Why is Marijuana Illegal???????

[bittersweet81]

WHY??????????????????????????????????????????????

I don't get it.

 

[pulse8]

 

[notfred]

Why is it illegal to drive w/o a seatbelt?

 

[Vic]

corruption

 

[Ryan]

Are you high right now, or are you naturally stupid?

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: bittersweet81
WHY??????????????????????????????????????????????

I don't get it.

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THAT'S why!

 

[Beau]

Jebus... move to Toronto and STFU.

It impairs your consciousness to an unsafe level, nuff said.

 

[damiano]

Originally posted by: rbloedow
Are you high right now, or are you naturally stupid?

# 1

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: Beau
It impairs your consciousness to an unsafe level, nuff said.

Correctomundo

 

[Rogue]

Why is the sky blue??? Jesus, some things just are what they are. Get over it. Go eat some Doritos or something and start thinking deep thoughts somewhere else. The rest of us here are trying to lead productive, drug free lives.

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: notfred
Why is it illegal to drive w/o a seatbelt?

Because it's unsafe to drive without a seatbelt. That has nothing to do with marijuana.

BitterSweet: It's illegal mainly because of racism in the 20s and 30s, from what I have heard. Jazz musicians were the ones smoking it most of the time, as well as Mexicans. Also, the cotton industry saw hemp as a threat to their livelihood and lobbied to have marijuana/hemp outlawed.

NOTE: I don't know for sure. If anyone has the honest facts, I'd be interested to hear them.

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: damiano

Originally posted by: rbloedow
Are you high right now, or are you naturally stupid?

# 1

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: Beau
It impairs your consciousness to an unsafe level, nuff said.

Correctomundo

LOL! and several legal drugs don't??

 

[stormbv]

For no good reasons, that's for sure.

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: Beau
It impairs your consciousness to an unsafe level, nuff said.

Correctomundo

LOL! and several legal drugs don't??

Lots do. Lots are illegal too. All that are legal are given for reasons like PERSCRIBED pain relief, etc., and have a dosage plan and warning lables.

 

[Ynog]

http://www.earthgreen.org/hemp.htm

But in the early 1900?s, as the paper industry grew, it came to a crossroads, needing to choose between hemp and trees as its primary source of pulp. If the hemp plant was chosen, the logging industry would be threatened with financial ruin.
William Hearst, owner of a large timber company and many newspapers printed from tree-derived paper, started a campaign to stop hemp. He filled his newspapers with stories portraying hemp as a drug used by ?criminals and minorities.? Hearst used the Mexican slang word ?marijuana? instead if ?hemp? to help change its image from the all-American plant to an evil drug ?used by minorities. Hearst was joined by Du Pont and several other companies that saw a potential for profit in outlawing hemp. For Hearst and his enormous timber company, making hemp illegal was attractive because it guaranteed an enormous market for paper made from wood. For Du Pont, making hemp illegal would eliminate the stiffest competition for the company?s new synthetic fabrics, such as nylon. Because of their efforts, people became afraid of this ?dangerous drug,? and hemp became illegal. In the process, many potential benefits to our society were also lost.
The fact that some forms of the hemp plant also produce a psychoactive substance (THC) should not blind us to the tremendous benefits this plant can provide. Hemp can be grown without any THC, making it pharmacologically inert and completely undesirable to smoke.

Edit: Forgot the link

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: damiano

Originally posted by: rbloedow
Are you high right now, or are you naturally stupid?

# 1

I'm guessing a 'lil #2 as well....

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: Beau
It impairs your consciousness to an unsafe level, nuff said.

Correctomundo

LOL! and several legal drugs don't??

What I like is how we shovel Ritalin down our kid's throats then turn around and tell them not to smoke pot, which arguably may have some beneficial uses in medicine (Glaucoma, for instance).

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Beau

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: Beau
It impairs your consciousness to an unsafe level, nuff said.

Correctomundo

LOL! and several legal drugs don't??

Lots do. Lots are illegal too. All that are legal are given for reasons like PERSCRIBED pain relief, etc., and have a dosage plan and warning lables.

Oh damn! And here I am without my prescription for alcohol

idiot.

 

[Rogue]

The problem with your entire story is that guys like you can't smoke a tree and do dumb $hit, so it was probably a good decision in the end.

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: Encryptic

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: Beau
It impairs your consciousness to an unsafe level, nuff said.

Correctomundo

LOL! and several legal drugs don't??

What I like is how we shovel Ritalin down our kid's throats then turn around and tell them not to smoke pot, which arguably may have some beneficial uses in medicine (Glaucoma, for instance).

Taking medications to correct chemical imbalances is a little different that taking drugs recreationally for silly physical effects.

I've probably done more drugs than most people on this board, I still strongly support their being illegal.

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: Beau

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: Beau
It impairs your consciousness to an unsafe level, nuff said.

Correctomundo

LOL! and several legal drugs don't??

Lots do. Lots are illegal too. All that are legal are given for reasons like PERSCRIBED pain relief, etc., and have a dosage plan and warning lables.

Oh damn! And here I am without my prescription for alcohol

idiot.

Alcohol was illegal too at one point. Look how well that worked, before the US government caved in and revoked it.

Has anyone ever died from smoking pot? No.

Has anyone ever died from drinking? Hmmmmm.....

 

[bittersweet81]

Originally posted by: Encryptic

Originally posted by: notfred
Why is it illegal to drive w/o a seatbelt?

Because it's unsafe to drive without a seatbelt. That has nothing to do with marijuana.

BitterSweet: It's illegal mainly because of racism in the 20s and 30s, from what I have heard. Jazz musicians were the ones smoking it most of the time, as well as Mexicans. Also, the cotton industry saw hemp as a threat to their livelihood and lobbied to have marijuana/hemp outlawed.

NOTE: I don't know for sure. If anyone has the honest facts, I'd be interested to hear them.

Yeah your right. If you havn't seen the movie "Grass" narrated by Woody Harrelson I would recommend it. Covers a lot of the bull sh*t politics that has kept it illegal through the years.

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: Beau

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: Beau
It impairs your consciousness to an unsafe level, nuff said.

Correctomundo

LOL! and several legal drugs don't??

Lots do. Lots are illegal too. All that are legal are given for reasons like PERSCRIBED pain relief, etc., and have a dosage plan and warning lables.

Oh damn! And here I am without my prescription for alcohol

idiot.

Which, IMO, is no different. Just will never change because too many people drink regularly, and have for millennia, so it's become socially acceptable.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Rogue
The problem with your entire story is that guys like you can't smoke a tree and do dumb $hit, so it was probably a good decision in the end.

Actually the real problem is that most of America has been effectively brainwashed into forgetting that people do dumb sht!t even without the assistance of drugs.