Drugs. Legal Or Illegal?, what do you think? Options

[Dantrag]

What do you guys think about drugs? Do you think they should remain illegal or become legalized? I agree that drugs can ruin your life, but so can alcohol, and that's legal. And honsetly, I think that alcohol is more harmful than marijuana. Alcohol makes a lot of people angry and violent when they are drunk, but people on marijuana are just relaxed and happy. I just want to know where the government draws the line for this stuff.

I think marijuana shoul;d be legalized, for the reason above, and for the fact that it would give the government a lot more money, and open up new jobs at the 'marijuana farm'. I think the other drugs should stay illegal though - they mess you up pretty bad, from what I hear.

(This is based on USA laws...don't know too much about other countries' policies on narcotics.)

PS - I do not smoke weed, I am speaking from seeing other people high and drunk.

[Chumbaniya]

I'd much rather have cannibis legalised and have cigarettes be illegal (though I'd rather have neither in public places). There is obviously the point about long-term mental damage from cannibis, but I don't know much about that. As far as I know, cannibis is much less physically damaging than cigarretes.

Aside from the legality argument, one reason I see more point in cannibis (though I do not smoke either cannibis or cigarretes) is that it actually gets you high. Ever seen anyone get high of a cigarette? I don't see why anyone would want to even try out cigarretes, as there's no incentive there except peer pressure.

Oh, and here's an interesting little fact - while it is possible to have a lethal dose of tobacco, no lethal dose of cannabis has ever been found. (Not counting simply eating cannabis till you explode, of course )

[Wolfie]

As far as I know, cannibis is much less physically damaging than cigarretes.

Actually one jpint contains ten times as much tar as a single cigarette, so they are more physically damaging than cigarettes

[DoomedOne]

Actually one jpint contains ten times as much tar as a single cigarette, so they are more physically damaging than cigarettes

Time for me to correct you, sorry.

One joint of marijuana will contain no more than 4 times the amount of tar in a cigerette.

Cigerettes Contain 599 addictives, much more than marijuana

Marijuana is a natural drug. When you breathe in a cigerette you get glue extract, gasoline, kerosene...

Cigerettes have been know to cause skin cancer, lung cancer, heart disease, gum disease, tumors and blood clots, marijuana does not cause any of those.

As far as your health goes, marijuana is practically harmless, but it does turn you into a loser. If you take it every day you short term memory will be compassion, you can't concentrate, everything will seem mundane and boring and you'll be easily aggitated,

To Channler, Marijuana is not physically addictive. No marijuana user will do anything to get their fix, nor will they have a fix. Actually, statistically nicotine is the most addictive substance, followed by heroine.