So Prop. 19 didnt go through (the one about Legalizing Marijuana)

[The_root_of_all_evil]

yet its still addiction. The human body has the potential to be addicted to anything.

Which detonates your argument as now everything is a drug. BAN EVERYTHING!

 

[supermariner]

Democracy triumphs again.

That wasn't sarcasm, btw. People made a decision. It may or may not be the right one, but it's A decision

exactly what this guy says
you can moan that it's not the decision you wanted
but it's the decision the majority wanted

 

[InsanityBaronOfAtrocity]

What a mad world we live in where the government still tells us what we can and can't put into our own bodies.

hurp durp durp california hurp durp durp indeed.

 

[Gaz6231]

You know what, I'm just going to throw out three words and then I'm gonna let the morons yell 'hippy' and make lava lamp jokes all they want.

Michael Fucking Phelps.

This man has won 16 Olympic medals, 8 of those being gold in the last Olympics alone.

This man was a national fucking hero. That is until;

OH MY GOD HE SMOKED SOME WEED TAKE ALL HIS MEDALS AWAY AND PUT HIM IN A BOX WITH SOME AIR HOLES IN IT FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE LEST HE SET A BAD EXAMPLE

To reiterate; 16 Olympic medals.
Smoked weed.
Won 16 fucking medals.

You may now return to peddling archaic stereotypes.

 

[Gaz6231]

Marajuana can kill you if you use it it should stay illigal and never be a legal substance even if it can generate tax revenue. What are you going to teach primary school children that drugs are bad but here you go you can go smoke some anyway.

Perfectly legal.

 

[QuantumT]

Protecting children is a stupid excuse. Legalization would keep marijuana out of the hands of criminals, who are more likely to sell to whoever wishes to buy, including children.

If there's a market for children to buy it now, it seems unlikely that the market will simply disappear if it's legalized. Just sayin.

Besides, alcohol, which can kill you the very first time you try it should you drink too much, is already legal.

That statement is true for basically everything in existence. I could replace alcohol with water, and it would still be true. Alcohol has known health benefits when used in moderation.

I'd be more open to ideas like yours if it wasn't so obvious that they've come from a sort of Pavlovian training over the years. They repeat to you enough, "marijuana is bad," and it works its way into your sub-conscious. The core of the idea is that you never question it; never do a little research for yourself. And it's obvious that they've got you hook line and sinker in that regard.

I'd like to point out that while that very well could be the case here, it doesn't have to be. I think it's possible to come to the conclusion that marijuana is bad all by yourself. It's the conclusion I've come to. However:

I mean come on, I don't smoke pot, I don't even like the idea of smoking pot, and still I did more to pass it than you did. How pathetic is that?

I don't really like the idea of mind-altering substances personally, but marijuana is harmless enough that I don't think it should be illegal. I don't think that we should legalize everything though.

Edit: @Gaz only in the 20s. Could luck trying to get an ad like that printed now. Seriously though, ads from the early 1900s are ridiculous. A ton of them are blatantly racist or sexist.

 

[Darth_Dude]

Drugs should be illegal everywhere, altogether, no matter what kind it is.

Took the worlds right out of my mouth!

Lol have fun with no medicine.
Idiots.

Use your head fool, we're obviously talking about drugs such as heroin.

 

[Gaz6231]

@Gaz only in the 20s. Could luck trying to get an ad like that printed now. Seriously though, ads from the early 1900s are ridiculous. A ton of them are blatantly racist or sexist.

Well aware, just making the point that explaining to kids why they're allowed to smoke pot would be a lot easier than explaining why they can smoke tobacco.

Use your head fool, we're obviously talking about drugs such as heroin.

Obviously. Why would we include the dangerous, addictive, experimental and LEGAL drugs.

 

[Ranooth]

Im gunna quote Spock on this:

"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few"

You live in a democratic society, therefore everyone gets to vote and the majority voted no so suck it up and deal with it. To be honest is it really going to stop people smoking it? Hell no!

I find it funny how the second people start talking about how addictive weed can be and how it funds crime, links to many different "studies" start flying about and the childish bickering begins. Ok well done, from your data it looks like a miracle cure for the whole world but that doesn't change the fact thats it illegal. Some people (and i only hope its a handful) will debate until the comes come home that cannibilsm and murder are ok, they may even present evidenence, but does that change anything? No, its still bloody illegal to kill and eat human flesh!

At the end of the day, people voted and you didn't win, this happens all the time so man up and deal with it. I would respect your distaste for loosing but you didn't even vote so im not.

 

[Darth_Dude]

Drugs should be illegal everywhere, altogether, no matter what kind it is.

Took the worlds right out of my mouth!

All the things that you enjoy doing without harming others should be illegal everywhere, altogether, no matter what it is.

What if I smoke some weed, then go pick up the kids from school? I'm not in the right state of mind to drive right? I could cause an accident. Now what if everyone was like that?

 

[Gaz6231]

Ok well done, from your data it looks like a miracle cure for the whole world but that doesn't change the fact thats it illegal.

It's illegal because it's a 'miracle cure'. [http://www.drugwarrant.com/articles/why-is-marijuana-illegal/]

Some people (and i only hope its a handful) well debate until the comes come home that cannibilsm and murder are ok, they may even present evidenence

I really, seriously hope you're trolling. Because comparing smoking a plant to eating someone is just fucking retarded and you know it.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

And the world keeps on turning...And I'm happy with the results.

But if you didn't vote, who are you to complain?

 

[Darth_Dude]

What if I smoke some weed, then go pick up the kids from school? I'm not in the right state of mind to drive right? I could cause an accident. Now what if everyone was like that?

What ifs are pointless. What if I get drunk off my ass then go pick up the kids from school? That has nothing to do with the substance I just used, and a lot more to do with the fact that I'm clearly an irresponsible jackass who probably was never ready to have children in the first place. Legalizing weed would have no effect on how many irresponsible jackasses there are in the world.

No but more people using weed equals more irresponsible jackasses.

 

[Ranooth]

Ok well done, from your data it looks like a miracle cure for the whole world but that doesn't change the fact thats it illegal.

It's illegal because it's a 'miracle cure'. [http://www.drugwarrant.com/articles/why-is-marijuana-illegal/]

Some people (and i only hope its a handful) well debate until the comes come home that cannibilsm and murder are ok, they may even present evidenence

I really, seriously hope you're trolling. Because comparing smoking a plant to eating someone is just fucking retarded and you know it.

Hey look its one of those links i was on about, let me just check . . . nope weed is still illegal.

 

[Darth_Dude]

Obviously. Why would we include the dangerous, addictive, experimental and LEGAL drugs.

We were talking about weed and heroin and stuff like that. Stop with the red herrings.