Topic: 5 reasons for global marijuana legalization - page 5. (Read 3588 times)

It's the shaaree ha that tell you that? Are you a sympathizer of ISIS? You should look into it they seems too to be into managing the life and what others can put in their bodies... Problem you will not be able to Change the package with so called democratic vote (50%+1 votes) it's take it or leave (if you are lucky).

Prohibition has no place in the American Jihad. What would the founding fathers have thaught of people pretending to be Americans bent on stoping people to dispose of their own bodies, with a plant furthermore... Who created the plants?

Why the sales of Marijuana must be regulated? What about tobacco? Alcohol and tobacco are even more harmful to health, when compared to weed. But there are no restrictions on the sale of these items. The ban on marijuana must be removed, as it is only helping the Mexican drug cartels and the big pharma giants such as Pfizer.

I agree with medicinal marijuana. Sale of this drug must be regulated and those who has prescription only can have access to this drug.If it is not regulated, it can be abused easily.

Its just that my opinion, I think marijuana must be legalized but with restrictions. For example, you can't buy marjiuana unless you got some medical prescription from a qualified doctor. That way drug abusers can't abuse it easily. 

Plenty. Which state are you asking about? Colorado made enough to resolve their education deficit.

How dangerous is legal marijuana? legal marijuana is a very dangerous drug! so i've a simple question here! How much money did the state and federal government receive from marijuana taxes?

That figure is easily in the millions, once you add in all the potential medicinal marijuana users, everyone who has been diagnosed with; ADHD, epilepsy, generalized anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, seizures, Parkinson's disease, glaucoma, etc etc

how many ratio benefit from marijuana?

There is no world government, just a collection of differently governed countries. Actions like this can take generations to change, but it seems to be moving in the direction of legalisation, which ultimately makes sense. It's near enough the same as alcohol - some people can handle it and others cannot. Criminals will capitalise off prohibition and they do already, for this one drug and possibly a few others it makes sense to raise tax revenue instead.

Ah, you are way ahead of me with your post. You are thinking of the economic beneficiaries of the war on drugs.

It was most definitely founded on a lie. We can thank DuPont, Hearst, and Mellon for prohibition and the reefer madness insanity and propaganda which still some buy into in 2016.

Social media, though often the subject of severe criticism of our youth, has caused radical changes to our political

system, even though we don't notice it.

As we saw the legalization of gay marriage in the USA, I saw it not as legalization, but rather, an "unblock" on civil

liberties of a group of people.

Such is the same for marijuana legalization. For the sake of simplicity, neglected from the article are very important

points such as; The military industrial complex, the failed war on drugs and its burden on the taxpayer

So, without further bantering, here are my five arguments!

1) Civil liberty

This is number 1 because in this case, it does not matter if you are using marijuana for recreational (to just get high!

), medicinal (there are several applications), spiritual, or religious purposes, but because, as a Libertarian, I

believe that the principles of liberties are universal. If a group of people by general consensus can claim ownership

over your civil liberties by a 51% vote, then there is obviously a moral issue there, making the concerned human being

very undemocratic.

2) Medicinal

Marijuana has many medicinal uses, in my case, mental health. Research funded by the US government (Yes, the same people

who schedule it as a drug with no medicinal value, shows that marijuana acts on the same receptors of the brain as

benzodiazepine drugs do, which are prescribed as a commercial treatment for generalized anxiety disorder today. Of

course, cannabis is less stronger, which also makes it less addictive, and it bears none of the side effects that the

pharmaceutical drugs do. There have been very few deaths attributed to medicinal marijuana use. There are none that I am

aware of.

3) Cultural

Marijuana has been a part of several cultural practices. Ancient civilizations have been using the plant for ceremonies

for thousands of years. A lot of these civilizations have been subject to erasure due to post colonialism under the

corporatocracy. It is only fair that they be allowed to partake in cultural traditions, as Americans do with their

alcohol.

4) Religious

Human beings are very religious people. I myself am opposed to several organized religions, including Christianity,

Judaism, and Islam (No debating!). However, by imposing my religious views (or lack, thereof) on a religious group of

people would make me guilty of the very same vices that I accuse them of.

5) Prohibition was founded on a lie

We were told that marijuana was dangerous, that it can lead to permanent psychosis, cause schizophrenia (this is the

"vaccines cause autism" of our times and has no scientific basis), and corrupt our youth by having them lead immoral and

destitute lives. However, several states have done well under legalization, reducing addiction and crime rates in just a

few years (Colorado is one example)

Please discuss, but be civil! Thou hast been warned..