I'm aware that the debate is over, yes, but I'd still like to address some points.
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1. Although a person has not died from smoking it first hand, but those smoking it and driving will lose perception and probably cause an accident, in agreeance with Mike.
As Jak said, it's illegal to drink and drive. In fact, they wouldn't even have to make new laws against driving under the influence of pot, because the current laws cover anything that impairs your judgement.
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2.I don't like second-hand smoke because it irritates me. Marijuana smoke is even worse. I know, I've smelled it and it's fucking annoying and it hurts.
You're confusing "legalising" with "making it available to everyone at all times in any place." You don't see people standing out front of a building having a beer, do you? It's not legal to drink in public, what makes you think that there wouldn't be similar laws against the smoking of pot in public places?
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3. People who operate heavy machinary should definately NOT smoke marijuana. I don't like the idea of construction workers being high at the same time they are using a jackhammer.
I don't like that idea either, but see my previous two points.
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4. If one smoked marijuana enough, I'm pretty sure they will acquire some sort of disease of the lungs because smoke is bad in general. Whether it be smoke from a cigarette, or a burning building, I doubt marijuana will be any different.
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pretty sure I'll acquire some sort of disease? You
doubt marijuana will be any different? So we should base all our laws because that's what you think will happen? Basically you're saying that you haven't done any research, but it shouldn't be legalised anyway because you don't like it.
Fortunately, I have done some research. Yes, pound for pound, marijuana is worse for your lungs than cigarettes. But consider this. An average smoker goes through a pack, or 25 cigarettes, a day. If you're going through 25 joints a month, well, that's quite a bit. And joints are typically smaller than a cigarette.
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5. Seeing it is illegal already, I don't see any true problem with it already. I never heard of a case where people got shot at because they needed marijuana that bad.
If it's not a dangerous drug, and people are doing it anyway, why not make it legal, regulated, and thus safer?
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Besides, resistance to the chemical in marijuana, THC (tetrahydrocannibanol), accumulates over time, and marijuana users will look for another drug that causes a high. THAT is what will kill them, them being future crack/LSD/PCP/Ectstacy users. Those people would kill or be killed by being related to the drug.
You're assuming a gateway theory. Which has been debunked. Most pot users who use it their whole life stick with it, and have really no desire to move onto anything else. They like the high that they get from pot, which, from what I've heard, is quite different than the high from crack, cocaine, LSD, meth, whatever. I know the feeling you get from pot is quite a bit different than the feeling you get from alcohol. People who want to get high from pot aren't going to go to something else, because it wouldn't be the same. They'd just get more pot.
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6. Not to chide anyone here who has used marijuana, because they did in fact have experience with it, but you guys need something better to do. No need to bother with pot when you guys have other hobbies, but that's my opinion. I may be depressed, but I'm not going to use illegal drugs to make me happy. Besides, its kinda expensive, and I'd rather buy anime or games with my money.
It's actually not that expensive. Last time I had some was two days ago, there was two of us, and I had spent ten bucks on the amount that we had, and we used only about half or two third or something. Ten bucks Canadian. That's an insignificant amount, even to someone who does it once or twice a month, which is more than I do anyway. The snacks that you'll be buying for when you're high, though....
Anyway, I've gotta spend my money on something, else what's the point of money, hm? I could spend it on video games, I could spend it on going out to play pool with the guys, I could spend it on pot, I could spend it on more kendo equipment, I could spend it on any number of hobbies. And any one of them could be considered to be a waste of time. After all, what do I learn from pool with the guys? Or from video games? I don't really better myself doing those, but I do them anyway. Just the same, you don't better yourself any by playing games all day or watching anime. It's the same with pot. And you laugh more.
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What happened was immigrants from Italy and various other "old" countries believe that the illegalization of alcohol was against their tradition of drinking wine. Thus, it spurred the Mafia and other mob groups. Then they made alcohol legal again, except they kept in mind that there are dangers to it and constantly advise the public not to over do it with drinking.
And that makes it okay? Because some people didn't like the fatc that it was illegal, and likely threatened people with violence to make it legal again? So if I got together everyone in the country who smoked pot, threatened a bunch of people, then it'd be alright if it was made legal? You realise this makes you sound like a giant hypocrite, right? And besides, if marijuana was made legal, people
would be warned about the dangers.
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Cigarettes on the other hand, has tobacco in it, and that is a cash crop in the USA. For about a hundred years the debate on tobacco was controversal, because the South HEAVILY depend on it, seeing it was, and still is agricultural. Slavery was one of the problems of it, but in economic terms, they were crucial, not to offend anyone. Instead, nowadays they taxed the hell out of cigarettes, making them at least $4.50 a pack, I believe. So we are still are making a profit of it, but mostly from the people already addicted to cigarettes.
Again with the hypocrisy. Cigarettes are worse for you, because a) you don't get high, you just get a craving for them, and b) you smoke more, and your chances of lung cancer are much greater. But it's okay to sell them, because it's a cash crop. By that logic, we
have to legalise marijuana, because the government could make a killing off of it.
As for your last point, about mostly making a profit from people who already smoke.......no. I work in a gas station, and by far the most people who buy cigarettes are barely twenty. New people are introduced to cigarettes all the time. <p>
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