Thoughts on Cannabis(Marijuana) legalization(polling)

[FabianN]

For my public speaking class I need to do a persuasive essay, and I decided to do mine on the legalization of Marijuana. Right now I'm mostly collecting general data

Basicly, I'm asking would you be for the legalization of Marijuana? Would you be for it if the goverment regulated Marijuana?

A few basic facts to first understand, which I will be bringing up in my speech:

1: Marijuana DOES kill cancer:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...L&type=science

2: There are no recourded deaths due to Marijuana use. I looked. The most I could find was in 2001 there were three deaths that had Marijuana involved, but the true cause of death was that they had a mental illness which the Marijuana reacted with.

3: Pot Prisoners are costing the US over $1 Billion US dollars each year to keep imprisioned, over $8 Billion in criminal justice costs
http://www.alternet.org/rights/47815

4: Marijuana is not physically addicting. Mentally, yes. But EVERYTHING can be mentally addicting.

5: Tabacco and Alcohol are more addicting, more dangerous to your own life, and more dangerous to society

[Darc]

If it doesn't knock my door,i'm fine with it.I wouldn't like to get on drugs nor pressured to take drugs.

[Saint]

Better off with out drugs. Pot is often a gateway drug.

[Rodenty]

So mariajuna can kill cancer..doesnt mean u should start it hence the reason why they give it out perscription

As queen said on another one bites the dust

"Its fun to smoke marijuna"

[alimobeer]

Better off with out drugs. Pot is often a gateway drug.

No. Just.... No.

1. Compared to other drugs wheres all the marijuanna related deaths and accidents?
2. What happens thats so bad, so what you get baked and just mellow out. Nothing bad ever happens like you see on those gay ****ing commercials.
3. I smoke pot regularly and i'd personally like to see it legalized. Lol not a legit reason i guess but w/e.
4. Lol you're so wrong calling it a gateway drug. Weed and crack is such a totally different thing. Chances are if you you're using crack then you're just a **** up with issues. Most pot heads smoke it and stick with it because they just want to mellow out not tweak. If any thing i think Weed is an excuse for that loser crack head to say it led to his crack addiction. Don't say it's a gate way when you don't know shit about it please.

[Manic]

Legalization of medical marijuana for medical purposes seems alright by me. Maybe legalization of it for recreational purposes, but only if it's regulated and restricted in the same way, or more so, that alcohol is. Otherwise, the marijuana being sold on the street is too pumped full of THC and other chemicals for it to be safe for either of those purposes really. Either way, I wouldn't do it, it's not my thing.

[Mr. First Name Basis]

There's a reason why marijuana has less deaths and accidents than alcohol. It's illegal.

I'm all for legalizing it, though i'd never touch it. I think they should make it illegal to buy, sell, trade, or posess it in a living plant form. And then up the punishment for doing those to like really high. Then, of course, smoking it is illegal.

As for it curing cancer. That's pure bullshit. The body may have become immune to it by small doses of picking it up from other sources then finally, it caught on. Or the body picked up it's immune system to fight it off but since it was already exposed, the body was prepared but not very responsive in the beginning. Nobody knows the exact cure for cancer, though there is a cure. It's too much data to compile to figure out what cures cancer patients because there's too many variables. Though i don't believe it cures cancer, I also don't believe it causes it. There's something more widespread and there's probably only one source. I mean seriously, why would some random disease pop up and then randomly, items started to cause cancer. The native-americans used to smoke weed and never had any widespread cancer like symptons.

[PunkyBruster]

Bob Marley had toe cancer from kicking a rock playing soccer on the beach barefoot and wasn't supposed to live very long, but the pot staved(sp?) it off for many years if I'm not mistaken. And how about that prominent doctor whose son only felt comfortable and hungry after having some, and after trying everything else which didnt work.