Up in Smoke: Most Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana

Most Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana: Angus Reid Global Monitor

Interesting poll results although not surprising.

Your thoughts USMB?

(Poll Enclosed, vote for which you'd like to see legal. Multiple votes are allowed.)

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"We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it"
- Billy Joel, "We Didn't Start The Fire"

If you look at the money alone spent on the "war on drugs" there is no real reason to keep low impact drugs illegal

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After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF

War On Drugs Clock

A little less than half of arrests were Marijuana Possession only.

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"We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it"
- Billy Joel, "We Didn't Start The Fire"

I voted marijuana the rest are too dangerous.

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Move over Larry, Curly,
and Moe,You have
some competition.

1) to keep them good chronic purps as a status symbol.
2) herb makes 80%+ users too lazy and/or stupid to function within 80%+ of their potential.
3) maintain a thug economy to displace the lack of upward mobility and the failures of education and employment in our cities.
4) maintain the enforcement economy pretending to fight this 'war'

getting tired with this, but there's real reasons.

...give me a fucking break.....

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Not another druggie thread, Dogbert...I'm rattin you out to your parents.

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Old School

I would like to see industrial Hemp brought back as a legal crop in the USA. I would accept legalizing Marijuana only if there is a test developed that a Police officer could administer on the spot for driving under the influence. You show me that test; I would consider legalization.

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Ignore List: * ABikerSailor; * bodecea; * Christophera; * CurveLight; * eots; * mascale; * Yukon

Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.

I voted none.

Our laws are a reflection of our society's values.

I'd like to think our society was built on hard work, and some, however thinly vieled, sobriety. For most of our history, sobriety hasn't really been a fundamental necessity for most Americans (sure, you had those guys that would pass out in the street; get runned over by a damned ol' wagon, or train, but they never caused the drivers of the OTHER vehicles any harm).

Now people are easily able to fuck each other up. Irresponsible alcoholic consumption is bad enough without legalized dope making it worse.

Opposition to the legalization of marijuana has no rational basis. Claims of "wasted potential" and "danger" become inane and laughable when examined in the light of our policies surrounding more dangerous drugs, such as alcohol and tobacco.

My experiences with marijuana have been almost exclusively positive, even spiritually enlightening. Astaghfir Allah (SWT) if I've erred.

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rasta.

I am glad you believe in personal freedom

Legalize marijuana.

It is less harmful than booze, cigs or even Big Macs, and the amount of money we've spent enforcing its illegalization is an enormous waste of money.

Lower government spending. Legalize marijuana.

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This. Anyone who is for less Government should also be in support of Legalizing Marijuana.

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"We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it"
- Billy Joel, "We Didn't Start The Fire"

I didn't put coccain because I am still up in the air about it, because if they did make it legal they could control what they cut it with. As a former coccaine user I know they don't always cut it with baking powder. For one they have discovered in Columbia before it is even shipped here it is cut with animal medication that can kill you if your immune system is weak.

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