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Title: should marijuana/smoke be legal?
Post by: cycs on November 24, 2010, 05:39:37 pm
what is your opinion
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Post by: ariel2010 on November 24, 2010, 05:54:13 pm
i think it should be legal
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Post by: bgman80 on November 24, 2010, 07:50:16 pm
Yes, cause its acutally safer then drinking. The only deaths that result to marijuana is gun death.
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Post by: cindyhair on November 25, 2010, 10:23:30 pm
I would say yes because it's an all-natural herb that's safer than drink or man-made drugs.
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Post by: jski107 on November 28, 2010, 02:49:32 pm
Yes it definitely should.  The government wastes so much money trying to stop the selling and smoking of marajuana but what harm does marajuana even do.  the government should concentrate on getting us out of thi depression not busting a few potheads.
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Post by: loft on November 28, 2010, 05:11:02 pm
I don't think it should be legal, not on the basis of a moral ground, though because the "suppliers" will lose a lot of business. Why pay premium prices for something you can get in abundance?

Also, I'm quite sure that you've posted this in the wrong board.
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Post by: knuckleupz on November 28, 2010, 10:55:40 pm
It absolutly should be. Way safer then alcohol in my oppinion. But how is this a support question some of us are here to learn how to opptomoze our money here.
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Post by: ericas1988 on November 28, 2010, 10:57:57 pm
YES I THINK IT SHOULD BE LEGAL! ;D
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Post by: kilophkadamas on November 29, 2010, 09:26:05 pm
I don't care if it's legal or not, but it "should" be illegal to be under the influence of it while driving or doing something that can hurt others. Most people will tell you they're under control, but that's complete BS, it's really no different from alcohol, and it does impair your judgement. This is coming from experience.
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Post by: hwilliams591 on November 30, 2010, 08:12:17 am
There are tons of threads on this very subject.

Should it be NO, plain and simple.
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Post by: sammywantsya on November 30, 2010, 08:15:20 am
to be honest lol i really dont know

i mean i used do it back then lol but i quit because well its time to grow up :)
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Post by: kenrachel1993 on November 30, 2010, 08:46:07 am
while as an ex user i feel it is safer than all the other stuff out ther ,,, NO NO it shouldnt be legal we should make alcohol illegal tooo !! cigarette advertising is illegal so should alcohol advertising as well !!  oh and bring back the motorcycle helmet law as well they need to wear helmets !
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Post by: arynnefirebolt on November 30, 2010, 12:41:00 pm
Yes it should be! The revenue it can bring in for the government is great, and as long as big tobacco companies don't get ahold of it, then full steam (or smoke!) ahead
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Post by: songbird0810 on November 30, 2010, 01:14:05 pm
Nope it shouldn't be legal
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Post by: aggie49 on November 30, 2010, 01:31:20 pm
i think yes it should be as an ex user i felt it help me with alot of pain i was in back when i used it so yes
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Post by: sflynt on November 30, 2010, 01:38:59 pm
The first and most basic reason that marijuana should be legal is that there is no good reason for it not to be legal. I mean, why is it illegal when alcohol and cigarrettes are legal? They've caused more harm to people than marijuana. Period. People deserve the right to make choices for themselves. The government may have a right to limit individual actions if the actions pose a significant threat to themselves or someone else. But this argument does not logically apply to marijuana because marijuana is far less dangerous than some drugs which are legal, such as alcohol and tobacco and other actually prescribed meds. so, people should have the right to decide whether or not they use marijuana. The government should not tell people what to do as long as they're not harming others.

The second reason that it should be legal is that it would save our government lots of money. In the US, all levels of government (federal, state, and local authorities) participate in the "War on Drugs." We currently spend billions of dollars every year for prohibition alone. These people get locked up in prison and the taxpayers have to foot the bill. We have to pay for food, housing, health care, attorney fees, court costs, and other expenses to lock these people up. Quite expensive.
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Post by: sflynt on November 30, 2010, 01:40:26 pm
The third reason, Prohibition obviously doesn't work. Its caused more problems than it has helped. There is no good evidence that prohibition decreases drug use, and there are several theories that suggest prohibition might actually increase drug use i.e. the "forbidden fruit" effect, and easier accessibility for youth. If our goal is to reduce drug consumption, then we should focus on open and honest programs to educate youth, regulation to keep drugs away from kids, and treatment programs for people with drug problems. But the current prohibition scheme does not allow such reasonable approaches to marijuana; instead we are stuck with 'DARE' police officers spreading lies about drugs in schools, and policies that result in jail time rather than treatment for people with drug problems. We tried prohibition with alcohol, and that failed miserably. We should be able to learn our lesson and stop repeating the same mistake...

Hemps also a very valuable natural resource that can be used in many ways for many things.

Here's a few links to other threads on this topic. some good stuff in there. You should check them out:
http://www.fusioncash.net/forum.php?topic=19570.0 
http://www.fusioncash.net/forum.php?topic=6449.0
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Post by: jimbone722 on November 30, 2010, 02:31:54 pm
Yes, cause its acutally safer then drinking. The only deaths that result to marijuana is gun death.
Yes, cause its acutally safer then drinking. The only deaths that result to marijuana is gun death.

I think it should be legal. I feel drinking causes more problem than marijuana, so why don't we try to make drinking illegal instead!!
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Post by: Graeth on November 30, 2010, 02:34:07 pm
Its fully legal to give eighty year old men erections via science; so why shouldn't something grown naturally be legal?
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Post by: sammywantsya on November 30, 2010, 02:40:58 pm
@ sflynt wow very insightful post lol.. ill look into it and see what it says and tell you guys my real opinion about it....

it keeps me thinking
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Post by: Lne912 on November 30, 2010, 02:43:36 pm
pot should deff be legalized! i feel that there are many other substances out there that u could even get over the counter that could be of more harm to u then smoking some weed. u could smoke weed all day everyday and all it does is make u move in slow motion..lmao, but if u take a bottle of asprin, ..that will be ur LAST head ache! but over all i still think thats BS, i know plenty of ppl that smoke and actually function better then when there sober...sometimes weed brings out the artist in us we didnt knew we had....or for others its something else....the govt is BS!! they just want to continue playing games as if they dont know whats realy going on....there just trying to make us all miserable!!! cigarettes kill on a daily basis, drinking kills on a daily basis....all other drugs either cause really bad effect to cause death or they just kill u period! if they made weed legal the only thing that would happen, is world peace! lmao, idk probably not that great but there would be less crimes over something we could all get at a store. weed is not a drug!.....its just a habit!
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Post by: sammywantsya on November 30, 2010, 02:52:18 pm
pot should deff be legalized! i feel that there are many other substances out there that u could even get over the counter that could be of more harm to u then smoking some weed. u could smoke weed all day everyday and all it does is make u move in slow motion..lmao, but if u take a bottle of asprin, ..that will be ur LAST head ache! but over all i still think thats BS, i know plenty of ppl that smoke and actually function better then when there sober...sometimes weed brings out the artist in us we didnt knew we had....or for others its something else....the govt is BS!! they just want to continue playing games as if they dont know whats realy going on....there just trying to make us all miserable!!! cigarettes kill on a daily basis, drinking kills on a daily basis....all other drugs either cause really bad effect to cause death or they just kill u period! if they made weed legal the only thing that would happen, is world peace! lmao, idk probably not that great but there would be less crimes over something we could all get at a store. weed is not a drug!.....its just a habit!

i agree man that its a natural substance and i understand you have beef with the govt  because they legalized cigs and alchole which is dangerous to use....

but you know what i think what you said and to others have a good point that it should be legal.... but too much of it can kill you... it can lose your mind or worse your mentality.. if it where legal people should control there addiction and use it wisely...
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Post by: Hurricanekiz on November 30, 2010, 03:09:41 pm
Actually I don't think it should be legal. 
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Post by: squirrelgirl44 on November 30, 2010, 07:46:58 pm
From a tax perspective, yes. From a consumer perspecitve, no.
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Post by: the_hammer on December 01, 2010, 02:33:36 am
I think marijuana should be legal. Someone tell me the negative effects? I don't smoke it that much, because i might get arrested. That sounds the only negative thing about marijuana. 
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Post by: Elizabethar on December 01, 2010, 01:31:43 pm
I would have to say no.
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Post by: jabkman on December 01, 2010, 02:58:17 pm
i think it should be legal, my friends smoke it and i have been around when they do, they do not act any different just a little more chilled and laugh a lot more. We compare alcohol to marijuana and the deaths are not even comparable. Alcohol should be banned, not marijuana