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As PMG said, it's not an opinion, there's factual evidence to support whichever side is true (And I believe the "winning side" is that marijuana is a harmful drug) Legalizing it publicly would not be a good idea seeing the condition of so many drug-addicts. It would cause a whole load of problems, depression, theft, etc. (all moreso than before) and we all know we don't need more of those.

But Karmaism, I'm confused, you seem to eb switching back and forth from the sides. Are you for or against legalization of marijauna? (Both medically and publicly)

I talked to my father who is a very famous Canadian doctor and he said that marijuana is worse thancigarrettes.Personally i am opposed to marijuana but i shouldnt make that choice for everyone.

Marijuana > Beer> Cigarrettes >LSD or Cocaine.

I see...

Oops cigarrettes worse than weed.I don't think it is a matter of which is worse but of whether the government should decide whether you can be high or you do.

LSD doesn't lead to cancer, smarty.

I think we are getting off-topic.The topic was MARIJUANA legal or illegal.Not "Is LSD the worst drug".

We just passed a statewide public-places ban about a month ago here in Colorado. Most places are losing money, but some are building outdoor smoking patios.

I'm not sure about you, but I'm getting fairly sick of seeing the hateful and violent nature of religion being justified and dismissed through the claim that only the minority are turned into biggoted, murderous, psychotic bastards through its practice. Every time another abortion doctor is murdered, innocent people are beaten because of their sexual preference or some nut kills her whole family because God told her to, my critisism of religion is met with, "But not all Christians are like that! Those are just the bad ones!" And I will not debate this fact. It's true that the vast majority of religiously driven people do not run around killing and beating people.

However, let's give this some thought. Take a look at this video clip from the show "Trading Spouses". This woman should be locked up. I've seen people overdosed on LSD who were more rational. From the clip, you can see that her family is obviously frightened by her. The idea that this woman is actually running around loose on the streets at this very moment almost makes me want to stay indoors. She is a sad example of the state of mind to which religion is capable of driving people. We must, however, realize that not all people are affected in this way. Only some of them.

Keep this in mind. We'll come back to our friendly, neighborhood Christian wingnut shortly.

In 2004, almost 2 million arrests were made for drug abuse violations. Between 1994 and 1998, an average of 5.2% of all homocides in the US were motivated by illegal drug use and sales. In fact, 22.4% of Federal and 32.6% of all state inmates in 1997 reported that they were under the influence of drugs at the time they were arrested for their crimes. Drugs are illegal because they cause people to act in an uncivilized and sometimes violent way. Drugs are bad, mmmkay?

Do drugs cause such a reaction in all people? No. In 2004 there were 19.1 million drug users in the US. So, either massive millions of drug users are slyly getting away with drug related murders while they're stoned to oblivion -- or they're simply not committing them. But because drugs can motivate a small minority of the people who use them to behave in a socially destructive way, they are forbidden to be used even by the vast majority who aren't affected in this way.

Religion can and has driven millions of people into an unstable, psychotic state. Religiously motivated violence, including holy wars, acts of terrorism and simple murders, vandalism and assaults have far overshadowed the number of these same crimes that were drug inspired. Yet, the integrity of religion is defended by the reasoning that only the minority is affected in this way -- at the same time this very same reasoning is used to criminalize and demonize drug users! You are free to practice your religion because God doesn't whisper to everyone and tell them to fire bomb the gay bar down the block. But a guy who holds a steady job, pays his rent and has never hurt anyone will go to jail for the rest of his his natural life because he likes to smoke the same particular weed as some freak job who stabbed his neighbor's cat to death with a salad fork after he smoked it!

We can't have it both ways, folks. If it's a crime to use something that causes even a few people to turn into psycho Funk and kill people, then religion has to go. If, on the other hand, a way of life that has driven people to violence and murder can be justified by casting judement only on the majority, then drugs must be free to be used by whoever chooses to indulge.

Unfortunately, no one has the balls to support either idea. And there's no logical reason not to...

...unless, of course, one of these groups of people is making the laws for the other.

Well, the main reason Marijauna is so infamous, is because the people selling it put horrible chemicals in it, that cause death, but raise addiction. If all the chemicals were removed, it wouldn't be A+ still, but it'd be like cigarretes almost, only more... graphic. If they made putting certain chemicals in it illegal, then I would say they should treat it like smoking. You can smoke it in private places, like your home, but not in places that are public, because they would not like it.

If they don't realize the chemicals put in it, then, I'd say, illegal.

I absolutely think that marijuana should be illegal. It has negative effects on the body, both physical and mental--if overused. That almost goes without saying.