Should Marijuana Be Legalized?

Okay, so any arguments whose origins aren't 1 in a billion scenario's of questionable legitimacy ?

i just came to this thread to say my opinion not argue so can we just stop arguing

Welcome to philosophy and politics kiddo.

OK fine so you think that something that is potentially deadly and kills brain cells should be legal fine keep living in that world

lol

1. No real evidence of killing brain cells
There's my proof.
2. In order to overdose on marijuana you'd have to smoke a joint the size of a dump truck in 15 minutes. Good luck.
Your freak accident of a death is about as likely as a small meteorite falling from the sky and killing me right now.

this doesn't prove their isn't brain damage this proves one of the experiments was not done properly but doctors will still say don't smoke pot

Except the doctors in california, Canada, and multiple other locations world wide that use it for long term pain killers .

Oxicotton if used for pain long term will destroy your liver and probably kill you within 10 years. Marijuana has no real negative effects and there's no conclusive evidence that it shortens your life span at all.

have you ever thought about what would happen if it was legalized there may be no proof that its harms adults but there is proof that it slows the development of the brain so imagine it being legal and it being that much easier for teenagers to get their hands on

It would be infinitely harder for teens to get their hands on because it would be regulated. I can go to school and buy it now, but in order to buy alcohol I have to know people who are over 19 and send them to a store and then pay them a bit extra for their time when they get back. Pot is SO much easier to get illegally LOL and a drug dealer doesn't care who he sells it to he could sell it to a 6 year old . If the government was selling it it would be too controlled and make it FAR more difficult for minors to buy.

As a teenager who smokes a shit ton of pot, I can tell you that it is way easier to get than legal thing such as alcohol and sometimes even tobacco. Any kid could buy a dime before he leaves school if he tries. Because it's an unregulated black market.

no in my school there is a hell of a lot more cigarets and alcohol than weed. and you actually pay someone to pay for your alcohol its so god damm simple to get some without outside help

Whereas I agree that marijuana should not be legalized and I refute LampRevolt's 'justifiaction' in his response to this post [the one that I am quoting], I cannot ignore the folly of the argument that you assert here.
That a substance is illegal does not mean that it cannot and should not be used for medical purposes. There are a number of drugs whose medical benefits have been shown to outweigh the risks of side effects and have, to an extent, been legalized. Take morphine for example. Incredibly addictive, but still used for medical purposes in a variety of countries including the US and EU member states.
Legality does not necessarily mean good and illegality does not necessarily mean bad. If you look at the law at even a glance, you can tell that there are a number of laws that are bad and a lack of laws that could be increadibly beneficial. For example, a law that prohibits insurance companies from denying coverage for a pre-existing condition. Another example would be something that an associate of mine pointed out to me today: as a member of a teacher's association, she is prohibited from being part of a Communist party. Politics aside, that is a totally unconstitutional law and if anyone bothered to challenge it, there is little doubt that it would be struck from the books.

Whereas I contested the ligitimacy of that particular video before [on this thread no less] I would correct you in one matter. Brain damage from marijuana smoking does not happen according to the NIDA. Though the opposition opposed the ligitimacy of this organization, I still maintain that it is credible. In this particular case, on the matter of brain damage, both sides agree that there is insufficient proof to show that it is the marijuana that causes it. Why they [the opposition] chose to outright refute the site on the matter even though it clearly supported them, I do not know.

On the other hand, I would assert that I maintain my position that the risks of the legalization of marijuana, both on an individual and a social level, outweigh the benefits. There are negative affects and too few to no positive affects that cannot be acceptably achieved by another, already legal and not burdensome-to-the-society method. That is to say, as of yet, I have heard no acceptable reason to legalize it.

Well said. Well said.

thank you so much for being a voice of reason

Marijuana should not be legalized. I can just see that exposing a larger number of people to it, than it is already exposed to, is not a good idea. The risk to society is great, especially as people would take it before moving on to a bigger and better high. If you put more drugs intp mainstream society then the number of consumed prohibited drugs will rise.

Yea Portugal is so fucked up now that they have all drugs legalized

It's not legal, just Decriminalized.

Yea sorry got them mixed up.... But are you against decriminalizing of marijuana?

Where I live relatively little happens for the posession of marijuana, so no.