Should Cannabis be legalised?

[CrazyColaist]

I dont want a "yes" or a "no" answer, i would like a reason why.



I think it should be legalised with a high tax (same as **** and booze)

And also its because the goverment cant really do that much about it now. everyones[1] doing it. It's out of control

It has also medicaly been prooven to be heathier than smoking and drinking,

But also can get you addicted to ****, as some people (i dont put alot of backy in it) put bare in.

[1] i say everybody but alot of people do it now. Most of my friends do it. and some you'd never expect them to do it.


cant seem to find a poll function on here :S so ccould mod add it please? with the opitions of Yes- No And undecided. thanks

[Stryderman]

No,

If it was legalised then youd have like 10 year old kids buying it everywhere an smokin it literally everywhere, I dont really like the smell of it and people who are high off it do my head in, Its best kept out the way so i dont have to run into stoner kids everyday and smell it instead of my lovely aroma.

[CrazyColaist]

ofc they'd be a rule something like 16+ or even 18+


same as amsterdam rele.

[Eoin]

not legalised, but the laws on it should be relaxed.

[[Jay]]

I would say legalise it because there are more stuff thats legall which is worse then cannabis but saying this the main problem is that if it was to be legalised then people would obviously think its safe because its legal :rolleyes:

I think its fine the way it is but yeh do agree with post above that laws should be more relaxed.

[Special]

No

because it is worst than tabbaco, and we all seen the trouble with that, (banning in public places etc) and it would cause a lot of problems such as religious views and such

I don't think it will be legalized either, the people who want it legalized is just a minority.

But then again our government is willing to spend billions on war and give other countries million of pounds who knows...

[Tash.]

The problem with this is, if you legalise Cannabis you are promoting the fact that it's relatively safe to use, which isn't true. There again neither are cigarettes or alcohol, but they are cutting down or attempting to on these anyway.

On the other hand, keeping it as illegal like it is now is also dangerous. It's not a black market as such but it's less than safe because it's obviously not regulated or anything like that, so it could really be mixed with more dangerous substances without you knowing.

Overall, i'm going with no. I don't think that the message should be that it is safe and without consequences to use. The world is cutting down on tobacco so allowing cannabis to be legal sort of negates the point.

[GommeInc]

No, it shouldn't. Drugs are for stupid and/or boring people trying to be cool or admitting they have a problem being fun or lively. It's not even a social drug because you STINK while you take it and after - just as bad, if not worse, than someone who has recently smoked tobacco. At least alcohol is scentless at a distance. It's worse than tobacco, and even worse than alcohol. We do not want another pointless drug that has no real purpose in the real world to the masses :/

[DrLacero]

Yes it should. The decision to classify it as class B were purely based on opinion and not on scientific fact.

[FlyingJesus]

because it is worst than tabbaco

Well that's simply untrue, I'm not a cannabis smoker myself but I know there have been zero recorded cases of overdosing on it and smoked alone (ie: not with tobacco) it's not as bad on your lungs as far as I'm aware - feel free to prove me wrong on that if I am. Nor is it by any stretch of the imagination as addictive.

No, it shouldn't. Drugs are for stupid and/or boring people trying to be cool or admitting they have a problem being fun or lively. It's not even a social drug because you STINK while you take it and after - just as bad, if not worse, than someone who has recently smoked tobacco. At least alcohol is scentless at a distance.

Cocaine, speed and MDMA are pretty much scentless, dunno about heroin but I imagine that doesn't leave you smelling funky either. Is smell really an issue when it comes to legality?

It's worse than tobacco, and even worse than alcohol.

Where are you getting this from? And do you mean worse as in for your health (which it isn't), for addiction (which it isn't) or what?


Personally I'm not bothered whether it stays as it is or moves to class A or becomes free to anyone who wants a joint, I don't smoke it because I don't enjoy it, but economically I think there's a market for it if made legal. It would obviously be heavily regulated and you'd be sure that there's no goat turd or kitchen basil in it if it's done that way. Prices would rocket because of tax (which would be necessarily huge) and so there would still likely be the normal dealers that are out there now, except they would have reason to raise their prices too and so presumably less people would actually smoke it once the "hey it's legal let's get high" mentality runs out.