Posted on 05/17/2010 9:29:02 AM PDT by OneVike
Come November, Californians will have the chance to legalize marijuana for the specific purpose of raising revenues via taxes. We all knew that it would be just a matter of time before the same individuals would get enough signatures to put the legalization of marijuana up for a vote by the California citizens. It is a bit ironic when you consider how militant the same individuals wanting marijuana legalized have gone on a witch hunt against tobacco products.
The attack on the tobacco industry began over 50 years ago when the Surgeon General forced the tobacco company's to label their products with a warning to the user about the health risk of smoking. 60 years later there are some communities right here in California that have gotten so militant in their anti smoking campaigns that they are even considering passing ordinances that would ban smoking in private homes.
Which begs the question, "If smoking tobacco is so harmful to society that we need to ban it from being smoked even in the privacy of ones home, then why legalize a drug that scientific studies have proven is 2.5 to 5 times more harmful to the body than tobacco"?
Besides the 2007 study by the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, that smoking one marijuana joint is equal to smoking five cigarettes at the same time. there are numerous other medical reasons that should keep such a drug from being legalized. There are over 400 chemicals that have been identified in marijuana. When smoked, it generates over 2,000 chemicals that invade the body through the lungs. These chemicals have an assortment of instantaneous, short-term effects. In addition, the repetitive use of marijuana has been connected to a number of long-term effects.
As most everyone is aware of, the most important drug that makes marijuana so attractive is THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) . This is the drug that gives the euphoric feeling that makes it so popular. When smoked regularly, a large supply of THC accumulates in the fat. This produces a high steady level of THC in the blood system which can cause a certain level of continual sedation. With this sedation, the users brain begins to become numb and the mind can begin to experience side effects of confusion, and paranoia. Once the user stops it can take upwards of 30 to 45 days before the brain can can operate clearly again.
Eventually, for the heavy pot smoker, the 'high' that they receive from the drug will gradually diminish. This is where studies have shown that the user will attempt to either find more potent marijuana to smoke, or just move onto stronger more dangerous drugs like cocaine, or even heroin. This is the reason why marijuana is called a gateway drug. Studies have shown that even the casual users often times will drink alcohol while getting high. So the problems of drinking can be added to the problems of smoking marijuana. Then there's the disturbing trend that shows the age of the average marijuana user has continued to...
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California has a measure up for the voters in November that, if passed will decriminalize marijuana. You can read my article and why I am against the legalization of marijuana here, Legalizing Marijuana, So Politicians Can Spend More Money .
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Now we can have shitboxes doing 50 miles an hour in the left lane at night...like dodging the drunks and the pillpoppers wasn’t bad enough...
fixed it.
Thanks for the ping!
Pulosi said that rehabbing a teenager is cheaper than interdiction on the border. BTW. Drugs are legal in Mexico. So, we don’t have to worry about Cartels going to war over them.
“Not to mention they will be driving go carts on steroids also.”
“Smart Cars” the ultimate oxymoron for the ultimate moron...bathtubs on wheels...I see more of them around now...with Kids in them...that should be illegal...odds of surviving a crash in one are slim to none, I bet. And you really can’t see them coming, especially while they are daring in and out of traffic.
I’ve never heard of anyone making tobacco brownies or cooking with it.
It seems that it would be a great way to generate revenue, and the majority of people that do not use it, would reap the rewards of increased revenue without paying for it.
I don’t gamble, opay prostitutes or do drugs. Legalize and tax all of it. Not my tax money.
Who is the government to tell me what I can take into my lungs?
BTW, I am against any form of government involvemen on thist. It should not be an issue at all. Don't "legalize" it, don't make it illegal. Just leave it be.
“It is a bit ironic when you consider how militant the same individuals wanting marijuana legalized have gone on a witch hunt against tobacco products.”
Who says it’s the “same individual”? Besides you...
Same here, and same opinion!
Okay, now you’ve got me: the title is the best reason I’ve seen for not taking away the convoluted laws against marijuana.
There is no place for the Federal government’s regulation of a substance that grows like a weed and does not require processing or manufacturing to use,unless it is being sold or carried across State lines. But then, again, they sure don’t need to get their own new cash crop.
This is California. The rewards of increased revenue are that the State can continue to pay their out of control legacy costs. Nothing will redound to your benefit.
Same conflicted idiots that want abortion legal and eating and hunting animals banned.
And Nadar condemned the Corvair as "unsafe at any speed" and now his supporters are riding around in Smartcars? It's a mad house!
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05-12-2009:
45% Support
46% Oppose
9% Undecided
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07-24-2009:
47% support
42% oppose
11% undecided
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11-22-2009:
49% support
38% oppose
12% undecided
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¹http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_state_surveys/california/toplines/toplines_california_budget_crisis_may_12_2009
²http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_state_surveys/california/49_in_california_favor_legalizing_taxing_pot
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