Legalize marijuana?

Question

i think its a great idea.

what do you think?

things to consider:

marijuana (hemp) can be used to produce fabrics twice as fast and a lot cheaper than most other recources

it was actually used in WWII to produce parachutes quickly for troop and yes even for the president.

read this article. i know its long but its really good and entertaining

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Answer 1

yup, and tax the c**p out of it to pay for free health care for all

did you know that you COULD NOT FIND ONE CASE OF DEATH strictly related to marijuana

did you know that drunk drivers kill more people everyday than that who are dieing at War.

did you know cigarettes kill more people than all put together

geeze, i could go on and on and on

fact is you can even run cars on hemp seed oil instead of burning food, and you could take it out of the drug dealers hands and tax it so high that it would give every one free health care and even start paying down the defecate

and by taking it out of the drug dealers hands it would be harder for kids to get their hands on, and the money saved from not fighting it can go to stop the other man made drugs like coke, heroin, and meth with better results,

i know i would personally rather give my money to the government in the form of tax, than give it to drug dealers.

either way, I'll never stop smoking

peace

Answer 2

Yes,

s*x feel great,food taste better and I never met a violent dope head.However drunks are another question...

Answer 3

I think so, because if it, and other street drugs were legal, they would be cheaper to buy and would thereby cause less violent crime and sexual abuse of children. Addictive street drugs should be controlled  by doctors, not gangs.

Answer 4

no i dont think its a good idea cuz when u do weed u have more of a habit to get addicted to other drugs or try them, i do think legalize it for those things but not for everyday use, u dont want ppl driving around high n stuff

Answer 5

WTF You want to legalize marajuana?????? O yeah hope YOU aren't the next president.

Answer 6

While I agree with the sentiments expressed I would be against legalisation as that would mean the big cigarette companies will begin selling it as they have already got licences to sell it should it ever become legal.

I rather like it the way it is now because some really nice people I know get some good profits from selling it south of their borders.

Answer 7

you bet ye.

Answer 8

Marijuana potency has grown steeply over the past decade with serious implications for users with the average amount of THC having more than doubled.

In the same period the number of admissions to psychiatric hospital caused by the drug soared by 85 per cent due to the fact that those who smoke the drug regularly are more than twice as likely to suffer illnesses such as schizophrenia, hallucinations and delusions later in life.

Teens using marijuana to alleviate feelings of depression just compound the problem.

As well as psychotic illness cannabis can cause affective disorders such as depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts.  Even worse it is linked to cancers.

Cannabis users display neuropsychological dysfunction (relative frontal lobe functioning deficits, cognitive inhibition) and attentional deficits similar to those found in schizotypal or schizophrenia patients.

Regular use can shrink the parts of the brain which control memory, emotion and aggression. The hippocampus, which is thought to govern emotion and memory averages 12% smaller and the amygdala, which has a part in controlling fear and aggression, 7%  smaller.  This suggests that heavy daily use may be toxic to human brain tissue.

Blood flow velocity is significantly higher in users and they have higher values on the pulsatility index (PI), which measures the amount of resistance to blood flow. This is thought to be due to narrowing of the blood vessels that occurs when the circulation system's ability to regulate itself is impaired.  This leads to abnormalities in the small blood vessels in the brain.

The active chemical in MJ called delta-9-tetrahyrdocannabinol (THC) binds to cannabinoid (CB) receptors located on several cell types in various organs.  This greatly increases the risk for heart attacks and strokes in addition to impaired learning and memory.

It can also effect physical health.  Three to four cannabis cigarettes a day cause the same amount of damage to the lungs as 20 or more tobacco cigarettes a day. Thus there are rising levels of lung diseases such as emphysema.

In comparison to cigarettes marijuana smoke has significantly higher levels of toxic compounds, including ammonia and hydrogen cyanide.    Ammonia levels are 20 times higher while hydrogen cyanide, nitric oxide and certain aromatic amines occurred at levels 3-5 times higher.

It can also effect the unborn child. Scientists have identified that endogenous cannabinoids, molecules naturally produced by our brains are functionally similar to THC from cannabis and play significant roles in establishing how certain nerve cells connect to each other.  Maternal cannabis use allows THC to travel through the placenta and impair fetal brain development and impose life-long cognitive, social, and motor deficits in affected offspring.

Low doses of Ä-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), equivalent to that in the bloodstream of an average marijuana smoker facilitate infection of skin cells and can cause these cells to turn into malignant sarcoma.

Marijuana is already legally grown for making cloth as you suggerst and the main use at present is making interior car panels but you will obviously be disappointed to know that the strain used has been denatured and all the THC removed.  If you smoked the entie crop you could not get high!!!!

Answer 9

if they legalize it they wouldnt have the money to pay the b*****d pigs who ruin peoples lives over a natural plant. i smoke and dont give a d**n what they think. i say kill all the pigs n let the polititions sort them out

Answer 10

Let people do what they want.

It was put on this earth for a reason!!

=D

Answer 11

alcohol is legal and ppl get drunk and get in car accidents all the time...my point is pot like alcohol can be a good thing when used responsibly the problem is sme ppl abuse it so...take that however u want it

Answer 12

Legalizing marijuana has nothing to do with industrial hemp as they are 2 different plants. Hemp intended for industrial use has less only trace amounts of THC, while cannabis grown for drug use typically has 6-10% or higher amounts of THC. For some reason, the U.S. government does not make a distinction between the two.

Personally, I don't have a problem with legalizing marijuana. I don't smoke now, but did in my younger days before the military. I've done far "stupider" things while drinking alcohol than I ever did when smoking a little grass.