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Why Marijuana should be legal

I wish nug's was legal, because my life would be so much better. After numerous times trying to quite because of whooping coughs,

I have discovered that I can't, even if my lungs turn black. If buds was legal, I could grow my own kind and make muffins with it and never smoke it no more. I don't like to buy it cause I use my money to keep my fucking bikes 'n shit going, so I scrape friends aluminum pipes and have to smoke shiny particles. And when I do buy a bag, I always have to weight for the dank, so I just get the shwag, which is like half fertilizer and gasoline. My lungs keep me up at night because I can't breath smoothly.
If ganja was legal, I would do what would give me the imagination and motivation to pack my day with the best of deeds, without forgetting what I'm doing or passing out. I don't think bad short term memory is bad unless your at work, and you only have bad short term memory when your buzzed on buds. If Marijuana was legal then more people would get baked, and if more people got high: People would look at the hills like they were a place to go, people would smile and laugh for no apparent reason, people wouldn't have to take synthetic drugs to calm down, If ganja was legal It sucks not being able to go to sleep at night because of fucked up lungs. they improve it so I could have loss of certain kinds of play in they at each other and I could smoke a joint and talk to a cop at the same time, which would be fun for me because I would stumble around and see if he thinks I'm joking or not.
Most importantly, Marijuana is good for my imagination, so that would probably make it good for the
imaginations of people who don't burn down because its illegal; and their imaginations would make them happier, so I would be happier. I know I had other things to say but I can't remember them because Stone could only get me the dirt before two. So somebody please start a Durango NORML, if you don't have the time take some time off of school to do it; and if you don't have the motivation then drink coffee and ask people to slap you or something, I don't know.

Why religiouns should support Marijuana even though it is not needed and leads to indulgences

Marijuana is a good thing because it makes you happy. It expands your awareness in a way that you appreciate the simple tings in life, laugh, and reflect and see that anything negative is bad and so we should be positive about everything. However, if you smoke too much, for example if you are stoned all day for a couple weeks your mind gets so used to it that it goes back to its normal ways, an the body becomes so drenched in THC that the blood sugar levels drop and you never have energy, causing agitation and a feeling of hopelessness this is the 'burn out'. Time to quit for a couple weeks or until you are energetic and clear minded again. These laws apply to Dope addicts like me, other people only od it occasionally and don't get burnt out. Religions need to support marijuana because this is the only danger imposed by it. It should hot be classified as a bad drug just because it can lead to bad drugs, for it can also lead to good things like creativity, love, and sports. Drugs that harm are the result of a general loss of control, which can be spurred by any minor weaknesses or indulgences like over eating, codependance, or alcoholism. marijuana is a plant you can't illegalize Gods creation, that is the same thing as illegalizing pornography. You have the responsibility to speak out against it if you don't like it, but to make it illegal, and cause 50,000 innocent people to go to jail for life, cause mass paranoia, a black market, and general disrespect and anger for authority and the religious right, and fines and jail sentences is so counter productive it is bound to bring you down. Open your eyes and realize you can't compare marijuana to other drugs, and more han half of us love the stuff. you cant expect it to be legal in the future from observing its massive growth in popularity in the last 30 or 10 years, so why drag on the drug war. For the vast majority of people the drug war is about marijuana and marijuana is not even a drug. It is a plant that if you smoke makes you happy, it isn't even addictive, drugs are addictive, alcohol and tobacco are drugs. get real.

Take more drugs! (written in like '96)

I'm pissed off how the food of the gods has such a bad rap. If I didn't have my drugs I don't know what I would be; definitely not as open minded as I am now. There's no danger to them either. Those fascist are in a catch-22 about psychedelics, because you would have to eat a ton of them to go crazy, and you would have to be crazy in the first place to eat that much at one time. I have seen a bunch of people go crazy on alcohol, but only twice have I even heard of it happening on acid. If your addicted to something that's your problem and you should go to a drug rehab center, plus suicidal people can always find ways to kill themselves; don't suppress the normal people. And Marijuana? When I quit for two months my short term memory didn't improve and my lungs didn't get any stronger. (actually, that's bullshit) Plus, all the car wrecks I have ever been in that were my fault I was totally sober. So what's your beef!? It better be damn good for all the paranoia, brothers and sisters in jail, and my tax money being spent on the DEA.

- The U.S. federal government spent over $19 billion dollars in 2003 on the War on Drugs, at a rate of about $600 per second. The budget has since been increased by over a billion dollars.
State and local governments spent at least another 30 billion.

- Arrests for drug law violations in 2006 are expected to exceed the 1,678,192 arrests of 2003.

- Someone is arrested every 20 seconds.

- Police arrested an estimated 786,545 persons for marijuana violations in 2005, The total is the highest ever recorded by the FBI, and comprised 42.6 percent of all drug arrests in the United States.

- Since December 31, 1995, the U.S. prison population has grown an average of 43,266 inmates per year. About 25 per cent are sentenced for drug law violations.

- Nearly 4,000 new HIV infections can be prevented before the year 2007 if the federal ban on needle exchange funding is lifted this year.

- About 10 new cases could be prevented every day.

     

For

  1. The drug generally isn't more harmful than alcohol or tobacco if used in moderation.
  2. Limiting the use of the drug intrudes on personal freedom.
  3. Legalization would mean a lower price; thus, related crimes (like theft) would be reduced.
  4. There are medical benefits such as the those for cancer patients.
  5. Street justice related to drug disputes would be reduced.
  6. It could be a source of additional tax revenues.
  7. Police and court resources would be freed up for more serious crimes.
  8. Drug dealers (including some terrorists) would lose most or all of their business.
  9. The FDA or others could regulate the quality and safety of drugs.
  10. Like sex, alcohol, or cigarettes, marijuana is one of life's little pleasures for some people.
  11. Drug busts often trap young people in a flawed system that turns them into lifelong criminals.

 

against

  1. Marijuana is often used as a stepping-stone drug, leading to heroin, cocaine, or other harder drugs.
  2. Stoned driving and other dangers would be increased.
  3. Some consider use of the drug as morally wrong.
  4. Legalization would increase the chances of the drug falling into the hands of kids.
  5. Because of drug-related arrests, people who have committed or are likely to commit more serious crimes can be taken off the streets.
  6. Physical damage would be done to users that abuse the drug.