Welcome to Tech Support Forum home to more then 136,000 problems solved. Issues have included: Spyware, Malware, Virus Issues, Windows, Microsoft, Linux, Networking, Security, Hardware, and Gaming Getting your problem solved is as easy as:
1. Registering for a free account
2. Asking your question
3. Receiving an answer

Registered members:
* Get free support
* Communicate privately with other members (PM).
* Removal of this message
* See fewer ads.
* And much more..

 



Want to know how to post a question? click here Having problems with spyware and pop-ups? First Steps
Go Back   Tech Support Forum > The Relaxation Room > Offline
User Name
Password
Site Map Register Donate Rules Blogs Mark Forums Read


Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 09-27-2009, 06:19 PM   #1 (permalink)
Troubled
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Sometimes the Milky Way galaxy
Posts: 252
OS: xp/7/ubuntu/macOSX/vista


Question Do you think marijuana should be legal?

Do you think/feel marijuana should be completly legal?What does legal mean to you?What should be the limitations?
why/why not ?








-http://norml.org/

Last edited by rhinonsense; 09-27-2009 at 06:43 PM.
rhinonsense is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Important Information
Join the #1 Tech Support Forum Today - It's Totally Free!

TechSupportForum.com is a leading support website for your computer needs. We offer free, friendly and personalized computer support. Why pay to have your computer fixed when you can do it for free.

Join TechSupportforum.com Today - Click Here

Old 09-27-2009, 06:34 PM   #2 (permalink)
Tech, Games Team
 
Zealex's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Long Island
Posts: 2,154
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit SP2

My System

Re: Do you think marijuana should be legal?

No...that would make it even easier for kids to smoke weed. I believe marijuana is "legal" as it's used for "medical purposes". I once saw this thing on tv about a place in california where marijuanna is legal to grow and they have these dope gardens in their backyard, they are grown for once again "medical" purposes but you'd think they are growing it and not going to secretly slide sell some dope at the corner?
Zealex is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Old 09-28-2009, 09:04 AM   #3 (permalink)
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 13
OS: XP SP3


Re: Do you think marijuana should be legal?

It's a very mixed argument...and certainly a can of worms.

I refuse to believe any comment on that marijuana isn't addictive. I have a few 'friends' in various stages of addiction, ranging from a 'smoke at the weekend' to 'every 20 minutes'. However, I also have friends who enjoy a drink at the weekend (myself included) and people who depend on it daily.

Regarding the 'quality' of person, I'd choose the marijuana dependant one each time - simply because they have some idea on what they're doing. A drunkard can be lary, violent and unpredictable. However, on the same basis, an alcohol dependancy is far more dangerous.

Then there are the crime levels, which always comes into this argument. This is that if they legalize weed, they eliminate the dealers.
In my very narrowminded, uneducated opinion on this subject - weed dealers tend to be 20 something year old, in employment and do it for something on the side. They're not gun firing, knife carrying cocaine importers.

Looking on the stats, alcohol is a far more dangerous substance - however, the stats don't show people who sit inside every day of the week getting stoned and are generally unable to achieve anything in life...these are the real casualities of weed, but that doesn't go down on paper.

Looking over the forum, I notice the majority of users on here are American. I'm from England and I'm sure the use of weed is somewhat varied.
I'm not sure about the American scene, but over here it's often used by people my age (21) as 'something to do', which to me sounds like a very depressing state of affairs.

Last edited by anzo; 09-28-2009 at 09:05 AM.
anzo is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Old 09-30-2009, 03:34 PM   #4 (permalink)
Below is my avatar
 
beefers1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Greater Vancouver area, BC, Canada
Posts: 4,032
OS: Win XP Pro SP2

My System

Blog Entries: 13
Re: Do you think marijuana should be legal?

Definitely should be illegal. Alcohol in moderate amounts is not really harmful for your body, whereas marijuana is in pretty much any amount. I hate how here in Vancouver there's so much tolerance for it. They should all be jailed and treated.
__________________
beefers1 is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Old 09-30-2009, 08:39 PM   #5 (permalink)
Mentor, Games Team
 
Lord Sirian's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 1,632
OS: Windows XP SP 3

My System

Re: Do you think marijuana should be legal?

Nope, shouldn't be legal, they're really tolerant of it here in Australia too, hardly any punishment depending on how much you're carrying.
__________________

"Come forth for the cattle call
Confront the evil river you can't control
Wicked ways and venomous eyes
Just human nature in disguise..."- Clouds over California
Lord Sirian is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Old 09-30-2009, 10:00 PM   #6 (permalink)
Temporarily Banned
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 10,422
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

My System

Blog Entries: 1
Re: Do you think marijuana should be legal?

I say legalize it. It's a little bit more harmful than alcohol and has to be taken less and less but just for medical reasons of easing pain it's a great alternative to morphine.

I don't like it but I think that something this natural and not very harmful at all shouldn't be criminalized.
Mcninjaguy is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Old 09-30-2009, 10:12 PM   #7 (permalink)
Below is my avatar
 
beefers1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Greater Vancouver area, BC, Canada
Posts: 4,032
OS: Win XP Pro SP2

My System

Blog Entries: 13
Re: Do you think marijuana should be legal?

Just because it's natural doesn't mean it's not harmful, so the "natural" aspect isn't really a strong argument. Now, I'm not sure exactly how harmful it really is, but I know it's really addicting and can have negative consequences even when quitting.
__________________
beefers1 is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Old 09-30-2009, 10:23 PM   #8 (permalink)
Temporarily Banned
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 10,422
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

My System

Blog Entries: 1
Re: Do you think marijuana should be legal?

Yes I have seen my friends go through the addictive marijuana phase and I have seen people go through alcoholism.

You need moderation in everything.
Mcninjaguy is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Old 09-30-2009, 10:37 PM   #9 (permalink)
Hardware Tech Team
 
Phædrus2401's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 3,782
OS: Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 + Ubuntu 9.04

My System

Send a message via AIM to Phædrus2401 Send a message via MSN to Phædrus2401
Re: Do you think marijuana should be legal?

A better question would be, why should it be illegal? Marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol in moderation, less so because it doesn't kill your liver. It's far less dangerous than cigarettes, especially when used with a vaporizer or bong, rather than by smoking. Compounds in marijuana have recognized effects for helping kill certain forms of cancer. It doesn't make you dumb; the only known semi-permanent effect it has on the brain is it increases the amount of myelin present in your white matter, which is actually correlated with greater intelligence. Stupid potheads were generally stupid to begin with; I know potheads who graduated as honors students and are in the armed forces or medical school now.

And even if all the misinformation were true and it is such a horrible evil drug, so what? If people want to screw up their own bodies and minds, let them. As long as they don't harm another because of it. We don't stop people from drinking themselves into oblivion, but we sure as hell clamp down on them if they drive while drunk. The same should apply to marijuana.
__________________

Good PSU brands: Corsair, SeaSonic, CWT, PC Power and Cooling, Thermaltake Toughpower, CoolerMaster Real Power Pro
On 80+ Certification - PSU Information and Selection - Power Supply Myths
You don't get what you don't pay for.
Phædrus2401 is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Old 10-01-2009, 02:58 AM   #10 (permalink)
Troubled
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Sometimes the Milky Way galaxy
Posts: 252
OS: xp/7/ubuntu/macOSX/vista


Suprised Re: Do you think marijuana should be legal?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Phædrus2401 View Post
A better question would be, why should it be illegal? Marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol in moderation, less so because it doesn't kill your liver. It's far less dangerous than cigarettes, especially when used with a vaporizer or bong, rather than by smoking. Compounds in marijuana have recognized effects for helping kill certain forms of cancer. It doesn't make you dumb; the only known semi-permanent effect it has on the brain is it increases the amount of myelin present in your white matter, which is actually correlated with greater intelligence. Stupid potheads were generally stupid to begin with; I know potheads who graduated as honors students and are in the armed forces or medical school now.

And even if all the misinformation were true and it is such a horrible evil drug, so what? If people want to screw up their own bodies and minds, let them. As long as they don't harm another because of it. We don't stop people from drinking themselves into oblivion, but we sure as hell clamp down on them if they drive while drunk. The same should apply to marijuana.
rhinonsense is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Old 10-01-2009, 06:57 AM   #11 (permalink)
Temporarily Banned
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 10,422
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

My System

Blog Entries: 1
Re: Do you think marijuana should be legal?

Congrats on the nice argument Phaedrus!
Mcninjaguy is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Old 10-01-2009, 10:09 AM   #12 (permalink)
The almighty Dr.Tran!
 
l_b_rex's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 1,105
OS: Vista Home Premium 32 bit


Re: Do you think marijuana should be legal?

I believe what you do in your own home is your own business if it does not harm others. The only problem I have with it being legal is the fact that children will be able to access it just like they do cigarettes by paying someone to but it. Weed is not a big deal for adults but could destroy a childs ability to learn in class, specifically high school.


There was another thread just like this about 6 months ago. I will try to find it.
__________________
If my avatar piques your interest, go to google and search Dr.Tran video and have a look.
l_b_rex is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Old 10-01-2009, 10:26 AM   #13 (permalink)
Troubled
 
MichaelTech's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Simi, Ca.
Posts: 170
OS: XP Pro/Corporate


Re: Do you think marijuana should be legal?

With the latest news from our dear leaders, MM Shops will be closed for making a profit.
It was a stipulation in the original bill that it was to be a non-profit, donating money to other social services. There's the rub. The Marijuana Stamp Act provided farmers to grow, and profit from Hemp. Thats H.E.M.P. The cultivated brands that are intoxicant ought to be to the persons own discretion to use. ya dont walk down the street with a drink, so you dont with pot. Yet, you can get a beer almost everywhere you look!
As an Original Reefer Raider, I helped start the first Initiative. I'ts been too long, and I am tired. Mm was a good step, but is being abused. Same as the war on drugs.
Legalize "Marijuana" in all it's forms and uses. Check out: jackherer.com
He writes The Emporer Wears No Clothes. Edify yourselves
MichaelTech is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Old 10-02-2009, 08:37 AM   #14 (permalink)
Faugh a ballagh
 
Jason's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Pasco, FL
Posts: 8,476
OS: Windows Vista

My System

Blog Entries: 2
Re: Do you think marijuana should be legal?

What type of laws and regulations would we be talking about? How much will it be taxed? What about the growth of plants, will that be regulated? These are some of the questions I would like to know before I make a decision.

Would people who support this be willing to go to a doctor who smokes pot regularly? Just something for those that are pro, who think there are no side effects what so ever to really think about. You do not have to answer it here, but answer it to yourself. What if they smoked a few joints before performing surgery on you?


On a side note, I never understood the point of it. I've seen friends do stupid stuff over it, and while on it. Other then for medical reasons, I just do not understand why people would want to. And before people tell me I need to try it to find out why, all it did was make me tired and lazy.
__________________
Posting Tips | Advice for New People | Common Fixes |
Agus na damnaithe fágtha gan focal
Glaoigh ormsa i measc na naomh
Jason is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Old 10-02-2009, 10:03 AM   #15 (permalink)
Hardware Tech Team
 
Phædrus2401's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 3,782
OS: Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 + Ubuntu 9.04

My System

Send a message via AIM to Phædrus2401 Send a message via MSN to Phædrus2401
Re: Do you think marijuana should be legal?

I don't smoke, drink, or do drugs; I'm the straightest straight arrow I know. I make no claims that marijuana is completely safe. It isn't. It's intoxicating, it alters perception, and thus you really need to be very careful not to do anything idiotic like get into a car and drive while you're on it. If you smoke it you're at risk for lung and throat cancer just like smoking cigarettes, though less so. It is potentially addicting, though again less so than nicotine. It can induce hunger (the munchies) and screw up your metabolism. Plus there are some studies that show it *may* lead to changes in the brain's structure if you use it heavily as a teenager; these are inconclusive because of small sample size and lack of establishment of causality, but it's worth taking into consideration.


I would be just as concerned if my doctor was smoking pot as I would be if I smelled whiskey on his breath, and would probably refuse to let him operate on me. I would not let someone who was high drive me around. I would not go to the shooting range with someone who was high or coming down off a high, just as I wouldn't with a drunk. Marijuana should be treated in the same class as alcohol, because its effects are of the same magnitude, as is its availability. Putting it in the same class as amphetamines, opiates, and strong hallucinogens is idiotic; it's like classing a BB gun under the law the same way you would a machine gun--oh wait, we already do.


As I said, I'm a straight arrow. Most alcohol I ever drank in one day was two glasses of champagne and a beer at my sister's wedding; usually the most I'll drink is a sip of someone's margarita if we're out to eat, and that's more because good margaritas are freakin' delicious than because of the alcohol. If I lived in Canada I could legally acquire a medical prescription for marijuana because of my high interocular pressure, which leads to glaucoma. Would I smoke it? Probably not. I'd probably try it once, but compared to using eyedrops it just seems too much hassle to keep a bong around the house (since I'm not smoking anything; keep your lung cancer to yourself, please), and I've seen the way it affects people I know and I think I'd pass.

However, for some people it's a perfectly legitimate option, either for medical reasons or recreational purposes, same as alcohol. And if someone uses it way too much, well, people use alcohol way too much too. There are lots of stupid or desperate people in the world who will overdo whatever they do, and that holds true for any drug, marijuana, alcohol, tobacco, LSD, whatever. You can't stop it; might as well live with it.
__________________

Good PSU brands: Corsair, SeaSonic, CWT, PC Power and Cooling, Thermaltake Toughpower, CoolerMaster Real Power Pro
On 80+ Certification - PSU Information and Selection - Power Supply Myths
You don't get what you don't pay for.
Phædrus2401 is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Old 10-02-2009, 12:36 PM   #16 (permalink)
The almighty Dr.Tran!
 
l_b_rex's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 1,105
OS: Vista Home Premium 32 bit


Re: Do you think marijuana should be legal?

Quote:
Originally Posted by l_b_rex View Post
I believe what you do in your own home is your own business if it does not harm others. The only problem I have with it being legal is the fact that children will be able to access it just like they do cigarettes by paying someone to but it. Weed is not a big deal for adults but could destroy a childs ability to learn in class, specifically high school.


There was another thread just like this about 6 months ago. I will try to find it.
I believe the thread was removed due to the age of it.
__________________
If my avatar piques your interest, go to google and search Dr.Tran video and have a look.
l_b_rex is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Old 10-14-2009, 04:48 PM   #17 (permalink)
Troubled
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Sometimes the Milky Way galaxy
Posts: 252
OS: xp/7/ubuntu/macOSX/vista


Post Re: Do you think marijuana should be legal?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Phædrus2401 View Post
I don't smoke, drink, or do drugs; I'm the straightest straight arrow I know. I make no claims that marijuana is completely safe. It isn't. It's intoxicating, it alters perception, and thus you really need to be very careful not to do anything idiotic like get into a car and drive while you're on it. If you smoke it you're at risk for lung and throat cancer just like smoking cigarettes, though less so. It is potentially addicting, though again less so than nicotine. It can induce hunger (the munchies) and screw up your metabolism. Plus there are some studies that show it *may* lead to changes in the brain's structure if you use it heavily as a teenager; these are inconclusive because of small sample size and lack of establishment of causality, but it's worth taking into consideration.


I wouldn't be just as concerned if my doctor was smoking pot as I would be if I smelled whiskey on his breath, and would probably refuse to let him operate on me. I would not let someone who was high drive me around. I would not go to the shooting range with someone who was high or coming down off a high, just as I wouldn't with a drunk. Marijuana should be treated in the same class as alcohol, because its effects are of the same magnitude, as is its availability. Putting it in the same class as amphetamines, opiates, and strong hallucinogens is idiotic; it's like classing a BB gun under the law the same way you would a machine gun--oh wait, we already do.


As I said, I'm a straight arrow. Most alcohol I ever drank in one day was two glasses of champagne and a beer at my sister's wedding; usually the most I'll drink is a sip of someone's margarita if we're out to eat, and that's more because good margaritas are freakin' delicious than because of the alcohol. If I lived in Canada I could legally acquire a medical prescription for marijuana because of my high interocular pressure, which leads to glaucoma. Would I smoke it? Probably not. I'd probably try it once, but compared to using eyedrops it just seems too much hassle to keep a bong around the house (since I'm not smoking anything; keep your lung cancer to yourself, please), and I've seen the way it affects people I know and I think I'd pass.

However, for some people it's a perfectly legitimate option, either for medical reasons or recreational purposes, same as alcohol. And if someone uses it way too much, well, people use alcohol way too much too. There are lots of stupid or desperate people in the world who will overdo whatever they do, and that holds true for any drug, marijuana, alcohol, tobacco, LSD, whatever. You can't stop it; might as well live with it.
Wouldn't pot brownies solve the lung cancer? The munchie affect is good for patients who lose thier appetite because of treatment like chemo.
rhinonsense is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Old 10-14-2009, 05:17 PM   #18 (permalink)
Hardware Tech Team
 
Phædrus2401's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 3,782
OS: Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 + Ubuntu 9.04

My System

Send a message via AIM to Phædrus2401 Send a message via MSN to Phædrus2401
Re: Do you think marijuana should be legal?

So would a vaporizer or bong. As for the munchies being good for hospital patients... I'm not sure it works like that. Maybe.
__________________

Good PSU brands: Corsair, SeaSonic, CWT, PC Power and Cooling, Thermaltake Toughpower, CoolerMaster Real Power Pro
On 80+ Certification - PSU Information and Selection - Power Supply Myths
You don't get what you don't pay for.
Phædrus2401 is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Old 10-14-2009, 05:32 PM   #19 (permalink)
Troubled
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Sometimes the Milky Way galaxy
Posts: 252
OS: xp/7/ubuntu/macOSX/vista


Re: Do you think marijuana should be legal?

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/co...de_Effects.asp

article on the subject. and again pot brownies plus as you said vaporizer or bong.<not sure about the bong>
rhinonsense is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Old 10-14-2009, 05:45 PM   #20 (permalink)
Troubled
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Sometimes the Milky Way galaxy
Posts: 252
OS: xp/7/ubuntu/macOSX/vista


Re: Do you think marijuana should be legal?

also
  1. Annual Causes of Death in the United States
  2. http://www.electricemperor.com/enter/how.html
  3. http://www.njweedman.com/10_marijuana_facts.html
  4. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...052501729.html
according to the fourth one there is no connection between lung cancer and marijuana. also its the most used illegal drug in the us and yet there are zero deaths related to marijuana use. however it is harmful. moderation is advised.
rhinonsense is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Reddit!
Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off




All times are GMT -7. The time now is 03:32 PM.



Copyright 2001 - 2009, Tech Support Forum
Home Tips Plus | Outdoor Basecamp | Automotive Support Forum

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85