Unfortunately, the debate on legalizing marijuana has been defeated in California. Some may question it’s a dumb idea, and would cause more problems, such as accidents, and dumbness of America. Could idiocracy plague the United States for legalizing marijuana a (so called drug)? The idea of weed being a harmful drug is I think past our time, in which is no more harmful then alcohol, and in fact cause more problems from making it illegal. With the crowding of prisons and the expense’s, the importation of marijuana, and the crime rate due to drug dealers. California is widely in debt in which the legalization would theoretically pull them out of debt, due to the massive revenue. There has never been a death due to smoking marijuana, and have never heard of a person smoking to death. You would think alcohol is more potent and should be illegal, due to the causes of death. Legalizing marijuana would greatly reduce crime rate in which drug dealers would be out of work. The amount of revenue would be 1.4 billion to the state of California. Are you kidding me in just California alone? Could you imagine all 50 states legalizing marijuana and the total revenue it would bring? America makes marijuana a big deal, in which has an effect on our society. If you make it a big deal, then more people will smoke, due to deviance. Are numbers of incarceration due to drug use is astronomical, and pay an astronomical price. Countries like Belgium, Colombia, Nepal, and Argentina, and other countries like Canada enforce drugs, by a fine, and have restrictions on who can carry weed. The problem is that the United States is trying to control the inevitable, in which people are going to smoke weed. By having restrictions such as, age, environment, and how much a person can carry on them, would greatly reduce expenditures regarding incarcerations.
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I would support the legalization of marijuana. We have spent way too much of our tax dollars on "just say no programs", or prosecuting individuals who are caught with using or selling. There have been studies that have shown that "just say no" doesn't work. I can think of so many other things that those designated tax dollars could be saved or spent on some cause that is more successful.
ReplyDeleteI agree and support the legalization of marijuana as well. Aside from all the money that legalizing would bring in, it is just ridiculously hypocritical for this "drug" to be illegal in the first place. Labeling weed as a schedule 1 narcotic, and therefore saying it is even more dangerous then drugs like cocaine,is completely absurd. I totally agree with your comment how thinking it is harmful is past our time. Yes it has effects which are potentially dangerous to the user, but certainly no more dangerous than alcohol or cigarettes, which are legal.
ReplyDeleteIt is a shame this didn't pass. It was leading in the polls for a long time, but eventually there were things that made it trail. For one, the alcohol industry lobbied heavily against the proposition. The legitimized drug dealers do not want competition. Also, the attorney general Eric Holder released a statement that Federal Gov't would continue to prosecute people for marijuana in California.
ReplyDeleteI dont see why they wont just legalize it already! They would save so much money and could probably profit from it. Shit I dont smoke but if it were legal, I may dabbble in it :))))))
ReplyDeleteidk y would want to legalize weed... its so bad and makes people so unproductive. and not to mention smoke in ur lungs is not good for you either. ive been high before and i hate it.. i hate the feeling and everything about it.. but my friends love it and obsess over it.
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