Should Marijuana Be Legalised
 

Yes? No? Why not?

No.

why?

No, I tried it once and it had a very bad effect on me.

But maybe it could be prescribed by doctors.

It can have bad effects on people, it can make them 'unaware', as if drunk. It's addictive and is bad in general. Can't believe people take it as if not to get caught.

In short - yes.

Why not make alcohol and cigarettes illegal? They're addictive and bad in general.

This is an endless debate and will end up nowhere lol

Yes, I personally wouldn't use it but risks are no worse then smoking or drinking. It should have similar legal restrictions to alcohol though.

Yes, I'm not getting into it, last time I got accused of telling teens to take it :rolleyes:

The risks are no where near being close to smoking or drinking. Do you know how many people have died as a direct result of smoking cannabis? 0.

Yes.

It would be easier to regulate...plus could be good for the government, they could tax users as much as they tax smokers/drinkers.

It would be almost impossible to regulate and control tax on marijuana as it is too easy to grow and cultivate in your own home. The government know this and so continue to lump weed in the same category as opiates claiming it's a killer drug. And if the government says it's true, it must be true.

Hmm...guess so.

Still, I see no reason at all for it not to be legal. Its the same as alcohol. Except does you less damage...and generally makes you tired and giggly instead of aggressive :p

Yup, that's why I said no worse then Smoking or drinking.

Im going to smoke it everyday regardless.

better solution would be to build special prisons that are purpose built for drug use

anyone ever caught dealing or using drugs is sent there and they stay there until they give up whichever drug they are addicted to

all drugs are legal in these prisons and are sold to the prisoners, the prisoners use vouchers as currency which they earn for doing work within the prison

this way the people who want to do drugs can do as much drugs as they want for rest of their life and dont affect anyone else on outside world

Alcohol makes you unaware... and literally drunk. It also makes people aggressive, depressed,, is at the centre of many domestic violence cases, etc. Should we ban that too?

There is a myth that it causes mental illness. But the fact is it triggers mental illness in people who smoke like 3 or more joints a day, and who were vunerable to mental illness anyway.

who will be paying to maintain these special prisons?

all prison cells will be converted to hold as many bunkbeds as they can fit within the cell

all facilites will be removed

prison staff will be reduced to the bare minimum and the staff will be relocated to other jobs eg armed forces, police or other chosen vocations

food will become bread and water, no cafeteria

basically the prison will become how a prison should be


also the government will take back ALL the money given to the banks from the tax payer and introduce a new "bankers tax" which will help to clear the national debt


so to sum it all up

banks will pay for it

and

prisons will cost a LOT LESS to run and maintain in the first place

I couldn't give a sh*t tbh, but I don't get why Smoking is legal and that isn't.
Bullsh*t.

cigarettes are made by multi billion dollar corporations and government tax cigarettes

all other drugs come from drug dealers

That doesn't really answer the question. Obviously cannabis is provided by drug dealers (or you grow it yourself) because the government won't legalise it. The question is why won't they legalise it. The answer is.....they can't profit from it like they can with cigarettes. It's one of the safest drugs out there, it's less addictive than cigarettes, you can't overdose unless you smoke like a third of your body weight, there is no solid scientific evidence that it causes psychological damage or mental illness, and there has not been one report of death directly linked to marijuana.