[bigrigjoe66]

What are your views on legalizing ? I think it should be and for the same old reasons. Never gonna stop it, tax it, legal m/j would stop all the sub culture deales and crime associated with it and save us billions on prison sentences and trying to fight it. I smoked it as a kid all the time. Never wanted to fight or drive around causing accidents as with alcohol. It does not lead to hard drugs thats b/s propaganda. I have probally smoked several pounds myself and have never done anything else or wanted to either. It's not addictive either as is alcohol and tobacco. I stopped when I went into the Air Force in 1984 and haven't touched it since but if they would legalize it I would be high as a kite tonight. Just my opinion. :smokin:

[Jackrabbit379]

Well, let's say they do legalize that stuff. Would they still have drug tests, etc? What about the work places? All of the employees would be doped up all the time. Just imagine, going out to eat, and your waiter is so doped up, he can't see straight. I'm sure half of them are, but I would imagine it would be just that much worse.
The Police department here is always going after, arresting druggies, but I'd rather the dope be illegal than legal.
Willie Nelson has always tried to get the "big shots" to legalize marijuana. :lol:

[matcat]

I support legalizing it as well. It is proven in other countries legalization actually causes a major drop in use, and all but eradicates drug related crime.

Obviously drug testing would change a little bit, it would no longer be included in a standard drug test, but would still be required to be tested in safety sensitive functions. Would be like Alcohol, you couldn't use it so many hours before going on duty, etc. Only problem with enforcement is how long THC metabolites stay in your system, they would have to use saliva tests because of the much shorter testable duration time.

It is coming though believe me. However a complete legalization is a long way off, but it won't be long before a national medical legalization plan comes along and gets approved.

It is true that there is a lot of propaganda about weed. The only long term negative effects are the same as smoking cigarettes, for the same reasons, and even then weed has less chemicals then a normal cigarette. I too smoked quite a bit of the stuff in my youth, and I was able to perfectly function at anything I did. Now I do not support driving and smoking, even though personally I think I could handle it just fine, and did so many times in a car, your response times are diminished, so the likelihood of an accident is greater.

Now there are those out there that will spew out the drugs are bad for you, will destroy your brain, etc etc, most of which is all just propaganda that has no basis in truth. However there is always the risk of social issues, but that can be with anything. Yes even with weed it is possible to become enough of an addict to it that you will destroy your life and relationships, but that is a rare thing from just smoking weed.

If I where in a different career, and it where legal, believe me I would be smoking doobies instead of cigarettes .

[TimberWolf]

I am of the mind set that weed came with the Earth along with Peyote and several other natural highs, all of which I used in my youth. Everything in moderation.... If you go along with the theroy that God created the heavens and earth then he must have created a natural high for his flock to enjoy.
When one begins to dabble in man made drugs then all hell breaks loose and the sh.t hits the fan. (we are our own worst enemy)
As a teen I used reefer on a daily basis, I too was able to function in my daily routine, Completed six years of college and graduated near the middle of my class unlike a recent presidential canidate. I do find myself asking what could I have done if I had not been stoned all the time??? but then I look at my older brother who owns and operates a multi million dollar business and say to myself not much more as he was the one I followed in life.
I have always had a good work ethic since the age of 15. (Thanks Dad!!) Once I graduated from school and began to work in the hospitality world I continued to enjoy life in many ways, Then one day I woke up and realized my world had a drastic change and my cash needed to be diverted from personal entertainment to Huggies diaper corporation. I have not looked back in regret since. There are times I think about getting high but quickly realize that the risk are not worth it (Damn Consequences !!! once again.. THANKS DAD)

Unfortunately not every one is able to funtion properly in this very functionaly disfuntional world we live in.
Leagalizing pot is the way to go but it wont solve the problems of those who are not of the working mans mind set.

Timberwolf

[matcat]

If I remember correctly, major national poles showed that 70% of American support legalization.

[RostyC]

I think we should legalize pot but then hand out 10 year prison terms for anyone that uses the term "Hey Dude." :lol: That'd be funny.

Prisoner 1: What are you in for?
Prisoner2: I said "hey dude"
Prisoner 1: what?
P 2: no i said "hey dude"
P 1: what dude??
P 2: no... I said "hey dude"
P1: what dude what???
P2: forget it dude.

[Jackrabbit379]

Good idea Rosty, but they would have to "illegalize" it again just so they could get rid of the guys that always say, "dude". It would be like a hen house, except it would be, "dude, dude, dude", instead of cluck, cluck, cluck. :lol:

[Creek Jackson]

Originally Posted by Jackrabbit379

Good idea Rosty, but they would have to "illegalize" it again just so they could get rid of the guys that always say, "dude". It would be like a hen house, except it would be, "dude, dude, dude", instead of cluck, cluck, cluck. :lol:

[Jackrabbit379]

Please, don't ask. I don't know where that came from.

[matcat]

He was rambling on the keyboard because he had just finished smoking a big doob filled with the best chron you can get in America!