Post by Acer on Jul 26, 2005 23:14:08 GMT -5
This member has expressed himself in an another forum, has written his constructive post on Marijuana. These are his reasons:
I had to write a research paper on the legalization of marijuana about a week ago. I observed the effects (in America) of prohibition via the study of the 1920s prohibition of alcohol which sparked organized crime and a steady rise in murder rate while it was in place and then the rapid decline of murder rates after it was removed.
I compared it's negative effects (2 lines) with that of alcohol (a page), cigarettes (5 lines), and OxyContin (3 lines) which are all legal drugs. Sure people who smoke pot may get in accidents... but those pot-related deaths come nowhere NEAR that of alcohol or cigarettes.
I made a list of dispelled myths (which I won't list to spare you the read and me the write). In short, the only long term effect of pot is lung damage (which isn't even relative if a vaporizer is used). The short term effects are: slowed reactions, lowered sperm count, and short term memory loss.
Then, I studied the potential economic beneftis of marijuana. Marijuana ranked 1st in about 20 states as a cash crop and ranked 4th in the nation. The street value of the marijuana crop in 1997 was 47 billion or some figure like that. Instead of the US government taxing that 47 billion, they spend 10 billion TRYING to stop it. These efforts destroyed 4 million clutivated marijuana plants in 1997 and countless "ditchweed" (product of WWII's Hemp for Victory program) strains. If these 4 million plants and countless ditchweed plants were allowed to be cultivated and taxed, marijuana would easily be the top-ranked cash crop in the US.
Anywho, I am a marijuana legalization advocate and smoke recreationally on the side (been clean for a month now, though).
Notes:
Marijuana is not a "gateway drug". That concept is a deceiving relation of 2 uncommon statistics. Marijuana is smoked/ has been smoked by 70% or more americans (those are the ones who admitted to it in surveys), making it the most popular illicit drug in the US. So, ofcourse anyone who has tried a harder drug has likely smoked pot.
Marijuana is ranked as one of the least addictive drugs. The only reason it's "addictive" is because people think that a person who smokes it constantly is addicted. The only way to tell if a drug is truly addictive is to examine "withdrawal symptoms". Any marijuana withdrawal symptoms are few and VERY rare. (I went from smoking 3 bowls a day or more to smoking none for a month... not a single problem with it).
Anyhow, please discuss about this issue on Marijuana. Would it be possible to legalize Marijuana as an addictive drug, or would it corrupt everything in stored?
Please post your comments, opinions, and your importance about it. Thanks!
I had to write a research paper on the legalization of marijuana about a week ago. I observed the effects (in America) of prohibition via the study of the 1920s prohibition of alcohol which sparked organized crime and a steady rise in murder rate while it was in place and then the rapid decline of murder rates after it was removed.
I compared it's negative effects (2 lines) with that of alcohol (a page), cigarettes (5 lines), and OxyContin (3 lines) which are all legal drugs. Sure people who smoke pot may get in accidents... but those pot-related deaths come nowhere NEAR that of alcohol or cigarettes.
I made a list of dispelled myths (which I won't list to spare you the read and me the write). In short, the only long term effect of pot is lung damage (which isn't even relative if a vaporizer is used). The short term effects are: slowed reactions, lowered sperm count, and short term memory loss.
Then, I studied the potential economic beneftis of marijuana. Marijuana ranked 1st in about 20 states as a cash crop and ranked 4th in the nation. The street value of the marijuana crop in 1997 was 47 billion or some figure like that. Instead of the US government taxing that 47 billion, they spend 10 billion TRYING to stop it. These efforts destroyed 4 million clutivated marijuana plants in 1997 and countless "ditchweed" (product of WWII's Hemp for Victory program) strains. If these 4 million plants and countless ditchweed plants were allowed to be cultivated and taxed, marijuana would easily be the top-ranked cash crop in the US.
Anywho, I am a marijuana legalization advocate and smoke recreationally on the side (been clean for a month now, though).
Notes:
Marijuana is not a "gateway drug". That concept is a deceiving relation of 2 uncommon statistics. Marijuana is smoked/ has been smoked by 70% or more americans (those are the ones who admitted to it in surveys), making it the most popular illicit drug in the US. So, ofcourse anyone who has tried a harder drug has likely smoked pot.
Marijuana is ranked as one of the least addictive drugs. The only reason it's "addictive" is because people think that a person who smokes it constantly is addicted. The only way to tell if a drug is truly addictive is to examine "withdrawal symptoms". Any marijuana withdrawal symptoms are few and VERY rare. (I went from smoking 3 bowls a day or more to smoking none for a month... not a single problem with it).
Anyhow, please discuss about this issue on Marijuana. Would it be possible to legalize Marijuana as an addictive drug, or would it corrupt everything in stored?
Please post your comments, opinions, and your importance about it. Thanks!
