if pot were legalized, would you...

[john121]

If pot were legalized, would you use it to:
just to get high
to help with cancer
just not smoke it

 

[CptStern]

I plan to smoke it till I get cancer then I'll have an excuse to continue smoking pot

 

[el Chi]

I've never goten on particularly well with dope, so I'd probably just say no.
Although I can see a lot of people I know practically smoking themselves into a coma. Not much difference then

 

[Raziaar]

Well, obviously I wouldn't change my mind on it. I'd just not smoke it and try to avoid those that did, since second hand smoke is worse than the actual smoking of cigarettes or any other such airborne carcinogen causing product.

 

[No Limit]

Wow, what a great topic. I'd insert one of those photos with a message in it but I'm too lazy right now.

 

[Ikerous]

I'd use pot every single day (With a vaporizor though so i wont get cancer).
I'd never not be stoned.
Man, thatd be nice

 

[DeusExMachina]

No I wouldn't use it and I'd probably move to a different country.

 

[Ennui]

I plan to smoke it till I get cancer then I'll have an excuse to continue smoking pot

every time you post in a drug thread you make me laugh

I'd use it the same as I do now... in moderation. With friends. For the experience, not to be cool.

 

[nicrd]

I would smoke a big one to celebrate :smoking:

 

[willyd]

light it up and take a puff, what? pass it to me now
im goin down down baby somethin something

oh good ol nelly even if he does suck

 

[AzzMan]

I would smoke a big one to celebrate :smoking:

Here Here!!

 

[The Mullinator]

I would smoke up with a cop at least once. After that I would only do it in certain social situations like I already do with drinking.

 

[CptStern]

every time you post in a drug thread you make me laugh

man what you smoking? must be good shit

 

[bliink]

IMO, its not that enjoyable to warrant doing it more than once.

 

[bliink]

anyways it's very hard to judge unless u actually try it for awhile.

oh yes, i'll try a strange drug for a prolonged period of time in the hope i might be able to get some effect out of it [/sarcasm]

No drug is worth that when i'm happy without it, theres no way pot would improve my life.

 

[bliink]

they use it for the high.

sure but... its not worth the money to buy it, or the time it costs to grow it, or the risk it carries to use it (ie law/health/whatever)

 

[falconwind]

pot should be in the same category as alchohol and cigarettes. It should be legal, but it should be regulated and controlled with guidelines for production, distribution, and sales. In that way you can take it out of the backrooms and underground drug dealers, and have government supervision. Then you can be sure that your pot isn't laced with cocaine, that they are sold in licensed places, sold to adults, and smoked in designated places.

I don't smoke pot, though I have tried it on several occasions, or do any other drugs... I just think pot doesn't warrant the amount of opposition it gets. If the effects are less dangerous than getting drunk, because you sober up really fast (at least in my experience).

For me, getting high is just a weird feeling. It doesn't seem to be anything special to me. I'd rather be sober.

 

[Tinneth]

I've never tried it, never will. Not into that kind of stuff.

 

[burner69]

Why not legalise it for the many other beneficial effects of it?

OK, we've mentioned sociable. I personally much prefer getting high over getting drunk cuz:
Drink makes you: Loud, violent, ill in the short term, very ill in the long term.
Cannabis makes you: Thoughtful, friendly, can lead to whiteys, but only if you have loads and you're not used to it, and the long term damage is generally considered minimal, and only if done in vast quantities over a long period of tym. Joints still cause cancer tho

Medical; it can help relieve pain in cancer patients, yes. Government studies also show it works well with the following ailments (note that it is also the least toxic of all medically used drugs, you cannot OD on it, it is cheap, it is physically non addictive, apart from being high, there are no ill side effects (is being high an ill side effect )
*Glaucoma
*Epilepsy
*MS
*Parapalegia
*Quadriplegia
*Weight loss associated with AIDS
*Chronic Pain
*Migraine
*Rheumatic diseases
*Pruritus
*PMT
*Depression (inc Bi-polar)
*Asthma
*Insomnia
*Nausea
*Herpes
*Adult Attention Deficit Disorder
*Schizophrenia (altho smoking it can trigger episodes)
*Systemic Sclerosis
*Violence - important y'know
Many more

OK, that's medical, what about... food?
Cannabis can be grown pretty much everywhere on the planet - it is one of the quickest to root and grow, can survive in many conditions, and is more nutritious than rice. In theory it could end world hunger.

What about as a material? Make clothes, wallets, cars, wardrobes, cups, carpet etc out of cannabis. It's high quality stuff too, and would be cheap because of the speed and ease of growing.

And as a fuel? Biomass, non polluting fuel. Again, everywhere can grow it, plenty to go around, cheap. It could cleanly fuel the planet (there are other things that can do that too, just not as widespread).

A clean oil substitute. Cheaper too.

From all the above uses third world countries could grow cannabis and make profit. Third world debt would be eradicated within years.

Legalisation would also free up billions of dollars.
It's estimated that 70% of people in US prisons are there on cannabis charges. That's a lot of money looking after them. Not to mention you've f**ked up their lives, cheers criminal justice system!
The 'war on drugs' costs the UK roughly £1bn pa. That's a lot of cash.
The government estimates that they could tax approximately £11bn pa if it were legalised. That's £6bn on cannabis, and £5bn on accessories and other linked goods, eg bongs.

Also it would hopefully stop the BS cannabis smokers get from otherwise nice people. "Ooo druggy" "Errr waster". It's a crock of crap, there might be the odd geezer who over does it, or is a prick anyway, but we're just normal ppl enjoying smoking a plant that grows naturally upon our planet. How can you belittle someone for relaxing with a joint? It makes them happy, they hurt precisely nobody, and it means they aren't out drinking and causing mischief.

By the way; notice the words "Cheaper" by Oil and fuel. Now think how much money the Oil and fuel (?) industries have, and just how much they would lose. Now remember how much power they hold over countries (check out the rich list). Now look at the research that time and again tells the government pot is not any great harm to anybody; yes, the governments advisers advise them to legalise or at least rethink the law on cannabis. They don't.

Think about that.

 

[bliink]

In theory it could end world hunger.

In theory; communism works
In theory; TF2 will be out "soon"
In theory; I could kill someone

just because it would work on paper doesnt mean it'll ever be feasable

 

[burner69]

oh yes, i'll try a strange drug for a prolonged period of time in the hope i might be able to get some effect out of it [/sarcasm]

No drug is worth that when i'm happy without it, theres no way pot would improve my life.

I don't intend to encourage you to start smoking dope - it's one of those things, you either want to or not. But allow me to explain something.

Pot is not strange. It's natural, it's been heavily researched. Smoking dope for a prolonged period of tym will not improve the experience. There is a part of the brain, recently discovered, that so far has been found to do only one thing; limit your cannibinol intake. Nothing else. Yes, there is a part of your brain designed, so far as we can tell, specifically for helping us safely take cannabis. It's this part of the brain that stops us ODing on pot. I'm not sure of all the ins and outs but I believe it blocks certain transmitters in ur brain from recieving aditional cannibinol molecules and therefore the more you smoke, the less high you get. Smoke less = better time.
Just random fact, to OD on pot you would need to take the equivilent of 10'000 joints... ish.

I know it's always said, but we take drugs all the time. Beer, aspirin, sunny d, tea, coffee (incidently, the next time someone says with horror "Cannabis has over 500 different chemicals in it" think of this; coffee has 800, and 3 have been proven to cause cancer in rats). The fact that it grows naturally, and has relatively little harm on you says to me that smoking dope is no different from having a cuppa, or taking an aspirin.

All opinion tho, and I hope you don't think I was digging at u, I wasn't :cheers:

 

[burner69]

In theory; communism works
In theory; TF2 will be out "soon"
In theory; I could kill someone

just because it would work on paper doesnt mean it'll ever be feasable

Yeah in theory it duz. If a society goes thru all the epochs beforehand and is ready.

Why wouldn't it be feasable exactly? What would stop it? It can grow everywhere. Worth a shot at least, surely. (BTW, u don't get high eating the right part, it's not like everyone wud be stoned at dinner :naughty: )

 

[bliink]

..cannibinol...

you know, thats not just in pot, its in a wide range of other things, ie. chocolate, probably coffee too (alt spelling is cannabinol btw )

All opinion tho, and I hope you don't think I was digging at u, I wasn't :cheers:

of course, just having a healthy debate

Why wouldn't it be feasable exactly? What would stop it? It can grow everywhere. Worth a shot at least, surely

well, i would think it takes more effort than rice, and still wouldnt be as nutritious as potato which is the staple for the rest of the world.
also, I believe it contains less carbohydrates than rice, which is an essential component of any staple food.

 

[burner69]

HELP! I CAN'T VOTE BY THE WAY.
Some arrogant **** has only left me the option of smoking myself into a wasted life! What about my life now? A joint with my friends a few times a week, or to help me with an essay.

If you're so misguided that you think "getting high" is a waste of an entire life you're pathetic. Is everyone who goes to the pub a wasted life?

What example are we setting our kids by keeping illegal the most useful plant on the entire planet (see large list above)?

 

[burner69]

As regards chocolate; true, I believe, but the amounts in it are much smaller, and it is strongly doubted that the body would need to adapt in any way to help with eating chocolate. Tho u never know.

Glad to know your not like sum ppl I've debated with b4 :hmph:

It isn't the best food, no. But anything to help starvation just has to be quality. People may not be the healthiest, but they wudnt be dead. U can make flour, cakes, biscuits etc out of cannabis.

Other than profit, I can see no good reason why the governments of the world dont legalise it. It's totally f**ked. Because, they certainly know about its potential. The big comapanies hold all the patents near enough for cannabis related ideas. Mark my words, after the worlds oil peaks at super high prices *oil tycoon rubs hands* then runs out, suddenly they'll "discover" that cannabis, or perhaps another substitute, can be used instead - cleanly.

 

[bliink]

I can see no good reason why the governments of the world dont legalise it.

how about because it would replace alot of products created with/from petrolium by-products...
in other words; OIL

 

[Absinthe]

"waste your life"?

I'd smoke it for entertainment purposes, but I certainly wouldn't waste my life.

 

[burner69]

how about because it would replace alot of products created with/from petrolium by-products...
in other words; OIL

Nail on the head IMO. Nail on the head.

Any government that keeps a plant illegal, imprisoning many hundreds of thousands of people, wastes resources, and is happy to pollute the planet are, in my opinion, evil. They do not deserve to run the world. They are f**ked.

Nice to see you again by the way Absinthe :cheers:

 

[Wraith]

i like how this poll is completely unbiased in any way...

you should get a job at foxnews.

 

[burner69]

i like how this poll is completely unbiased in any way...

you should get a job at foxnews.

LOL!

New poll: Do you think we should have roads in America.
* Yes, so I can hurl myself under cars.
* ***No, they are bad ***

 

[DreamThrall]

LOL!

New poll: Do you think we should have roads in America.
* Yes, so I can hurl myself under cars.
* ***No, they are bad ***

hahaha...

 

[Reaktor4]

sure but... its not worth the money to buy it, or the time it costs to grow it, or the risk it carries to use it (ie law/health/whatever)

To you, not to them or they wouldnt do it.
What a retarded poll btw.

 

[burner69]

sure but... its not worth the money to buy it, or the time it costs to grow it, or the risk it carries to use it (ie law/health/whatever)

Just a point. Me and my 5 friends had a weekend away; together we spent £90 on beer. A normal night out I'd say - a little over £12 each I'd say. We went out for 5 hours.

The rest of the weekend we smoked cannabis; that cost in total £50 and lasted from the friday til sunday. Perhaps in that time smoking for 15 hours.

We all prefered being high to being drunk. We were all much more sociable, more coordinated, and generally had a really good time.

Now tell me it's a waste of money. When compared to the bottle, it ain't so bad after all.