Is pot smoking evil?!

[Sacred Jellybean]

SJ, you say that as though we are saying those other substances should stay legal. We see the hypocrasy but want the opposite solution to it is all :D.

I recognize and respect that... I guess my arguments are mainly against alien space marine.

And I have nothing against harsh anti-drug laws... its your own dumb fault if you do that stuff and should get what you deserve...

If the people doing the drugs are at fault, and are using them to their own disadvantage, then why not just let them do what they want to their bodies? If you're going to incarcerate these people for extented amounts of time, they won't be contributing to society anyway, except for taking more of the tax payer's money away for their prison time.

Perhaps you can't sympathize with the feeling that life is so mundane and pointless and depressing that an occasional escape (aided by a mind-altering substance) is desired. If legislators are trying to achieve a nation with sparse drug use by passing harsh drug laws, I think people should at least be given second and third chances, with oppurtunities to clean up and turn their life around.

Alot of people feel ectasy is harmless, when in reality alot of people die from overdosing on it or mixing it with Achohol.

Marayuna isnt harmless , Like any potent drug it should be respected. Just the same as sniffing Gasoline is bad for you if you just sit around sniffing it all day.

From http://www.drug-overdose.com/marijuana.htm :

"The Drug Awareness Warning Network Annual Report, published by the US federal government contains a statistical compilation of all drug deaths which occur in the United States. According to this report, there has <u><b>never been a death recorded from the use of marijuana by natural causes</b></u>. Unlike opiates, barbiturates or amphetamines, there seems to be little risk from the use of large amounts of marijuana. When a person smokes too much they feel very tired and lie down. When people swallow large amounts of hashish, occasionally they get sick to their stomach."

As for second hand Tabbaco , You wont get cancer for being exposed everynow and again but if you worked in a smoking enviroment for like 10 years it will effect you down the road.

Who's to say that marijuana is any worse...? Do you have any scientific reports, any actual proof, other than anti-marijuana propaganda merchants?

Taxes have no effect since jail clearly doesnt either, As soon as people are hooked to heavy hard drugs there no going back for the majority of them,You will just see more theift.

It would be unresponsibility for the goverment to allow people to pump poison into themselves till they die.

First you suggest that drug-users should be locked up.

Marijuana shouldn't be put into that category... how many people's parents here have smoked marijuana? I know my Dad did when he was younger, yet now, he's a hard-working accountant, a responsible citizen, and a good father who's managing to put both of his children through expensive schools to pursue their dreams. Are you suggesting that he's the minority among every single person who has smoked pot?

Honestly, the underground marjuana industry would be a LOT larger and we'd have a shitload more chaos if the majority of people who've smoked marijuana would soon become addicted to it and ruin their lives. You may be able to apply this to other drugs, like ecstacy and heroin- I don't know or care, and it's irrelevant to this topic. Of course, this IS Tendo City, land of OB1 and Falcon arguing and the topic changing every 3 seconds.

In regards to Marijuna I feel people should be arrested if they smoke outside their homes in public places. Not permited in univeristy dormitories or apartments unless the owners permits it.

Your only permited one little gram if your over the age of 21, You must get a permit to be abled to smoke it in your home.

Anyone who doesnt have a permit will be given 5 years in jail or a bail of 50,000.

Actually, (aside from the penalties you listed, I don't know how they stand) that sounds similar to how it is in the US already, as long as you aren't caught by the cops.