Why is marijuana illegal?
 

Does anyone know and do you think it shouldn't be bearing in mind the latest findings?

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Because it kills, duhhh

What are the latest findings?

I don't think it should be illegal considering alcohol and cigarettes aren't and imo it would be in a similar bracket to those :shrug:

The terrible truth about cannabis: Expert's devastating 20-year study finally demolishes claims that smoking pot is harmless

One in six teenagers who regularly smoke the drug become dependent

It doubles risk of developing psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia

Heavy use in adolescence appears to impair intellectual development

Driving after smoking cannabis doubles risk of having a car crash

Study's author said: 'If cannabis is not addictive then neither is heroin'


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...#ixzz3FSTtawYK

Should be legal but regulated imo, maybe needing a license to get it which confirms you have no mental issues or psychotic disorders or something

This really.

It's proven that it does have some medicinal value, so let people be able to access it if they have the proper verification from doctors to do so.

I can go with this view too.

I don't think it should be made available like cigarettes and alcohol, that's a big step backwards IMO.

But it should be made legal and made available to people who can get some positive use out of it and have it prescribed by a doctor.

All of that sounds surprisingly like alcohol too :think:

Daily Mail in moral panic shocker

It would be a giant leap forwards if anything because it would reduce people's contact with dodgy dealers with access to harder drugs

And how would you know again?

I say it's backwards because we should be moving away from things like cigarettes being so readily available. If we then go "Well, if you can buy cigs, make all of this available too" it makes the problem worse.

The dodgy dealers and harder drugs is why I said I agree with it being legal, just not becoming off the shelf like fags.

There will be dodgy dealers selling harder stuff either way.

Let's privatise it, hey if people are using it anyway they may as well be paying tax on it and making some shareholders filthy rich?...

erm did we learn nothing from becky's death?

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She was feeling 22.

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she would have seen 22 if she did not snort that marijuana

:joker:

If it is regulated, then surely use of marijuana will also be safer. To my knowledge, as long as it is not overused then there are not any illnesses caused by the drug, however I do believe that health incidents caused directly by marijuana should not be covered by the NHS.

If alcohol was invented tomorrow it would be illegal and nobody in their right mind would attempt to prohibit alcohol nowadays because it's too entwined in our society. I'm not convinced our society on the whole can be responsible with the legalisation of another substance so it's a no from me.

i agree, it would make millions. But making it private wouldn't solve anything though, the black market would be there causing problems. In moderation i think it's fine. I smoke weed (the good stuff, none of that artificial looking skunky crap). I don't what it made totally legal but the laws with possession should be looked at.

tbh where i live, a large majority of people smoke weed :laugh: when i'm in the park i have people asking me to use my grinder, if they can have a sheet of rizla ect and i don't mind that. People smoke weed walking down the street around here and nobody really gives a sh!t. I know dealers left, right and centre, infact theres 5 that live on my road. My friends mum is dutch and she's a head teacher in a school in north london and even she smokes weed. Not totally just where i live, when im in the city of London, down southbank and even as far as chelsea, i smell weed walking about. My point is in London it's kinda overlooked, the police have better things to do then arrest someone carrying a joint or 2.

There's no reason not to legalise it. It's nowhere near as toxic to your health as smoking and drinking is and, unlike drinking, it doesn't make people rowdy and likely to start trouble. It also has pain relief qualities that can be more effective than prescribed medication. There's not one reason why it should be illegal.

Obviously it should be completely legal unless you already have some sort of extreme mental illness (like schizophrenia/extreme bipolar).

How would I know what?

How would you know if you were susceptible to triggering a dormant mental health issue, or creating one?

The alcohol/ smoking comparison is a straw man argument, and not relevant as they aren't in discussion atm.

Haven't you seen what's happened to Colorado? The life expectancy's sunken to 18 and the sole sources of economic activity are marijuana and sales of Twin Peaks boxsets