Cannabis

I appreciate your well-sided response and say it was very well-worded and constructed.As you noticed, yes, I enjoy to discuss the health of the public. (and I apologize in advance for any new points I may squeeze into my retort - here is the first one) Smoking in public is being legally diminished, and as I attempt to keep as close as possible to yours views, I feel you'd clench that this is wrong. Freedom to please one's self with substance should be their choice and none should be prosecuted for it, but instead all should attempt to teach not to do it or not to do it in public, as I think you might say. However, second-hand smoking is a disaster in the home, and it has been a very controversial topic when regarding recreation in public places. It has been forced out of almost all restaurants, public transit, campuses, and many, many more venues. I hate the smell of cigarette smoke, and it ticks me off when it's from a stranger. How would anyone feel about a second-hand high from recreational use of marijuana? The nation would be outraged and I think we can see which sides would form. Smelling any smoke that one does not want to smell voluntary is terribly unpleasant and outrageous in many aspects. Some would be enraged if it would simply force someone walking on the sidewalk to advert themselves. Others might say that parents do not particularly want their children to see people hitting bongs or fat rolls, as they also attempt and succeed mostly with keeping them from alcohol and nicotine abuse. As for the step back in society, this is what I thought of to come to my stance. In many cultures, small and large, alcohol is the destruction of man and the earth, as it destroys inhibitions and conscience, the things that make us human. Imagine that everything considered terribly bad to our health was against international morality, or even the state's laws: tobacco, marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, alcohol, caffeine, energy drinks, etc. I am stating that legalizing any of these is a step back in strides we've tried to make in society: strides to make our communities sterile and helpful environments free of horrible sickness and careless, helpless deaths. In a utopia, obviously, everything in the world would be legal, but everything done would be morally correct. This is wild, but we do not come closer to a more helpful society with the inclusion of casual use of THC, or anything I listed with it. Lastly, to your last sentence on stepping back in society, you are correct. That is a perfect argument to any change in number of people that would use/abuse marijuana. We should, however, not teach more or less about the effects that this would cause just because it is still illegal. We should teach the effects of THC now as much as you say we would if it became legal. Alright, I quickly copied and pasted that stupid article. Rereading it with knowledge that had slipped my mind while reading it in the first place shows that it is quite ridiculous. I shall, though, say that there are many unknowns to the effects of the "drug" on the mind, and a few unknowns on its effects on the body, included with the side effects correct in the article (and a few long term affects). Also, if some one is high (as people are drunk now), they could get into a car and kill a family of 4 instantly. This could cause many more indirect deaths that are accepted by people taking your stand. I know, it all depends on the person hitting it, but that's just the thing. Many could have wild side effects that could effect the moral of the nation and any new business of marijuana sales that would emerge.I still think that more people would smoke weed if it were legal and available to them there. I completely agree with you that it would be better for them and their peers if they chose it over alcohol, but I still don't want to make it legal. I don't drink, but I could. I don't want to. It's readily available but it is illegal at my age. Now, if it were perfectly legal and as cheap as it is now, I would be much, much more enticed to drink it. Same with everyone, and same with marijuana. I also agree that it is stupidly easy to obtain cannabis now, but it would be much easier to obtain it if it were legal. Anyone can make it at home, unlike many other "drugs". Before I forget, I commend and agree with your last sentence. It's not related, but so true.And lastly, I'll quickly add a few other points.There are some religions that embrace the herb of the world as their communion. They use it as the most spiritual physical aspect available, such as the Rastafarian movement, a religion based on love and its virtue, and other cultures. I argue, however, that since it's a spiritual aspect of the lifestyle, cannabis should be consumed in a spiritual way in private, not among friends on the streets. That's my argument on any religious part of cannabis use. However, these cultures are in no way embraced in this country. We embrace only the bad aspects of it, and I think that health should be more important in America. It is readily available among others with these spiritual views nearby, though. The number one problem with most people regarding marijuana is its gateway uses. Now, almost all street stuff is laced with harder drugs just so one becomes addicted and the money keeps moving. I realize that new, legal weed would be cleaner and not laced with cocaine or anything for that matter, but it's still a hallucinating. It's still addictive, and it still leads to harder drugs. When you move up in hallucinogen's, you will eventually move to real drugs.I apologize for my tardiness to this debate, for I've had a cold. But thank you for waiting and I patiently await your response!