Why is Cannabis Illegal?

[Patrick Rue]

^yeah this thread pissed me off.

It was a really really stupid original post.

[w4d]

I think that Cannabis will be legalized soon anyway.

Such as the facts that for one: It's used in medicines and medicinal purposes towards Cancer patients.

For two: It's being legalized anyway in some states, since most Americans are so fucked up anyway that weed is pretty much the only thing that keeps them alive.

For three: Hell, even cops smoke weed. There's lots of ways around medicinal tests or urinal tests to look for the signs of marijuana in the body system. Also, the only "real" damage it does cause is some memory loss, but that's rare.

I lossed some of my memory, but I gained it back (how the hell I don't know why) and plus, I don't get hangovers after getting wasted or anything, and I don't get headaches anymore. I think I'm weird or just fucked up permanently in a good way. I'm considered advanced in some school subjects, and I am a sophomore.

Well, this answer pretty much turned into a discussion. Enjoy.

[cafverne]

it's illegal because it dissolves boundaries and catalyzes the imagination. the government goes to a lot of trouble to control what you think..

"so theres no doubt that one of the major issues of 20th century history surely in the united states is corporate propaganda.. its goal from the beginning perfectly, openly and consciously, was to control the public mind" -chomsky

let's not forget about the harrison narcotics act of 1937

it's an issue of prohibition tied into black market smuggling and social stigma

the clinical experiments with cannabis really only found as a negative side effect that it may slow down your perspective of time. the brain isnt harmed unless you're smoking some dank indian hash which then might make you go crazy.

[Praise Jah]

Once people start smoking weed regularly they tend to entirely quit doing jsut about everything else. I've noticed this in a number of my friends.

[Patrick Rue]

Originally Posted by cafverne

let's not forget about the harrison narcotics act of 1937 .

1914... and i dont think it included cannabis

[Jimmy Coonan]

^
No, it was just coke and opiates. The 1937 law, which made weed illegal federally, had a different name.

It was already illegal in some states before then.

[©antSEEme]

Originally Posted by Praise Jah

Once people start smoking weed regularly they tend to entirely quit doing jsut about everything else. I've noticed this in a number of my friends.

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[ShipofFools]

its okay for cancer patients, but we're not "allowed" to have it.
anyone else find this fucked up?

[420smokeman]

cannabis is not a health problam the problam is that it promotes social values and attitudes wich are unwelcome in capitalist marketplace society, a drug like coffee, with a horendus health profile compared to cannabis is completley welcomed into the marketplace and the home and lifestyle of modern people, this is that we value certin states of mind and fear and suspect others.

[Nerevar_4]

Originally Posted by w4d

Such as the facts that for one: It's used in medicines and medicinal purposes towards Cancer patients.

That’s one of the reasons why its illegal. Pharmaceutical companies don’t want your grandma to grow her own weed for free. They want people to use and buy their drugs. Really the only real reason why its illegal is the money involved. If cannabis were legal, it would put many people out of work, or out of money.

[Praise Jah]

Originally Posted by ©antSEEme

wow

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Oh no, you rolled your eyes at me!!!

I was just making an observation homie.

[sparky007]

why illegal because for starters the vietnam war the hippies that were protesting it smoked the the american goverment banned it because it was there main drug and the oil compaines were a part of it as well because you can make fuel for heating and to run cars and the last time i checked a drug is a chemical imbound substance eg alcohol, coke crack .cannabis has no chemicals natural grown and if a load of people came of of a coffee shop in holland there is no fighting unlike bars and that is from experience

[Bad dog]

Originally Posted by Praise Jah

Once people start smoking weed regularly they tend to entirely quit doing jsut about everything else. I've noticed this in a number of my friends.

The problem here is Western society.

The above point is valid.

society is based on keeping people too busy and unhappy in order to have you make money and be productive.
You are generally too busy to think about 'why'.
You are surrounded by distractions such as football, the olympics, sporting events in general, TV, home entertainment etc to keep you from asking 'what is it all about'.


Cannabis only enhances spiritual and certain artistic areas of the brain productively.

Be honest, in day to day life drugs don't enhance productivety. (except coke and speed) but then the increase is only temporary.


Drugs, including cannabis harm productivety for societies purpose.

For most individuals it is benificial, but for modern society it is not.

[GirlsHateMe]

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[©antSEEme]

if your "friends" want to use marijuana as an excuse to get lazy and flunk out of life, then maybe they wernt that productive to begin with.

i understand the point jah was making, but in my life, i know plenty of not only productive ppl, but highly respected productive ppl who smoke cannabis on a daily basis, and still somehow find time to go to work, pay the bills, raise their kids, and do the same years on end. in fact, i know more ppl who are productive weed smokers than the other way around. but i guess it's all just opinion, from both sides.

[GirlsHateMe]

Originally Posted by Bad dog

The problem here is Western society.

The above point is valid.

society is based on keeping people too busy and unhappy in order to have you make money and be productive.
You are generally too busy to think about 'why'.
You are surrounded by distractions such as football, the olympics, sporting events in general, TV, home entertainment etc to keep you from asking 'what is it all about'.


Cannabis only enhances spiritual and certain artistic areas of the brain productively.

Be honest, in day to day life drugs don't enhance productivety. (except coke and speed) but then the increase is only temporary.


Drugs, including cannabis harm productivety for societies purpose.

For most individuals it is benificial, but for modern society it is not.

Yeah the fact that hemp is a better use for about 10,000 things we use on a daily basis doesnt mean it should be legal at alll

fuckin dip shit, why do you even post here....

[Mafoo]

Originally Posted by Bad dog

The problem here is Western society.

The above point is valid.

society is based on keeping people too busy and unhappy in order to have you make money and be productive.
You are generally too busy to think about 'why'.
You are surrounded by distractions such as football, the olympics, sporting events in general, TV, home entertainment etc to keep you from asking 'what is it all about'.


Cannabis only enhances spiritual and certain artistic areas of the brain productively.

Be honest, in day to day life drugs don't enhance productivety. (except coke and speed) but then the increase is only temporary.


Drugs, including cannabis harm productivety for societies purpose.

For most individuals it is benificial, but for modern society it is not.

so youre telling me that free market sale of cannabis would harm productivity in our society!? were facing a huge deficit and saving about a billion $ a year not locking up non violent marijuana related 'criminals' seems like it would be a step toward productivity.

[chickadee]

Originally Posted by Nerevar_4

That’s one of the reasons why its illegal. Pharmaceutical companies don’t want your grandma to grow her own weed for free. They want people to use and buy their drugs. Really the only real reason why its illegal is the money involved. If cannabis were legal, it would put many people out of work, or out of money.

Yes I was going to say this. It's because we could grow our own medicine. Luckily I live in a state where it is legal for this, and I hope that it's changing everywhere.
Anyway the anti-drug movement has only created a worse drug problem. Mother Theresa said she would never attend and anti-war rally but would attend peace rallies. You give energy and attention to what you want, not what you don't want.

[Ziggy Fry]

Originally Posted by gosox

cannabis a.k.a marijuana will be legalized in the USA here soon enough,that's how i see it anyways.because there is no reason to keep it illegal and it would be more beneficiary to the USA financially

I disagree. There has not been a reason to keep it illegal since it stopped being ok to say "Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."

Quote found here: Why is Marijuana Illegal?


And non-smoked marijuana does harm the body. Not enough to keep me from doing it, but enough to make you look dumb for saying it is harmless. I do not remember exactly what part of the brain it was, but there was a study that showed that in marijuana users' brains, a part responsible for word recall was smaller than non-users.

Sin.Ziggy.