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Mithrandir · Post by **Mithrandir** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:12 am

personally i think they should legalize pot, but make if they do let em put really bad fines and jail time for anyone caught driving high. Personally i would never drive drunk or high, because when im high, i usually get retarded and would never even think of driving. Its not really pot thats the problem its the retard smoking it and then driving. They can just make a life in prison sentence or somthin if you get caught driving stoned

Justin from Detroit1 · Mon May 01, 2006 6:16 am

Life in prison for driving stoned? lol cute.

"Why are you in here?"
"I got caught driving high, you?"
"I raped and murdered my whole family."
"Oh, seems fair."

Driving drunk is even worse then driving stoned, and they hardly punish for that as it is.

dmeyer07 · Post by **dmeyer07** » Mon May 01, 2006 9:12 am

I think legalilzing pot is fine, but it should stop there, pot is a lot saffer than heroin,etc.. slowly but surely pot will be legalized, we are working our way there.

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Mon May 01, 2006 9:19 am

if anything past pot is legalized i'm not going to be a happy camper.... america will just continue to grow more retarded. People will grow bored of pot because its legeal... they'll start smoking crack and saying that there are "no proven ill effects" from it and shit.

TechSys · Post by **TechSys** » Mon May 01, 2006 1:14 pm

Deaths by marijuana.. I know of one, possibly two. I can't go into detail due to where I work. The confidentiality law doesn't allow me to talk about it. I can say this though, I work for a substance abuse rehab and have been for the past 5-6 years.
Any mind altering drug should only be used for medicinal purposes, prescribed by a doctor. Legalizing it would be a stupid thing, but would keep the companies like I work for in business.

And yes, marijuana is a mind altering drug. Maybe not as bad as others, but it is.

Now for a little bit more of my background. I have been clean for 19 years (yay me). In my past I tried everything except for the needle (I hate needles). I know what addicts go through during the usage and during the rehab. Really sucks, honestly. Before I got addicted to drugs (anything that got me feeling good) I was a straight A student with a lot of potential in life. During my time of addiction I lost a lot. Grades went down due to not showing up at school. Jobs didn't seem important. Hell, life just wasn't important. During that time I was locked up for doing some stupid crap (stole a cop car and put a teacher in the hospital, don't ask, I will not go into further detail).
And that is a short story of my life. After 19 years of being clean, I have finished school, got a great paying job, started my own part-time business, own a car (even though most may say it's a p.o.s.), A+ certified technician, 9 computer systems in my house (don't ask what they are all for), and have a lot of door openings that I never had before.
I do fight the urge, everyday, to go out and get stoned. That is something I have to live with the rest of my life.

So, do I think marijuana, or any drug, should be legal? Hell NO! I wish they'd make another drug illegal. That drug is called alcohol.

BTW.... Since Ryan wants this topic to die. I will not be replying to anything else in it.

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Mon May 01, 2006 1:26 pm

Good points...

lotas · Post by **lotas** » Mon May 01, 2006 1:42 pm

Well guys I'm doing my AP Government/Politics final project on the legalization of marijuana so I'll let you know how it goes lol

You should've seen the look on the librarian's face today when I asked her if they had books supporting legalization!

veggie-man · Post by **veggie-man** » Mon May 01, 2006 2:22 pm

TechSys wrote: So, do I think marijuana, or any drug, should be legal? Hell NO! I wish they'd make another drug illegal. That drug is called alcohol.

to make a long story short, this is kind of how i feel. although maybe not to the extent of making it illegal but make it so you cant get shit faced anywhere i.e. bars or restaurants. the reason i wouldnt want it completely illegal is that not everyone abuses the drug.

i really dont think marijuana should be legalized. its just going to lead to more problems like the problems we are have with alcohol and tobacco right now. i know alcohol and tobacco have completely different effects from that of marijuana but marijuana has its share of harmful effects for both short term and long term. having a new problem to worry about is not what we need.

lotsa I really wouldn’t use the advocacy website that you posted yesterday for marijuana because at a glace, it seems to contradict itself.(i could be mistaken tho)

lotas · Post by **lotas** » Mon May 01, 2006 2:52 pm

veggie-man wrote:to make a long story short, this is kind of how i feel. although maybe not to the extent of making it illegal but make it so you cant get shit faced anywhere i.e. bars or restaurants. the reason i wouldnt want it completely illegal is that not everyone abuses the drug.
i really dont think marijuana should be legalized. its just going to lead to more problems like the problems we are have with alcohol and tobacco right now. i know alcohol and tobacco have completely different effects from that of marijuana but marijuana has its share of harmful effects for both short term and long term. having a new problem to worry about is not what we need.
lotsa I really wouldn’t use the advocacy website that you posted yesterday for marijuana because at a glace, it seems to contradict itself.(i could be mistaken tho)

Which one was it? The DEA Judge or the other?

veggie-man · Post by **veggie-man** » Mon May 01, 2006 6:26 pm

it was the jackhavar or something along those lines.... but to be honest I really don’t remember.

i'm not sure if it was even wrong because I just took a gander at it but i thought i saw it say something about "how many deaths has marijuana caused: 0”. then below it showed a study done by UCLA stating that deadly automobile accidents happen in the same or lower prevalence than people who don’t smoke. In saying that, if what I said I saw was true, then its palpable that people die from marijuana. and again dont hold me to my word because i could be mistaken