What is wrong with legalizing Weed?

[Tony Oday]

Im a very conservative person but man this shit is being sold right now and is a huge reason for crime in the US because the fines and the penalty for getting caught with Weed is basically nothing compared to other drugs. Also normal weed is being laced with angle dust and such thus making a little high after school into a debilitating drug addiction. I see so much revenue in this that it is hard to see why it isnt legal so we can tax the hell out of it!

[Harlan Huckleby]

I see so much revenue in this that it is hard to see why it isnt legal so we can tax the hell out of it!

Why would a conservative want to take the hell out of something?

[Tony Oday]

tax you mean?

[Badgepack]

I agree that it would make sense to legalize reefer, but it will never happen.
Heck, we can't even use the embryos that are to be destroyed for stem cell research.
As for taxation, again it makes sense, but so would making prostition legal and taxing it. Will never happen in our society.

[Tony Oday]

well prostitution is a different bird IMO. That can lead to the moral degredation of society, broken up marriages yada yada.

Weed leads to an increase in the snack food industry and the fast food industry

[Harlan Huckleby]

tax you mean?

freudian slip? ya, tax, not take

[Tony Oday]

hey some of the people at the top when they are bitching at eachother should just smoke a bowl together and come to the middle on some things

[jack's smirking revenge]

Should be legalized and taxed. Bottom line. It's no worse than alcohol, which can be argued as a gateway drug as well. I actually started a thread on this pages and pages ago and have tried to find contacts in the Twin Cities via this forum. Not successful, but I tried.

I am around rock bands on a regular basis. Thus, I'm around drunks on a regular basis. Rock stars and crowds that drink alcohol are more prone to stupidity, beligerence and aggressive behavior than anyone that touches the greenleaf. On several occasions over the last week, I've seen the angry side of drunkenness. Also, as a former college alcoholic, I can attest to the fact that alcohol causes aggressiveness.

Look, if you smoke weed, chances are good that you'll be relaxed and want to go to sleep. Aggressive behavior is just too much work.

Hey, Woodbuck, can you hook me up with Savitex?

tyler

[Fosco33]

Should be legalized and taxed. Bottom line. It's no worse than alcohol, which can be argued as a gateway drug as well. I actually started a thread on this pages and pages ago and have tried to find contacts in the Twin Cities via this forum. Not successful, but I tried.

I am around rock bands on a regular basis. Thus, I'm around drunks on a regular basis. Rock stars and crowds that drink alcohol are more prone to stupidity, beligerence and aggressive behavior than anyone that touches the greenleaf. On several occasions over the last week, I've seen the angry side of drunkenness. Also, as a former college alcoholic, I can attest to the fact that alcohol causes aggressiveness.

Look, if you smoke weed, chances are good that you'll be relaxed and want to go to sleep. Aggressive behavior is just too much work.

Hey, Woodbuck, can you hook me up with Savitex?

tyler

Salvia Divinorum is still legal and sold at head/smoke shops. Never tried the stuff myself but a buddy said it was gnarly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_divinorum

Twin Cities, hmm - I've got plenty of stoner coworkers who live up there

[jack's smirking revenge]

Should be legalized and taxed. Bottom line. It's no worse than alcohol, which can be argued as a gateway drug as well. I actually started a thread on this pages and pages ago and have tried to find contacts in the Twin Cities via this forum. Not successful, but I tried.

I am around rock bands on a regular basis. Thus, I'm around drunks on a regular basis. Rock stars and crowds that drink alcohol are more prone to stupidity, beligerence and aggressive behavior than anyone that touches the greenleaf. On several occasions over the last week, I've seen the angry side of drunkenness. Also, as a former college alcoholic, I can attest to the fact that alcohol causes aggressiveness.

Look, if you smoke weed, chances are good that you'll be relaxed and want to go to sleep. Aggressive behavior is just too much work.

Hey, Woodbuck, can you hook me up with Savitex?

tyler

Salvia Divinorum is still legal and sold at head/smoke shops. Never tried the stuff myself but a buddy said it was gnarly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_divinorum

Twin Cities, hmm - I've got plenty of stoner coworkers who live up there

Actually, what I'm referring to is a Savitex inhaler, which, last time I checked, was legal in Canada. It is not legal in the U.S.

Also, if you want to PM me your email address, I can do the leg work on the coworkers.

tyler

[Fosco33]

Should be legalized and taxed. Bottom line. It's no worse than alcohol, which can be argued as a gateway drug as well. I actually started a thread on this pages and pages ago and have tried to find contacts in the Twin Cities via this forum. Not successful, but I tried.

I am around rock bands on a regular basis. Thus, I'm around drunks on a regular basis. Rock stars and crowds that drink alcohol are more prone to stupidity, beligerence and aggressive behavior than anyone that touches the greenleaf. On several occasions over the last week, I've seen the angry side of drunkenness. Also, as a former college alcoholic, I can attest to the fact that alcohol causes aggressiveness.

Look, if you smoke weed, chances are good that you'll be relaxed and want to go to sleep. Aggressive behavior is just too much work.

Hey, Woodbuck, can you hook me up with Savitex?

tyler

Salvia Divinorum is still legal and sold at head/smoke shops. Never tried the stuff myself but a buddy said it was gnarly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_divinorum

Twin Cities, hmm - I've got plenty of stoner coworkers who live up there

Actually, what I'm referring to is a Savitex inhaler, which, last time I checked, was legal in Canada. It is not legal in the U.S.

tyler

I know, but a cousin of marijuana could be an interesting experimentation - closer to being stoned with doing shrooms from what I've been told.

[jack's smirking revenge]

Should be legalized and taxed. Bottom line. It's no worse than alcohol, which can be argued as a gateway drug as well. I actually started a thread on this pages and pages ago and have tried to find contacts in the Twin Cities via this forum. Not successful, but I tried.

I am around rock bands on a regular basis. Thus, I'm around drunks on a regular basis. Rock stars and crowds that drink alcohol are more prone to stupidity, beligerence and aggressive behavior than anyone that touches the greenleaf. On several occasions over the last week, I've seen the angry side of drunkenness. Also, as a former college alcoholic, I can attest to the fact that alcohol causes aggressiveness.

Look, if you smoke weed, chances are good that you'll be relaxed and want to go to sleep. Aggressive behavior is just too much work.

Hey, Woodbuck, can you hook me up with Savitex?

tyler

Salvia Divinorum is still legal and sold at head/smoke shops. Never tried the stuff myself but a buddy said it was gnarly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_divinorum

Twin Cities, hmm - I've got plenty of stoner coworkers who live up there

Actually, what I'm referring to is a Savitex inhaler, which, last time I checked, was legal in Canada. It is not legal in the U.S.

tyler

I know, but a cousin of marijuana could be an interesting experimentation - closer to being stoned with doing shrooms from what I've been told.

Truedat! I'm all for experimentation...

tyler

[MJZiggy]

There's a lot of talk in the Higher Power thread about Rastafarians and weed. I wonder if anyone's done a study of populations in places where weed is legal and accessible to find out if all the predictions of dire consequences have come to pass in these populations or not. Do they all have lung cancer and are they all switching up to more addictive drugs? More information could do us a lot of good in trying to make these types of decisions...

[Fosco33]

There's a lot of talk in the Higher Power thread about Rastafarians and weed. I wonder if anyone's done a study of populations in places where weed is legal and accessible to find out if all the predictions of dire consequences have come to pass in these populations or not. Do they all have lung cancer and are they all switching up to more addictive drugs? More information could do us a lot of good in trying to make these types of decisions...

Well there's really two points I would make - related to age considerations and legalization.

In Europe, they have far less alcoholic teenagers even though it's legal at something like 16. I.e., you take away the rebellious nature of alcohol/drugs and teens will make alternate choices.

See Holland for a place where weed and other drugs are legal. I'll try to find some sources and will edit this post later.

[woodbuck27]

There's a lot of talk in the Higher Power thread about Rastafarians and weed. I wonder if anyone's done a study of populations in places where weed is legal and accessible to find out if all the predictions of dire consequences have come to pass in these populations or not. Do they all have lung cancer and are they all switching up to more addictive drugs? More information could do us a lot of good in trying to make these types of decisions...

Thanks MJ for my next project now that I've slammed the crap out of T2 again. . .NOT.

He's a GOOD BOY.