Discussion: Legalizing Marijuana

[omid17]

The moral of the story is, weed and alcohol are fine when used in moderation. Weed and alcohol are bad when not used in moderation. Weed becoming legalized has more benefits than negatives. Some people don't do weed because it is illegal and would therefore then try it or use regularly if it were legal.

i agree

 

[Superman]

Pot legalization gains momentum in California

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091008/ap_on_re_us/us_marijuana_legalization

I need to move to California.

 

[omid17]

And stop making blanket statements like saying that smoking weed and driving is better than drinking and driving. Both are idiotic You may have a high tolerance for weed just like someone may have a high tolerance for alcohol and therefore it barely impairs your abilities. It is stupid to drink and drive and it is stupid to smoke pot and drive. To glamorize that imo is idiotic, no offense. To say one is worse than the other when they are both horribly bad is also idiotic.

I have never smoked pot because it is illegal. I would try it if it were legal. I would not smoke pot and go to work, go to school, or drive around because I think it helps me drive better

it's easier to drive being stoned than being drunk, that's all im saying

 

[Superman]

And stop making blanket statements like saying that smoking weed and driving is better than drinking and driving. Both are idiotic You may have a high tolerance for weed just like someone may have a high tolerance for alcohol and therefore it barely impairs your abilities. It is stupid to drink and drive and it is stupid to smoke pot and drive. To glamorize that imo is idiotic, no offense. To say one is worse than the other when they are both horribly bad is also idiotic.

I have never smoked pot because it is illegal. I would try it if it were legal. I would not smoke pot and go to work, go to school, or drive around because I think it helps me drive better

I have to agree that smoking and driving is stupid and should remain illegal no matter if they legalized it or not.

I love my weed but I NEVER drive while high.

 

[omid17]

i can get a medical card here, but they're not reliable imo

 

[ChickenScratch]

Can't wait till it's legal here in NY, if it ever happens.

 

[Manic]

Want to know how bad the anti-marijuana TV commercials are getting? They've got commercials of kids saying stuff like "When I smoked weed, all I did was sit on my friend Larry's couch. I didn't play basketball. I didn't get a job. I didn't go out and meet any girls. I just sat on Larry's couch."

The message they're trying to convey: If you smoke weed, you'll do nothing with your life.

The message kids will take from it: Smoke weed on days when you have nothing to do.

 

[CelticPredator]

When I smoke weed, i'm ****ing hyper as hell. I'm running around PLAYING BASKETBALL, or whatever. It's fuuuun.

 

[moraldeficiency]

And stop making blanket statements like saying that smoking weed and driving is better than drinking and driving. Both are idiotic You may have a high tolerance for weed just like someone may have a high tolerance for alcohol and therefore it barely impairs your abilities. It is stupid to drink and drive and it is stupid to smoke pot and drive. To glamorize that imo is idiotic, no offense. To say one is worse than the other when they are both horribly bad is also idiotic.

I have never smoked pot because it is illegal. I would try it if it were legal. I would not smoke pot and go to work, go to school, or drive around because I think it helps me drive better

Actually there are several studies which show what's bad while you drive from drinking alcohol, to the phone to just having the radio on. Yet there is no study which has shown people that are high only on hemp drive any worse (but it does show slower) than someone sober. Check the "should we legalize hemp" thread in politics for the science (posted by me).

I think it's a bad idea to drive high, but it's been proven talking on a cell phone, driving with someone else in the car or having the radio on is worse.

It doesn't help you drive better. So when it's legal again (like it's been for most of this country's history) you'll smoke? That's cool, you'll have a completely different perspective once it happens.





As to when you smoke weed you don't do anything...the fast man one earth and water smoked weed. That 22 year old from africa that figured out how to make a windmill to get power has too. Oh and let's throw in our first president, the inventor of the light bulb and our current president.

 

[moraldeficiency]

Smoke pot in front of a cop. Show them that you don't care that it is illegal

I smoked pot in front of a DEA agent and with his fiance this weekend. He's about the most anti drug mother ****er on the planet that I've ever met but even he said the idea that pot's illegal is BS. He want's to smoke again and will when it's legal, which he thinks is probable.

 

[Majic Walrus]

Smoke pot in front of a cop. Show them that you don't care that it is illegal

Well I understand that it is illegal, but that doesn't mean most people do.

 

[Lasirius]

So that explains that guy that was trying to get me to sign right outside of Walmart, but I just said no without listening to him. I'm gonna have to go back tomorrow.

 

[omid17]

So that explains that guy that was trying to get me to sign right outside of Walmart, but I just said no without listening to him. I'm gonna have to go back tomorrow.

 

[SuperFerret]

One more reason why California should fall into the Pacific.

 

[Manic]

One more reason why California should fall into the Pacific.

Not a fan of the mary-joo-wanna I take it?

 

[Majic Walrus]

One more reason why California should fall into the Pacific.

Why?

 

[SuperFerret]

I'm not a fan of anything that not only impairs your own judgement and thought patterns when you use it, but those of the people around you. Plus it smells like burning **** and potheads are some of the most irritating people on the planet.

 

[Majic Walrus]

I'm not a fan of anything that not only impairs your own judgement and thought patterns when you use it, but those of the people around you. Plus it smells like burning **** and potheads are some of the most irritating people on the planet.

So you're in favor of the prohibition of alcohol as well?

I'm sorry but just because you don't like something doesn't mean that it should be illegal for everyone.

 

[SuperFerret]

I can't get drunk by being in the same room as someone who's drinking.

 

[omid17]

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[Carcharodon]

One more reason why California should fall into the Pacific.

 

[The Battousai]

One more reason why California should fall into the Pacific.

Was the first one that pet ferrets aren't legal here?

I'm not a fan of anything that not only impairs your own judgement and thought patterns when you use it, but those of the people around you. Plus it smells like burning **** and potheads are some of the most irritating people on the planet.

I'm no user, but I'm not going to stop someone from smoking something that's safer than legal stuff like cigars or cigarettes - not to mention alcohol as Walrus mentioned.

Besides - the boost to the economy, the freed-up space in prisons, and the decreased gang/trafficking activity would be great for the state.

 

[Carcharodon]

I can't get drunk by being in the same room as someone who's drinking.

Oh **** me, do you have any idea what sort of concentration is necessary to get a contact high? I doubt it, based on the level of naivete you're displaying right now. You need to either have:

1) A TON of people smoking in a small area which, by the way, probably wouldn't happen in public places considering California's already uber-strict prohibition on public smoking.

OR

2) You'd need to be in a tiny, tiny room that is not well ventilated by any stretch of the imagination.


I mean seriously, ask the people who have been there: it's harder than HELL to get a contact high unless you're ****ing trying.

 

[SuperFerret]

It's like this. If you smoke pot, I'll look at you as if you were an idiot, because to me, you are.

And being the ******* I am, NOTHING is more fun than pissing idiots off, so even without my huge dislike of any mind-altering chemicals, I'd be against this.

 

[omid17]

Oh **** me, do you have any idea what sort of concentration is necessary to get a contact high? I doubt it, based on the level of naivete you're displaying right now. You need to either have:

1) A TON of people smoking in a small area which, by the way, probably wouldn't happen in public places considering California's already uber-strict prohibition on public smoking.

OR

2) You'd need to be in a tiny, tiny room that is not well ventilated by any stretch of the imagination.


I mean seriously, ask the people who have been there: it's harder than HELL to get a contact high unless you're ****ing trying.

it's even hard getting high doing shotgun