Comments on: Should we Make This Legal?

By: Fernando

Fernando — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 21:19:15 +0000

I am with Robert (see above November 16th, 2012 at 3:59 pm). That really matters. Who thinks differently intends to get other things. Your efforts deserve congratulations.

By: paqo

paqo — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:28:40 +0000

From Spain, 54 years old.

This, as much others, is a very controversial issue to deal with and never everybody will agree with the final taken decision.
Something that is clear is that nobody wants to see his/her children coming into the cannabis’ consumers circle. All of us know how big the criminal problems generated by weed could be: Mafias occupying streets, making a lot of different criminal actions (creating terror, robbing, assassinating) or going to the school gates to take young victims.
From my understanding, and in spite of there are a lot of reasons against, the legalization could be beneficial in the long term. Legalization could make a legal business around it and create richness and opportunities for many people, getting new jobs, both in production and in distribution areas. Taxes would be paid and quality controls of products could be done. The government may issue regulations to protect the citizen rights to those that did not want to consume marijuana as well as the others that want to.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:59:47 +0000

I’ve start smoking weed when I was fifteen. At that time almost everyone was smoking in my neighborhood so felt a bit pressure to do it too.
I will never forget the first time I smoke it with my cousin. That day we promised that we’ll never take any other drugs than marijuana. We were so wrong, it only took a few months before we got bored and start taking heavy drugs like speed, lcd, magic mushrooms you name it. Some how I managed to control it and only take drugs occasionally on the night out. I wasn’t addicted but many of my friends were and some of them died or ruined their life. Today I’m completely clean and will never go back it. I’ve got two sons and i will do everything to protect them from it.
From my experience I don’t think that legalizing marijuana will be a wise move as this will encourage more people to try it, that may lead to more broken lives.

Cheer
Robert

By: Morteza

Morteza — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:31:57 +0000

I totally disagree with the fact of making any kind of drugs legal. I believe it’s a tricky policy for the government to take advantage of people, especially the youth, in many different ways.
I don’t know what you guys believe but whichever way you look at it it’s not sensible. We are totally responsible for this healthy body that God has given us and we have to be trustee keepers.
Looking at it in a different perspective, it’s just crazy to harm your own body. It always gets me by surprise that how many people care about brushing their teeth or not eating fast-food because they don’t want to harm their body but they easily keep drinking alcohol or smoking cigarettes as if they don’t have any idea about how harmful they are for their health.
It’s just crazy to harm your body for fun (recreational). Why not drinking a hot cup of coffee with some friends and catching up for recreational. As I said earlier, it’s a tricky policy to take advantage of people – demanding higher taxes, exploiting them, making them believe it’s not so harmful after all otherwise it wouldn’t have been legal.
Anyway, as they say :’A man’s apple is another man’s poison.’
Thank you guys for your great blogs and valuable efforts.

By: Meemoo

Meemoo — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:40:12 +0000

I’m with you, but alcohol and cigarettes very bad for the mind and body. It is my view that alcohol and cigarettes remain forbidden and taboo, especially for students.

By: Bhaskar

Bhaskar — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:28:21 +0000

Who wants marijuana will buy definitely whether it is legal or illegal, then what’s the problem with legalization, but one thing I’m sure that only with legalization, there will be no black market and who wants to buy it can buy without fear and the sellers sell it without fear of cops. It has negative aspects also; for instance, if it is illegal, it will not be available for every one, so there is a possibility for many people to avoid it, but when it is legal, everyone has a chance to get it. So, there is a need for government to make the necessary arrangements to make the people aware of its adverse effects.

By: katarzyna

katarzyna — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:22:47 +0000

if that’s possible then, state should make selling legal (over 21 and like on cigarettes with large note SMOKING is KILLING) but grew it by people their own illegal, otherwise there is no sense to make it legal, because there going to be a bunch of people “on high” and only couple bucks in state pocket
in this case tax and price should be 50% higher then on cigarrets

By: Carina

Carina — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:20:01 +0000

In my opinion, people should have right to decide if the wanna smoke marihuana or not, the same like with cigarettes. Of course, it’s harmful. But people should be clever enough not to abuse it. If they are not, no law will help them. If it does, let’s make being an alcoholic illegal.
Anyway, give people a choice, let them make an own desicion and take responsibility for that. I think that the government shouldn’t be overprotective in this case.
On the other hand, maybe it’s like a forbidden fruit… and after legallization less people will smoke weed?

By: olga

olga — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:32:38 +0000

I remember, when I was teenager sometimes with my father , we were walking in the street, and we smelled this horrible odor, my father, just told me this weed is not good, see these guys doing stupid thing, smell bad, and all the usually lecture you know… after I tried it, youn know between friends, only one weed but I couldn’t , It was really disgust for me …I think ,all is education at home, this can legal if the government have a good plan for assume that

By: somi

somi — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:24:16 +0000

As you know, all of these materials have very bad effects on human body. I think it doesn’t matter that the use of them is legal or not, but it is important, People conclude that they have no need to use them and this requires a cultural work.