Do YOU Support Marijuana?

Medical cannibis should be available. It should be regulated, taxed from source to point of sale, and be inspected for safty as to pesticide residues or sanitation.

Personally, I don't smoke pot or cigarettes, very rarely drink and never enough to get drunk, and I don't see what all the controversy is about. I don't understand why anyone would give a shit whether another person smoked pot. It's clearly not any more of a problem than other legal substances and it's probably less so.

People that are cannabis-phobic come in two types- those who have no experience with it and have drawn all sorts of bogus conclusions about it, and those who feel morally obligated to control other people's lives. Neither really has a leg to stand on.

Pot should not be prosecuted as a criminal offense- criminal offenses should be prosecuted as criminal offenses. If they happen while a person is on drugs, they should have mandatory drug counseling to determine if drugs are a contributing factor to their crime. Otherwise, like I said- WHO CARES? Let people lead the lives they want. If those lives are personally tragic, meaningless, and composed of nothing other than wandering around in a haze of pot smoke- WHO CARES, and what business is that of yours'? Each person has the right to determine their own fate, so long as it's not harming anyone else.

hurry it up allready

Lret people smoke whatever they want ! Since it brings on the box what the consequences maybe be for the person in the futre and he or she is Ok with it ! It's their problem !

The percentage of people who are voting against it or having negative reviews on marijuana are people who are ignorant towards the plant. There is also the case of people mistreating this wonder herb and giving it a bad reputation. The more we educate the public making it clear that it can help and it is less dangerous then prescription pills, the more people will be okay with it. There has been a mind set put out into the streets of american that western medicine, including pills and risky procedures, is what works best. When in reality, there has been cures for everything we struggle with today found thousands of years ago. We have had the ability to heal ourselves with herbs, spices, foods, and routines all along. We just need open minds and the want for real, successful change. Until then americans will continue to die due to their ignorance and stubbornness.

I support full legalization of cannabis. The right to smoke it, the right to grow it, the right to sell it, etc... We can regulate it like alcohol if it makes us feel any better. The age should be 18, as should be the drinking age. It's stupid that our government gives the right to 18 year olds to join the military, to kill and to die for our country, and yet we won't let them have a fucking beer? Sorry but that's retarded.

I'm not totally for taxing it, but I'm not totally against it either. Our economy needs a boost, but it seems silly to tax something based on subjective morality. But since it actually would benefit our economy and we need that, I'm fine with taxing it, so long as it is not taxed so much that it is inaccessible to the poor (they need a joint more than anyone because being poor necessarily means your life is harder).

I never lit up until my divorce. It effectively treated my depression. My divorce was HORRIBLE. I came really close to losing my marbles, and I was unable to sleep. I started off with alcohol - getting drunk to drown out the pain. Made me feel like crap and once I took my samurai sword and cut a book in half ... why(?) because I was drunk out of my skull and I wanted to see if I could. Haha - that's not the worst thing in the world, but still ridiculous. I had a bad drinking problem. I would get drunk every night and cry and punch walls until I passed out.

Then a friend of mine invited me over and he had a joint. I was kind of afraid to try it, but at that point I did not care about myself. I was very surprised that it was very different from what I thought it was like. I quit drinking right away and switched to pot. I started feeling better immediately. I felt more relaxed and more able to think about and work through my problems. After smoking was the only time I could bring myself to even think about my problems. I would feel calm and relaxed and my samurai sword stayed in the closet. I was able to have fun with people again, and it got me being social again, when prior to that all I wanted to do was hide from everyone. Without pot, I might not have made it through that extremely difficult time.

If I were arrested and treated like a criminal, it would have been an immense injustice, and it could have spiraled my problems out of control. Note that the biggest problem would be the prohibition against marijuana and not the plant itself. Why should we be putting people in jail for this? We shouldn't. It really is inhuman to do so. It is a grave injustice.

While I started smoking because of depression, I am no longer depressed at all. I'm remarried to the perfect woman, and I have three awesome kids. Now I like to relax after work and that's about it. To anyone who uses cannabis, it is so silly to think that what I do is criminal. It's such a shame that human nature is so cruel sometimes.

My parents are sick. They are both on medical marijuana. My dad gets really bad nausea and he throws up, and he is skinny. The pot effectively treats his nausea and gives him his appetite. He smokes it all of the time, but you would never know it. He doesn't act like a stoner stereotype, etc, because pot does not make you into a stoner stereotype. There are lots of people you know, who smoke it, and you have no idea.

There is no reason for pot to be illegal. I believe that America cannot and should not call itself a free country while we imprison a larger percent of our population than any other country in the world. (America constitutes only 5% of the total world population, however 25% of all the people in the world who are in jail, are jailed by America). We are not a democracy if we base our laws on lies. If we lie to the people, the choice that they make are not really their own. I think whether or not cannabis becomes legal is no less than a measure of whether America is even remotely the most free democracy in the world, as we claim to be (without anything to back that up I might add).

totally man...

lol of course i support this wonder plant

To those for marijuana prohibition: It is your right to be anti-pot and not smoke it yourself or whatever, but I find it a deplorable character trait to want to jail people under our unarguably draconian drug laws -- here in America, the land of the free - where we jail more of our population than any other country in the world (that's a fact, look it up if you don't believe me) -- just for breathing in the smoke of a plant. People who wish that must live in a special little bubble where it's ok to drop all empathy for our fellow human beings, drop their own humanity, and to take away the homes, children, and freedom of people who like to enjoy a 100% natural, safe flower that helps them relax for a few hours.

I used to think that things like the Salem witch trials were in the distant past and humans have 'grown up' since then. I don't know why I thought that human beings are any different now than they were then, but it's just a sad fact that we have to live with. There are always going to be weak minded, reactionary, hysterical, illogical, miserable people, who -- through what I can only guess is self-hatred or feelings of inadequacy for which acting superior and condescending to everyone else compensates -- revel in the idea of punishing people who get away with actually being happy. Being happy is a sin to these kinds of people! They are so unhappy that they take joy in slapping the joy out of everyone else...

And then there are the sheep who follow. The weak minded fools who just believe whatever they are told and go along with everything because they don't know any better. There are a lot of them.

Then there are the puppeteers -- the people who benefit from marijuana prohibition. They drum up the fears and lies that fuel ordinary citizens to have a witch-hunt mentality against their fellow Americans. Despite the fact that almost everything that those who have not done their own research know about cannabis is a lie, and that those pulling the strings obviously don't have our best interest in mind (given the fact that they blatantly lied to us about it), people blindly follow these puppeteers and accept their scientifically false "arguments" mixed with ad hominem "arguments" dehumanizing people by stamping a stoner label on them, at face value.

You might ask yourself, why did a lot people simply accept slavery in the past (slavery is just one example -- there are lots of things from the past that we can look back on in horror -- horrified by the extent of cruelty that the human race is capable of). People were just silly then, but not any more, right? Wrong, people's nature has not changed. The reason why slavery was the status quo and a lot of people accepted it is for the same reasons a lot of people accept the way we treat pot smokers now -- because people are easily manipulated through fear and misinformation -- people are easily "brainwashed" for lack of a better term.

OK, so people are easily swayed. There were those who benefited from slavery then. There are those who benefit from marijuana prohibition now. Many successful people have a talent at manipulating other people. Through a bit of inductive reasoning, you have your answer.

You have to ask yourself, are you one of the puppets, or can you actually think for yourself?

we need to step back and look at this in a more organic way.

look to other cultures who use drugs in a controlled setting.

all drugs can be angels or demons, they can all be abused or used to enhance ones perspectives, or help with pain.

to simply say make it legal opens the gates to abuse, to leave it as it is, is foolish and pointless, the war on drugs is an epic failure.

take a page from other cultures, bring back the days of shaman, and allow the experince to happen in a controlled setting.

the problem most of us who want it legal are failing to understand is part of the reason it is not legal is because the corps do not have control of it. if they did you would see it legalized over night. because of the proffits they would get. at which point they would not care if you are abusing it and yourself as long as they are making money off of you.

Yes, I support cannabis it's more than just for smoking. I've watch a show on PBS about Botany of Desire a very informative program from Potatoes to pot, so we do need to legalize and eliminate the black market. That would get these lazy people off the sofa and hopefully into productive jobs...

Yes. Anything in excess can be abused. When will the fear of marijuana use and/or legalization be a thing of the past? Wake up people. There are too many pro's and not enough con's on this debate. Make it legal for anyone over 18 to buy it. Tax it like ciggarettes, wich no doubt would help the economy. I would rather see a minor consuming marijuana than liquor or cigaretts. I myself have never had marijuana interfere with my judgment like liquor has. Liquor has caused a great deal of damage to my family, were as marijuana hasnt. I do not smoke because risking my job isnt worth it, however in the past I have always found a few puffs off the bong after work much more relaxing than a glass of wine, beer or gin&tonic, with less if any hangover in the morning, unlike liquor. On a recent trip to california I found myself amazed on how freely pot was being smoked. It was a breath of fresh air(pun intended) to see how de- criminalized it had become with the passing of prop.215. I can't wait until the numbers are in on how much revinue was generated at the taxation and legalization of marijuana in california. I will be moving back to California in 6 months and I am eagerly counting the days until I can see a doctor andget a prescription for marijuana. I suffer from severe insomnia. Say what you want but until you've spent 6 months to a year in my shoes taking up to 30mg a night of Ambien to fall asleep, only to wake up unhappy from the violent nightmares, sleep-cooking(yes, an actual side-effect, wich could have burnt my duplex down had it not been for the burner being on low for 6 hrs.)and lack of being able to concentrate on the most routine tasks, having it affect your personal life and perfomance at work, you'll never understand severe insomnia unless you've suffered from it yourself. Marijuana has honestly helped me fall asleep, stay asleep and wake up refreshed unlike the Ambien, wich should be totally illeagle!! Not only medicly but of all the great uses for hemp. Wake up and smell the reefer folks!

In a country like ours which was founded on personal freedom it seems ridiculous that I could be arrested for smoking pot. Especially when there is such an obvious precedent with alcohol and tobacco. How can they say no to marijuana but yes to cigarettes and alcohol? The inconsistency is what drives me crazy.

So yes, let's legalize it!

Considering I post mostly 420 stories, I would say yes I do support marijuana. We have a name for it in my native language called "Sigu" or "sig Ooo" if your trying to say it. :) I also grow really good "tomatos" as my friends would call them. I'm currently in university taking BSc biology. Some days I get disscouraged about the varrious crises happening in north america and globally, but I try to stay positive and weed definatly helps.

Lol, I've rambled way to long for what was orginaly a two line comment. Keep flying high fellow stoners, they can't keep this peacful herb down for much longer.

I think FishaHouse777 makes excellent points. However, regulating how much can be sold to each person etc is not practical, nor does it follow our policy with regard to alcohol, which can be a more dangerous drug to abuse.... it's no good being drunk 24/7 but a lot of people do it. If a drug is to be legalised then it has to be up to the good sense of the person consuming it to gauge their own limits and whether or not to surpass those limits. Anything good will be consumed to excess by some, but that's on them. If shops could not sell to people who were obviously already stoned, that might be a realistic rule.
I completely agree with the fact that black market illegal drugs can have a whole mess of junk in 'em that the user isn't aware of. It's scary.

And a word from our President: "The war on drugs has been an utter failure. We need to rethink and decriminalize our nation's marijuana laws." -Barack Obama, January 2004

All I want is to grow 2-3 of my own plants and be left alone by the Government... I don't want to see packs of Philip Morris Marijuana Cigarettes.. and the local gas station.. full or rat poison and corporate greed.

Legalization is NOT the way to go. The simple and obvious option is to DE-CRIMINALIZE it! Stop turning innocent, curious kids into criminals for life

i own a 3 bedroom/2 car garage home, 3 vehicles 2 Nissans (07-08), a 200mph+ motorcycle. i work 6 days a week and attend college 3 days a week.

i gross just over 100,000+ a year.

did i mention that im a stoner? i smoke everyday!

HELL YEA i support legalizing MJ

yes

No. I support The One True Magic Mushroom. My Lord and Savior. =D

Screw weed.

legalize it... it has the potential to bring in BILLIONS of dollars... we need the money! Who is the victim in this "crime" as long as it's used responsibly- it's safer then alcohol ppl!!! Think about it!

free the weed!

regulate and tax for medical and recreational purposes.

From a harm reduction standpoint, we should embrace drug abuse as a medical condition and recreational use as a celebratory condition.

Often, the REAL uber potheads are only depressed and medicating their depression.

They need counseling and encouragement, not imprisonment and a criminal record.

I like how the pro marijuana people have long thought out answers and one anti-guy has a short childish answer. You only know what you have experienced. I believe cannabis should be legal and taxed. I guess they would still have cultivation of the plant illegal. Alcohol Kills people everyday. Marijuana is in our history, its in our art, music, and movies. At the very least I feel that the crime should not out way the punishment. The War On Drugs has worked as well The War On Terror.

Yes, I support marijuana legalization. I don't use it because it makes me paranoid but if I liked it, I would use it often. It is not as dangerous as alcohol and many prescription medications.

hell yeah, support it, use it but don't abuse it

Its like anything else...TV, booze, porn, religion, speed....its going to get abused by morons.

I just love the argument that since some clinical trials show it helps people with aids, it should be legalized. By that logic, since morphine helps terminal cancer patience, we should just sell that shit everywhere and tax it.

I promote it as often as I can. Cannabis is a beautiful plant and I hope there can be tolerance for those who enjoy using it. Live and let me smoke.

Everybody should read Michael Pollan's "Botany of Desire," where he talks about the history of the demonetization of marijuana in the past few decades.

I think Cannabis is a beautiful plant and I also think that it obviously needs to be re-legalized. But more importantly, Freedom is a beautiful thing also and it is definitely more important than the trivial pros and cons to using cannabis however you do it, for whatever reason.
They sell us freedom as the American Dream. We were born free and then thrown into a system that doesn't work right. Why would the governments have to give us freedom? When all they really should be doing is protecting what we already have, from the greedy, corrupt, power hungry Megalomaniacs that take freedom away from the "lesser" people, and I personally think they will eventually kill us all with no remorse if we don't stand up somehow, someway.
More and more people are "waking up" and choosing to walk a different path. We are no longer the brain washed sheeple of the 50s. The 60s counter culture was the spark, the beginning. It never died though. Just grew up, became more silent and made babies. Those babies made more babies. The counter culture from the sixties is now broken up into sub cultures and now the population is at a tipping point. The counter culture is now in the majority. The government knows that, they just don't want you to know that. Most of the sub cultures need to come together and make the counter culture a reckoning power of "REAL" change again. Cannabis Activists, New age Hippies, GLBT, Climate change activists, Minority activists, Native American Activists, etc.
If we could all come together under one brand, one name, we could rise up and make almost anything happen because we are now in the majority.
And thank God for the Internet, we just need a way to bring all the leaders from all of the sub cultures together to form one big counter culture website, kind of like this one but different in cause and purpose. We could use it in a way to pressure politicians and affect the outcome of elections. We might also use it to continue building the movement by the sharing of information, once again kind of like this site. Maybe it will work, maybe it wont. I don't know, It's just my best idea so far, I think. But all in all, I don't think it would hurt to at least give it a try. Who's willing to help me????

we are the silent majority, most people who do support the legalizeing wont lift a finger to anything thing about it , they dont vote they dont advocate and they dont care ,, Redman said this,( I dont care if its legal or illegal im still going to do it ) some people are fine with it being illegal , up until the time they get caught then its a proplem , but til then people are fine staying in the closet. no homo lol

Personally I believe almost all drugs need to be legalized but with different levels of regulation for every drug. If any drug or item is illegal people will still make and sell it, problem is since it's illegal they will sell it on the black market. Drugs sold over the black market aren't regulated at all so they can be MUCH more dangerous than a drug made in a lab, for example cocaine is usually "cut" or "laced" with baking soda to add weight but sometimes they even use pills or other white powdery substances to add weight, heroin and ecstasy is even worse. Also drugs sold on the black market only fuel drug cartels, all the money made from drugs ends in the drug-lords hands. If drugs were legal than drug cartels would lose their main cash flow because people would buy the cheaper, safer, and easier alternative at a Walgreens.
Marijuana however is BY FAR the safest and most beneficial drug known to mankind, it can easily be grown anywhere, it is cheap and eco-friendly, and it grows as fast as weeds (hence the name). It still needs to be regulated for a couple reasons though. We don't want underage minors smoking cannabis because it will stump the formation of their mature brain by altering the chemical balance so there must be an age limit, i vote 18. Also constant smoking of cannabis (24/7 being high) will indeed make the smoker retarded, not because of the drug but because of the altered perception cannabis gives you when your high. If you are stoned all day every day, the day you decide to be sober your brain won't be able to function in reality because you're so used to being stoned. So I figure to keep this from happening limit the amount of cannabis that can be bought by first taxing it with a low 5% tax, and than by putting a maximum amount that can be sold daily to each customer at each store.
That's what I believe anyway for Marijuana, other drugs would be regulated much differently of course but still legal.