Comment posted Do you think the US is finally going to legalize marijuana? by a-net.

not any time soon. unless we all get really organized and take action. for some of us that means no more tokin’.

a-net also commented

  • I saw Obama’s new speech and the speech he made in 2004 regarding legalization/decriminalization. I would say that he may pass a bill, but this won’t happen until close to the end of his second term in office (if applicable).
  • I think it will, eventually, but WE need to push our lawmakers to action. Right now it is still very much a political hot potato, but you are right – that is starting to change.

    I don’t smoke, but I definitely think it should be legal, provided that it is regulated like alcohol (no minors, and no driving).

    It makes absolutely no sense that cannabis is illegal while alcohol and tobacco (both of which are MORE harmful and MORE addictive) are legal.

    Legalization would:

    - Create thousands of jobs
    - Deal a massive blow to drug cartels, which would suddenly be without 75% of their income
    - Provide an enormous windfall for the government, which would bring in billions in taxes and SAVE billions more on law enforcement (ending Prohibition played a big part in getting the U.S. out of the Great Depression)
    - Allow police, courts and prisons to focus their resources on DANGEROUS criminals, rather than potheads

    Contact your representatives in government! If you don’t know who they are, find out at http://capwiz.com/norml2/dbq/officials/. If they hear from enough of us, they’ll HAVE to start taking this issue seriously. As Gandhi once said, “first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

  • The issue is a catch-22. It can’t be legalized until it is shown no one uses it anymore. To legalize it, we’d have to quit and refrain for as long as it takes to show the ruling party that we don’t need it anymore, which would dry up the money flow from drug arrests and tickets, thus making the prohibition irrelevant. Then all we would need is a bill to go thru congress that shows the law is no longer needed and the law gets changed.
    So the only way to legalize it is to quit.
  • I think it’s on its way. California rejected a challenge to California’s medical marijuana law recently: http://www.newser.com/story/59403/supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-calif-pot-law.html

    Also, the governator is a fan. He wants to legalize it: http://www.newser.com/story/58173/schwarzenegger-its-time-to-talk-about-legalizing-pot.html

    Although Obama said recently he wouldn’t hear of it, I think it’s almost inevitable.

  • Legal or not I can still get all the pot I need.

Recent comments by a-net

  • What´s the other side to the legalize marijuana argument?
    Even though it’s not an argument, the “for the children” mindset has played a huge role in keeping marijuana illegal.

    Politicians say key phrases such as “what about the children” and “we must protect our children” – “therefore ______ should be illegal”. This is propaganda and is simply used to appeal to emotions. Because everybody loves children and wants to protect them.

    This is ok. But children have NOTHING to do with the issue at hand.

    So yeah… what about the children?????? What about em?

    Is it safer for a child to go get drugs from a store or from a criminal organization? Plus, a store won’t sell drugs to kids. Now, a dealer will sell drugs to anyone that has money whether it’s a child or not.

    SO dont give me that shit that it’s safer for kids when marijuana is illegal. That’s pure uneducated and ignorant bullshit.

  • What´s the other side to the legalize marijuana argument?
    What other side? What can you possibly say that supports prohibition? It is a cancer eating away society. I see a lot of cannabis myths on here no real information. Marijuana is not a carcinogen, it actually has been proven to cure cancer (see sources). Check this link to the DEA’s top 10 reasons against legalization: http://loopylettuce.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/deas-top-10-reasons-against-legalization/
  • What´s the other side to the legalize marijuana argument?
    its harmful, its habit forming (mentally not physically), can be a gateway drug, impares your ability to drive, and function.
  • What´s the other side to the legalize marijuana argument?
    I think there s a multitude of them, havoc in the traffic is one, and the difficulty of testing as in alcohol.
    New problems are coming to light, some are bizarre like ‘man boobs’ and the staggering tar levels in some strains of cannabis resins.
    It certainly gets a lot of people onto cigarettes.
    It’s a carcinogen that’s for sure, and more immediate problems occur…I’ve twice seen the ambulance called by frightened people because someone smoking it has became panicky.
    I know for a damn fact it’s a gateway drug to worse things, admittedly the current involvement of criminals will have a lot to do with that.
    I come so awfully close to ruin as a youngster, thankfully I drew a line that stuck.
    Friends went down that path though. No, I think the law (in Britain) is lenient enough.
    The death penalty in places like China and Malaya is too severe though….others won’t think so.
    BEWARE of pro-legalization websites. Never forget ANYBODY can publish on the internet.
  • Marijuana Chemistry: Genetics, Processing, Potency
    This book uses data collected from the pre-Reagan ban on marijuana studies to make good informed conclusions about cannabis. It dips into most everything but I wanted more genetic information.
    Rating: 4 / 5

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