Cannabis

[Johnny1226 14,674]

Legal or not it has nothing to do with me therefore I don't care

[Kivil 1,721]

Heck yeah it should be legal! It has little negative effects, people like to use it, it relieves stress for little amounts of time. It would put more money into our economy and why would you care what other people do if it doesn't harm you or other people? 

[TheLeastEvil 50]

I personally dislike recreational marijuana use being legalized or socially accepted because it has the ability to damage the health of younger individuals and affects decision making negatively. Similarly to alcohol, I fear it could lead to more child neglect problems from stupid parents and poor decision making that hurts others.

 

Cannabis itself could be useful in construction and fueling so I am fine with it. The leaves do have medical value as well, so under controlled environments, I believe it should be legal.

[TeeSix 116]

My opinion on cannabis/marijuana is the same for a lot of things; I'm all for legalising it, just as long as you maintain etiquette as if you were smoking tobacco; don't get it in people's faces since obviously not everyone supports it. Kinda the same rules being applied to tobacco, like where you can smoke it and all. Beyond that, as far as I care you can smoke whatever you want for all I'm worried.

 

I live in New Zealand anyway, it'll probably be legalised soon, and most people, including the police, have a fairly lax attitude to it provided you use it responsibly.

Edited January 9, 2016 by AC E1

[vampireponyprince 184]

personal opinion, i don't really care about it i tried it didn't see the appeal its just another thing to waste time money and bad decisions on. if you wanna spend $20-40 to feel good for 5 hours thats your call i can enjoy life completely sober

Edited January 10, 2016 by vampireponyprince

[Kapitan zur See Hans (Daz) 883]

I think it should be legal for recreational purposes alongside medicinal in the United States. Substance abuse isn't necessarily a good thing, but for something that is harmful in excess yet fine in moderation I have no issue. I have enjoyed the substance in the past when I was younger and can still enjoy it today if I wished so, hell alcohol is more dangerous to my well being than marijuana and I don't think I will give that up anytime soon.

[Member Berry 1,217]

Last night I went out with my friend to the pubs where I live. I got quite drunk, fell and grazed my knee, I didn't get to sleep until 5am (I can't sleep very well at all when I'm drunk), I woke up thirsty and hell, I have a headache and feel weak. You will never have those problems smoking weed :| It just kind of proves how terrible alcohol is for you. 

 

I don't get drunk often at all btw. I may have a glass of wine once in a blue moon and only go out about 3 times a year.

[Spanish In Physician 295]

Again, I have never personally smoked weed, but I prefer my whiskey any day lol. At least with the hangover, I am allowed to keep my job, and a shot of bourbon near time for me to lay down helps me fall asleep if Ai feel particularly restless. Really you would need to consider moderation more than anything. I have copped a few good buzzes in the past month without over drinking, and woke up hangover free. That being said, I can agree with a previous post about its non, shall we say, "smoked" uses. It is a good material for uses in things other than pleasure. Hemp rope, for example is a very sturdy rope.

[Scrubbed user 3,416]

 

As others said already, legalizing it and taxing it would brings lots of cash, which of course would be beneficial for the economy. The main reason I would want it to be legal is it would also make hemp legal for everyday use. It would be FAR better to use that than most building material used these days.

While I have smoked it before (we all did dumb things as teens), I doubt it I would actually partake even though it would be legal. Kinda like how I am with alcohol.

Edited January 20, 2016 by Azure Flare

[RyaN_ 292]

Well I don't smoke, drink beer or any alcohol beverages, had a hangover, or do drugs

(Yes I am that guy who stays home alone on Friday nights).

Personally, I have nothing against drinking or usage of drugs; As long as you keep it to yourself and do not push others to do the same against their will, that's why it became illegal. 

 

As for Cannabis, I don't see why it's a problem...not that it affects me in any way. 

To please the authorities, why not make a rule against the amount Marijuana you are allowed to use like...in a certain time? Like how high you are allowed get in a day? :/

 

If only Marijuana could create Modern-day hipsters, this world would be better...right?   

Edited January 10, 2016 by RyaN_

[TePineer 82]

I don't like it and I never will. 

[MelloSkitzo 57]

Personally, I feel that it should stay illegal.

Tell us why. Not many people here feel the same way

Well I don't smoke, drink beer or any alcohol beverages, had a hangover, or do drugs

(Yes I am that guy who stays home alone on Friday nights).

Personally, I have nothing against drinking or usage of drugs; As long as you keep it to yourself and do not push others to do the same against their will, that's why it became illegal. 

 

As for Cannabis, I don't see why it's a problem...not that it affects me in any way. 

To please the authorities, why not make a rule against the amount Marijuana you are allowed to use like...in a certain time? Like how high you are allowed get in a day? :/

 

If only Marijuana could create Modern-day hipsters, this world would be better...right?   

Actually, marijuana become illegal due to the time period and the people that were using it. It was used primarily by black and hispanic people in a time of extreme racism. This is why it has a negative stigma. It was made illegal to give people another reason to be racist pretty much. The times have obviously changed, and this stigma and this prohibition on weed needs to go away for good.

[MelloSkitzo 57]

personal opinion, i don't really care about it i tried it didn't see the appeal its just another thing to waste time money and bad decisions on. if you wanna spend $20-40 to feel good for 5 hours thats your call i can enjoy life completely sober

It's not really about the high. It's like drinking except without the hangover. People use weed to just chill together and do nothing. Others use it to deal with depression. This negative stigma is bullshit to be honest. 

I am going to avoid doing that because I know that someone will quote me with evidence to go against what I have to say. I'd rather avoid any confrontation here.

Why not take the information and use it to benefit your own opinion? There's no hostility here. Just a casual conversation about weed.

[Hovershy 3,814]

Of course it should be legal, if people would just do their research on the topic there really wouldn't be a debate. If your against weed then you have to be against caffene, alcohol, and tobacco too because those things are all far worse. 

 

We can't continue to lock people up for this, it's ridiculous and sickening.

[MelloSkitzo 57]

I would rather keep it to myself at this point.

I respect that. Keep your opinion.

[Ziggy + Angel + Rain 11,302]

I'm against legalizing marijuana for recreational use; partly because of things like this damned topic.  It isn't completely harmless, and pretending that it is strikes me as just as bad as blindly demonizing it or ignoring all its medicinal uses.  Hell, even caffeine has potentially negative effects; marijuana doesn't get off free just because you think it's been misjudged.

 

Also, some of the benefits have been comically exaggerated.  Not everyone who smokes marijuana will magically become happy and easy-going and go write some future-chart-topping tune.  Doing drugs doesn't make you more creative; though there have been creative people who happened to do drugs.  Just like with alcohol and sorrow-drowning, any woes and responsibilities that you manage to escape while under the influence of marijuana will come right back to you once the effects have faded.  Even if someone endeavored to stay high all their waking life, their responsibilities wouldn't vanish; though they might be significantly less capable of handling them.

 

Smoking marijuana slows your reaction times; that's something that would likely impair you should you decide to drive or operate heavy machinery while still experiencing its effects.  Hit the internet: Marijuana use has been tied to a number of vehicular accidents.  Including fatal ones.  If you don't consider marijuana a contributing factor in those accidents, you probably shouldn't consider alcohol a factor in drunk-driving accidents.

 

That's the thing: You aren't necessarily the most responsible or reliable person in the world when you're under the influence of any drug, illegal or otherwise.  People - high or sober - can be pretty dumb.  Or just not care.  If you're going to smoke marijuana - and I've said this before - do it in a safe environment.  Do it in the privacy of your own home without anyone else's lungs around, and minimize the potentially harmful effects your actions (or lack thereof) could have on others.

 

Nowadays, I rarely see anyone acting as though marijuana is the devil.  What I mostly see is people acting like it's a saint, and that's just as wrong.  Pretending that nothing bad ever happens to users doesn't mean something bad won't happen to you, and you aren't helping the push to legalize by doing so, either.

[Gearbox10mm 794]

I never have and never will touch the stuff. My opinion of it, and similar substances, is whatever people choose to put in their body is their own business.

 

I see no reason why it shouldn't be treated just like alcohol and tobacco.   

[Peppermint Larry 203]

In several classes, we debate this all the time.

 

I personally don't know how to feel about it.

In my personal experience, marijuana destroys lives. Long story short, a family member of mine had cancer. They smoked pot. Because they smoked pot, my mother decided to start smoking pot again. My mother rediscovered that she loved her pot more than she loved me. She'd rather buy pot than to feed and take care of me. She'd rather party with friends. Marijuana sent me to the bottom rung of her priorities. And while I do think the herb could have great medical benefits, I hate hate hate recreational uses of it. I hate hate hate that people smoke it, instead of ingesting it or using oil extracts or whatever else is out there.

 

The experience makes me rather hateful about the drug, and, I hate to admit it, but also people who regularly abuse it. It's taking all my strength not to go off and curse a million miles a minute about it right here.

 

All my friends tell me that I'm crazy, and that I need to chill out.

[Member Berry 1,217]

In several classes, we debate this all the time.

 

I personally don't know how to feel about it.

In my personal experience, marijuana destroys lives. Long story short, a family member of mine had cancer. They smoked pot. Because they smoked pot, my mother decided to start smoking pot again. My mother rediscovered that she loved her pot more than she loved me. She'd rather buy pot than to feed and take care of me. She'd rather party with friends. Marijuana sent me to the bottom rung of her priorities. And while I do think the herb could have great medical benefits, I hate hate hate recreational uses of it. I hate hate hate that people smoke it, instead of ingesting it or using oil extracts or whatever else is out there.

 

The experience makes me rather hateful about the drug, and, I hate to admit it, but also people who regularly abuse it. It's taking all my strength not to go off and curse a million miles a minute about it right here.

 

All my friends tell me that I'm crazy, and that I need to chill out.

No offence but that just seems like a shitty mother to me. I blame her for that not the weed. I can see how that has given you a bad perspective on the whole thing though. 

[MelloSkitzo 57]

I'm against legalizing marijuana for recreational use; partly because of things like this damned topic.  It isn't completely harmless, and pretending that it is strikes me as just as bad as blindly demonizing it or ignoring all its medicinal uses.  Hell, even caffeine has potentially negative effects; marijuana doesn't get off free just because you think it's been misjudged.

 

Also, some of the benefits have been comically exaggerated.  Not everyone who smokes marijuana will magically become happy and easy-going and go write some future-chart-topping tune.  Doing drugs doesn't make you more creative; though there have been creative people who happened to do drugs.  Just like with alcohol and sorrow-drowning, any woes and responsibilities that you manage to escape while under the influence of marijuana will come right back to you once the effects have faded.  Even if someone endeavored to stay high all their waking life, their responsibilities wouldn't vanish; though they might be significantly less capable of handling them.

 

Smoking marijuana slows your reaction times; that's something that would likely impair you should you decide to drive or operate heavy machinery while still experiencing its effects.  Hit the internet: Marijuana use has been tied to a number of vehicular accidents.  Including fatal ones.  If you don't consider marijuana a contributing factor in those accidents, you probably shouldn't consider alcohol a factor in drunk-driving accidents.

 

That's the thing: You aren't necessarily the most responsible or reliable person in the world when you're under the influence of any drug, illegal or otherwise.  People - high or sober - can be pretty dumb.  Or just not care.  If you're going to smoke marijuana - and I've said this before - do it in a safe environment.  Do it in the privacy of your own home without anyone else's lungs around, and minimize the potentially harmful effects your actions (or lack thereof) could have on others.

 

Nowadays, I rarely see anyone acting as though marijuana is the devil.  What I mostly see is people acting like it's a saint, and that's just as wrong.  Pretending that nothing bad ever happens to users doesn't mean something bad won't happen to you, and you aren't helping the push to legalize by doing so, either.

Anyone with common sense isnt going to saint it. I am by no means saying that lol. Do it where it's LEGAL. You don't have to confine yourself to your home while doing it like it's a sin or some bullshit. In Colorado and Oregon there are bars and other legal areas that you can smoke at. The way you described it implies that it is negative even though you kind of show a positive spectrum to it. This is probably due to a bad experience or it's negative stigma. Nobody is pretendiong that nothing negative happens. BUT, it is NOT as bad as alcohol. Does anyone here think the prohibition on alcoholic beverages should be reinforced? It's foolish at this point to deny marijuana to the population. This isn't only about the consumer. The taxes that could be placed on it will benefit American economy.

People constantly try to find SOMETHING to demonize. Marijuana is just another example. Nobody has the grounds to completely reject it from society. I don't care what happened.

[AccountNoLongerUsed 741]

Marijuana isn't harmless. But objectively, alcohol is WORSE, and yet we keep that legal.

[Trinitron Keys 89]

I believe it should be legal, but with a few safeguards in place.

[Trixio 443]

I don't know...It happened to me to try it and it was okay. But I also think the fact that it is a totally different thing from the tobacco and that not everyone reacts the same way, especially if you acquire the "habit" of smoking it frequently.

I don't think is correct reasoning like: "if alcohol and tobacco are legal, then even marijuana" ..it is a dangerous argument. Certainly I think that marijuana is much less dangerous than alcohol, but..today marijuana, tomorrow what else? one day, it could become legal any real crap.

So, I support legalization for medical use.......for the rest I don't know. A part of me would say "yes" also for recreational use...but,the fact is that I don't trust people. One thing is smoking marijuana occasionally, another is smoking it regularly and without problems of any kind.

[Trixie Heartstrings 434]

I'm all for legalizing it for both medicinal and recreational purposes. Sure, it isn't harmless, but more people have died from alcohol and tobacco than cannabis. And if we were to lock up everyone who smoked marijuana, than that would be a lot of people. The past 3 U.S. presidents (Obama, W Bush, and Clinton) have admitted to smoking cannabis. And also a lot of politicians (including some of the presidential candidates). So that means when it comes to the issue of cannabis, people who say that politicians are hypocritical are right. The other thing is that like people have already pointed out, the stigma of pot (and other drugs) was born out of racism.

[Jaxsie (Inactive) 1,343]

I'm against cannabis legalization. It may seem like a good idea to some right now, but later down the road it's going to create a huge problem. Marijuana is a gateway drug. The longer you use it, overtime, it won't give you the same high. The progression will be to go on to a stronger drug to get the same high. And then a stronger one. And a stronger one. Next thing you know, this country is going to have a drug addiction problem on its hands. Sounds outlandish? Not really. While I would like to think that people have enough self control to not get addicted, I wouldn't be so naive to believe that. If cannabis becomes legalized across the board, we'll have a populous of dumb down, stoned people that can't function in society. I'm sure there would be some responsible people, but most won't be. Plain and simple. Isn't it the perfect set up for a corrupt government system to rake in the money and pull one over on people who are too high to give a care?