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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.

I think it depends on the state of the persons mind, and how the drug affects the individual. But make no mistake about it, some people do become violent and agressive, especially if they can't handle the effects.

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?

Because most of those drugs that are legal through perscription are designed to treat a specific illness, whereas maiguana would be legalized for recreational use.

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.

Im not saying this to try to be 'anti-drugs'. But Im also not saying this looking at some kind of accurate statistics about the subject. What i do know, is that when you start to obtain illegial drugs such as weed, there will be people you deal with who will also offer other illegial drugs, and that more than the actual drug itself is what would lead to a person moving up the chain of 'higher drugs'. I was trying to say its not the actual drug itself, but more the social scene in which a person becomes involved in.

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 remember when i started smoking cigarettes (back workin for greg lasrado, god damn stressful) ... i couldnt have more than a few cigarettes each night ... your body would build up a resistance to the drug and an ability to cope with it, which in turn would make you crave more.

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

Do you not think people do this already?

Not as much as cigarettes. Can you imagine employees in a company ducking out for a weed break ... that would SEVERELY affect their productivity.

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.

Its not a dumb statement at all, its actually a question, but probably not phrased as well as it should have been. I didnt mean pick the drug that will 'benefit' us in regards to helping us with specific medical conditions. I meant to say that if only one of these drugs could be chosen as a recreational drug, which one would people prefer. 'I would rather see a whole bunch of people on extacy walking around hugging each other after a big night, than seeing drunk people getting beating the crap out of each other' as an example.


Im not saying i dont want weed legalized, im not saying i want it to stay illegial. I dont really know what i want, im just voicing my opinions and raising some questions which im enjoying the answers too.

Cheers for the response btw Red, its great to hear from someone who actually has some medial training in regards to drugs