I've been a proponent of legalizing marijuana for quite some time. It just seems like a no brainer to me. My opinion is rooted in a philosophy of if it doesn't hurt me, or society as a whole, it should be legal for grown adults to do. I don't think marijuana use really hurts society on the whole. It's not even as dangerous as alcohol and the government doesn't seem to have much of a problem letting us drink that. I think locking people up for something that's pretty harmless is a giant waste of time and money. We have over crowded prisons in large part due to non violent drug offenses. To me, that's immoral. We have to look at changing our laws to more common sense ways of fighting drug addiction and sales. I don't think I'd go all the way and decriminalize every drug but we need to take a look at everything because our current way of dealing with the problem is only making things worse.
No crime? Let's create it! I live in South Florida and marijuana being illegal is an excuse to detain and harrass all sorts of different types of people. I can't wait for a sensible policy to be enacted so the cops can do something else with their time. Possibly give out more tickets, but whatever, strap 'em all with body cameras and call it a day lol
Yeah, it's amazing the amount of time and money is spent arresting people and locking them up for marijuana use and sales. All the while actual dangerous criminals are being released multiple times. We don't even lock up repeat violent offenders for as long as we do non violent drug users in a lot of cases. We definitely need to have a national movement to improve how we deal with these issues. There is a lot of movement going on in individual states, but there's still a long way to go until we have sensible drug laws in this country.
I used to live in an poor city in southern colorado and my friends back there said that tons of marijuana related businesses have been opening up and there are tons of tourists. I think if other states open it up then the taboo factor will go away and it will be in a similar place as tobacco.
People like to talk about how illegal drugs including marijuana, is destroying society. But looking at how well Colorado is doing and the model that they are presenting to the united states, maybe it's time, one by one, state by state, we start lifting the illegality of marijuana use. There are people dying and going to jail because of alcohol. Marijuana has just proven in the past 6 months of legalization in Colorado, that is financially beneficial for the local government, but has also lowered crime rate.
Yes it's all one big load of crap. Mary J is easier for cops to detect to do smell, and amount that has to be transported. This is one of the main reasons they're taking so long to legalize it. Asset forfeiture is a huge business for that state and federal government. Anybody that thinks the government cares about wellness or the safety of society is let's just say less than informed. The supreme court ruled that police don't have an obligation to protect citizens. Do I need to go on or is that alone enough. I think everything should be legalized. Why? This way we have gone about hasn't worked for a long time. Just look at the statistics. No one will ever be able to tell another human what to do with their body ever. If the state really cared to help why would they dump these people in prison instead of giving them the help they need. Since this is an investment forum I assume people know all about the companies the run profit prisons. Enough said.
I think one of the most telling facts is the drop in overdose deaths related to opium abuse. Anytime man decides to synthesize anything, it's rarely better than the original one nature made itself. The FDA doesn't care about society at all. Just read food labels and see the ingredients they allow to be sold to consumers. Doesn't make any sense at all.
Cops or revenue generators. Seem like all they do is write tickets and raids for drugs. You never seem them at a robbery or homicide hardly until after it occurs.
This is a really complex topic and the title is really simplistic, only in the long run we will not the full effects of making it legal.
Truly, it's called hemp or cannabis, not marijuana. However, Legalization of marijuana was the most stupid thing people have done collectively since the Prohibition of Alcohol! People need to know the difference between the words Law and Legal, both are not the same in meaning, and one easy way to understand a word is not the same as the other is the fact that either are 'not' spelled the same. Law is a opinion laid down by a society and stands true until properly proved incorrect, harmful, injurious, or wrong; Legal, is merely a Legislative 'interpretation' of Law, condensed down to a policy, regulation or statute, and then codified for Legal use. Use and possession of hemp or cannabis, was never unlawful, people only 'believed' it was prohibited because the Legal society and the U.S. Government have been propagandizing false and misdirected information about it since the U.S. Government stopped using hemp in mass after World War Two. Understanding the simple concept of principle and agent, or, creator and created, will help people understand the true functions of a external Government [like the United States Government] and its relation to its masters called, 'The Public' or 'The People'.
