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PollDo you think marijuana should be legalized???
146 votes · poll closed
What society fails to realize about the legalization of marijuana is that if it became legal: 1, the THC content would be regulated heavily, 2, it would still be illegal to sell on the streets, 3, it would still be illegal to grow, and 4, it would also be taxed heavily. The THC content of American grown marijuana is only at an average of 3%. What people fail to realize is that there are other plants out there that are 100% legal, the effects last longer than marijuana, and the high is astonishing. Please research this topic thoroughly before you talk to me on the basis of ignorance.
Wow, so the world has finally come to this, poor drug.
Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in America (behind only alcohol and tobacco), and has been used by nearly 100 million Americans. According to government ******s, some 25 million Americans have smoked marijuana in the past year, and more than 14 million do so regularly despite harsh laws against its use. Our public policies should reflect this reality, not deny it.
Marijuana is far less dangerous than alcohol or tobacco. Around 50,000 people die each year from alcohol poisoning. Similarly, more than 400,000 deaths each year are attributed to tobacco smoking. By comparison, marijuana is nontoxic and cannot cause death by overdose. According to the prestigious European medical journal, The Lancet, "The smoking of cannabis, even long-term, is not harmful to health. ... It would be reasonable to judge cannabis as less of a threat ... than alcohol or tobacco."
I say, "legalize it."
Enforcing marijuana prohibition costs taxpayers an estimated $10 billion annually and results in the arrest of more than 847,000 individuals per year -- far more than the total number of arrestees for all violent crimes combined, including murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault.
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YEAR MARIJUANA ARRESTS
2008 847,864
2007 872,721
2006 829,625
2005 786,545
2004 771,608
2003 755,187
2002 697,082
2001 723,627
2000 734,498
1999 704,812
1998 682,885
1997 695,200
1996 641,642
1995 588,963
1994 499,122
1993 380,689
1992 342,314
1991 287,850
1990 326,850
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Of those charged with marijuana violations, approximately 89 percent, 754,224 Americans were charged with possession only. The remaining 93,640 individuals were charged with "sale/manufacture," a category that includes all cultivation offenses, even those where the marijuana was being grown for personal or medical use. In past years, roughly 30 percent of those arrested were age 19 or younger.
Marijuana is far less dangerous than alcohol or tobacco. Around 50,000 people die each year from alcohol poisoning. Similarly, more than 400,000 deaths each year are attributed to tobacco smoking. By comparison, marijuana is nontoxic and cannot cause death by overdose. According to the prestigious European medical journal, The Lancet, "The smoking of cannabis, even long-term, is not harmful to health. ... It would be reasonable to judge cannabis as less of a threat ... than alcohol or tobacco."
I say, "legalize it."
Enforcing marijuana prohibition costs taxpayers an estimated $10 billion annually and results in the arrest of more than 847,000 individuals per year -- far more than the total number of arrestees for all violent crimes combined, including murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault.
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YEAR MARIJUANA ARRESTS
2008 847,864
2007 872,721
2006 829,625
2005 786,545
2004 771,608
2003 755,187
2002 697,082
2001 723,627
2000 734,498
1999 704,812
1998 682,885
1997 695,200
1996 641,642
1995 588,963
1994 499,122
1993 380,689
1992 342,314
1991 287,850
1990 326,850
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Of those charged with marijuana violations, approximately 89 percent, 754,224 Americans were charged with possession only. The remaining 93,640 individuals were charged with "sale/manufacture," a category that includes all cultivation offenses, even those where the marijuana was being grown for personal or medical use. In past years, roughly 30 percent of those arrested were age 19 or younger.
Obviously,you have failed to research this topic thoroughly. Numerous individuals have overdosed on marijuana. The THC content continues to rise inside the body over periods of time, if smoked on a regular basis. Eventually the body will have such a high THC content that you will experience respiratory failure, one of the symptoms of a marijuana overdose. I am neither for the legalization of marijuana, nor am I against it. Majority of violent criminal offenders during booking test positive for marijuana. Does that mean that marijuana caused them to do it? No. It just shows that violent crimes have been committed while "high".
so many wannabee's
fuck know.I don't want naked people running around in my back yard
Originally Posted by stevethehacker
fuck know.I don't want naked people running around in my back yard
lol paroxysm 2 things so wrong wit that.
Drugs are bad .
Ya i think it should be.
It probably will be, after they find a cure for cancer or some shit like that. Even though cig's have a higher change of giving you cancer and all that so ananan.
Who knows. Not like it stops anyone. I would walk around at night with a joint
Who knows. Not like it stops anyone. I would walk around at night with a joint
lulz we all piked yes
for canada: make it legal, then people get the munchiez, and $ (loonie) goez up
for usa: just make it legal for medicinal uses, otherwise illegal. give canada a chance guys
for usa: just make it legal for medicinal uses, otherwise illegal. give canada a chance guys
i think its the most retarded thing to vote on it shouldnt be legalized :S it will hurt the economy
