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Well what does everyone think?
I reckon it should be legalised as it is not addictive and does not lead to harder drugs, although it would be hard for the government to tax.
opinions?
Phil
I reckon it should be legalised as it is not addictive and does not lead to harder drugs, although it would be hard for the government to tax.
opinions?
Phil
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½pint wrote:
> I don't think its the legalisation of Cannabis that matters, but the
> catching of the idiots who use it. The people at my school who use
> cannabis, which very blatantly do, are all idiots, 'hard' people who
> think they're cool. Cannabis would be fine if it were legalised for
> something like over 25s in certain quantities, but legalising it is
> still pointless anyway. It just gives the people who do do it an
> excuse to.
"I don't think its the legalisation of Cannabis that matters, but the
catching of the idiots who use it" um... well... obviously... there wouldn't be an argument against cannabis if people didn't use it. I don't think anyone has a problem with it for just being a plant.
"Legalising it is pointless anyway" No its not. About 50% of the people I know have a puff on a daily basis, and when you look at that nationwide, that's alot of money going in the pockets of criminal dealers. Legalising it is entirely necessary to keep the cash away from gangs. I'd still smoke either way, but without legalisation, I am theoretically perceived as a criminal. And if i was compared to the MPs that are preventing its legalisation, I would consider myself to be on the moral high ground. If I'm a criminal for rolling a spliff, then somebody better start taking care of the arms dealers, pimps and other semi-legal, morally dubious activities.
While I would never condone the use of cannabis to anyone else, I feel it important that it gets a fair press. I have smoked (to rastafarian amounts) since I was about 16, after I started, I became a straight A student. I'm not arguing weed makes you clever, but it can help dissipate all the other stresses that can get in the way of the task in hand. But, on the other hand, 5 a-levels and a uni degree later... i'm still unemployed... only a weed-head could fail to find a job with 44 ucas points and an MA on their CV!
...now, where's that ash-tray?
> I don't think its the legalisation of Cannabis that matters, but the
> catching of the idiots who use it. The people at my school who use
> cannabis, which very blatantly do, are all idiots, 'hard' people who
> think they're cool. Cannabis would be fine if it were legalised for
> something like over 25s in certain quantities, but legalising it is
> still pointless anyway. It just gives the people who do do it an
> excuse to.
"I don't think its the legalisation of Cannabis that matters, but the
catching of the idiots who use it" um... well... obviously... there wouldn't be an argument against cannabis if people didn't use it. I don't think anyone has a problem with it for just being a plant.
"Legalising it is pointless anyway" No its not. About 50% of the people I know have a puff on a daily basis, and when you look at that nationwide, that's alot of money going in the pockets of criminal dealers. Legalising it is entirely necessary to keep the cash away from gangs. I'd still smoke either way, but without legalisation, I am theoretically perceived as a criminal. And if i was compared to the MPs that are preventing its legalisation, I would consider myself to be on the moral high ground. If I'm a criminal for rolling a spliff, then somebody better start taking care of the arms dealers, pimps and other semi-legal, morally dubious activities.
While I would never condone the use of cannabis to anyone else, I feel it important that it gets a fair press. I have smoked (to rastafarian amounts) since I was about 16, after I started, I became a straight A student. I'm not arguing weed makes you clever, but it can help dissipate all the other stresses that can get in the way of the task in hand. But, on the other hand, 5 a-levels and a uni degree later... i'm still unemployed... only a weed-head could fail to find a job with 44 ucas points and an MA on their CV!
...now, where's that ash-tray?
I dont really have a strong viewpoint one way or another but i think that people should have the freedom and be able to make the choice up for themselves. If idiots want to take it at the wrong times and in the wrong quantites thats up to them, but for us more civilized people i reckon we should be allowed to do it without it being illegal. In my opinion it could pass as a wacky law (another one of my posts today)! After all it is a part of nature.
Phil
Phil
I don't think its the legalisation of Cannabis that matters, but the catching of the idiots who use it. The people at my school who use cannabis, which very blatantly do, are all idiots, 'hard' people who think they're cool. Cannabis would be fine if it were legalised for something like over 25s in certain quantities, but legalising it is still pointless anyway. It just gives the people who do do it an excuse to.
You think your good because you don't get drunk? heh
I've had a few joints in my time...
Wasn't forced too... didn't really want too... mate got some one day... I was feeling stressed so went what the hell and it was good.
Do I smoke it regularly or desperate for more? No... I find it over-rated... and alcohol is FAR worse.
Wasn't forced too... didn't really want too... mate got some one day... I was feeling stressed so went what the hell and it was good.
Do I smoke it regularly or desperate for more? No... I find it over-rated... and alcohol is FAR worse.
Ah fair point, I don't really think it is the leaf that causes the problems though, most Cannabis smokers put Tobacco in the spliffs, so it probably makes it worse. I just wouldn't have thought most natural things wouldn't be bad for you, but yeah, also sorry to hear about your mum, although i'm glad she found out about it now rather than later.
Fogmaster wrote:
> If you think that, then why is Alcohol so healthy?
Apparently, in moderation, it is. But drink and its toxins can be expelled by the body, as long as you don't drink enough to cause irreversable damage. Whereas smoke in the lungs causes permanent damage.
My mum smoked for 30-odd years, and has been off of them for 3-and-a-half. She's been told if she smokes again, it'll probably kill her. But she is now asthmatic and gets short of breath easily.
Had she been a drinker, as long as no serious damage had been caused, she'd probably be back to normal by now.
I have never smoked, but both parents did. My dad still does. Living with them all those years has also affected my breathing, though obviously to nowhere near the same extent. Which is why I get extremely angry at people who say that passive smoking doesn't cause damage. (Not that you were saying that, Foggy - I was just making the point...)
> If you think that, then why is Alcohol so healthy?
Apparently, in moderation, it is. But drink and its toxins can be expelled by the body, as long as you don't drink enough to cause irreversable damage. Whereas smoke in the lungs causes permanent damage.
My mum smoked for 30-odd years, and has been off of them for 3-and-a-half. She's been told if she smokes again, it'll probably kill her. But she is now asthmatic and gets short of breath easily.
Had she been a drinker, as long as no serious damage had been caused, she'd probably be back to normal by now.
I have never smoked, but both parents did. My dad still does. Living with them all those years has also affected my breathing, though obviously to nowhere near the same extent. Which is why I get extremely angry at people who say that passive smoking doesn't cause damage. (Not that you were saying that, Foggy - I was just making the point...)
WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> er-no wrote:
> I don't really ever want to smoke anything
>
> There is another point there, actually.
>
> Regardless of whether weed is as dangerous or as bad for you as normal
> cigarettes, it simply cannot be healthy to deliberately inhale smoke.
Of course its not healthy. But its also not healthy to live in Manchester for more than twenty years as car fumes are highest there in the country (or something similar).
I don't smoke, because I know what it has done to my friends, It DOES lead to harder drugs in some cases. I don't wanna be a statistic or anything. I just wanna be me.
> er-no wrote:
> I don't really ever want to smoke anything
>
> There is another point there, actually.
>
> Regardless of whether weed is as dangerous or as bad for you as normal
> cigarettes, it simply cannot be healthy to deliberately inhale smoke.
Of course its not healthy. But its also not healthy to live in Manchester for more than twenty years as car fumes are highest there in the country (or something similar).
I don't smoke, because I know what it has done to my friends, It DOES lead to harder drugs in some cases. I don't wanna be a statistic or anything. I just wanna be me.
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