Should Marajuana be legal?

[Pikaville]

I think it should.

The plant hemp is one of the most usefull on our planet(paper,clothes,fuel,a less harmfull tobacco)Even its medicinal purposes in some cases are unrivaled.

Its also incredibly easy to grow so most countries could grow it no problem.

Marajuana was used as a scapegoat by goverment to throw the general public off the rising "hard" drug problem way back in the 30's maybe 40's.

Here are a few quotes that were used in propaganda proposals to ban the drug.

"Persons using this narcotic [marijuana] smoke the dried leaves of the plant, which has the effect of driving them completely insane. The addict loses all sense of moral responsibility. Addicts to this drug, while under its influence, are immune to pain, and could be injured without having any realization of their condition. While in this condition they become raving maniacs and are liable to kill or indulge in any form of violence to other persons, using the most savage methods of cruelty without, as said before, any sense of moral responsibility. . . . If this drug is indulged in to any great extent, it ends in the untimely death of its addict."

Emily Murphy
[SIZE=-1]Edmonton Canada, 1923[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]campaigner for cannabis prohibition in Canada[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=-1]"I now have absolute proof that smoking even one marijuana cigarette is equal in brain damage to being on Bikini Island during an H-bomb blast.” -Ronald Reagan[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=-1]“There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos, and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz, and swing, result from marijuana use. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers, and any others.”[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=-1]“Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men.” [/SIZE]​

[SIZE=-1]“Marihuana leads to pacifism and communist brainwashing.” [/SIZE]​

[SIZE=-1]“You smoke a joint and you're likely to kill your brother.” [/SIZE]​

[SIZE=-1]“Marijuana is the most violence-causing drug in the history of mankind.”[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=-1]“Marihuana makes fiends of boys in thirty days – Hashish goads users to bloodlust.” [/SIZE]​

[SIZE=-1]-Harry J Anslinger[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=-1]I mean is this not completely ridiculous or what?

Spoiler

I smoke weed alot I actually much prefer it to getting drunk,it is great for relaxing,socialising(depends on the person),creating,it also makes for great sex!

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[SIZE=-1]The pros far outweight the few feeble attempts that call themselves cons.[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=-1]Gateway drug my hole!If you'll take any drug in the 1st place the likelyhood is you would have taken a different(possibly harder) drug 1st if it was around alot(like how most weed smokers start)[/SIZE]​

If I saw my friends take esctasy(as my 1st experience of drugs)and saw the effects im pretty sure I would definitly have started taking it too.It just so happens that weed was the 1st.​

Anyways im ranting time to sit back light up and wait for your responses.​

Whats your opinion?​

 

[Mugquomp]

Well, I agree with you that it should be legal. But there are a lot of more pressing issues at hand at the moment (getting the eff out of Iraq, fixing the economy, bringing an end to American imperialism, helping to end the war in Somalia, helping Somali refugees in America, bringing changes to America's ridiculous immigration policy, etc.); I'd rather devote all my activisty engergies towards them. Because it's perfectly feasible to live with marijuana being illegal for the time being as it's not harming people's lives as some of these other issues are.

But on the other hand, I would love to see it legalized. And maybe at some point the world will be ready for it.

 

[F8AL]

You should apply to become a debater because I'm pretty sure that theres already a topic similar to this one in the debate hall.

 

[Crimson King]

Use the one in the Debate Hall. It's spelled correctly.