legalization argument

[Fish]

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homea...198885,00.html

Just read the title, even, and you'll see what I mean.

[happy_one_hit]

Good news my friend, good news.

Its looking better and better, the best part is legalization should drive down prices, and I could just grow it!!!!

[kinc]

I dont see any reason why MJ is illegal, its far safer than alcohol ffs.

[Zanick]

The U.S. government wanted alcohol illegal, only smuggling was too common and nearly impossible to stop.
You don't see many potheads that are ambitious enough to make underground taverns with automated pot-hiding equipment, so they figure it makes a nice and vulnerable scapegoat.

Plus the government is extremely gullible when it comes to any psychoactive. Try finding how much dirt you can get on salvia divornum and then make an assessment as to whether that drug should be illegal.

and also, it's kind of hard to imagine that the alcohol and cigarette industries aren't all over in D.C. trying desperately to keep it down. The day cannabis becomes legal is the day that alcohol and nicotine each lose a small portion of their sales, and that's a nightmarish scenario that they can't allow.

So everyone but the people who actually know shit about weed gets a voice in its legality. The government is fucking retarded when it comes to pot and people.

but that's just over here, hopefully NZ is smarter haha

[Cliche Guevara]

i think marijuana is illegal (it was made illegal for racist/politcal reasons in the 20's i think) but it remains illegal because as terrence mckenna mentioned, that the outcomes of smoking weed (extreme relaxation, apathy, laziness, imnot saying thats all that occurs, but it happens u cant deny it) are counter productive to the values that the government holds dear, values suc as productivity, making money, etc. that is why drugs like caffeine is the most widely used drug in the world, no one even considers it a stimulant its second nature like water now. Also alcohol remains legal because if someone can use it to no ill effects (save for the liver) you remain the same person after u get drunk on the most part, and you are able to return to a productive life once the weekend is over.

[mxs]

Originally Posted by zanick

The U.S. government wanted alcohol illegal, only smuggling was too common and nearly impossible to stop.
You don't see many potheads that are ambitious enough to make underground taverns with automated pot-hiding equipment, so they figure it makes a nice and vulnerable scapegoat.

Plus the government is extremely gullible when it comes to any psychoactive. Try finding how much dirt you can get on salvia divornum and then make an assessment as to whether that drug should be illegal.

and also, it's kind of hard to imagine that the alcohol and cigarette industries aren't all over in D.C. trying desperately to keep it down. The day cannabis becomes legal is the day that alcohol and nicotine each lose a small portion of their sales, and that's a nightmarish scenario that they can't allow.

So everyone but the people who actually know shit about weed gets a voice in its legality. The government is fucking retarded when it comes to pot and people.

but that's just over here, hopefully NZ is smarter haha

not necessarily true, one my favorite things to do when high is smoke a pack of cigarettes and open up a 6 pack