Is pot smoking evil?!

[Sacred Jellybean]

But when you make the comparison about weed and Booze being almost the same thing, You seem to forget you cant just freely drink beer anywhere you want like at school or work,So same applies with weed.

...I never (intentionally) implied that I think mind-altering substances should be consumed during times where responsibility needs to be taken. Of course you shouldn't engage in such behavior during class or a test, or when you're supposed to be working. Of course these substances shouldn't be given to children. I'm simply using alcohol as a point-of-reference. If alcohol is legal, it's hypocritical to have pot be criminalized at the very least.

Plus unlike Cigs second hand weed as adverse effects on anyone nearby look at that snowboarder in the 1998 winter olympics they detected second hand Marayuna right in his blood.

Since when does second-hand cigarette smoke not have an adverse effect on other people...? It (used to) bug the hell out of me when people would smoke around me, as I hated its smell and taste. Weltaii hates it, too. It's possible to get cancer through second-hand smoke. What relevance does the snowboarder have...? Did he claim that it was from second-hand marijuana smoke? It sounds like a weak excuse for failing a drug me, anyway. Why would you hang around pot-smokers if you KNOW you're going to recieve a drug test? Thinking the stuff won't get into your system is simply naive.

I believe like booze marayuna also is a depresser , So why wreck your life for a few cheap thrills?Why put yourself in a situation that could lead to serious problems down the road.What about self esteem?Dont you think your capable of more.

I've smoked marijuana, and I personally don't believe like my life is being wrecked. I'm getting good grades, I'm socializing more than before (not saying *any* of this is connected to pot), and I'm just as regularly depressed/plagued by lack of confidence and self-esteem as before I had smoked marijuana... I personally see no connection between it and failure/depression.

I dont like the idea of people profiting off other people by getting them addicted to subtences which could harm their lives.

Hello, and welcome to the tobacco industry. Hello, and welcome to the alcoholic industry. I respect that you don't believe in all three of the substances (marijuana, alcohol, and tobacco), I'm simply saying that these industries exist, while marijuana is criminalized.

I'll tell you what's really ruining these people's lives: getting punished with stringent penalties and incarceration for a drug that (in my experience) is virtually harmless.

My college has recently passed a strict anti-drug policy for students; under it, any ONE-TIME OFFENDER in possession of any amount of any illegal drugs will be expelled. In the course of the 8 or so months that this policy has been enforced, many people I know have already been punished with expulsion. The drug that most of them engaged in experimenting with, to my knowledge, is marijuana. It blows my mind that such stringent measures are taken against people who are simply trying something new, a drug whose effects are no worse than that of alcohol. These people's lives have been ruined not because of marijuana, but from our school's unfair, unsympathetic drug policy.

I am for responsible goverment that can see past votes or polls and put the needs of their people first.

Isn't everyone? It's your opinion that criminalization is the answer, scaring people with harsh laws that will ultimately protect them from something that'll harm them. It's my opinion that people's lives shouldn't be ruined with incarceration and criminal records for marijuana use, something I've experienced and don't see as the hardcore threat that law enforcers make it out to be.

Nore do like seeing cops all the time busting people at my high school becuase some of them decided they could start puffing right on campus or even in the school in some cases.

Was this before decriminalization or after? As I said, my school enforces an environment where one should be afraid to be caught in possession of any drugs, considering the severe consequences. That still doesn't stop the people who want to acquire marijuana from doing so, showing the inadequacy of attempting to stop all drug trafficking in our community at the expense of students who've been expelled already for their offenses.