Should marijuana be legalized?

I really like the Reefer Madness version with optional background commentary by Mike Nelson, but that movie is even funny straight up thanks to the really really really horrible writing.  It's been colorized, dude.

JLocke wrote: I never said marijuana was all good. I don't even smoke the stuff. Saying it should be illegal because you personally find it stupid or morally wrong to do without taking into account all of the additional negative factors that would go away with its legalization . . . that's naivete, in my book. The positives of legalizing this drug far outweigh the negatives. Go look into it. If you still wish to keep it out of free people's hands for your own reasons, then that's not only naive; it's also pretty selfish in my book.

Who said that? I only pointed that, if marijuana should be legalized, all other mind-altering substances should because of coherence.

You cannot say the benefits of legalizing marijuana outweigh the negatives because you haven't seen what happens in the long term. Anyway, legalizing marijuana hardly solves the problem of drug trafficking. To believe that is being naive.

I put my personal opinion just to counter your false argument that I defended the use of alcohol, but I didn't say that it should or shouldn't be adopted. I never said marijuana should be forbidden because I think its use morally wrong, you just put these fake propositions in my argument to counter it with the shallow arguments people who defend marijuana legalization. I never even implied you smoke it, just said you only saw the benefits, while you pointed only the harms of alcohol use. But if you can't understand what I said and will keep putting words in my mouth, no problems. I have nothing else to add.

 

JLocke wrote: I don't know, but stoners are really annoying so there is an element of spite in any decision I make about it.

akin wrote: JLocke wrote: I never said marijuana was all good. I don't even smoke the stuff. Saying it should be illegal because you personally find it stupid or morally wrong to do without taking into account all of the additional negative factors that would go away with its legalization . . . that's naivete, in my book. The positives of legalizing this drug far outweigh the negatives. Go look into it. If you still wish to keep it out of free people's hands for your own reasons, then that's not only naive; it's also pretty selfish in my book.  Who said that? I only pointed that, if marijuana should be legalized, all other mind-altering substances should because of coherence. You cannot say the benefits of legalizing marijuana outweigh the negatives because you haven't seen what happens in the long term. Anyway, legalizing marijuana hardly solves the problem of drug trafficking. To believe that is being naive. I put my personal opinion just to counter your false argument that I defended the use of alcohol, but I didn't say that it should or shouldn't be adopted. I never said marijuana should be forbidden because I think its use morally wrong, you just put these fake propositions in my argument to counter it with the shallow arguments people who defend marijuana legalization. I never even implied you smoke it, just said you only saw the benefits, while you pointed only the harms of alcohol use. But if you can't understand what I said and will keep putting words in my mouth, no problems. I have nothing else to add.

16 page's and nobody has posted this video:

JLocke wrote: Deleuze and andyman . . . please learn to quote people properly. I did not write the post you guys are giving me credit for, I'd appreciate it if you fixed that. Thanks.

I live in a county with special sheriffs department task forces to combat cartel growers in the nearby mountains and foothills. The remainder of the county is left with only a handful of officers to report to real emergencies. Logic dictates the cartel activity would be untenable without the money to support it. If anybody who really wants It could produce it in their own back yard or basement, they wouldn't need these heavily armed narcotic profiteers to supply it. It would be nice to have the massive amount of resources spent on the search, recon and elimination of these wilderness mega-gardens back into protecting our communities. They can start by rooting out all the local meth labs.

Yes, I'm sure this was all said 6 pages ago.  



Oh see now JLocke, you've quoted your own misquote. You are almost certainly doomed to ownership now. Hot Potato!


Edited by Tapfret - October 26 2010 at 17:03

Tapfret wrote: Oh see now JLocke, you've quoted your own misquote. You are almost certainly doomed to ownership now. Hot Potato!

Hey, anti-pot people who say my position is naive, I just thought I would bring up what's been going on in Mexico in regards to the war on drugs:

Edited by JLocke - October 28 2010 at 23:21

^ Well, I'm in favor of all drugs being legal, but that's not particularly what this poll is about.