"POT"

[SLYDADDY0007]

DO YOU THINK POT SHOULD BE LEGALIZE, IF NOT WHY?      

[lgemini]

Yes, it should be legalized!   Just to make more money in the system.    I do not smoke pot ,but I do not have a problem being paid to grow it for the doctors.

[marciaenglish]

I think it should be legalized so it can be taxed to help the national deficit.  I don't like it myself; but, people who are going to smoke are going to find a way anyway.... so why not relieve some of the tax burdens?

[reiddb]

Absolutely no~~all statistics show that just about every illegal drug user started with "pot"....also, 1 joint is equivalent to 2 packs of cigarettes in tar build up....it is not good for the human body!

[BlackSheepNY]

Yes, I think it should be legalized but, the government would never do it.  They're in DEEP with the drug cartels and the politicians are lining their pockets with the profits, so don't hold your breath!

[lhz123]

No because other people will used it in a bad way. People cannot control there self if its legal.

[sdecaro558]

Yes, it should be.  Tax it like crazy, I say - it'd probably solve most of our country's budget issues.

[lannl]

YES, marijuanna should be legal. Its a plant, a healing plant. Read about Rick Simpson oil. Educate yourselves.

[msmoneybags48]

Whether you call it pot, marijuana or Mary Jane, it is illegal and the government frowns upon it anyway.  Why legalize it when it causes you so many problems?   

[camellia0]

Yes it should be legal. Then the police can arrest people who commit real crimes.

[nhendrickson]

I don't use it, but, yes, legalize and let the government tax it.  That might really make a dent in the national debt lol.  I don't think it's any worse than alcohol which is legal and has been for many years.

[Mojoshog]

It should be legal. It's far less addicting than alcohol or tobacco and not as harmful physically. 

[vp44]

Well yes it should be legalized only if they do not add things to it, like substances that make it no longer just pot.

[hawkeye3210]

I don't use it, but, yes, legalize and let the government tax it.  That might really make a dent in the national debt lol.  I don't think it's any worse than alcohol which is legal and has been for many years.

The additional taxes raised likely wouldn't outweigh the additional costs as more people would use and abuse it. The government loses money on alcohol being legal.

[Delphyne]

Yes.  It should be legalized for many reasons: 

1.)  The taxes would generate income for our country.  Some dispensaries have helped their communities because they are heavily taxed.

2.)  The medicinal uses are wide and plentiful.  Plus, it is easy to grow.  Chronically ill patients would derive a great deal of benefit and save money.

3.)  Marijuana is not a "gateway drug".  That is a myth.  Yes, many people sampled pot before they became addicted to other substances.  But those same people also sampled water, coffee, sugar. 

4.)  It is less harmful than alcohol, and alcohol is legal. 

5.)  There is not one single documented case of someone dying by marijuana poisoning. 

6.)  The argument that people will abuse it is also not a valid argument.  Alcohol is abused.  Coffee is abused.  Sugar is abused.  Someone said it would be "used in a bad way".  Fast food is used in a bad way -- obesity rates, heart attack, stroke, etc.  But, fast food is still legal.

Research has shown that marijuana protects brain cells.  Other research has shown that marijuana is effective at killing cancerous cells.  It is great for nausea, pain, anxiety, headaches, and menstrual cramps.


The biggest reason why it is still illegal is because the Pharmaceutical companies would lose billions of dollars if it became legal across the nation.   



Marijuana is not illegal in every state.  I live in a Marijuana legal state.