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- chewbakalol, on 03/02/2009, -6/+193Why marijuana should be legalized:
Common sense. - s0m31john, on 03/02/2009, -6/+124Digg needs a marijuana category.
- BenderFlexo, on 03/02/2009, -6/+105There is absolutely not a single valid reason it should be illegal. I would write more, but that is the truth and nothing more needs to be said.
- JKExecutioner, on 03/02/2009, -3/+79Gotta agree, never seen a guy smoke some weed and hit his wife or wreck his car into children...
Can't say the same for alcohol however. - NightC, on 03/02/2009, -10/+77Stop throwing innocent people in jail because they have a plant on them. Most people that don't smoke don't realize how serious an issue it is, people are literally being sent to jail and prison because they have a PLANT on them!
Imagine you were arrested because they made cotton illegal and you were wearing a T-shirt? - inactive, on 03/02/2009, -4/+42From this documentary: http://www.truehigh.com
- c010rb1indusa, on 03/02/2009, -0/+32I'll help you out.
1. Smoking marijuana does not lead to cancer
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic ...
2. Smoking marijuana is not phsycially addicting.
3. Usage rates per capita in countries where drugs are legal are either the same or lower when compared to countries that have prohibiton
http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/?q=node/67
4. Legalization would reduce the size of our over-crowded and over-budget prison systems because 1/3 of our prisoners are non violent drug offenders.
5. Legalizaton would save $20 billion a year from an INEFFECTIVE war, and create a new PRIVATE billion dollar industry.
6. It would allow police officers to spend time doing real police work instead of arresting teenagers and young adults.
7. We can take away profits from organized crime, reducing their power, and influence.
There are more reasons to legalize than just this...I encourage people to leave a reply if I left anything out. - soccerman90, on 03/02/2009, -2/+32when it comes to driving, they are both illegal
- inactive, on 03/02/2009, -2/+30Honestly, why the ***** isn't it legal yet? How many more people need to be locked up and how much more money needs to be wasted before the American people wake up from this dream?
- TheSkunkMonkey, on 03/02/2009, -3/+29It's quite stupid. There are plants that can kill you if ingested, but they are not illegal to carry or grow, just cannabis.
- cjharty, on 03/02/2009, -4/+29Respectable source + Marijuana legalization = Front page.
- inactive, on 03/02/2009, -8/+33This documentary isn't bad, but here's a much better one!
http://blip.tv/file/1356143/ - Fabbyfubz, on 03/02/2009, -3/+27Why you are an idiot:
Common sense. - nullity, on 03/02/2009, -2/+23Does the same argument apply to people that eat junk food or are too lazy to exercise?
Just wondering, because these are also poor choices which are even more destructive to the body than most drugs, and are a bigger burden on the health care system. - wigren, on 03/02/2009, -1/+21What a well reasoned argument. You've changed _my_ mind!
/s - bbqsalad, on 03/02/2009, -2/+21durrrr
- cl2yp71c, on 03/02/2009, -2/+21Go troll a razorblade.
- canada42, on 03/02/2009, -1/+19Your body will not become physically addicted to Marijuana like it would to say..nicotine. Anything, however, can be mentally addicting. This is why you see people addicted to video games, or tv, or any other number of things that have no real physically addictive qualities.
- Frankyfan3, on 03/02/2009, -2/+20It just makes so much sense, and the lack of scientific review before these laws went into effect does not.
This is a PUBLIC HEALTH issue, (including Rx abuse!) and we should tackle addiction head on in that matter.
Treating it as a criminal justice issue only increases the damage done to society by drugs. - harrisbradley, on 03/03/2009, -0/+16Why marijuana should be legalized:
Individual Liberty - methylamine, on 03/02/2009, -1/+17TOTALLY agree!
my body! mine, not the state's!
how is this different from the abortion debate, and how does the Roe v. Wade "penumbra" and privacy not apply to substances? my body is the most private and precious possession I have.
If I want to walk into Walgreen's and snag a 1-kilo bag of heroin, fine.
As long as I'm not hurting anyone else it's my business. - jhorpeda, on 03/02/2009, -1/+16As Miron states early on in the video, he has been studying this for at least 15 years. In 1995 he published this article in a Top 10 economics journal:
“The Economic Case Against Drug Prohibition,” with Jeffrey Zwiebel, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 9(4), Fall 1995, 175-192.
He's published several more articles (on drug prohibition) in lesser journals since then, plenty of op-eds, and even a book on the topic in 2004:
Drug War Crimes: The Consequences of Prohibition, Independent Institute, Oakland, CA, 2004.
So whatever you say about him, it's hard to call him a bandwagon jumper (and this is a fairly common view among economists, http://www.econjournalwatch.org/pdf/ThorntonDoEcon ... - cl2yp71c, on 03/02/2009, -3/+18I went to Harvard....because I got high.
- lamejoketeller, on 03/02/2009, -0/+14There comes a time when public opinion on an issue isn't the correct side.
Take Creationism, for example. Have you seen the latest statistics on how many Americans think the earth is 6,000 years old and was created with life in its present form? Does this mean the scientific community is wrong to use evolution as its explanation for the complexity of life?
the fact is, the scientific data about marijuana's effects don't line up with what the government is telling us.
"It's hard to get a man to understand something if his salary depends upon not understanding it."
-Upton Sinclair - Hetman, on 03/02/2009, -1/+14There are dumb people out there. They were dumb before they started smoking, and they are dumb after that. Seriously the dumb stoner thing is absurd. Some people are just dumb, and they happen to smoke pot. Just like some people are dumb and they happen to drive a car.
- TheSkunkMonkey, on 03/02/2009, -2/+15It's a valid reason if your profits depend on it. Remember, companies don't have a social conscious, they are only beholden to profits for the shareholders.
Hey, I'm not saying it's the Right Thing™, but it's the truth. As long as said companies fill the coffers of the politicians that make these stupid laws, we will continue to suffer from their influence. - Frankyfan3, on 03/02/2009, -1/+14Hemp, not marijuana was actually the real target of Harry J Anslinger, Dupont & William Randolph Hearst, the puppet masters of reefer madness.
It was the new Billion Dollar Crop
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/history/n ... - Decimit, on 03/02/2009, -1/+14You have to make it a prominent issue in order to get it into the public view. Sure, this is digg and it seems to be only preaching to the choir, but it raises the amount of visible information. Anyone can come onto digg and see it.
If you don't put the viewpoint out there under the false impression that it's old news, or only adding to the mass of similar information, you may be missing an opportunity to educate someone who has yet to hear an opposing view. There are many people out there that still believe the lies that have been spoon fed to them their whole life. - TeCuervo, on 03/02/2009, -1/+14The government to have common sense... Now you are talking madness...
- Dubbsacc, on 03/02/2009, -0/+128. Cancer patients receiving chemo therapy would legally be allowed to use it to recover their appetite and not have to resort to horrible pharmacy drugs with side effects.
9. Veterans dealing with chronic pain who do not want to take the drugs prescribed to them because of the side effects. - Intrusionv2, on 03/02/2009, -4/+16Digg Legalize It Thread of the Day™
- themastersb, on 03/02/2009, -2/+14If there were any reason why it wouldn't be legalized it would be because of bigots like you who stick to outdated traditions.
- c010rb1indusa, on 03/03/2009, -0/+12Caffeine for instance is physically addicting. Coffee drinkers probably know that when they don't get there cup of jo, they usually get headaches because their body has built a dependence of caffeine. With marijuana, you might be thinking you need to smoke, but it can be circumvented by replacing the enjoyment with something else i.e going to the gym, running, book clubs etc, where as a physcially addicting substance you would need to sober up to fight the addiction.
- inactive, on 03/03/2009, -1/+12I've said it before and I'll say it again: marijuana makes white women listen to jazz music and have sex with black men. What more reason do you need?
- Decimit, on 03/02/2009, -0/+11@chesscat
People also abuse and kill animals. Does that mean they smoked weed or consumed alcohol? Hitler had a mustache, should we keep a closer eye on people that have facial hair? One doesn't necessarily mean the other. Sure, intoxicating materials have a way of lowering your inhibitions, but the generally understood effect is that things you where prone to doing anyway (such as being a jerk, hitting your wife, or generally doing dumb things such as being mean to animals) are simply magnified. If you have never abused an animal and actually believe it to be wrong, smoking a joint will not cause you to go on a feline murder spree. - Sansui, on 03/02/2009, -2/+13It's not difficult to make alcohol or grow tobacco. Fermentation is not difficult... distilling is another story, and can be dangerous if you don't know what you're doing and especially in quantity.
A number of the founding political figures of our country smoked marijuana recreationally, including Thomas Jefferson. Early marijuana laws prohibiting its use were created by Mormons and others prejudiced against mexican settlers. That's right.. marijauna is not illegal to grow today because it can't be controlled, but because its the lingering relic of religious pandering and racial prejudice. Sad.
Look at what prohibition did with alcohol... people will continue to use the substance, and they will do so with unregulated substances that are dangerous, and do so in dangerous situations. Legalize it, and everything becomes much safer, for everyone involved. - OneRottenTomato, on 03/02/2009, -2/+13Isn't that the case with the most anti legalize people?
If someone wins 14 gold medals, pot had absolutely nothing to with him winning.
If they do something stupid, there you go, proof pot has an affect on the user.
These guys can't make up their mind. - EASwanson, on 03/02/2009, -4/+15You don't need a Harvard Economist to tell you this... just ask ANY Economist.
- Intercon, on 03/02/2009, -2/+13Get over it, dumbass. You were dugg down because you're diluting the discussion with idiotic fear-mongering. You think just because some stoned morons abused a kitten that marijuana should remain illegal!?
Get a clue. - MaynardJK, on 03/03/2009, -0/+11If only there were a way to click on the stories that you are interested in but not the ones that you aren't.
- cl2yp71c, on 03/02/2009, -1/+12It hasn't been common for a while now.
- RunawayElf, on 03/02/2009, -4/+14286 diggs, 206 video views. Not sure why, but this confuses me.
- OneRottenTomato, on 03/02/2009, -1/+11By your rational let's start locking people up for owing cars. A few have purposely taken a human life mowing them over with an auto. Let's punish a majority of responsible and careful drivers because of a few retards using a car for their malicious behaviors. You punish the person, not the tool.
Your argument is flawed. - RonPauls, on 03/02/2009, -1/+11Miron rocks
his new CNN column: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/02/miron.housi ... - FreeTalkLIve, on 03/03/2009, -1/+10So is rat poison. It's legal to buy at Wal Mart. Most people are educated enough to know it's a dangerous substance.
Education is the key to all of this *****. - Decimit, on 03/02/2009, -1/+10@chesscat
I'm not sure if you are being sarcastic or if that was just an attempt at humor, but either way...
Abusive people do other things. They don't limit their activities to just being abusive. A person that does mean things to animals chose to smoke weed. There is no correlation between the two. To suggest otherwise harkens back to the cornball era of the scare tactics of the anti pot propaganda. - GalacticXenu, on 03/02/2009, -3/+12How about it should be legalized because people should live their own lives, for better or worse, and not have their choices scrutinized by government and society if nobody is directly hurt by it?
- lamejoketeller, on 03/02/2009, -0/+9The point is we have to ask ourselves if we want the government always deciding what it is we can and cannot do with regards to our own bodies.
Doesn't freedom also mean the right of others to do what you disapprove of, in exchange for the right for you to do the same?
Also, I beg to differ. There's a push in many states to make creationism law. -
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