Should marijuana be legalized?

[Phoenix68]

Pot is a drug like any other...........even alcohol.
Drivers who have been "stoned" have killed many people in auto accidents.

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Bullshit Claim No. 12
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Driving Study!!!!
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[mark francis]

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Bullshit Claim No. 12
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Driving Study!!!!
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Cannabis and Driving

The risk involved with driving under the influence of drugs, including cannabis.

www.cdc.gov

Studies have shown an association between acute cannabis use and car crashes, but more research is needed.

 

[Gabriel_Bell]

marijuana is a gateway drug.

usage of marijuana will lead to usage of harder drugs.

however, i have to agree with you on the alcohol part. i think there should be more restrictions on alcohol

Didn't we try restrictions on alcohol? What would you do? Tax it higher? Surely not prohibition.
Marijuana does not belong on the scheduled list. The current legal status is rather absurd.

 

[mark francis]

Didn't we try restrictions on alcohol? What would you do? Tax it higher? Surely not prohibition.
Marijuana does not belong on the scheduled list. The current legal status is rather absurd.

Alcohol abuse kills tens of thousands of Americans each year so why are democrats only focused on removing guns from law-abiding Americans?

 

[Gabriel_Bell]

Banning alcohol has been done, and the results were so unsuccessful, no one is going to try it again. It makes sense to remove marijuana from the scheduled drugs list, as it is not dangerously addictive like opiates, and I think citizens have a right to their own bodies.

 

[mark francis]

Banning alcohol has been done, and the results were so unsuccessful, no one is going to try it again. It makes sense to remove marijuana from the scheduled drugs list, as it is not dangerously addictive like opiates, and I think citizens have a right to their own bodies.

If banning alcohol to save lives is illogical then so is taking away the gun rights of tens of millions of law-abiding Americans.

 

[Phoenix68]

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marijuana is a gateway drug.
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usage of marijuana will lead to usage of harder drugs.

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care to back this Nonsensical claim with some facts?

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How 'bout...with a "side" of references??
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[Phoenix68]

The issue isn't how high you get, the issue is that pot isn't the "harmless" plant that it has been made out to be.

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Studies - NORML
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[Phoenix68]

A great deal of research has been done and the fact is that a very large body of evidence is coming forward that suggests very strongly that pot can cause cancer of the head and neck and the lungs.

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Cannabis Not Independently Associated With Increased Risk of Head, Neck Cancers
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[Phoenix68]

Read the book ..show me ANYONE anywhere that is more knowlwedgable on these Subjects than Jack Herer....

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Chocolate to Morphine: Understanding Mind-Active Drugs
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[Phoenix68]

Legalize it and use the tax revenue to pay for the problems that legalizing it will cause.

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The following states and territories have passed laws allowing for the personal possession and consumption of cannabis by adults. Generally, this means a policy that supports a legally controlled market for marijuana, where consumers can buy marijuana for personal use from a safe legal source.

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[Phoenix68]

Instead of having little kids buying it off sketchy dealers, you can make sure the laws are as tight as American alcohol laws, which are VERY strict compared to Europe and seem to work well, even if I disagree with the age limit etc.

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Study: Adult-Use Legalization Doesn’t Influence Children’s Attitudes Toward Cannabis
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[Phoenix68]

YES the United States, and its Drug Czar, have been applying pressure to the Dutch Government since 2000...after the Bush Admin took over and appointed the New czar.... that is a documented fact..... the U.S. Sent the Drug Czar, to Amsterdam, and the hague, to apply pressure ,pertaining to the tolerated drug use in holland.

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Amsterdam Coffeeshop Menus & Prices
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[mark francis]

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Amsterdam Coffeeshop Menus & Prices
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Drugs are a vehicle for sinners to trip on to escape reality for a while.

 

[Phoenix68]

A few Quotes from the so called expert on the subject they produded

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Volkow's institute has been studying the effects of cannabis, whose active ingredients are very similar to important brain chemicals called endogenous cannabinoids. "It clearly is addictive," she said.

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Yeah, even the ol' timey / busybody drug warriors are learning new tricks....
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"In a press release issued by the National Institutes on Health, Nora Volkow — Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse — described the overall decline in substance use by young people as “unprecedented.”

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