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One reason why weed should be legalized?

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Uncle.Badness
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Okay, just so you know who this is coming from. I don't smoke, at all. Anyways for about a month or so I've been plagued with this question: why should weed be legalized in the US? Honestly I don't see any reason whatsoever that it would benefit the American Society in a positive way. This is a serious question. I don't give a shit about your "fuck you mannnn I smoke dat sour diesel all day nukkah I luv weed!"
Jun 28 2011 3:26PM
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Uncle.Badness
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The difference is that my debt doesn't increase infinitely, the national deficit does.
Jun 28 2011 4:03PM
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Bodhisattva_
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so by that logic we will never decrease it, so you think it should just go to shit and we shouldn't do anything to stop it?
You're even more ignorant than I thought.
Jun 28 2011 4:05PM
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baethoven
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OP you clearly made this thread to argue with kids that choose to smoke weed. You're doing a pathetic job of making any good arguments, and you look fucking stupid.. watch this it'll help you get the answers to the question you aimed to argue over.


Jun 28 2011 4:06PM
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SARTRON
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i have for the past 5 years, and ive never been in an accident. if you arent a retard and pay attention to the road, you will be fine. respect the nug and its affects, dont ever underestimate anything, and pay attention. its not like when im high i see little creatures pop outta the woods and watch the road change directions. doesnt change my reaction speed or my ability to drive. sometimes i even drive more carefully and alert when im high.
Jun 28 2011 4:06PM
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Uncle.Badness
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I hope your arrested then because you're a danger to everyone around you while driving. http://dmv.ca.gov/about/profile/rd/duistats89_99.htm Alcohol, the number one socially accepted drug causes the most DUIs if marijuana were to be legalized people would obviously smoke it like you, while driving and that's fucking dangerous even if you don't realize it. There's no need to act so arrogant. You're not the moral and factualy police, neither am I. I'm only presenting facts that keep me from thinking it should be decriminalized. It's your job to convince me, not make yourself look like a prick who think's they're the shit for smoking mind altering substances
Jun 28 2011 4:08PM
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saranac_tortex
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As long as I dont drive at the peak of my high it doesn't affect me, but if I rip a bong and then go out for a drive I can definitely feel that I'm a worse driver. My policy is wait an hour after you smoke to drive. Its really not hard to wait an hour
Jun 28 2011 4:09PM
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TheHamburglar
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I understand your point and admittedly I have done the same for years also- but there's a lot of dumb kids blunt cruising who are too dumb to drive to begin with. I have seen some really, really bad things come from dumb kids as stoned as possible and driving, and I can tell you it's not worth it. not comparable to alcohol, but still smarter to drive sober.
Jun 28 2011 4:10PM
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Bodhisattva_
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You're comparing alcohol to marijuana, because they are both "mind altering substances". When in fact, marijuana does not affect your motor skills like alcohol. You can't say people die from DUI's with alcohol so that makes pot bad too. None of your arguments are valid. I'm done.
Jun 28 2011 4:11PM
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TheHamburglar
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it's like arguing with religious freaks- you just move on and accept the fact that there are lots of idiots in the world.
Jun 28 2011 4:11PM
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Furrer92
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I love how you completely ignored the giant post that solidly proved why weed should be legal.

As to the only 40 billion you're not taking into account other savings that would come from legalizing weed; less people in prison, less money on policing it and other hemp products.
Jun 28 2011 4:13PM
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Bodhisattva_
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Yeah because we're the idiots...
Jun 28 2011 4:13PM
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SARTRON
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ive seen more death and accidents from alcohol and none from weed, im sorry, i just cannot agree with your point. people need to own up to their actions and accepts the consequences. smoking and driving is a privilige, and no i dont take 5 bong rips to the face and say lets hit the road. a blunt with friends, maybe, a personal spliff, a must.
Jun 28 2011 4:13PM
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SARTRON
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i also dont think weed and alcohol should and can ever be compared at the same level. just like OP has a grudge against nug, i think alcohol is pretty damn evil.
Jun 28 2011 4:15PM
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saranac_tortex
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I'm gonna quote this hoping you don't ignore it again. You wanted reasons well this gives plenty of reasons
Jun 28 2011 4:15PM
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TheHamburglar
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my friend was almost killed by stoners smoking on the highway. I won't argue with you anymore- but when lives are at stake I don't fuck around.
Jun 28 2011 4:16PM
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baethoven
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For someone that spent all of HS driving around getting high with his friends with no incidents ever, I feel pretty safe about doing it. I've driven on a few different substances, and weed is by far the least impairing one of them all. Im' convinced the OP is a troll, from lack of intelligence.
Jun 28 2011 4:16PM
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TheHamburglar
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talking about people prejudiced against weed brah
Jun 28 2011 4:17PM
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Bodhisattva_
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Ah I see. Sorry. Yeah I'm done with this. I'm pretty sure I just got trolled really hard. OP is probably ripping the bong and driving to his friends house right now.
Jun 28 2011 4:18PM
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TheHamburglar
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yeah I'm done too, HAPPY 420 ALL.
Jun 28 2011 4:20PM
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JIBpsy^^
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Now i am merely assuming but i think you are conservative? Not there is anything wrong with that but isn't the basis of conservatism less government interference?  Former President Ronald Reagan: "The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom," How is the government telling you what you can and cannot do with a relatively benign intoxicant align in any way with conservatism? If you are not conservative about this just disregard. Also where the fuck do you get off saying that 8 billion dollars a year is worthless? Yea sure its not huge but if someone with credit card debt can reduce their debt in anyway they are gonna fucking do it no matter how small. that is another ignorant view point that also applies to alternative energy. People will not except a green energy source till it can be used everywhere no exceptions. Well news fucking flash. That's never going to happen. either you have been very severely misinformed or you are just ignorant but Marijuana criminalization is a huge fuck you to the constitution and the ideals America is founded upon.
Jun 28 2011 4:21PM
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-ROY-
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people take weed to seriously . legalize and commercialize the shit and be done with it. Regulate it just like tobacco and alchohol.
Jun 28 2011 4:42PM
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Tha_Wizard
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personally weed makes me extremely positive in every thought, action, perception, etc.. it helps me listen and understand and be open minded. im against legalization however because it will become taxed and monopolized like tobacco. It should be legal to grow in small quantities and decriminalized.
Jun 28 2011 4:47PM
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skier_boy26
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Or maybe the government should cut spending?


I find myself in some weird middle area with this legalization push. I don't smoke, at all (same as OP), so I don't really have a horse in this race.

On one hand, it is pretty benign, and all this enforcement costs way more money than is beneficial.

On the other, do we really want a bunch more kids running around baked out of their minds? Not so sure about that...
Jun 28 2011 5:05PM
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CAPITA-DEVOURS
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sorry let me get my facts straight. it doesn't lower sperm count, but it does affect the sperms swimming ability and less ability to penetrate the egg. lower sex drive is something else that i read somewhere..
Jun 28 2011 5:26PM
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Spic-N-SpaN
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there would be a much safer legal alternative to drinking
Jun 28 2011 5:43PM
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