Cannabis: Yes
Super Skunk (and similar strains): No (not enough in-built anti psychotic to balance the negative effects of THC)

[Will post more at a later date; time constraints]

I don't think it should be legalized, but It's not deserving of Jail time. Stiff Fines FTW!

We should make money off of stoners rather then give them free room and board

People who chronically use pot, in my experience, are unmotivated and parasitic members of society.

> K. William Fancsali wrote:

> There are no cons. I'll grow and smoke whatever plant I damn well please. You think you have a right to interfere in my affairs? That's wrong.>

I can do whatever I have the power to do. You think telling me it's wrong is going to stop me? What's going to happen, I'll be punished by a higher power?

Justinian your broad generalization of pot smokers is false.

For one thing, maybe it is the unmotivated people that smoke... as in the pot doesnt make them that way but since they are unmotivated they would rather smoke all day.

Secondly, my dad knows a guy who he worked for who was one of the best managers hes ever worked for. But unfortunately, they had a drug test and he failed so he was fired. It proves that not all pot smokers are unmotivated and parasitic members of society. This man was quite the contrary.

Also marijuana is not as bad you would like to think. Now I had sources because i did a project for school but I can go find them again to prove this to you as well.

Marijuana was banned in the U.S. mainly because the head of the bureau of narcotics was racist and he needed more government funding after the alcohol prohibition was over. There was a quote by Harry Anslinger (head of bureua of narcotics during the time marijuana was first banned) where he says that marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with african americans and that jazz music is satanic and it was created by pot smokers. If you look into this issue you will realize legalizing marijuana is the obvious best choice.

Another advantage of legalizing marijuana... Money! Right now you have drug dealers who are taking the full profit and government is nowhere in between. You also have drug dealers who are selling to minors. If you legalize marijuana, people can buy from legitimately taxed places and drug dealers will lose their demand. Who would want to do something illegal when they can do the same thing legally? Basic supply and demand economics dictates that the drug dealers will be gone. In the end we have higher state tax revenues and we can put that money towards stopping the illegal imports of marijuana from other countries.

> Justinian I wrote:

> People who chronically use pot, in my experience, are unmotivated and parasitic members of society.

in your experience?
could it be that you hang out with unmotivated parasitic people who happen to smoke pot?

this kind of shit makes me pissed.
i work 6 days sometimes 7 days a week,own my own business and i am a member of the city council.
my friends are teachers and doctors,lawyers,judges and other business owners.
while "pot" is still illegal i grow it and share it with these friends and we get together for barbecues and outings where we smoke it.
what i put in my body is my own business and no one elses.
and i live here in gods country "west virginia,usa".
these professional people know the difference from recreational use and a habit and act accordingly.
but i on the other hand smoke every day and have done so for 25+ years.
the only reason it is not legalized here in the states is because they havent figured out a plan to tax us on it when they do legalize it.

i wonder how many of you peeps who look down on smoking pot drink alcohol?
or smoke cigarettes?
or eat fast food?

you put more harmful shit in your bodies than i do,at least marijuana is natural.

Wow, in my experience most smoking drinkers are unmotivated and parasitic members of society.

There you go Skoe, throwing it right back at you.

(Just so it's clear to all, my first line was sarcasm.)

I don't smoke. I am a very light drinker. In my view, and that of the majority of the people whom I've spoken too on the issue, pot is no different then booze. It's a "mild" mind altering substance which, with regular use, can have major long term side effects. It is not, however, a "life destroyer," nor does it change peoples base tendencies. If someone is lazy, yes it will make them more so. If someone is active and hard working, they may get lazy while stoned, but that effect wears off with the drug. There is no valid reason for it to be illegal while similar substances are legal. It's as simple as that.

Wouldn't it make sense to make the worse substances illegal, instead of making marijuana legal?  Considering most of you agree that it is damaging in the longer term.

omg maxatron is back

> Khan_Kell wrote:

> Wow, in my experience most smoking drinkers are unmotivated and parasitic members of society.

There you go Skoe, throwing it right back at you.

(Just so it's clear to all, my first line was sarcasm.)

I don't smoke. I am a very light drinker. In my view, and that of the majority of the people whom I've spoken too on the issue, pot is no different then booze. It's a "mild" mind altering substance which, with regular use, can have major long term side effects. It is not, however, a "life destroyer," nor does it change peoples base tendencies. If someone is lazy, yes it will make them more so. If someone is active and hard working, they may get lazy while stoned, but that effect wears off with the drug. There is no valid reason for it to be illegal while similar substances are legal. It's as simple as that.

It made me more active...at least when I used to do it in High School

and it made me ace my exam once...

Honestly, if you always second guess youself on tests or if you're not focused...smoke some pot
YOU'LL ACE the test

> esa wrote:

> omg maxatron is back

I say legalize pot simply because it saves so much money in the long run.  Prosecution of pot smokers, confiscation of pot, destruction, etc. these are all fairly expensive.  Not to mention that if you legalize pot illegal grow ops will eventually go out of business and you have significantly fewer people stealing electricity.

On the health side it's no worse for you than tobbaco and impairs you no more than alcohol.

For people saying that pot smokers are unmotivated parasites some of them are and guess what legalizing pot won't affect that.  The unmotivated parasites already smoke pot, letting the government get some money off of them by taxing packs of joints doesn't make them any less productive and the number of people who don't smoke pot now but would if it was legalized is negligible.