On The Legalization of Cannabis

[FreedomFighter7]

Mexico's solidity as a state is at risk and people are being murdered constantly because of the drug policies of the United States. The total prohibition of hard drugs and marijuana paves the way for a massive black market, and makes possible large criminal organizations which feed North American appetites and feed on American wallets. If cannabis is worth so much more per acre than tomatoes or other local crops, why would Mexicans grow anything else? After all, with all that drug money and the lack of simple restrictions on combat weapons in U.S. border states, protecting that crop is still more profitable than tomatoes, especially considering you have a 9/10 chance of hitting the market if you do it right.

Simply speaking, the continuous human catastrophe formerly known as the "War on Drugs" is a self-fulfilling prophesy. Moreover, It's really sad how you don't realize policies you support result in the ongoing deaths of innocent people ( and a lot who aren't...) outside our borders.

Or, you could, you know, just stop doing drugs.

Nevertheless you make a good point.

[Cojafoji]

Anyone looking for the positive side of drug legalization, please see Portugal.

[ICEE]

we're not talking about legalizing heroin here. we're talking about weed

[Cojafoji]

we're not talking about legalizing heroin here. we're talking about weed

In the eyes of every politician, marijuana is just as bad as heroin.

[NuggetWarmer]

Even though most people use marijuana to get high, there are tons of other uses for it.

Medicine, cloth, plastics, metals, food, oil, and more.

[Bodzilla]

"ALL RESEARCH AND SUCCESSFUL DRUG POLICY'S SHOWS THAT TREATMENT SHOULD BE INCREASED
LAW ENFORCEMENT DECREASED WHILE ABOLISHING MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES."

System of a down had it right back 2001.
and Coja thats a good link man, didnt knot about that in portugal

[bravo22]

I disagree about decreasing law enforcement, after all legal or not there's still the huge problem of junkies turning to violent crime to fund their habits.

Keep employing more cops, but deploy them to actually patrol the cities and watch the junkies to make sure they can't mug people or break into houses. Stop trying to hunt down a marijuana garden while innocent people are getting assaulted on the other side of town. As my uncle in BC said, if you want to fight the crime resulting from drug addiction, then fight the crime, not the drugs. The problem is that the authorities are working too hard on tracing the drugs while the crime goes up, and not deploying enough manpower to fight the crime. If police are watching every corner, those bums will think twice before committing crimes. Those who are that stupid that they try to commit the crime anyway will either end up in handcuffs or in a grave depending on how violent they are.

[Bodzilla]

you dont fight the crime, you fight the cause's of the crime or it will just keep happening.

What your proposing is what they've been proposing for the last 30 years and hey newsflash, it hasnt worked.

[Cortexian]

Aerowyn pretty summed up my stance on the subject.

The revenue gain alone would almost be worth it if Cannabis was legalized and packaged under Government laws. The people who want to smoke it are doing so and there are hardly any more negative effects than smoking cigarettes.

I've tried it before and I disliked it as much as I dislike cigarettes. Sure, the effects are nice but I have a problem with the inhalation bit and I've never been able to smoke (anything) without almost dying from coughing... Now that I've had a Pnumothorax incident I don't think I'll be smoking much of anything from this point on. That said there are other methods that don't suck as much to use...

[ICEE]

brownies, brah