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Jason L
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think about simple economics...
cops bust little guys & make a killing, allow the main dealer to stay free & there is a never-ending supply of cash flow, weed, profit to make for the "judicial system" & prisons.
Besides anything that is allowed to be called "legal" has to be regulated by the FDA (meaning the government controls what gets put in the drug & how it is distributed - through medical facilities that are government regulated, and where do they earn these degrees to become a dr.? at government regulated & funded schools...
not to mention that the "legal" drugs are produced to cause specific reactions that require you to purchase another drug, the whole time feeding the government & their minions, it really is that simple & it really is this way.
oh, & don't forget the taxation that goes on the whole process, from school expenses to the actual drugs the government allows you to have access to. |
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chilloutbrah
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Weed would replace over 20% of the nations current drugs on the market. Costing the DEA millions of dollars. Also the major colleges and research facilities aren't being granted permission to undertake the research needed to legalize it.
-Legalize it, Don't criticize it.
And all your other DUMBASSES there has never been a death due to the smoking of marijuana.
Due to connabanoids found in the smoke of marijuana it is proven to actually help the fight against tumors.
ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT b4 U POST IT! |
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Pyar
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The ignorance of our elected officials and the American people ... I haven't done pot in over 35 years ... but there's nothing wrong with it
Look at these answers ! Some people still believe that weed will either kill you or make you crazy !!! |
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clboarder12
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the thing that is stopping dope from being legal is the fact that the united states does not control production of dope. so there is no profit in making it legal. |
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Mogollon Dude
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Government drug dealers . |
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¿ǝɹǝɥ uo ƃuıoƃ s,ʇɐɥʍ
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Think about all the poor DEA agents who will lose their jobs if weed is made legal and all the corner street drug dealers who's business will be taken over by Walmart |
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Lauren
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It's probably because you can grow it yourself and the government doesn't want anything to be sold if they can't make a profit out of it through taxes. |
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Moose
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Follow the money, always follow the money.
-It would be possible, but more difficult, to tax a weed.
-Who is getting paid by the illegality? Cops, DEA, judges, doctors, the list goes on.
-Do you think any of our politicians are receiving contributions from drug dealers?
To Joel R: care to restate your argument for whiskey?
EDIT to boomfiziks: Your comments do not ring true. Marijuana is not addictive and the symptoms you describe are more correlated to meth or harder drug users, not pot. Part of the Reefer Madness in this country is lack of information. Alcohol causes more death, family instability and harm than 10 years of pot smoking. Pot will be legal - the only question is how much more damage are our politicians willing to subjects us to milking the last few bucks out of prohibition? |
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DieForDethklok
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its probably going to be legalized shortly...WE AS A MARIJUANA ARMY NEED TO BAN TOGETHER AND FIGHT THESE MOFOS |
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God
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Theres absolutely nothing wrong with marijuana ; the government makes it illegal because of "Classes".
First they said it would make you crazy back in the mid 50's, now there saying it's a gateway drug.
Marijuana is the best gift for mankind not only to smoke and relax but for other uses such as rope and clothes...Way safer than alcohol and much better |
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Joel R
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It's classification as a Schedule 1 drug is what keeps it illegal.
These are the criteria of a Schedule 1 drug:
(1) Schedule I. -
(A) The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
(B) The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
(C) There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.
Sure doesn't sound like pot fits those criteria to me. |
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n0spam4me
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Thank U 2 the person who posted the "criteria of a Schedule 1 drug:"
Please note that Tobacco and Alcohol also fit that criteria
Can U dig it?
and as we all know,
the emperor is NAKED!
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on.the.reggae.bus
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Well I think it's pretty much been answered but I have to disagree with whoever said something about image. The "typical drinker" has a way worse image the the "typical stoner". To me the stoner is just a chill guy that really is doing no wrong to anyone else. The typical drinker is some white trash alcoholic that beats his wife and drives drunk. Don't get me wrong, I drink every once in a while but I stay inside with some friends I trust and we just hangout. I think alcohol is way worse than ganja and if either should be illegal, is should be alcohol. I mean, liver damage...ugh. Then when you drink you feel invincible the when you decide to drive home drunk from the party some guy just took advantage of you at you feel the need to speed and then you crash when you start to see double. With pot if you decide have to drive (which is doubt full) you go way slow and sure, you get distracted easy but now a day's what with our car t.v's and iPod and cell phones and whatever...who doesn't? Plus, you'd most likely be going slower than average anyways. |
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WolfPup
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IMO the reason weed is not legal is because our government is stupid. It can not see the money that can be made from legalizing it. Plus the fact it would help the courts stop being over crowed with people in for charges of poss. and poss of paraphernalia and clear out our jail for those in with felony amounts. They do not see this.
The best way to get it changed is to get people to sign a petition and/or write to your local branch of congress and list the reasons for legalizing it. Write an essay about it. It has to be done state by state and will be a long drug out process that will possibly get you no where. But it is worth trying and I commend you for your attempts should you try. People should be free to smoke where ever and when ever they want to.
Edit - and for the uneducated dumbass who said obamas the reason its not legal. You are prehaps the stupidest person I've ever encountered. The president has no say it in. Congress makes the choices. Thats why some things are legal in some states and not in others. And they would make money because they could say only certain people could grow it and putting it in stores would make it alot easier to get then having to find a dealer and then getting said dealer to trust you. Even if everybody grew there own, there are plenty of people who would buy it in a store or where ever. And to whoever said weed causes alot of car accidents I want to see proof. Beer and Liquor cause more car accidents every year than anything else in the drug/alcohol catagory. If anything weed smokers drive the normal speed limit because there paranoid there going to get caught by the cops. :| |
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Lee Is Almost 2!!
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first of all what is a functioning pothead and second i dont really care if they legalize pot or not being as i dont smoke it..the reason they probably wont legalize it is too many people against it and the politicians have to keep the people who make their pockets fat happy |
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Sunny
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It's too hard for the government to regulate something you can grow yourself. |
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boomfiziks
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It saddens me to read this. What makes it illegal are the dangerous effects it has on the individuals and infants.
You try working at a hospital, similar to where I work, where I must deal on a daily basis of parents who cannot support their child because they are too hyped up on pot (both financially, psychologically, and physically). I also have to work on new born infants who's cries are more of a shrill that would run shivers down most people's backs and shake from the withdrawals. These kids have so much physical and mental setbacks that its sad. These setbacks not only put strains on the family, but also on the schools, teachers, and society. Many of the pot-head parents and I've seen many of those kids have issues with the law and are a strain on the various forms of social-services. And guess who has to pay for all of this? Those of us who are responsible enough to stay away from this crap and try to raise our own children so that they are not a burden to others and society.
So do me a favor and get off your ego-centric high horse, get yourself clean, and stop being a burden. If you can't do that, then do all of society a favor and never reproduce. |
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Andrew P
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Stupidity, the government would make billions on taxes. Alcohols legal and it does more damage to your body and kills way more brain cells. And if you smoking with a vaporizor you don't even get lung damage.. But i doubt it will ever be legal |
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princessmeltdown
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Yeah, what we've learned is that when you alter your blood chemistry, your mental faculties go stoopid.
And if I were a business owner, I surely would not trust someone with any part of my company, knowing that they weren't clear-headed and clean. |
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The Final Countdown
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well the category that weed is in even though doesn't cause the same damage as the other drugs in that category it gets the bad rep from that beer is worse than weed no i don't do weed. weed isn't addicting weed doesn't kill you like cigs do really the only reason i see weed being illegal is that of the category of drug that it is in what you can do to smoke it legally A) move too anarbor B) get a terminal illness and get it medically that one doesn't sound to fun |
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jack
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obama |
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Vito1964
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Some of the people who smoke it give it a bad name. If marijuana were smoked primarily by middle aged affluent white men, like alcohol, it would be legal.
Sadly, it's caught a very bad rep over the years which I blame completely on people who use it irresponsibly. Think of the "typical stoner" and analyze the image you get in your mind. Then think of the "typical drinker" and analyze that image.
It's an issue of image, one which won't go away until stoners realize what is good for them and use it more responsibly. |
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Ryan M
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i think it would be legal because people have the supposed "right" to ruin their life. the only thing preventing it is that others can be hurt and affected by people under the influence of it with little control. they say alcohol can do that to, but they always say alcohol can be controlled in numbers, drugs cant u can go mental with just one use. thats my theory, idk if thats the official one |
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Edg1
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People like me. I have done before so I know what it's all about.I would NEVER vote to legalize it no matter what. The additional traffic accidents alone make me vote against it whenever I get the chance.
The only "legalization" I would support is the medical kind for terminal patients. |
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cross_my_hooks
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I think part of it is because there is no quick test to measure the level of it in your system. Just like there is an alcohol limit, i think they (ahh...infamous they) are trying to set a legal weed intake limit (you know what i mean) and since there is the breathalizer for alcohol, there has to be a test to tell if you are "intoxicated" enough to not be able to function properly.
I think i read that somewhere :) |
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innaviog32
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Dude are you serious.... I hope you are a teenager cause it sounds like a question that would only come form a 16yr old or younger. Marijuana is the only legal drug if given by a doctor. other then that everything else is a red circle with w red slash.
Drugs are trouble |
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Melissa
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because if idiots like you smoke pot and die your dead and then it is the governments fault for making it legal. |
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Nina
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wtf?
its bad for you, thats why its illegal.....
they're not gonna make it legal. |
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♥ Michelle Christina ♥
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The fact that it is dangerous, and that it's still a drug no matter what, too much weed and you will O.D and die, so why not just make murder legal. |
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