"i require it to sleep, to eat, a lot to get me through the day at work."

"it is not addictive"

lol.

I love when potheads say its not addictive. I've seen many people addicted to it and had their lives go down the fluffter as a result.

It is irrelevant to compare it to alcohol. Ive been young before. I KNOW pot is bad. Forgotten: America doesn't build nukes.

"what's the ratio of accidents caused by alcohol VS pot?

what's the ratio of serious illness caused by alcohol VS pot?"

Irrelevant

"Let companies grow them, and add a nice tax to support rehab clinics. and fund Obama's healthcare intiative."

Ya'll way over estimate how much legal pot would raise. It would help states, yes, but for the national government it would be very, very little. Not anything close to funding Obama's health care, nor making a dent in the cost.

TGD, thats fine but studies have shown that it does hurt your ability to drive. I know someone that drives drunk all the time and has never gotten into a wreck. While the drug dealer may be part of the gateway effect, I think its more caused by an increase in willingness to try new drugs. If you've never done an illegal drug before and somebody busts out coke at party, you're unlikely to do it. If you've done weed you say 'Well, Weed was cool and not so bad, let's give coke a try'. Now that may change if weed was legal, but I don't know.

The alcohol argument is pointless and has nothing to do with marijuana. The only way its relevent is if you can show that legalizing marijuana would decrease alcohol consumption, and while thats a possibility there is no proof. Anyway, this is a state issue, let the people decide what to do -- but thus far everytime its come up on the ballot it has been rejected. A personal reason I don't want it to be legalized is that I hate being around people that are stoned, they are so boring and idiotic. There is nothing worse than being with stoned people IMO. I'm afraid it would catch on and people would smoke instead of having a good time at a party and then I wouldn't have any fun.

NOW3P, you see the problem with that right here in this thread. All the hippies in here all think it makes them drive better, and would be more than happy jumping into a car during rush hour. I'm already swirving to avoid teenage girls texting, the last thing I want to do is have to avoid AoS too while he pauses to record a 'deep thought'.

Stupid comment.

And thats a good thing how, exactly, when driving?

"Klown, smoking doesn't impair your ability to drive"

Bull. Sh*t.

Leftyh8er, Stoners think weed makes them do everything better, even though it doesn't. Stoners are retarded.

MrFord, I'm not so sure it won't, but it will be done through the courts, not Congress. Its on the ballot to legalize it in California this November. There is supposed to be a reasonable chance that it passes. This would put it in conflict with the Federal law, which means it will probably end up in the Supreme Court. The Court should find that the Federal government has no right to tell the states what to do with a plant, and voila, states can do whatever they want. It will never be legal everywhere, it will be a state by state thing.

... Why the hell wouldn't they take you to jail for DWI if you are driving on weed?

I'm torn. On one hand, every pot head I know is a retard and we don't need more retards by adding more pot smokers. There will surely be more pot smokers if its legal, which surely would cause social externalities. I don't see what alcohol and tobacco have anything to do with it. On the other hand, it bothers me that drug dealers make such a comfortable living doing absolutely nothing. I'd like to put them out of business and make them pay taxes and work like the rest of us. Also, marijuana is clearly a state issue that the federal government should have no hand in.

"The tax income from it could easily solve all the economical crisis"

I'm guessing this was hyperbole/a joke? The tax revenue/savings from law enforcement would be beneficial to local governments and state governments but have virtually no benefit for the Federal budget.