Should Marijuana be legalized in the United States?
547223
ABSOLUTELY NOT.  NO.  NO WAY.
1173355
I doubt it, considering we actually had to vote on whether to add a state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, even though gay people can't get married to begin with.  \nGeorgia for now is much too conservative (at large) to legalize marijuana.  Maybe that will change someday, maybe for medical reasons at first.
101655
Legalizing it for medical purposes would be ok.  Look at the side effects from some of the other drugs you see commercials for.  I mean what is the harm in prescription marijuana compared to percocet, methadone etc...
652718
well.. i dont know to be honest.. but i think it should be.. the government should control it and price it and the world in my opinion would be a better place... no one has ever overdosed on pot..
151432
Jim Bender is a Canadian politician who supports legalization of marijuana. \nits is argued that is alcohol is legal so should marijuana.\nalso, they ay if it is legalized, crime will be reduced and other related negative externalities will be reduced such as black market.\n\nread this, an excellent summary http://www.usask.ca/education/ideas/tplan/sslp/values/legmarij.htm
111833
Yes.In my opinion, I think marijuana should be legalized. Have you ever watched the tv show called Cops? How many domestic violence calls have you seen them respond to because someone was high on pot. None that I remember.. Alcohol on the other hand causes most people to become violent,arguementative and has destroyed thousands of families. Most that get into a drunken stuper can't even remember what they did the next day. Marijuana on the other hand causes most people to relax, kick-back, laugh and eat.. They can alsways remember what they did. The only lives I know of that have been destroyed because of marijuana has come about because they got caught using or in posession. Now their life is ruined because they are going to loss their job, possibly their house, cars, kids and anything else the government can figure out a why to make a buck. Hell, someone that smokes a little pot on the weekend can loose their job three or four weeks later if they're drug tested at work. This, even though they aren't under the influence. An alcoholic, who has abused his wife and kids over the same weekend can go to work on monday and pass any drug/alcohol test given them.. Me personally, having spent time with both, I'd much rather spend time with the potheads than the drunken, slobbering loud mouthed alcolohic's.
99366
I believe it should be legalized...  my reasoning is that the LAW ruins peoples lives over a stupid charge of possession, the drug itself does not realy hurt anyone directly, however, the irrational, irrisponsible, and/or wreckless things people do under it's influence can... but same could be said for alcohol...\n\nI used to use it... but I quit...
444740
It should be legalized, but natural plants and herbs can't be patented, so the government stands to make more money off of it being illegal...through tickets and citations.  We manufacture and even market drugs with for worse effects and side effects in commercials and in magazines everyday.
236464
Just because Prescription Drugs may have considerably worse side effects or, furthermore, usage of Prescription Drugs may be abused does not give Marijuana legs to become legalized.  Marijuana is a drug which could have just many side effects as Prescription Drugs (but probably no viable (or focused on the issue of Marijuana long-term drug effects) trial has been completed on Marijuana to date -- but should that happen then, for starters, possibly Marijuana could simply be determined to be as deadly as cigarettes).  \n\nLegalizing Marijuana is not the solution.  A balanced understanding of Marijuana is the solution coupled with stronger national boarder control.  If Marijuana is determined to be safe (and thereafter legalized) the United States has the ability to grow it right here just like it's farming industry now grows corn, rice or wheat.
1022745
Well I think the only problem America has with marijuana is that its illegal.The Outlawing of marijuana only suceeds in clogging up our court systems and making the use of the drug dangerouse for the consumer. Its not like someone can report bad marijuana to the FDA or report a drug dealer for ripping you off. \n  Making Marijuana legal would rebuild this country. It would build tourism, pay off the national debt, and save the amican farmland. If all those farmers who are going under started growing pot, America's midwestern economic system could be saved.\n I also dont think the goverment would not have any problem taxing it if it was made legal, because if it was made legall than it would become commercial, just lke tobacco. Taxation on marijuana could pay off the national debt in just a few short years.
314571
pot was made illegal when lsd and all the hard druggs of the 60's were i think. instead of actually knowing what pot was or how it was different then acid and x and cocaine, and the other hard drugs, it was illegialized right along with it. so really for no good reason is it illegal.. yes it should be legalized.. we wouldnt spend so much money on the fight against drugs, and would be able to focus on the important things like coke, and crack, and heron, exc... the things that actually kill ppl
317261
If the government can figure a way to tax marijuana, they will legalize it, charge about $10 bucks a joint, so High School students can use their lunch money to get high and stop shootings in their schools, beating up fags, and raping girls; cause then it would be a "don't worry, be happy attitude", and nobody would feel hate, just love and peace.\nI vote YES, what the heck, give it a try, see if things don't improve in our country. Dealers would be out of a job, so they wouldn't be to happy. I say we legalize all illegal drugs, put all the DRUG LORDS out of business, cut down on crime; People only want what they can't have, if it were not illegal, the urgency would dissipate.
769865
Absolutly.  Making it illegal wastes tax dollars and ruins people's lives who have not engaged in any sort of violent crime.  Instead, they have done something very similar to drinking or smoking cigarettes, and because they have, they now face jail time, huge fines and criminal records.  It should, at the very least, be decriminalized, as the punishment would be rehab or something.  But absolutly, legalization will put drug dealers out of business (similar to the way the end of prohibition ended the mobster culture).  It would bring in more revenue, it could be regulated (and kid can tell you its easier to get pot than beer, as they don't have to show their ID to dealers), and it would free up our police to search out and get violent criminals more effectivly.
137204
No.  The gov't has no way of controlling it therefore being unable to tax it.  No money for the gov't = No legal weed for USA.  It is legal in some states for medicinal purposes, but you can still be tried federally for it.  (Which is so bizarre, I thought the state had supremecy in something like that).  It's just amazing that alcohol and cigarettes do SO much damage to your body and marijuana does virtually nothing & is sometimes helpful.  It helps with my anxiety.  Legalizing it would also put us in a different state from the rest of the world, there are countries in which you can lose your life for carrying a spliff.  Up until a couple years ago, England treated marijuana offenders the same way they treated cocaine/heroin offenders.
15803
Yes...legalized for both. Marijuana is actually less dangerous for recreational use than alcohol--which is legal. Plus...the government could make a lot of money from legalization.
310667
Alcohol is more harmful to the human body. Marijuana is illegal because it is a drug and the government can't make any money off of it. If it were legalized, the revenue from it would be the releif that this country has been in need of for too many years. We have many legal drugs that are way more harmful and yet they are used every day. Pot makes you mello. I think it should be legalized, and sold like cigarettes. This would eliminate the drug dealers and make things safer. The gov must be in with the drug dealers... we go to jail and they are at fault for allowing this to happen.  Any body think this is true?
483775
yes, it should be legalized. if you can't get rid of it at least you should be able to control it.