their necks would perhaps give them a better chance to get the counseling they need to turn their lives around.

[Bideshi]

Take the profit out of drugs and they will not be glamorized any more. People will pity pathetic drug addicts as they did 100 years ago when all drugs were legal but few people used them.

[Scott5280]

I just got done smoking bowls for the last ten hours straight while watching the Cartoon Network, so I guess I forgot what I was going to say..."oh ya gotta make a run for the Border..Taco Bell's got some really bad a$$ new wicked Chalupa dude."..

That's who we are locking up?

[zenkonami]

This may not solve the ethical dilemma and is probably pandering to the politics of the issue, but if part of the political impasse is the inability to control the drug via taxes because it is relatively simple to grow, then why not turn it into a civil matter rather than a criminal one and just fine people for possession as an auxiliary citation. They can't invade your home over it, but if you're stopped in a motor vehicle "in possession" or some kind of violation with a certain amount on you then you're fined. Government mildly discourages the activity and monetizes it to a small degree. Perhaps it also remains a civil violation to smoke it in public, also resulting in a citation.

If you could prove someone was driving under the influence then perhaps that could be criminal (the way alcohol is) - I've ridden in a vehicle with people who had been smoking and it was not safe, but if they're lighting up in their home I don't think it's any of my business.

Workplaces, meanwhile, could promote any policy they like about it. Maybe more safety sensitive employers could exercise zero tolerance while far less hazardous locations might choose to have a more relaxed policy on the matter.

Just ideas. Not ultimate solutions.

[CosmicWizard]

Scot5280 wrote:

That's who we are locking up?

Release all of these guys from prison and the recession will be over just from their extra spending to alleviate the munchies.