Bighurt52235 Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 If you are serious about that (not the selling part) I just want to know why. It doesn't make much sense to me. How do you benefit from that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowerCaseRepublican Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 I'm going to have to agree with LDF. I don't believe in glorifying drug use. And why is everyone for legalizing marijuana, even when you don't smoke it? I'm not for the legalization and I don't see how that could make anyones life any easier. You can tax the hell out of it for those that want to use it. I have never met an angry pot smoker. I have however met too many angry drunks. Alcohol is an equal, if not more dangerous, drug. I believe the book is "Marijuana Facts Marijuana Myths" by Lynn Zimmer. Very informative read about the effects of marijuana etc. A large majority of people in prisons now are in for minor drug offenses. If legalized, it would cut down on the massive amount of people in prisons and lower taxes going to the building of new prisons, paying for prisoners, etc. etc. etc. Also, in the 1930s when they banned marijuana, one of the arguments in Congress for banning it was "under the influence of marijuana, a black man might look at a white woman twice." That was one of the justifications for banning marijuana. Also, industrial hemp is one of the greatest renewable crops in the world. It has no THC, can be made into clothes, rope, fiber, paper etc. etc. etc. and it can be grown again in weeks unlike having to wait for years for trees to grow again. It's a lot more environmentally friendly and cheaper to produce because there are less chemicals used to make it into paper, etc. Also, early tests have shown that pot stems, if used correctly, can also be like ethanol (early tests have also showed it is more powerful than ethanol as well) Then again, this is all that I have read on the subject. If you want more information try http://www.norml.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bighurt52235 Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Very informative, but I don't buy the "alcohol is worse, so weed should be legal." Alcohol may be worse, so instead of leagalizing weed make alcohol illegal. As far as making clothes goes, that's just plain goofy. I do understand the prison part though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowerCaseRepublican Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 As far as making clothes goes, that's just plain goofy. They can make clothes out of industrial hemp. Industrial hemp is one of the strongest fibers on the face of the earth. They made clothes out of it during the medieval eras. In post-Revolutionary America for a time it was ILLEGAL to NOT grow marijuana because it made cheap textiles, etc. and helped to get America economically independent from England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjmarte Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Yes I am serious (not about the selling part). Very simply, I don't believe that it is the governments job to tell a person what to do or not to do as long as that person isn't harming anyone else. What's more, the resources spent to keep people from doing such things could be used in much better ways IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleM23 Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 And why is everyone for legalizing marijuana, even when you don't smoke it? I'm not for the legalization and I don't see how that could make anyones life any easier. War on Drugs = waste of money Why don't we start a War on Premarital Sex and blow another $400 million? Not like anyone else needs that money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowerCaseRepublican Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 War on Drugs = waste of money Why don't we start a War on Premarital Sex and blow another $400 million? Not like anyone else needs that money. Or take one from whitehouse.org and have the War Against Masturbation? http://www.whitehouse.org/initiatives/purity/index.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjmarte Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 And why is everyone for legalizing marijuana, even when you don't smoke it? I'm not for the legalization and I don't see how that could make anyones life any easier. War on Drugs = waste of money Why don't we start a War on Premarital Sex and blow another $400 million? Not like anyone else needs that money. Why not indeed, you could use the same specious arguments to justify it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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