Hello,

I just want to to drop by and get an opinion as to why pot is still illegal. From an economical stand point I believe that if you made it legal you would reap a huge amount of money from the shift to black market to most likely the government. Money that could be spent on health care, education and such. What is it that is so frightening about the drug? no matter what direction I take it makes far more sense to have it legal then illegal.

Thank you.

Hey, is that who I think it is? If so, welcome back! Weve missed you!
I think its mostly because of the whole social idea "drugs are bad" so if government legalised it, they'd have a huge uproar about it...personally im with you. They tax everything else, so why not weed too?

Hey sweet thing, how have you been? long time no see...you still as cute as before?

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marijuana are legal averywere i n Canada except Québec

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"Globalisation has made us more vulnerable."-Anna Lindh

"I don't have respect for the people that made the decisions
to go on with war."-Avril

Part of the problem is how successful government propaganda has been against pot. Pot was criminalized in the early part of the 20th century, partially on racist grounds (it was characterized as the 'black' drug). Unlike alcohol, which managed to overcome prohibition, pot had never been immensely popular among highly influential populations. By the time pot did gain in popularity, the government had already taken a strong negative view of the drug, a fact that wasn't helped by pot's role in the hippie/anti-war movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Since then, the government has promoted the view that pot is a terrible, harmful drug quite successfully so, although this is untrue (alcohol is arguably quite a bit worse in virtually every way) the general public tends to think it is true. Widely believed misinformation and a strongly entrenched war on drugs helps maintain pot's criminalized status. Such a shame.

That and the fact that our country was founded on Puritan ideals, the negative stigmas/stereotypes of marijuana, a misinterpetation of the scientific data, pseudo & junk science/research performed on the topic throughout the years, and that it is political suicide even though most of the public is for eliminating criminal penalties for adult marijuana possession.

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Would you say the same thing for crack cocaine?

Well isn't it bad... Woe is I, for the media has me brainwashed...

You ought to post some data to back you.

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Marijuana is a substance that impairs judgement. If a person on marijuana gets in a vehicle, the chances of him or her killing someone is increased. That's my opinion on why it should remain illegal.

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