marijuana, legal? Options

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i know there this topic about this in lounge but i wanted only serious reponses, and i'm asking something different anyway

do you think pot should be legal?
if yes, what good will come out of it?
do you aprove people using it?
have you ever tried it?

i tihnk it should be legal because there is good that will come out of it:
*it would be safer. people would not have to buy from dealers where they didn't know where it had come from.
*there really won't be any dealers. do you see alcohol and cigarettes dealers on the the side of street? you don't
*there would be less pressure to do it
*while the police are busting the marijuana deal, they are missing the crack or herion deal over the next street (okay, that's an exaggeration)
they could focus on the bigger issues.
*taxes!
*cigarettes and alcohol do more damage than marijuana, but they are legal
*most people don't it to be 'cool'. everyone has different effects on it. some peopel said they do it because it helps them eat, sleep, foucus, and get rid of stress.
*illegal drugs are more tempting to do, well i think.
*free up jail cells

what do you think?

[ComradeRed]

As I said, since it is indirect. There isn't alot of amounts of THC inhaled. However, if drugs became legal. More and more people would start smoking it. More drug dealers would arise and sell more drugs without going to jail. Soon enough, the chemical build up would be enough to cause people to feel its affects INDIRECTLY because of those high amounts of chemicals in the air. THC cause people to be high, with no sense of judgement or direction, that would eventually lead to many deaths.

First, a government site isn't reliable when the government is the agency in question of wrongdoing. Second, even if marijuana was so bad for you, enforcing laws against use is infinitely worse. Under civil asset forfeiture, your neighbor can anonymously report you -- and the police can take all your property without a trial. You do not even have the right to a lawyer since technically your property is the thing under arrest. Never mind that the use of forfeiture was a main reason that we overthrew the British. A city or township can enact public ordinances that FINE people for smoking marijuana IN PUBLIC (many cities have similar ordinances against smoking) -- but the choice to do it in the privacy of your own home is yours and yours alone.