Why do so many people keep trying to push to make marijuana legal?

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It's a psychedelic drug that makes people do crazy things when high enough on it, basically. That should be good enough reason for it to be illegal. If everybody smoked it, we'd be one screwed up society. Why do people think employers drug test? Because people on marijuana can do the *exact* same tasks with accuracy as the people who aren't high? I don't think so. They do drug testing because people high on marijuana act crazy, sometimes become violent, paranoid, and generally are a big mess to deal with. It screws up their life by giving them a criminal record due to poor actions, getting arrested, commiting crimes, etc. A common misconception is that it's "natural and comes from the earth, and can't be bad for you."  I read this cop-out many times a day on Yahoo Answers. It's a fact that ANY smoke that goes in the lungs is bad for the lungs and can over time cause lung cancer due to prolonged exposure. Cancer kills. Why is that so hard for people to understand?

People can say "moderation"...but people won't use it moderately. After all, it's the high feeling that they are smoking it to get, to begin with. Just like a lot of people can't just have an alcoholic drink - they want to be dead drunk and gone to the world. It's illegal to be drunk in public in most places, too. That's pretty common sense for both to be illegal...what's up with all of these dumb questions like that on here?

There is no "medical" condition that tripping out on a psychedelic drug would help. THC stays in the blood stream for up to a month. That's pretty serious...far above even prescription drugs. Alcohol goes out of the system a lot more quickly, as well.

Common sense is all around - why are people not using it?

Krissy M · Accepted Answer

First, I would like to point out that maijuana is not a psychadelic drug as per the common meaning of the word. A "psychadelic" actually causes hallucations, etc., such as mushrooms and acid. 

I've personally never done any other drug than marijuana, and even then, very rarely. I have felt a sense of calmness and an "opening of the mind", if you will. Marijuana actually mitigates violence, so I'm not sure what pulpit you're preaching from there. I'm not saying it should be legal per se, but your arguement about it not having any medicinal qualities is pretty ignorant on your part. People who have cancer and are on chemotherapy to prolong their lives benefit greatly from smoking marijuana in order to relieve their nausea and other extremely uncomfortable side effects of said therapy. 

I agree with your sentiment that people who sit around all day and smoke marijuana are not acting as a beneficial part of our society, but neither are the folks who sit around all day drinking alcohol. 

The proposed legislation about "legalizing" medical marijuana is also severely lacking in common sense. Those who are authorized to grow it and distribute it will inevitably abuse the law and we will be right back where we started from. 

On the other end of the spectrum, which includes those who use it for recreational purposes, I see no harm done.

I would also like to point out that we are already a "screwed up society" and that it would not be acceptable for anyone to show up to work either high on marijuana or alcohol.

I would actually like to hear back from you, if you care to continue this conversation, Seeker. After all, isn't that what we all really are????

? · Answer

I'm all for marijuana, but only Medical Marijuana. I've seen cancer patients almost dying from chemotherapy, but one hit of MJ and the nausea goes away, and they don't even get high.  It's a beautiful thing.

Also, it really helps glaucoma patients.  Glaucoma causes blindness.
:)

hummingbird · Answer

It's not a psychedelic drug, nor do people get violent. I wonder where you are getting that information?

Anonymous · Answer

wow are they still screening reefer madness... i haven't smoked a joint in over 30 years.. and wonder why it isn't legal??

gorda · Answer

i hope they pass it , man it would be alot easier to buy when all my peeps are out

? · Answer

because they are drug addicts that just dont realize it.

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