From: matthew.donohue2@verizon.net
"spooner" wrote in message
news:hhnQj.56945$dA2.27000@read2.cgocable.net...
> dear snowb,
> trillions upon TRILLIONS was spent...and continue to be spent..tax
> dollars? do u pay taxes? if u did, then u would want a more accountable
> system. all those dollars down the toilet, and yet, the prisons continue
> to mushroom in size,
> almost a million arrests a year for possession?. so the drug war has not
> worked. by taxing marijuana and regulating it's use we as a society will
> reap huge tax revenues, whilst reducing the expenditures on the failed
> drug war, or redirecting those expenditures of the police etc, towards
> harm reduction and safety as opposed to criminalizing everybody and trying
> to throw everybody in jail and persecuting our very own people our
> citizens , simply for doing what they personally enjoy for medicinal or
> recreational usage. Also, prescription painkillers are useful, but many
> people, given the choice would much much rather take their own herbal
> remedies in the form of marijuana and its derivatives because -- unlike
> prescription painkillers -- you cannot overdose on marijuana. try that
> with morphine my friend, or oxycontin. those narcotics will kill easily
> on a small overdose. when people drink alchohol they puke, stumble, they
> fight, get very angry and stupid, and it leaves them in a stupor, so much
> so that they cannot remember what they did the next day. alcolhol is a
> neurotoxin by definition...or in laymens terms...a brain poison.
> Marijuana, makes people reflective, peaceful, restful, artistic, friendly,
> creative, happy, and good emotions, but alcohol and pain pills cause
> negative emotions,, depression, anger, etc.... maybe your quite young,
> and also, marijuana is not for everybody....it should only be taken by
> responsbile adults, and for new people, they should best try it for the
> first time or so, with someone experienced who can be there for them in
> case they should become paranoid or anxious. but this is not a big
> problem at all if one is mature , responsible and experienced.
> \]
> Snow Bell wrote:
>> My father, a healthcare professional and longtime sufferer of severe
>> arthritis, used to say marijuana should be legalized for medicinal
>> purposes; while there is certainly a need for legal prescription
>> painkillers, I believe marijuana should be the last resort; But my stand
>> in keeping marijuana illegal is focused on those who have been clamoring
>> for decades to make it legal for personal recreational use, to be sold
>> and available in a manner not much different from tobacco. No, it
>> shouldn't be.
>>
>> My first stand against legalizing marijuana is I do not wish to "get
>> high" from someone else's pot smoke-- if you smoke around others, they
>> will get a contact buzz, whether they want to or not. That's not okay; it
>> is not okay at all. My second main issue is I'd no more appreciate being
>> killed or maimed by someone driving under the influence of pot than by a
>> drunken driver-- and while regulating alcohol limits is difficult enough,
>> trying to do the same with marijuana would be virtually impossible, for
>> everyone reacts to it differently, to a different degree, as well as the
>> potency of the drug itself varying. No, I don't want to get "stoned" from
>> someone's "personal choice," nor do I want to end up as a casualty from a
>> vehicle driven by someone under-the-influence.
>>
>> Other factors cannot be overlooked either. First, for the past couple of
>> decades it's been reported that nearly everyone who becomes involved with
>> so-called hard drugs began their experimentation with marijuana. In
>> addition to the addictive nature, I suppose those who believe it is okay
>> to break the law, abuse their bodies, and put others in danger from the
>> effects of pot don't really see much difference between marijuana and
>> substances like meth and heroin. From an entirely different perspective,
>> I don't see much difference either.
>>
>> Second, although it has not yet been infallibly proven, enough research
>> studies have concluded that marijuana use in youth causes some degree of
>> chromosome damage which even years on down the line significantly
>> increase their offspring's chances of developing childhood leukemia.
>> Although not conclusive, the risk is too much.
>> Snowbell obviously does not have that much experience with pot. In order
>> to get the contact high she or he describes, you would have to be in
>> closet or phone booth with a cloud of pot smoke. I would bet snowbell
>> never smoked pot and would not be in a room full of pot smoke.
Snowbell should join MADD. The chances of being killed by a drunk driver
are so much higher. Getting killed by someone using their cellphone and
driving is more likely.
How about making ciggerettes and alcohol illegal? You have to admit that
these substances cause more sickness, pain and death than marijuana.
Can you not see that the authorites want you to use only the drugs that they
condone, ( alcohol, nicotine, caffeine and various prescription drugs.)
Finally, you said you do not see much difference between marijuana and
methamphetamine. WOW! That statement reveals that you really don't know
anything about marijuana.
Snowbell, the crap you are hearing from your church or your right wing talk
show hosts is far more toxic. It'll make you severely close minded.
We know pot is illegal, but we also feel that it shouldn't be illegal for
personal use. An intelligent society would legalize it and stop the
imprisonment of our youth.
This society is involved in 2 wars, wasting all our resources, killing many
innocent people, not giving a damn about people without health insurance,
cannot be called intelligent or even civilized. THE LAW IS WRONG!!.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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