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Posted: May 1, 2010 03:42 am  | |||||||
      IRC Nickname: Lefty Group: Emeritus Posts: 3340 Member No.: 1055 Joined: June 30, 2008 Total Events Attended: 211    | How old are you? 17 Should marijuana be legalized? Yes. It should be treated like cigarettes are. If so why, if not why not?Tax the hell out of it. If people want to smoke it still, then they will be supporting our country. It will lower the prison rates, as I would say a good 5% if not higher, of the people that currently are in the US prisons, are in there because of marijuana. This lowers the overcrowding that happens in jails, along with lowers the amount of tax dollars that we spend on people that are in jail because of smoking/selling/carrying marijuana. Side affects are no worse than alcohol or cigarettes. If anything, they are less harsh. People must remember the difference in quantity that is required to reach the buzz. An ounce of tobacco can be found in 35 cigarettes. Many people smoke a pack a day. A pack of cigarettes contains 20. Over a week, that is 140 cigarettes or nearly 4 ounces of tobacco. You stated that you smoke 1 ounce a week. Do you smoke?Once or twice a year. --------------------      | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 03:56 am | |||||||
 IRC Nickname: Mike|Sonix Group: Ex-Member Posts: 1483 Member No.: 13 Joined: December 29, 2007 Total Events Attended: 103 |
How do you figure money is gained? Most deals made are so small, sending them to jail costs more than they might have acquired from the bust. Thats a big might. --------------------   | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 04:02 am | |||||||
 IRC Nickname: DG_Keanu Group: Council Posts: 4782 Member No.: 2033 Joined: August 25, 2009 Total Events Attended: 173 | How old are you? 17 Should marijuana be legalized? Yes. If so why, if not why not? The only reason drugs are illegal is because the government can't tax them. Cigarettes are a drug. Alcohol is a drug. Every over the counter medicine is a drug and they all have different effects. If you understand the risks and can handle the extreme ones, who are you harming besides yourself? Do you smoke? Yes. Cigarettes, cigars, I've done weed, done coke, been baked several times. Legal or not, it's my life. I answer to my own set of angels. --------------------  [05:42] <+WG_Keanu> I think I got a semi just looking at the pic [05:42] <%kat> same | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 04:03 am | |||||||
 IRC Nickname: Sativas Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 2255 Member No.: 1305 Joined: August 29, 2008 Total Events Attended: 155 | Definitely a bigger loss then gain. --------------------  The Ultimate Skilling and Combat Badges Updated June 17th, 2011        | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 04:04 am | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: Sativas Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 2255 Member No.: 1305 Joined: August 29, 2008 Total Events Attended: 155 | That was to Sonixpber btw, it wouldn't let me edit lol. -------------------- The Ultimate Skilling and Combat Badges Updated June 17th, 2011 | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 04:05 am | |||||||
 IRC Nickname: Gibble00 Group: Emeritus Posts: 775 Member No.: 100 Joined: January 3, 2008 Total Events Attended: 9 |
I mean yeah, totally true. But not everyone would. Look at people who drink too much and drive. I know when I've drank too much (not necessarily for driving but for anything, like walking people home) but not everyone does, they think they're fine then try to do stuff like drive. --------------------  | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 04:20 am | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: Fire Lion Sword Group: Emeritus Posts: 1189 Member No.: 103 Joined: January 4, 2008 Total Events Attended: 3 |
What happens??? -------------------- --------- 獅の炎 ----------  ----------- 忍☯者 ----------- | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 04:39 am | |||||||
 IRC Nickname: Majeic Group: Ex-Member Posts: 775 Member No.: 1671 Joined: January 28, 2009 Total Events Attended: 77 | How old are you? 18 Should marijuana be legalized? May as well. If so why, if not why not? Everyone who wants to smoke weed already does, it's just illegal. May as well make it legal and tax it. Do you smoke? Never have, never will. --------------------    | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 04:40 am | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: Ganja Group: Clan Ally Posts: 23 Member No.: 1503 Joined: November 24, 2008 Total Events Attended: 4 | How old are you? 19 Should marijuana be legalized? Yeah If so why, if not why not? First of all prohibition is against the highest laws of the U.S., the Constitution. The government should not prevent us from ingesting a substance in to our body at will, whether weed is in fact bad for us or not. For many people the positive effects outweigh the negative. Millions of people blaze every day and that isn't going to change, never has never will. The drug war is something like 2-5% successful, it is futile to try and regulate marijuana. If it is legalized, and if they unfortunately tax it, nobody will really care, people will still deal under the table probably even more so since it won't be such a high offense, just improper business and tax evasion or w/e. I find the governments inconsistency ridiculous, we put people in jail for supplying people with good budd for longer than we put in robbery convicts. Where is the real freedom that the U.S. is supposed to offer?? We need true free trade. The system needs major reform on many levels. It's only a matter of time before its rescheduled on a federal level, and a few years down the road probably fully legalized. Do you smoke? I try to wake up and rip some chronic from my water bong every day. --------------------  Ex-Leader of The Sabres  | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 05:26 am | |||||||
 IRC Nickname: Vephy Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 6186 Member No.: 813 Joined: June 10, 2008 Total Events Attended: 478 |
Bring antifire shield. Problem solved. --------------------   | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 05:39 am | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: Sativas Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 2255 Member No.: 1305 Joined: August 29, 2008 Total Events Attended: 155 | @Ganja Sabre You speak the truth. I try to wake up every morning and smoke a couple bowls before I start my day. I can concentrate a lot more on something I need to be focusing on, and be just generally more social with the world period. Infact I just smoked a bowl before I started reading this thread rofl. -------------------- The Ultimate Skilling and Combat Badges Updated June 17th, 2011 | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 05:41 am | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: Vephy Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 6186 Member No.: 813 Joined: June 10, 2008 Total Events Attended: 478 | I smoked a bowl of cereal once. -------------------- | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 08:52 am | |||||||
 IRC Nickname: rachellove Group: Council Posts: 6955 Member No.: 173 Joined: January 31, 2008 Total Events Attended: 305 | I'm an adult. I voted Yes I have never even tried it. I am one of those people that think there can be good in almost anything if it is used wisely. This may sound dumb, but I can't believe that God putting weed on Earth was a mistake. When I was in high school and would get asked to smoke, I'd always be like "No Thanks It's against my religion." They would laugh at me and we would joke about it. Being in Christian school they all knew it wasn't stated that way exactly but more because anything illegal was against what we believed in. I think if it was legal they would have to come up with lots of new taxes on the sale of it and the growth would probably have to be taxed somehow too. The government would not make it legal unless they thought they could make a ton of money on it like they do tobacco products. --------------------  Thank you Garrett and Dallar. “The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.” ~~Colin Powell ~~  | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 10:46 am | |||||||
 IRC Nickname: RobbieThe1st Group: Founder Posts: 770 Member No.: 2 Joined: December 26, 2007 Total Events Attended: 49 | How old are you? 18. Should marijuana be legalized? Yes. Completely and unrestrictedly(if over 18/21) If so why, if not why not? Personally, I don't see the problem. I can't see it having any worse effect than Tobacco or Alcohol, or even a number of pain killers. I also think that if it were legalized, hemp would be much more common, cheap, and would work its way into all sorts of products(paper and clothing for example); this is good as its a much better source material: entirely biodegradable, strong and durable. Its also good for the environment, as it requires little pesticide to grow. edit: And, of course, legalizing it would mean a -huge- amount of police time(and money) not spent on preventing its use, one less source of money for gangs etc. Do you smoke? Don't smoke, drink or take drugs. And hopefully never will. -------------------- Old Avatar - Paypal donation link  I am left handed, and proud of it! Retired from RuneScape. Old forum posts: 2275(s4+s10+wg.com)+1759(z6 old account)+474(z6 new account) Total: 4508 Join date: 4/16/05 | Get Firefox 3.5 now: http://www.getfirefox.com | RobbieSwich for Firefox | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 05:18 pm | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: Group: Ex-Member Posts: 580 Member No.: 42 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 0 |
bad bad bad things -------------------- We will be alive and we will walk and talk and eat and sing and laugh and feel and love. You plan the wars, you masters of men, plan the wars and point the way and we will point the gun. Join Wg Late 2004 | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 05:30 pm | |||||||
 IRC Nickname: Bam Group: Emeritus Posts: 2762 Member No.: 131 Joined: January 20, 2008 Total Events Attended: 111 |
you shouldn't be making statements like that without having nay idea about it. Do you actually know anything about opiates in medicine? --------------------  | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 06:28 pm | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: Group: Ex-Member Posts: 580 Member No.: 42 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 0 | http://cannagraphic.com/politics/is-cannab...es-infographic/ -------------------- We will be alive and we will walk and talk and eat and sing and laugh and feel and love. You plan the wars, you masters of men, plan the wars and point the way and we will point the gun. Join Wg Late 2004 | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 06:43 pm | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: Sativas Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 2255 Member No.: 1305 Joined: August 29, 2008 Total Events Attended: 155 | @Rachel That's funny, I have religious friends who swear it was the forbidden fruit that Adam and eve picked lol. Thanks for the post  @Robbie I'm not too educated on hemp, but I keep hearing amazing things about it. Thanks for the post. -------------------- The Ultimate Skilling and Combat Badges Updated June 17th, 2011 | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 06:45 pm | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: Sativas Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 2255 Member No.: 1305 Joined: August 29, 2008 Total Events Attended: 155 | @Mochacho456 Thanks for the interesting link. It's already Americas #1 crop and it's not even legalized yet lol. Imagine if they taxed it, it would even pull us out of this deficit. (I cant edit is why I double posted, sorry.) -------------------- The Ultimate Skilling and Combat Badges Updated June 17th, 2011 | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 06:48 pm | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: DG_Keanu Group: Council Posts: 4782 Member No.: 2033 Joined: August 25, 2009 Total Events Attended: 173 |
Humans can live without cars, and there are on average 40,000 deaths from motor accidents annually in the US alone. Last time I checked, cars were legal. -------------------- [05:42] <+WG_Keanu> I think I got a semi just looking at the pic [05:42] <%kat> same | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 06:53 pm | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: Sativas Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 2255 Member No.: 1305 Joined: August 29, 2008 Total Events Attended: 155 |
ROFL, I was going to say exactly the same thing, but I let it go.  -------------------- The Ultimate Skilling and Combat Badges Updated June 17th, 2011 | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 08:19 pm | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: Group: Ex-Member Posts: 580 Member No.: 42 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 0 |
Over 500k die from tobacco related deaths every year in america. how many from pot? 0 -------------------- We will be alive and we will walk and talk and eat and sing and laugh and feel and love. You plan the wars, you masters of men, plan the wars and point the way and we will point the gun. Join Wg Late 2004 | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 08:21 pm | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: Vephy Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 6186 Member No.: 813 Joined: June 10, 2008 Total Events Attended: 478 | Nicely referenced statistics guys. -------------------- | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 08:22 pm | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: Sativas Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 2255 Member No.: 1305 Joined: August 29, 2008 Total Events Attended: 155 | A lot of people don't know anything about Marijuana and see it as this thing, everyone tries to make it out to be without any personal experience. Which is the entire point of this topic. Open up your eyes, read, learn. -------------------- The Ultimate Skilling and Combat Badges Updated June 17th, 2011 | ||||||
Posted: May 1, 2010 08:42 pm | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: Mike|Sonix Group: Ex-Member Posts: 1483 Member No.: 13 Joined: December 29, 2007 Total Events Attended: 103 |
Before the first time I smoked, I was taught all drugs are evil, you'll get addicted, and die shortly afterward. I don't think I ever would've smartened up if I kept listening to what my parents told me, and unfortunately some people still are that way.. Also:  http://www.cnbc.com/id/36267054/Rhode_Isla..._Marijuana_Laws -------------------- | ||||||
Marijuana Legalization, What do you think?