Legalize it Tax it Have sex with it Doesnt matter to me

1) legalize weed 2) watch high school turn to stoners 3) video stoners 4) blackmail 5) profit

I really do not have a firm opinion on whether it should be legal or illegal. However I do have worries, I feel I have a right to speak into this considering my former elongated recreational time with weed. I used to smoke it all the time. It was basically a routine. As the years went by, it did in fact lead to other drugs, because I was interested. If weed wasn't so bad what was wrong with any other drug? That was my thought process at the time. So for my first worry, this is one of them, while it may not be true for all, it was true for me and I know that to be the case with many other people. It can open the doors to questions and curiosity. However, this curiosity stems from a lack of information. (For example, other drugs do feel friggin fantastic; however, it can have extremely detrimental effects on your mental process, or your brains development. This is a subject not commonly taught about drugs. Mainly because all we know is that we are supposed to be terrified of these things! What a stupid way to teach people! Am I right? Through fear tactics and repetition.) Anyways, as the years went on I saw what I had begun to do to myself. I thought that weed was helping me to mature and stay positive and in the moment. This wasn't the case after repeated observations of myself and my thoughts, it was rather an illusion I had created for myself. Weed had spurred something I was already beginning to do, which was to deny who I really was as a person. I began to creat a "new" image of myself and the world around me. I felt this false sense of enlightenment at this feeling weed had given me. That it had given me a new "understanding." In conclusion my second worry is a falsity of self and beliefs. Which I feel can be a case for many people who use weed recreationally. I could go on for forever. I am interested to hear others opinions. I only wish for people to reply not with their heads but rather with heart. As a side note I do feel it is important to note I do not regret any of my past decisions. For they have helped me to become who I am today. Edit: As far as medicinal purposes. I believe we are very advanced in medicinal engineering. Therefore I think it is fair to say that weed could be used if proven beyond a shadow of a doubt as a beneficial healing herb, but I do not believe that the "high" effects are necessary. We as humans have the means to create medicine from it without the "high" effects. IF it is indeed beneficial medicinally.

It is much more serious than alcohol and kills you much quicker by crashing your dopamine levels.

We should just legalize all the drugs

Because it's already a government owned project but it's a secret. Lol idk. Legalize it and tax it for all I care, it's a damn plant. How are you gonna make a plant illegal because it's "harmful?" I mean shit people die from peanut allergies yet here we have peanuts in all kinds of candy and every store. Lmao

Just look at it like this 10 joints = half asleep/super hungry 10 advils = probably half dead if not completely 10 tequila shots = black out/alcohol poisoning 10 cigarettes = struggling to breathe 10 lines of coke = heart failure 10 injections of heroine = dead on scene 1 allergen + 1 allergic person = death/allergic reaction Now how many of these require a paramedic to respond? [i]~slowly tips hat and sparks blunt~[/i]

[quote]Really the only major thing that heavy marijuana use can do is increase your risk for developing schizophrenia.[/quote] Because, you know, schizophrenia is no big deal. Also, many of your arguments seem less of good reasons to legalize pot than good reasons to ban cigarettes and alcohol.