On The Legalization of Cannabis

[thehoodedsmack]

Any posts after mine that are debating 4/20 will be infracted.

So he made a thread about it.

This thread is for the discussion of the justification behind the legal status of cannabis, as well as discussion of ideas pertaining to its legalization, decriminalization, or even strengthened criminalization.

In order to better organize and compare the views of those partaking in discussion, I would like to ask that those who do include in their first post a quoted summarization of their particular stance, preferably in a non-standard color, to allow people convenient and visually noticeable access to the arguments they are for and against, while separating it from the rest of the quotes in the thread. Example:

It is my belief that the criminalization of cannabis is a self-fulfilling effort to strengthen the anti-drug budget, and provide cheap fodder for the privatized prison system that is growing worldwide.

I believe that a beneficial system could be maintained wherein cannabis was legalized to the fullest extent, and regulated in a similar sense to tobacco, prohibiting the sale to minors, and taxing the production of those who market cannabis commercially. Apart from that, anyone should be allowed to cultivate cannabis for their own personal use.

It is my deepest desire that conversation can be ket lively and respectful in this thread, and that we will all come to learn something about ourselves, each other, and the way that cannabis impacts the world. Discuss.