Pot

[RCMerchant]

aka grass-ganja-weed-dope-mary jane-whatever you wanna call it-I just call it Pot-its gettin legal-I would like to know if you smoke it-and  your opinion on its legalization.
Myself-In my life-Ive smoked so much pot its crazy.
I quit for a long time. Lately I been smoking it-alot-. I Like pot. I think It should be legal everywhere.Booze is legal-and POT is not? Wha? 

[retrorussell]

Sorry, I've always hated pot.  I can't stand the smell.  It's illegal here in Portland and people still do it all the time.  And the cops do nothing.  Yeah, alcohol is worse and I don't really do that either.  Just an old stick-in-the-mud fuddyduddy I guess.

[indianasmith]

I don't do any intoxicants.  Period.  Ever.
That being said, alcohol kills WAY more people than all illegal drugs combined.
I have become a very reluctant advocate for legalization.

[RCMerchant]

Sorry, I've always hated pot.  I can't stand the smell.  It's illegal here in Portland and people still do it all the time.  And the cops do nothing.  Yeah, alcohol is worse and I don't really do that either.  Just an old stick-in-the-mud fuddyduddy I guess.

There aint a damn thing wrong with being an old "fuddy duddy".
I was born in 1962-I cant stand new music for the most-but Im an addictive personality--now-s**t like Ecstasy,meth,or any other drug-I dont f**k with any other drugs. I did LSD in the 70's and 80's,cocaine,opium,herion,qualudes,mescaline,methadone,moriphine,mushrooms....I did em all. I drink whiskey and smoke pot now.

[RCMerchant]

I don't do any intoxicants.  Period.  Ever.
That being said, alcohol kills WAY more people than all illegal drugs combined.
I have become a very reluctant advocate for legalization.

I agree with you 100% Indy. I actually think they should make booze harder to get than pot!

[RCMerchant]

The war on pot has been a waste of money and human lives for decades-its time for it to STOP!
Throwing decent folks in jail for smoking a joint is insane-all-and I do mean ALL of the politictions since this country started have had get togethers that involved f**king BOOZE!
This country is a BOOZE and cigarettes country-and they slam POT? Horse s**t.

[Allhallowsday]

Angry BELA!  Angry!    

So now you're smokin' weed?  Who knew bourbon was a gateway drug?        Hey, lots of us lived (and I mean lived) through the '70s and '80s.  Heroin?  Yuck.  I knew lots of people who had been were etc, etc, yuck.  I knew a girl I loved and heroin killed her.  However, I get you.  I kind of had a moment where two friends of mine tonight saw no tragedy just disgust with PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN.   They had no experience with drug addiction.  I spoke up but shut my mouth with the hostile reception 'cause his death is damned f**king sordid.  He was a father of three, but I can't defend him.    

Back on topic:  You want weed?  Grow it.   

[Leah]

I like to see it use for medical use first.

[claws]

I don't do drugs or alcohol, though I did try both when I was younger.
Personally (this isn't an attack) I feel sorry for people who feel the need to "enhance" their life with pot, or alcohol.

[lester1/2jr]

It made sense in a way, sociologically, to ban it because it was foreign. It's part of the culture to an extent now though.

Also, more to the point, prohibition hasn't worked. By making it illegal they were supposed to make it hard to get and unaffordable, neither of which it achieved at all.

I don't smoke it.

[Flangepart]

Never done pot, have no desire to. I drink, but only when I'm at home for the day, or going to be somewhere long enough to loose the buzz.

I fear people who can't control dangerous objects when they're 'sober' as it is...when the brain is addled by booze or drugs...well, there is a good reason I'm a paranoid behind the wheel...

[Umaril Has Returned]

I don't do any intoxicants.  Period.  Ever.
That being said, alcohol kills WAY more people than all illegal drugs combined.
I have become a very reluctant advocate for legalization.

As one who has lost relatives to both alcohol and drugs, I wish that neither of them had ever come into existence.  My father was also a drug\alcohol addict and it cost him his family. So while the balance of power tips in the direction of the ones who want it, I can only hope that there exists some understanding for those of us who have good reason  to not want it, esp. if it's affected our families.

[Rev. Powell]

My experience with pot: loved it when I was a teenager. I very briefly fell into a group of stoners who smoked everyday and didn't like it at all. Just started feeling lethargic and a little "dopey" all the time; completely lost the fun. I returned to smoking it somewhere between once a week and once every two or three months through my twenties; never has any problem putting it down. Then I stopped for years simply because none of my friends smoked. Tried it again in my thirties, and apparently something in my brain chemistry had changed. Just couldn't get really high anymore; I felt slightly intoxicated but it was not much fun.

Overall I think that pot's no big deal. I understand there are some people who have an issue with it, but I think the verdict is in that it's a lot less damaging/debilitating than alcohol or most other drugs. If alcohol and pot were both discovered tomorrow and a panel of scientists had to pick one to be the social intoxicant of choice, I have no doubt weed would win.

I think it has close to zero value as medicine. That seems like a gigantic scam.

As far as drug control policy goes, I like the Portuguese decriminalization model. Possession of drugs for personal use is an administrative offense, not a criminal offense. Offenders can be fined, put on probation or enter drug treatment free of charge. They will NOT be thrown into prison. Sale of narcotics remains illegal like everywhere else. This seems to me like a well-balanced policy that is more humane to drug users but doesn't go so far as legalization.

[Javakoala]

I'm in favor of legalizing it and then taxing the snot out of it, booze, and cigarettes so that they are obtainable, but not every day items.

Of course, I believe that we should bill the cigarette companies for all the health-related issues that come from smoking. My tax dollars shouldn't help care for people who make stupid choices when they have had clear evidence for decades that it can destroy your health.

[WingedSerpent]

Never used it.

I don't dink alcohol (can't stand the taste) and I've been around smokers enough to know that's not for me either.  But the tax on them can help pay for things so if its legalized for that reason I can understand.

Like anything,  it's a risk vs reward situation.  I'm sure there will be some negative consequences to legal marijuana. Any substance can be dangerous if taken in excess, even water.  And there may be some others we just won't know about until they happen.  The question is will they out way the benefits of sin tax and non-violent offenders not going to jail.

I suppose if it where legal everywhere, I might try it.  But until then, I'm staying clean.