This is going to be fun. I’ve asked ChrisinAR and katya8, who are proponents of full legalization of marijuana, to find out how many countries allow marijuana to be grown, sold, bought, and smoked.
What is funny is that these sorts of people do not actually have a clue about what they are saying and are living in their own doped up world of idealism.
They won’t be able to find a country that supports their stance, just like they have no clue about how it should “help us” by being legalized.
Decriminalization is not the same as being legal.
Good luck to the pot smokers. You have already proved my point.
Oh, and to help you pot smokers out a bit (I figure you have probably given up because that is what is expected of pot smokers), you can start your search by going here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis_by_country
I also find it strange that legalizers think that lowering the cost of marijuana will not greatly increase consumption. Have they never learned the basics of supply and demand? If people are allowed to grow their own pot, how are you going to still ban them from selling and distributing the stuff? Many pot-smokers are too lazy to become farmers and will continue to buy from others. If the stuff becomes legal, the govt. will tax it like alcohol and big commercial agribusinesses will market it; then you can forget about ever reversing course.
Most of the legalize drugs folks live in small towns
where they don’t see or hear of the traffic accidents, violence, etc. that is caused by those on Marajuana, etc.
Not funny watching the news about innocent people killed
thanks to pot heads.
Did it ever occur to you there are people that support the legalization of Marijuana that have never smoked pot?
This boils down to an issue of liberty. It is also an issue of the 10th amendment. Where are the feds authorized? Most people who are fervent defenders of “drug” prohibition would not consider making alcohol and tobacco illegal, and usually on the issue of liberty. If someone wants to smoke crack, let ‘em. If they break the law while on crack, prosecute them for the crime. This can also be looked at as a way to purge the gene pool.
“Drugs are bad for you.” Undoubtedly. Most things are, if nut used properly. SO WHAT? Is it YOUR business that your next door neighbor smokes a joint in the privacy of his own home? (Hint: the CORRECT answer is “NO.”) Do you want your kids smoking pot? If not, raise them up in a manner that when they get older and out on their own, they will not be TEMPTED to do so. That’s YOUR responsibility, not government’s.
I am 61 years old, never smoked a joint, never been tempted to. Won’t, even when it’s re-legalized. I barely have a drink of the mind-altering DRUG, alcohol, anymore. Maybe every other month or so. But it’s NONE OF MY BUSINESS (nor YOUR business) what my neighbor does, as long as it doesn’t get out in the streets. You are hopeless busybodies, sticking your noses in where one day they’ll get cut off for you.
The origins of the war on some drugs are interesting (and I KNOW you’ve been made aware of them), because there was not one WHIT of evidence that regulation was desirable for “medical reasons.” It was and yet is all about control over the lives of others by miserable jack- and jenny asses like you. If you truly believe that drugs are bad for people, PREACH IT FROM THE STREET CORNERS. I’ll come along and hold your coats. BUT GET THE GOVERNMENT BACK OUT OF IT. The war on some drugs (but not others) has torn up our constitution to the point that we now have an undocumented moron living at 1600, getting ready to slide the knife in for the coup de grace. Thanks a LOT, drug warriors.
So what? In 1776 would you have asked Thomas Jefferson what other countries support his stance?
This is a liberty issue. You want to control what others put into their bodies, and that control has resulted in an all out war and the destruction off our 2nd and 4th amendment rights. But at least you get to sit at home knowing that if somebody is having a good time in a way you don't approve of that the government can break down his door and haul him off to jail.