Not legalizing pot makes no sense!

The punishments legally for buying growing and selling marijuana differ from country to country & I'm not a fan of weed myself, but as crimes go, it's minor stuff to me.

I'd be far happier to see police spend their time checking that sex offenders don't have girls trapped in their back yard than have them chasing after people growing dope. Cops only have so much time & man power & given that smoking it is not illegal in many countries it seems odd that supply is illegal too.

Free pot? I like the way you think.

I meant in the interest of reducing its usage.

I can already tell you...If I got free pot...I would always be high. I wouldnt be the only one either...I think the only thing that limits usage now is the fact people are broke.

If combined with recovery courses, distribution would be far more effective at reducing usage than the current tactic of harsh punitive justice.

Legalizing it is a bad idea, imo.

For once, im with the gov on an issue.

They had to draw a line somewhere, and while i personally think alcohol should be behind that line also for its damaging effects and high addiction rate, i see why they stopped at pot.

The obvious factors of taxes and packaging costs, sky rocketing the price of it, as well as the fact you would still not be allowed to grow it, you would need licencing similar to tobacco restrictions and theres another price tag!

Leave it as it is.
In SA its been decriminalized, so its no longer a jailable offence to grow or possess pot, that works for us, and the gov get to impose on the spot fines when they catch us with it, so they get revenue and everyones happy (or high)

Really interesting that there hasn't so far been a contrary post. 8)
I wonder WHY NOT?

Any anti-smoko people out there? At all?


P.S.
Addiction:- Total and utter bulls***, the only cases "written up" are classed as "Psychological addiction", in other words, they LOVE IT!

People love dogs, boats, climbing mountains, jumping out of planes at 3000ft, strewth, some people even love MUSIC!
All psychological "addictions", but no cries to ban them!

There were studies done in the 80's, by reputable Australian Uni's, and they clearly demonstrated that drivers who had "smoked" were, across the board, slower, more cautious drivers, careful and focused.
The "Powers that be" were horrified, and slapped it down, expunged the records, and proceeded to make driving "under the influence" a crime!
Now, I wonder why they did that?


Rats!, there goes my no contrary posts, lol, I was too long typing, wish I was faster!

Free weed for everyone!

Most people get caught when not at home...If you keep it in your home and dont have pounds (kilos for you non Americans ) Then you shouldnt be getting arrested for it. All legalizing would do is make it harder to enforce driving under the influence of it.

I don't smoke it but if I decided to drive across town to get a joint from a friend, I guarantee you I'd get pulled over on the way home. That's one of the reasons I stay away from it. I can't afford to be arrested. Already have been twice for alcohol related offenses.

while I honestly don't care who smokes pot and who doesn't, I don't buy into this.. "were all doing it so therefore it should be legalised". If we formed laws on that basis where would it end.

It's both addictive and physically harmful. That's what sets it apart from being 'addicted' to, say, mountain climbing.

Hehehe whilst i agree, mountain climbing? Bad example.. Pretty dangerous, and from accounts of family members of mountain climbers, addictive too

That study would have one major flaw. If you told a load of pot heads, right now we are gonna test your driving skills then they are gonna be care full how they drive. Pretty obviously. That's not taking into account the way people really behave at all. Plus you combine the effects of pot and alcohol together and their driving aint so s*** hot. Pot like alcohol is a mind altering drug, therefore for driving purposes it should be treated the same.

Part of the role of "society" is to protect society. We do on the one side have the libertarian element, who may think that it is up to the individual, if they really want to self harm, then let them. On the other hand, there is the other element who say we should have laws to prevent certain behaviour.

Although I am usually on the side of "it's their life, let people do as they want", the libertarian side, and reject the left wing ideas of controlling people and outlawing anything they can, we have to remember that everyone, if they wish to live in "society", they have to accept responsibilities.

I would never base a law on my own experience, but I can vouch for cannabis use not being the never ending party some people romantically seem to think it is. I've had a couple of scary experiences.

Cannabis can lead to mental health problems. Something people also don't seem to realise, is that it leads to serious lung damage. It burns hotter than tobacco for example, and it's smoked in a different way (Held in for longer). A 25 year old relatively regular cannabis smoker will have the same sort of lungs as a 75 year old lifelong tobacco smoker.

Sure this will be an unpopular thing on here, but the govt are right banning this crap. Sure many of the ones who think it should be legal, would expect the NHS to sort them out if they screwed their health up.
And yes, same with alcohol and tobacco, but you can't compare like for like. Not an easy subject, perhaps it would be better decriminalising it, let people grow it if they really want to, introduce massive penalties for anyone selling it.