California may legalize marijuana

[asparagin]

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/25/local/la-me-marijuana-initiative25-2010mar25

 

If Arnie and his west coast will pull this off, I'll watch Kindergarden Cop in his honor while listening to 2Pac!!!

[Grimes]

no brah, its gotta be Last Action Hero! Best Governator film ever!

[asparagin]

no brah, its gotta be Last Action Hero! Best Governator film ever!

 

TBH, I wanted to say "Last Action Hero", but I couldn't totally recall :smilewink: the name..

[Steel Jaw]

It is not a gateway drug.

 

Lots of folks use it.

 

May as well TAX it.

[asparagin]

Besides, incriminating consume brings youngsters in contact with dubious people, who not only they merchandise grass but also real drugs. This situation is a danger for them, and IMO is why grass got it's reputation of a gateway drug.

I hope the economy reason will help this to be accepted. There is really no reason not allow it, just conservatism at it's finest.

[SAM77]

Hopefully the rest of the world wises up soon

[Jg2001_Rasputin]

Would be another reason to visit California one day :music_whistling:

[asparagin]

Hopefully the rest of the world wises up soon

 

I don't really expect that it will happen soon, but if things turn out well in California after the legalization (- speaking in terms of profit) then maybe others will follow. One way or another it would be a milestone.

[Jinro]

There are too many idiots out there as it is--weed just makes them even more stupid....

[RIPTIDE]

So you psuedo conservative minded people WANT the government to extend its mighty reach and tax a ... God forbid ... a vice. Logical hypocrisy at its finest. Besides real conservatives do coke and pills. Only filthy limpwristed fag hippy liberals smoke marijuana. :D

[RIPTIDE]

There are too many idiots out there as it is--weed just makes them even more stupid....

:thumbup:

[SAM77]

I don't really expect that it will happen soon, but if things turn out well in California after the legalization (- speaking in terms of profit) then maybe others will follow. One way or another it would be a milestone.

 

Agreed!!!!!

 

PROFIT and getting rid of the criminal element means everyone wins:thumbup:

[SAM77]

There are too many idiots out there as it is--alcohol just makes them even more stupid..and violent...

[Shaman]

Finally.

I have been to CA this summer. Weed is "virtually legal" everywhere. Pointless to keep this crazy prohibition.

[asparagin]

There are too many idiots out there as it is--weed just makes them even more stupid....

 

1. So does TV.

2. If there were no stupid people the whole economy would collapse.

[Frostie]

Thought this world was trying to discourage the plague of casual smoking. With alcohol reaching epic levels of consumption by the underaged, common sense should prevail. Most of us have experienced the wonders of da weed and most have seen what a life wasting drug it is if used excessively. To legalise it adds another plight on the future prospects of the next generation. But in the end freedom of choice is the buzz word of the last 50+years, for good or bad we'll all see the results.

[sobek]

Who actually cares?

[asparagin]

Thought this world was trying to discourage the plague of casual smoking. With alcohol reaching epic levels of consumption by the underaged, common sense should prevail.

 

I understand and agree that the legalization will not have only positive effects. But you have also to consider:

 

Most of us have experienced the wonders of da weed and most have seen what a life wasting drug it is if used excessively.

 

Depends on character. If someone can't deal with excesses, he will have either way problems with some vice, if it's not grass then it will be WOW or Heroin. However, the accessibility to the young generation is indeed what I consider a problem. But it will rather add to the problem of accessibility of alcohol, guns, whatever, then just be a problem of it's own. I think also, that there are more positive effects (see previous posts), so in total, it's a good thing.

 

But in the end freedom of choice is the buzz word of the last 50+years, for good or bad we'll all see the results.

 

Indeed.

[Steel Jaw]

Nobody ever declared war with a joint in his hand.

[104th_Crunch]

Almost every drug out there is worse than pot. Alcohol and tobacco IMO waste WAY more lives. Stop wasting money fighting it and instead concentrate on the hard drugs like coke. It sickens me that such a soft core drug like pot is relegated to being supplied by underground crime and it is all because of the fact that it is illegal. Tax I think will have little effect since you can get good growing a small bit of pot at home.

[Jinro]

Almost every drug out there is worse than pot. Alcohol and tobacco IMO waste WAY more lives.

That's because alcohol and tobacco are legalized, and thus used a lot more frequently than pot. When pot becomes legal, it will be the same as alcohol and tobacco. The US tried to ban alcohol a long time ago, and that didn't go so well. Tobacco should be banned in my opinion--it takes more lives than firearm-related deaths (per year in the US) and yet more people want to ban guns than they do tobacco...which doesn't make any sense to me.

 

I had a pot-head in my class for 2 years. Damn good guitar player, but dumb as a rock.

Edited October 26, 2010 by Jinro

[bumfire]

Nobody ever declared war with a joint in his hand.

 

I did, when I was alot younger and stupid, I declared war on someone when smoking a d00b, infact the war even started and quickly erupted to such a degree that the d00b died. :(

[RIPTIDE]

The best way to sort out these drug problems is easy: Lace it with poison.

[SAM77]

Almost every drug out there is worse than pot. Alcohol and tobacco IMO waste WAY more lives. Stop wasting money fighting it and instead concentrate on the hard drugs like coke. It sickens me that such a soft core drug like pot is relegated to being supplied by underground crime and it is all because of the fact that it is illegal. Tax I think will have little effect since you can get good growing a small bit of pot at home.

:thumbup:

 

Common sense

 

Shame the beer swillin masses are too dumb to get it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited October 26, 2010 by SAM77

[104th_Crunch]

That's because alcohol and tobacco are legalized, and thus used a lot more frequently than pot. When pot becomes legal, it will be the same as alcohol and tobacco. The US tried to ban alcohol a long time ago, and that didn't go so well. Tobacco should be banned in my opinion--it takes more lives than firearm-related deaths (per year in the US) and yet more people want to ban guns than they do tobacco...which doesn't make any sense to me.

 

I had a pot-head in my class for 2 years. Damn good guitar player, but dumb as a rock.

 

The number of users of pot and people that have tried it is very high, legal or not. Also apples an oranges. Pot is not really chemically advictive. You go through no physical withrawl symptoms, only mental want. Whereas alcohol and tabacco will actually make your body physically crave more when stopped. Take it from someone that unfortuately knows all 3 too well :)

 

Excess of beer = drunken idiot, liver problems, drunk dangerous driving

 

Excess of Tobacco = cancer

 

Excess of Pot = someone who forgot where they put down the TV remote a minute ago :D