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should weed be legalized?

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supervore
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after seeing the weed thread, i thought this would be a great topic to debate about...debate.

i say yes, it's pretty harmless compared to cigarattes, and less addictive, i think...
Feb 19 2004 12:45AM
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Lord_Piot
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no definetly not... There is nothing NOTHIGN AT ALL wrong with spending all that money locking some dope smokers up.




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Feb 19 2004 1:01AM
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supervore
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this should be interesting...
Feb 19 2004 1:18AM
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CameIToeJam
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this has been talked about time and time again...the general conscensious is obviously YES



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Feb 19 2004 1:27AM
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mattwalker
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yes, but limit it... like you cant grow 40 acres of it... there should be some limit... or somthing to make it so everybody isnt stoned out of their minds 24/7


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Feb 19 2004 1:37AM
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Rbamf
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yes, quality will go up and cost will go down
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Feb 19 2004 1:47AM
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jex
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yes it should be legalized, it's less harmful then alcohol.


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Feb 19 2004 2:08AM
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resnick13
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Government would make a killing out of it, and its not like because its criminalized that people are going to stop anytime soon.

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Feb 19 2004 2:11AM
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Ds91260
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yes, yes, blah blah blah, its not gonna happen in the US for a few decades


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Feb 19 2004 2:57AM
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Lateralis
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no i dont think it should, it would cause problems cuz it would be to controlled and probably have a low potency


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Feb 19 2004 10:21AM
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CTripper
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yeah, so all those big corporations can make a profit off of it adding whatever they feel like to the buds so you keep coming back for more.
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Feb 19 2004 10:25AM
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Lateralis
Posts: 1228 - Karma: 332
yea but it might be shitty ass weed, who wants to smoke shit?


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Feb 19 2004 10:29AM
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Ds91260
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spoken like a true pot head


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Feb 19 2004 4:19PM
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SNOWMAN17
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i think it should, the government is spending billions every year to stop it, and its not doing anything, legalizing it would really help the ecenomy, but i do think they should make it where u need a liscence to sell it and so on maybe an age limit or whatnot



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Feb 19 2004 5:42PM
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ShmagmaSkiier420
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yes


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Feb 19 2004 5:54PM
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jumpman
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It doesn't matter what we think, it won't happen.


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Feb 19 2004 6:30PM
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SNOWMAN17
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if people just talked on this site to be heard from companies, and the government then no one would ever say anything, we know were not gonna make a difference in anything its just a good subject to talk about



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Feb 19 2004 8:07PM
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Jackpot
Posts: 4243 - Karma: 138
say NO to legalization, say YES to decriminalization



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Feb 19 2004 8:17PM
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RideBLUNT
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I definetely don't think there is any reason for cannabis possession to be a felony. Personally, I don't think it should be illegal to grow for yourself.

I think it should be handled like alcohol, in that you can go to a bar, or buy some at the store. You can also make your own, but you can't sell yours to anyone. Cannabis should be the same way, or even allow people to sell 'certified' bud to people that you've grown from 'certified' seeds or something?

Also, it is so much less harmful than alcohol, and of course we're going to have people that smoke 24/7, just like we have people that drink 24/7, but I think that a person that is ripped can do things safer than a person who is drunk. I think it should be illegal to perform jobs that endanger other while you are high, and i dont think that people should be allowed to operate a vehicle while they are high. law enforcement officers shouldn't be allowed to smoke at all, until they retire.

Everyone's got to remember that it wasn't because of the THC or that people were getting too high all the time that made the US Legal System frown on cannabis. It was because mostly minorities toked in the US, almost no caucasians did, and the whole government was caucasian, besides a few others. Hell, our forefathers were growers and smokers. Thomas Jefferson, the brainchild behind the Declaration of Independence was a ganja grower and toker, he had a plantation full. George Washington planted herb at his house for smoking, too.

Legalize the Herb, or at least decriminalize it.



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Feb 19 2004 8:26PM
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Jackpot
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legalization means there could be government or corporation control...weed cigarettes of shitty quality? no thank you
i'd rather pay a small fee for getting caught with it



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Feb 19 2004 8:44PM
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bigJ
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Where the fuck is possesion a felony, goddam Iran?
I don't know aout ya'll but here (NC) it is a light slap on the wrist and a drug class if you get possesion, under an ounce that is.


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Feb 19 2004 10:39PM
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WindBoarder
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I'm not exactly sure of where I stand on the decriminalization issue, but as for legalisation I say no.

1. Compairing it to tobacco is not a valid argument. This is because tobacco is known to be harmful and slowly laws are becoming stricter regarding the use of tobacco. Also, tobacco does not alter the physical state of mind other than providing relief from the addiction. ie getting high will raise the chance of you getting into a car accident but tobacco will not.

2. Tobacco may be more addictive than marry jane, but chronic is an addictive substance as well, and it doesn't do much to say, well, it's not AS addictive as this other harmful legal substance. And it's been proven to be just as addictive, if not more so than alcohol.

3. Alcohol is damaging to the brain, but that doesn't mean it should be banned. When someone smokes weed, it's for one purpose: to get high. Alcohol on the other hand, for me, my friends, and family at least, drinking is just wine at dinner, a bear now and then or a couple shots of vodka here and there. This means that: we're not getting drunk, therefor we are not damaging our brains any noticable ammount, and therefor it is not an addiction. That's why weed should not be legalised under the reason that, 'Alcohol's legal, so lets legalise weed.'

4. Weed is just as harmful when smoked on a consistent basis as tobacco is. Because when smoking weed almost everybody holds it in their lungs, it leaves a lot of time for the body to not only take in the THC, but also the harmful chemicals, such as tar (causes fatigue and lung damage/cancer, destroys oxygen receptors in the lungs and lowers the body's oxygen supply over the long term) and carbon monoxide (mild brain damage in small ammounts, in larger causes loss of conciousness or death, works by binding to the receptors in the blood stream which normally bind to oxygen). Yes, tobacco does all these things, but weed does them too. It has been estimated that depending on the size of the joint, one joint can cause the same damage as 4 cigarettes to one whole carton.

5. If it was legal, more people would try it, and some of those would become addicted and suffer greater damages then if they would become addicted to cigarettes. At least if it's illigal, those that become addicted did so by going through bigger ethical questions. In other words, they got what was coming to them.

I also conclude that weed should be decriminallised, as people shouldn't have a criminal record for doing something stupid.
Feb 19 2004 11:43PM
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Jasmine
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people should have rights to be self-destructive. it's their life. i don't even think seatbelts should be the law, but what do i know? i'm just a crazy liberal




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Feb 19 2004 11:47PM
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samck89
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its not possible to be addicted to weed, u can think u need it but theres never been a reported case of dependancy,

there has never been a reported case of death from o.d.ing on weed

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Feb 19 2004 11:50PM
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srwinnsuco
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i dunno if anyone mentioned this but decriminilaztion is the way. None of this legal shit. Yea it will help the government and what not but they will tax the fuck out of it and only big companies will distribute it and it would be gay. Sorta like tobacco.

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Feb 20 2004 12:18AM
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frampton
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in AK you can have anything under a Q.P. in your house and two plants and its completely legal
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Feb 20 2004 12:57AM
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etom
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there will always be dank nuggs. its not like becasue its legal the gov will possess all strands. is moonshine legal?

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Feb 20 2004 2:07AM
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ScratchCobra66
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yes it should, they should say you cant have like more then a few ounces on you at a time, and just make it like basic weed, but Ganja is niocee...

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Feb 20 2004 9:40AM
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GeneralButtNaked
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not legalized, decriminalized
Feb 20 2004 1:20PM
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lotus
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i dont like drugs, ive seen what it's done to some of my friends. there lives are messed up now.
i dont evan like alcohole, so dont listen to me.
Feb 20 2004 1:43PM
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off-axis
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I actually had a debate about this in English class 2 days ago. It should not be legalized is the side I picked to defend, stupid ass stoners are worthless.

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Feb 20 2004 7:53PM
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jibberjason
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I read about some study where they were trying to find the effects of driving while you're stoned. They found that stoned people's reaction time is just as fast as a sober person, but they have more trouble realizing what they need to react to. I just thought I'd share that.
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Feb 20 2004 8:13PM
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RideBLUNT
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Side note: A man in Britain did actually die from marijuana intoxication. He had had over 16,000 joints, and the THC build up was too much in his blood.



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Feb 20 2004 8:15PM
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nothanks
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hell no it shouldnt be legalized, i toke it up, but i want decrimilizination, that means no fines or stiff punishments, just writst slaps, if it get legalized it will be taken over by major tabacoo compaines and they will be bad

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Feb 20 2004 8:54PM
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lj5
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definetl decriminization no legaization. think of all the the bad things that would happen if it was fully legal? i think another thing some people like about weed is that its natural.
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Feb 20 2004 9:09PM
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Rbamf
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ie getting high will raise the chance of you getting into a car accident but tobacco will not.

where did you get that fact? you obviously must not smoke. i drive better when high, i also do school work better. i aced my physics test while i was high as a kite. being high makes it easier to get into the zone (by this, i mean 100
% concentration). i would put money on it that tobacco causes more accidents then weed. i was run into buy a girl who was lighting a ciggarette and not paying attention to the road.
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Feb 20 2004 11:33PM
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RideBLUNT
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Marijuana damaging to lungs...?!

Use a vaporizer, completely healthy.



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Feb 21 2004 11:16AM
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mammothpunks
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Not to turn this into any kind of political debate, but if your over 18 in the US there is something you can do
http://www.kucinich.us/issues/marijuana_decrim.php

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Feb 21 2004 4:15PM
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Lateralis
Posts: 1228 - Karma: 332
vaporizer is the way to go


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Feb 21 2004 5:30PM
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sethpistol02
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it is a wonderful thing
Nov 4 2005 1:40PM
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MitchPee
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No martock freestyle...you aren't right

Shitty quality won't happen, it's all about supply and demand. If it sucks don't buy it! Then when that company goes out of business because they can't sell enough someone else comes out with better quality. It is just like with any other product. Theres really good beer out there, and there's the cheap shit. There won't just be one type of weed.
Nov 4 2005 1:48PM
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Ptrckroe
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I wanna see a new article on this, until then I don't believe it
Nov 4 2005 1:54PM
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Ptrckroe
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And for the people saying weed causes cancer, it's actually the opposite, THC reduces the growth and can kill cancerous cells.
Nov 4 2005 1:55PM
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Dilla
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yes it should be legalized, why wouldnt it be. alcohol and cigarettes are why wouldnt weed be legalized
Nov 4 2005 2:00PM
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jarossamdb7
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agreed
Nov 4 2005 2:36PM
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brizz
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Should be legal. In my opinion it's more of an personal health issue. I got sent to jail over weed and all i've learned is don't caught again and don't drive with any on you.
Nov 4 2005 3:00PM
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GotamaBCshredder
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really they should outlaw tobacco and make weed legal imo, 400,000 people die a year from tobacco and 100,000 from alcohol. They seem likethe bigger problem
Nov 4 2005 3:02PM
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westnile
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it should be decriminalized not legalized
and cigarets should be more illegal than weed they are way more harmful. Weed is not dangerous i mean no one has ever died from an overdose and if anything you are more cautious when under the influence of weed i mean it says in the bible that god gave us the good green herb
Nov 4 2005 3:05PM
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n.i.c.k.
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well alcahol kills more people a year that cocane, heroine, and all other herd, very illegal drugs, so if they were going to have either weed or alcahol be illegal, i would pick alcahol. On alcahol, you cant function, but with weed, you can drive and function easily.
Nov 4 2005 3:14PM
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JackBach
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As a matter of fact, usage stays higher over longer periods time because of it's criminalized status. Upon legalization we'd see a massive spike in usage which would plateau and trail off into usage levels much lower then they are now.
Nov 4 2005 3:54PM
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