Why is Cannabis Illegal? - Page 4

Kishar · 09-04-2008, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by BearsysRevenge

I don't mean the bullshit propaganda.
I mean that if one was to completely remove propaganda from the playing field, what valid reason(s) could/do politicians give to justify why cannabis is still illegal? Also aside from money being a factor.

If you people want to know the truth you need to watch this documentary. It's on Showtime.

American Drug War: The Last White Hope - War on Drugs

KGB420 · 09-04-2008, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by mookie

Therefore, Marijuana will always remain illegal.

Not always, man. Just for the foreseeable future.

Bad dog · 09-05-2008, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by GirlsHateMe

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....

I post here because I have been smoking for over 20 years and have more experience of drugs than most of you have of life.

BTW the hemp that is used for 10 000 things isnt the hemp you can smoke and get high on.

Drugs should not be illegal, but we live in a fucked up society where idiots like you are allowed to call other members 'dip shit' on a serious forum.

BTW you don't need drugs, you are stupid enough already.

Charley Phogg · 09-05-2008, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Bad dog

serious forum.

lol

stateofkane · 09-05-2008, 03:27 PM

I'm glad cannabis is illegal. It's more fun that way and the tax would be too high if legal.

©antSEEme · 09-05-2008, 03:33 PM

^^and the winner for "most retarded post @ yahooka" goes to that guy!!!

YAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!! WOO-HOO!!!!

/bawls

zoltron · 09-05-2008, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by stateofkane

I'm glad cannabis is illegal. It's more fun that way and the tax would be too high if legal.

That is the most ignorant statement I've heard in a long time. The tax would be too high? Like more than what ozs cost nowadays?

If you want to have 'fun doing illegal shit', smother your mother for giving birth to a moron!!

The Rev · 09-05-2008, 05:57 PM

Pot is illegal because it makes white women seek sexual congress with negroes and musicians. Everyone knows that.

The Rev

Ziggy Fry · 09-05-2008, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by zoltron

"Non-smoked marijuana does harm the body"? What does THAT mean? You mean if a person ingests it? That's ridiculous. If you dissect everything that goes into one's body, everything is potentially harmful.
Compare weed to tobacco -- tobacco kills how many hundreds of thousands annually? Weed kills 0. How about comparing weed to alcohol? Booze kills hundreds of thousands each year. Weed kills 0.
Tobacco & alcohol are both readily available to people 21 yrs of age & over, yet both substances continue killing people daily. How many deaths have you heard about from cannabis exclusively? 0!!

Chill out, dude. You make it sound like I'm anti-weed.

I gave an example of how ingested marijuana can harm you. Long term, heavy use can supposedly hurt the part of your brain that has to do with word recall.

Too much vitamin C will give you diarrhea, but it's recommended that you get it every day.

Seriously, man. You don't have to give the whole spiel to a regular on yahooka.

Sin.Ziggy.

Smaerd · 09-06-2008, 11:10 AM

Damnnn that must be why sometimes I forget words as I am saying them hahaa. I always just thought it was cuz of other abuse haha.

the-who? · 09-07-2008, 03:26 AM

weed... it is no more harmful than alcohol.

We can all agree that alcohol is great, but some people abuse it.

"So why should we make this mistake again and legalize another substance to be abused"

this and the fact that most people who get stoned, drive stoned... are, imo, the only somewhat logical reasons as to why weed should be illegal.

Bad dog · 09-07-2008, 09:06 AM

let's spell it out for the slow learners here.

cannabis is a narcotic.
a narcotic is something that makes you sleepy.
they don't want you to be sleepy, they want you to active.

©antSEEme · 09-07-2008, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Bad dog

let's spell it out for the slow learners here.

cannabis is a narcotic.
a narcotic is something that makes you sleepy.
they don't want you to be sleepy, they want you to active.

*sigh* pick up a book sometime bondi before you keep repeating falsities.

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Originally Posted by wiki

In U.S. legal context, narcotic refers to opium, opium derivatives, and their semi-synthetic or fully synthetic substitutes "as well as cocaine and coca leaves," which although classified as "narcotics" in the U.S. Controlled Substances Act (CSA), are chemically not narcotics. Contrary to popular belief, marijuana is not a narcotic, nor are LSD and other psychedelic drugs. Specifically, steroids are not narcotics.

Narcotic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Originally Posted by narcoticnews

Legally speaking, Marijuana is NOT a narcotic. Marijuana is essentially Cannabis and thus Cannabis is not a narcotic either. The definition of the word Narcotic can be a noun or an adjective. There are various definitions for the word "Narcotic". Depending on the sense of how the word is used, marijuana could be used in speech as being a narcotic, but the word in legal terms would not apply. In the federal controlled substances act Marijuana is listed as a non-narcotic. Cocaine is also NOT a narcotic. However, opium and heroin are narcotics.

Marijuana Information, Is Marijuana a Narcotic?

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Originally Posted by druglibrary

Marijuana is not a narcotic. Although California law calls it a narcotic, it is pharmacologically distinct from the family of opium derivatives and synthetic narcotics. (Wolstenholme, 1965; Watt, 1965; Garattini, 1965; 1 Crim 5351 Calif. District Court of Appeal, 1st Appel. Dist.)

Marijuana (Cannabis) Fact Sheet

Bad dog · 09-08-2008, 01:03 PM

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*sigh* pick up a book sometime bondi before you keep repeating falsities.

Narcotic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'll take the Oxford dictionary as my book to pick up.

Narcotic = causing sleep or drowsiness
Narcossis = a state of sleep or drowsiness especially caused by drugs.
Drug = a substance used in medicine / a substance that works on the nervous system.

Books are wonderfull sources of information, all of your info comes from the internet.

I will testify that if one consumes thc, amongst other effects (such as effecting your nervous system), it will make you drowsy and sleep. It is also considered to be medicinal in EVERY culture (even our own, if only recently)
therefore cannabis is a narcotic and it is a drug.

Whether drugs are good or bad, or whether they should be legal / illegal are totally different issues.

To argue the normalisation of drugs effectively requires one to maintain an objective point of view. Otherwise people won't take you seriously about the issue.

©antSEEme · 09-08-2008, 01:13 PM

i have books. law books, drug books, and also that same fucking dictionary. i used quotes from the internet to let you know im not talking out of my ass, here.

and by your same logic bondi, being tired makes you sleepy. i guess being tired is a narc too?

some ppl get sleepy after a warm cup of milk. milk is a narc too, huh?

and lets not forget sleeping pills, or even tylenol pm. i guess those two are narcs, aswell.

im not one of these ppl who says marijuana is completly harmless. on the contrary, any smoke into your lungs brings carcinogens. carcinogens = bad. but, marijuana is a mild hallucinogen, not a narcotic. only ppl who usually speak out against the use of marijuana, medically or recreationaly, are the ones who use the term narcotic for it. and the chemical in cannabis that causes sleepiness, CBD (cannabidiol), would more likley be legally classified as a sedative. not a narcotic. no opiates are found in marijuana. done.

Bad dog · 09-08-2008, 01:26 PM

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and by your same logic bondi, being tired makes you sleepy. i guess being tired is a narc too?

some ppl get sleepy after a warm cup of milk. milk is a narc too, huh?

and lets not forget sleeping pills, or even tylenol pm. i guess those two are narcs, aswell.

.

Not my logic but the english language definition.

Man, you gotto stop denying it. The weed does fuck with your brain.
I have been smoking over 20 years and weed has changed me in many ways. Some good and some not so good.

The issue here is one of civil liberty. Why should it be illegal for you to do anything that you want to with your own body? (as long as it doesn't harm anybody else).
Why does society create laws that cannot be enforced?

These are far more relivent subjects.

The facts are that you are pissed that 'the man' tells you what you can and cannot do to YOURSELF.
At the end of the day you have no control over your own life and body.

Suicide is also illegal. Don't forget.

©antSEEme · 09-08-2008, 01:31 PM

you are assuming im typing these posts out of anger. and youre right, civil liberty is far more of a relivent subject. but ppl calling marijuana a narcotic, even though it is LEGALLY not, is wrong. narcotic sounds a hell of a lot worse than mild hallucinogen, which is why its used. and you are using one of several definitions of the term narcotic, even though, legally, the term narcotic describes opiates, natural and synthetics. its a bad thing to do if you are supposedly for the use of cannabis. tis all im saying.

stateofkane · 09-08-2008, 04:37 PM

Narcotic is a legal term that technically can apply to cannabis. This isn't an issue of how harmful or dangerous it is, but that it's illegal. It would be cheaper if legal, but the actual monetary cost reduction would come with a new cost. There would be taxes, restrictions, and a new debate about where/when people would be allowed to smoke would be brought up. You have to think about not whether it should be legal, but whether it's worth it. I say no.

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stateofkane YaHookan Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 172 Thanks: 1 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts	I'm glad cannabis is illegal. It's more fun that way and the tax would be too high if legal.