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1. pot affects different people in different ways. Not everyone becomes cool, calm and collected while using pot. Alot of people become very negatively affected by it, some even become violent. It especially dosen't help if the person already has mental related problems.

While it's true that any drug can have an adverse effect on any one person, I've never met anyone who became violent from smoking pot and I have been smoking it and been around many smokers for over 30 years.

2. alcahol and cigarettes are drugs. Just because they are legalized and taxable drugs, dosen't make them any less potent or dangerous. We all accept that cigarettes cause lung cancer. We all accept that drinking impares our judgement, heightens our emotions and is addictive to the point of death.

Yes they are drugs and they are more dangerous because they are physically addictive, where as marijuana is a phychological addiction. There are also many more dangerous drugs that are legal through prescription, so why souldn't the least dangerous of them all be legal?

You do start to associate with people who can obtain this drug for you.

Oh please, most people do not get their pot from crack house pushers in dark alleyways. I've always gotten mine from friends who grow it or people I've worked with.

I dont think pot should be legalized for a few reasons. Someone mentioned that it causes lung cancer, and thats true. I think its like 4 times the amount of tar in ever joint. That said, your not going to smoke as many joints as you would cigarettes ............ or would you?

There are 20 cigarettes to a pack, if I had to smoke 20 joints a day, I'd find me some better shit.

I wouldnt want people going out for a 'smoke' break and having a joint.

Do you not think people do this already?

Line these drugs up side by side and forget about the legal implications for a second. If you could choose only one drug to be legalised, which one would it be. And dont pick your personal preferance, but pick the one that you think would benefit society more than any other:

Alcahol
Cigarettes
Pot
Extacy
LSD

That's just a dumb statement. The only drug that has benefits is marijauna. Now before you think I'm only saying this, because I smoke it, let me point out that I have a degree in pharmacy technology and I've taught pharmacology for the past two years, so Im not just talking out my ass.

Marijuana is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known. No one has ever died from an overdose, and it has a wide variety of therapeutic applications, and beneficial in treatment of the following ailments:

AIDS - it reduces the nausea, vomiting and loss of appitite caused by the disease and it's medications.

Glaucoma - It reduces intraoccular pressure relieving the pain and can slow down or even stop damage to the eyes.

Cancer - It helps the nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy

MS - it can limit the muscle pain and reduce tremors.

Epilepsy - in some cases it's been known to prevent epileptic seizures

Chronic pain - it helps in the relif of muscle pain, menstral cramps and other chronic pain and it's even helpful in dealing with alcohol addiction. (which by the way, is waht LSD was being used for before the government made it illegal in 1970.)

ok, I'm done.