What is your view on cannabis?

[AgnesIO]

can't believe i'm still replying to a media brainwash victim, 3 hours ago you thought that smoking cannabis could result in death lol, glad i've taught you something

Sorry but you haven't.

You simply twisted what I was saying, and then went on to ignore my reasoning behind the comment. Technically smoking cigarettes has never killed anyone either.

To be honest, the fact is fairly obvious here. Anyone who smokes cannabis (like yourself) is evidently going to say it should be legalised.

[velvet]

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[Ardemax]

no it isn't. not more so than an *REMOVED* or anything else that raises your heart rate. it would only have a real, negative effect on someone with a heart condition.
it isn't actually the cannabis that has that effect, it's the process of smoking it. if you vaporize it it's not half as bad.

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[AgnesIO]

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I would have thought staying on topic does more for debates than simply deciding to no longer reply.

Is it not a totally valid point, that if you smoke cannabis you will obviously vote for it to be legalised...

[MKR&*42]

Those who don't smoke it may also campaign for it to be legalised? I'm confused what you're saying about "smoke it = you want it legalised".

I only believe it should be legalised (alongside other drugs) because I don't think the government should restrict what you consume yourself. It's your body, if you're going to harm it by taking drugs then no-one has the right to ban you from doing so. You may find it distasteful, a stupid decision etc. but it is an individual's free choice and the only person it would directly affect is themselves. Once you start controlling drugs or other items (like alcohol in the US in the 19...20s?) you remove free choice which isn't "fair".

Oh and yes Kardan I agree it's a bit stupid to say there are no health risks associated with smoking cannabis. There's bound to be one at least.

[Kardan]

Those who don't smoke it may also campaign for it to be legalised? I'm confused what you're saying about "smoke it = you want it legalised".

I only believe it should be legalised (alongside other drugs) because I don't think the government should restrict what you consume yourself. It's your body, if you're going to harm it by taking drugs then no-one has the right to ban you from doing so. You may find it distasteful, a stupid decision etc. but it is an individual's free choice and the only person it would directly affect is themselves. Once you start controlling drugs or other items (like alcohol in the US in the 19...20s?) you remove free choice which isn't "fair".

Oh and yes Kardan I agree it's a bit stupid to say there are no health risks associated with smoking cannabis. There's bound to be one at least.

I agree with "Smoke it = Legalise it", since obviously the people who do smoke it are breaking the law, and unless they don't mind getting in trouble, then they would want to legalise it. People that don't want to smoke it and want it legalised is a different point, and I'm sure there are people out there that fall under that

I'd still like someone to tell me why kids wouldn't be allowed to smoke it if there are no ill effects...

[MKR&*42]

I agree with "Smoke it = Legalise it", since obviously the people who do smoke it are breaking the law, and unless they don't mind getting in trouble, then they would want to legalise it. People that don't want to smoke it and want it legalised is a different point, and I'm sure there are people out there that fall under that

I'd still like someone to tell me why kids wouldn't be allowed to smoke it if there are no ill effects...

Who has said that because I don't agree with that . I agree there are health risks and that you should have a decent level of maturity to decide if you'd like to take it.

[Kardan]

Who has said that because I don't agree with that . I agree there are health risks and that you should have a decent level of maturity to decide if you'd like to take it.

People have said that there are no health issues, and it essentially just makes you calm... So if that's the case, surely they would be okay with giving cannabis to children? For example to calm kids down when they're on a multiple-hour flight to the other side of the world...

Personally I think that's wrong, as I think there are health issues...

[MKR&*42]

People have said that there are no health issues, and it essentially just makes you calm... So if that's the case, surely they would be okay with giving cannabis to children? For example to calm kids down when they're on a multiple-hour flight to the other side of the world...

Personally I think that's wrong, as I think there are health issues...

Oh well then I believe that's utterly wrong, no-one can try and make cannabis seem like a saint. With any drug you take there are bound to be some issues otherwise it never would have been banned in the first place. If there are studies that say it's fine and others which say it's horrific, it's best to adopt the middle ground and just assume it's ok but not all good. 'Cause yes, if it did have no health issues then it wouldn't make sense to ban it for children.

I would like an explanation for that as well

[AgnesIO]

Oh well then I believe that's utterly wrong, no-one can try and make cannabis seem like a saint. With any drug you take there are bound to be some issues otherwise it never would have been banned in the first place. If there are studies that say it's fine and others which say it's horrific, it's best to adopt the middle ground and just assume it's ok but not all good. 'Cause yes, if it did have no health issues then it wouldn't make sense to ban it for children.

I would like an explanation for that as well

@Special and @velvet are the ones who can answer that for you, if they reply.