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| Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - World Affairs / Debate - Legalize marijuana? Yay or nay!? |
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Marijuana: Should it be legalized?| Yes |
75.9%, 22 votes | no |
20.7%, 6 votes | no opinion |
3.4%, 1 vote | Multi-voting is disabled.
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windwaker Ball and Chain Trooper WHY ALL THE MAYONNAISE HATE Level: 61  Posts: 1131/1797 EXP: 1860597 For next: 15999 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 4 days Last activity: 6 days |
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I feel that it should be legal? Why? There's no reason for it not to be. Smoking and alcohol abuse is far more harmful, yet, wait... those are legal too.  I feel that shit like "omfg gawd says no" doesn't justify anything. Canada/America isn't built on a church, there's seperation. |
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Vystrix Nexoth Level: 30 Posts: 267/348 EXP: 158678 For next: 7191 Since: 03-15-04 From: somewhere between anima and animus Since last post: 3 days Last activity: 2 days |
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I think it ought to be legalized. Here are my reasons:
 And, for the record, I don't smoke the stuff... never have. Though I'm semi-interested in trying it sometime. (edited by Vystrix Nexoth on 02-10-05 12:27 AM) (edited by Vystrix Nexoth on 02-10-05 12:30 AM) (edited by Vystrix Nexoth on 02-10-05 12:32 AM) |
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geeogree Bloober Level: 34  Posts: 307/448 EXP: 231583 For next: 22068 Since: 03-16-04 From: Calgary, Canada Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 11 hours |
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| here is my opportunity to shock everyone here.... I'm going to agree with the rest of you.... in some degree at least - it's a little out of character right? well, on this issue, I can't deny the benefits of legalizing pot.... it just makes sense.... along with the reasons Vystrix gave.... I would like to add something, or expand with my opinions crime would definately drop.... I heard like 75% of robberies/muggings are drug related. ie. to get money to buy drugs... it would definately save a lot of people money.... not only those that buy, but also the governement.... however, the government definately needs a strict way to control volumes of the product and track who gets what and how much.... that's just how I feel about it.... I'm not saying restrict it, but don't make so much of it that.... there should also be "intoxicated" levels that restrict you from driving a car and working heavy machinery.... sure, it's possible to drive a car while high.... same as when you are drunk.... but I doubt you are as aware and your reflexes are as high in all cases while high.... just a safety thing.... oh, and there should also be a you can't be high at work policy.... because I think we all know how apathetic high people are.... and that doesn't make for a good working environment.... hrm.... other than that, I can't think of any concerns I have right now.... |
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windwaker Ball and Chain Trooper WHY ALL THE MAYONNAISE HATE Level: 61 Posts: 1134/1797 EXP: 1860597 For next: 15999 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 4 days Last activity: 6 days |
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| Yeah, that's pretty much how I feel. Chances are, they're going to use it either way. | |||
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geeogree Bloober Level: 34 Posts: 308/448 EXP: 231583 For next: 22068 Since: 03-16-04 From: Calgary, Canada Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 11 hours |
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| well, that's the other thing.... it is happening anyways... but under more dangerous circumstances.... and, with street bought stuff.... there can always been something else in with what you think you're buying.... legalizing would definately get rid of that worry |
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MathOnNapkins Math n' Hacks Level: 67  Posts: 1390/2189 EXP: 2495887 For next: 96985 Since: 03-18-04 From: Base Tourian Since last post: 1 hour Last activity: 32 min. |
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| I do not support marijuana usage, but I see no reason to keep it illegal. There are equally negative effects to using alcohol and smoking, and yet these substances are legal. In fact, marijuana is probably far more healthy for you than some of the drugs we have on the market that are federally approved. In recent news, we see many types of drugs causing heart attacks (Anacin?) in extremely small parts of the population, and drug advertisements caution you on all the horrible side effects you could experience. I do wonder, however, if the companies that build prisons (this is often contracted out) have the government in their pocket. With criminal marijuana you get lots of extra criminals. Take away those criminals, you will reduce demand for prisons. Whether this is true or not, I don't know. It's only a theory. Having to worry about marijuana distribution and possession also makes law enforcement that much harder. I think we have better things to worry about than pot smokers and dealers. That, and pot is nearly ubiquitous from what i've seen. A war on marijuana is a war on your own people. Georgree: about apathy at work, yeah I agree, mostly. My friends have told me that really simple tasks are much easier while stoned, such as dishwashing, but I don't know firsthand. (edited by MathOnNapkins on 02-10-05 01:00 AM) |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99  Posts: 2937/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Originally posted by MathOnNapkins Oh god no. They're infinitely more confusing. But your mind turns every single action into a bizzare philosophical extract of the world. But you feel time change and you don't really notice getting tired because you are thinking too much and zone out and just continue your usual phyiscal routine. |
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windwaker Ball and Chain Trooper WHY ALL THE MAYONNAISE HATE Level: 61 Posts: 1137/1797 EXP: 1860597 For next: 15999 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 4 days Last activity: 6 days |
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| Hm. How long does a high usually last for you, Ziff? | |||
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99 Posts: 2938/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Depends on the strain, means of intake and form of marijuana. Let's say that I get a bag of shake, smoke 2 grams in a bong...Well, it won't really be too good or too long of a high. I just finished getting off of an AWESOME high from some good hash-AK47 using joints and bongs. I started smoking at 3:30, had my last toke at 4:45. It was one of the most enlightening venture on marijuana lately. Given that it has given me my thesis for a reader response and had me buy a PDA. Ha ha, to think, a lot of people brand it as bad, but it has allowed for a horrifyingly intricate and abstract thinking to occur and allow me to write an obsecnely complicated thesis. (edited by Ziffski on 02-10-05 02:03 AM) |
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Apple Kodondo Level: 38 Posts: 592/594 EXP: 350163 For next: 20284 Since: 03-27-04 From: Washington. Since last post: 264 days Last activity: 152 days |
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| Yay. Shocker! I, a pot user, don't want marijuana legal. Its hard enough to keep people from using marijuana as it is and yeah. |
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MathOnNapkins Math n' Hacks Level: 67 Posts: 1391/2189 EXP: 2495887 For next: 96985 Since: 03-18-04 From: Base Tourian Since last post: 1 hour Last activity: 32 min. |
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| Just. Wow. That's a first. | |||
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windwaker Ball and Chain Trooper WHY ALL THE MAYONNAISE HATE Level: 61 Posts: 1138/1797 EXP: 1860597 For next: 15999 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 4 days Last activity: 6 days |
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Originally posted by Apple Wait, so you're saying that you disagree consciously with something that you do? It isn't really that bad for you.  |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 6678/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| I don't think that it should be legal in the sense that you can just walk around anywhere and light up a joint. I'd be more in favor of decriminalizing it and allowing people to not be arrested/charged if they had a few joints in their pocket or something like that. Or at the very least not allow it to be smoked in front of and in certain buildings (government buildings, schools, etc.) | |||
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windwaker Ball and Chain Trooper WHY ALL THE MAYONNAISE HATE Level: 61 Posts: 1140/1797 EXP: 1860597 For next: 15999 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 4 days Last activity: 6 days |
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| Ah, that's another danger. It's like with alcohol; what you do under the influence. I guess since the after effects aren't as bad, there would need to be control for where you could smoke, yeah. | |||
hhallahh Bob-Omb Level: 38  Posts: 499/607 EXP: 365476 For next: 4971 Since: 03-15-04 From: Portland, OR Since last post: 73 days Last activity: 60 days |
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| No, marijuana is not legal. I hate poorly-worded polls. |
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geeogree Bloober Level: 34 Posts: 310/448 EXP: 231583 For next: 22068 Since: 03-16-04 From: Calgary, Canada Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 11 hours |
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| the title was badly worded.... the poll question however was not.... if you had read it properly.... you would know that "Should marijuana be legal or not?" (edited by geeogree on 02-10-05 06:45 PM) |
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Tamarin Calanis We exist. Earth exists. The universe exists. Do we really need to know why? Level: 59 Posts: 310/1802 EXP: 1672751 For next: 377 Since: 07-12-04 From: The gas station on the corner... Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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| I think it should be legal, with restrictions. We don't need people to be driving when they're stoned; people drive bad enough already. But, with certain very obvious restrictions, I don't see any harm that could come from legalising (spelling?) marijuana.... |
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Ice Ranger Leever Level: 23  Posts: 73/183 EXP: 60462 For next: 7261 Since: 03-16-04 Since last post: 82 days Last activity: 3 days |
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I find this very interesting. Yes, my first post outside romhacking  .The editor of High Times magazine is coming to our college to debate this very issue Tuesday with a retired NARC officer. Should be interesting. Here's my thoughts. Enforce the same restrictions as with cigerettes involving buildings (20 feet or so from an entrance to a building). Do not operate machinary while stoned. Can't think of anymore restrictions that would be necessary, that nearly covers anything I can think of except it may not be permissable during work or stoned during work. I do not believe it will get rid of as much crime as it seems. But it will definitely take away from the marijuana factor in the mix. I do not smoke marijuana, do not recommend it; tried it, disliked it. A lot of stuff people disagree with happens, alcohol and cigerettes, marijuana used responsibly may not be so bad. Imagine if the government made it legal. Different brands of marijuana advertised in magazines saying "smoke responsibly" at the bottom of the ad. (edited by Chill Penguin on 02-10-05 08:16 PM) |
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Dracoon Zelda The temp ban/forum ban bypasser! Level: 84  Posts: 2448/3727 EXP: 5514391 For next: 147561 Since: 03-25-04 From: At home Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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| Tamarin Calanis: From what my parents always say, almost my entire family smokes a little ganja... quite a bit, theyare actually better drivers while smoking pot. It makes them paranoid and they lose that sense of invincibility, so they drive more carefully. Really, this subject has been approached like 50 times lately, I think it should be legal. A lot of Americans smoke it, we don't have a wave of a bunch of dead people, and from what I know, no one has ever died because of pot, that wasn't illergic to it or some technicallity. I mean actually died from smoking pot, not in a car crash. |
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Apple Kodondo Level: 38 Posts: 593/594 EXP: 350163 For next: 20284 Since: 03-27-04 From: Washington. Since last post: 264 days Last activity: 152 days |
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Originally posted by MathOnNapkins I suppose it is. Its not healthy and there is already enough children (<12) smoking it. You think that number will drop if its legal and sold in stores? Most places don't card you unless you look 12 and even than, how differcult is it is to give a stranger money and have them buy it for you? Its how I got beer until I found a place that didn't check ID. If you sell it in the stores, people won't end up buying it from the stores. Its cheaper just to grow it and its easy to do. If you can't grow it, I'm sure you can buy it from someone for cheaper. It doesn't benefit the stores. Its a drug and its addicting. The most common things stoled in stores around here besides candy is beer and cigrettes. Not to mention how many people kill each other for it already. Goverment can't control it like they can the tobacoo companies. It doesn't benefit the goverment any by legalizing it. What they need to do is make the punishments not so harsh for using it. |
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