Do you think marijuana should be legalized?
This is a quick survey for my journalism class. Please write your real life first name (and last if you're okay with that) and your 'position' (should/should not be legalized) Here are a few questions: (you don't have to answer all of them, but at least a few would be great) 1. Do you have any ex...
This is a quick survey for my journalism class. Please write your real life first name (and last if you're okay with that) and your 'position' (should/should not be legalized) Here are a few questions: (you don't have to answer all of them, but at least a few would be great)
1. Do you have any experience with marijuana (none, medical reasons, just smoke it, etc)
2. Why you think it should/ should not be legal.
3. If someone is caught illegally smoking it what should their punishment be?
4. Do you think the health risks outweigh the benefits (or the other way around) for someone with a serious disease?
5. Which do you think is worse: pot or cigarettes?
6. Should smoking cigarettes be illegal too?
If marijuana was legal...
7. Should it be taxed?
8. Who will produce it?
9. Will there be DUI penalties for it?
10. Do you think there will be an increase or decrease in crime rates?
1. Do you have any experience with marijuana (none, medical reasons, just smoke it, etc)
Who didn’t?
2. Why you think it should/ should not be legal.
Legalizing it will make pigs focus on more serious crimes, It’ll be harder for kids to gain easy access to the herb, the drug cartels will lose massive profit from it being legal, our tax dollars won’t be wasted on the war on drugs which is a failure. Only good will come of this.
3. If someone is caught illegally smoking it what should their punishment be?
There should be no punishment, It’s his or her choice.
4. Do you think the health risks outweigh the benefits (or the other way around) for someone with a serious disease?
I’m sure it can be very beneficial
5. Which do you think is worse: pot or cigarettes?
Cigarettes, they are disgusting but again, their choice.
6. Should smoking cigarettes be illegal too?
No, that’ll spell disaster. It’ll only cause more problems.
If marijuana was legal…
7. Should it be taxed?
I think so, but not heavily.
8. Who will produce it?
Someone who is true to the cannabis culture, not adding bad chemicals, etc.
9. Will there be DUI penalties for it?
There shouldn’t be any for as long as the war on drugs been going on. So after 70 or so years of herb being legal, there should be DUIs.
10. Do you think there will be an increase or decrease in crime rates?
Crime rates will fall off the chart.
hhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllll motherf_ing yeah marijuana should be leagle by the time your done reading this i should be done smoking miiiii blunt…………………………….. {on cloud nine)
yeha less mary-J related deaths than alcohol yet alcohol is legal?
1. Do you have any experience with marijuana (none, medical reasons, just smoke it, etc)
every day
2. Why you think it should/ should not be legal.
it should be more legal than beer
3. If someone is caught illegally smoking it what should their punishment be?
given a book on the dangers of smoking pot
4. Do you think the health risks outweigh the benefits (or the other way around) for someone with a serious disease?
if you wanna hurt your self and have fun than do it
5. Which do you think is worse: pot or cigarettes?
cigarettes
6. Should smoking cigarettes be illegal too?
no
If marijuana was legal…
7. Should it be taxed?
no but its a favorable tradeoff
8. Who will produce it?
hopefully super smart scientists and myself
9. Will there be DUI penalties for it?
if the cop can tell your blazed then your too high to drive
10. Do you think there will be an increase or decrease in crime rates?
biggest drop off in crime since the end of the prohibition
yeah i smoke weed all tha time yeah it should be leagalized but i dont matter cuz ima do it any way and if its illegall it just makes it mere fun!!!
OHMYGODYES.
1. i just love it.
2. i think it will cut down on crime.
if you don’t have to illegally sell it then no one will get shot over it lol
3. with no intent to sell nothing
[its only effecting them.]
4. there aren’t may risk.
5. i think it’s about the same.
6. nopee…
[it only effecting the person who smokes.]
7. sure if it’s legal.
8. hum. i’m not so sure, but Marlboro already has a box.
9. i think it should be treated like alcohol, don’t smoke and drive…
[and get caught (; ]
10. defffff. a decrease like i said if you can go to the store and buy it no one will get shot.
Chuck and, yes, it should be legalized.
1. Yes, medical, and I just love to smoke it!!!
2. Simply because it’s never been proven to cause any deaths, can’t be OD’d on, has tons of medical benefits (that the medicine industry wants you to know nothing about)…and lasty it is just a damn, naturally growing weed that God put on this Earth for us to smoke and enjoy.
3. None, because cops are corrupt and have nothing better to do.
4. No…there are NO proven health risks.
5. cigarettes
6. No…making things illegal is against what our country stands for. If I want to concoct a solution of household chemicals to kill myself, I can. So, all drugs should be legalized…simply because alcohol and cigarettes cause more deaths than all drugs combined.
7. Yes
8. Anyone and Everyone (it’s a plant)
9. No, driving drunk and driving while smoking aren’t even the same thing. Drinking and driving can and will kill people. It’s never been proven that pot does anything negatively to driving…people with pot in their blood usually also had alcohol in it as well.
10. There isn’t much marijuana-related crime. Alcohol causes more crime and violence. So, if anything, it would decrease the miniscule amount that already exists.
1) I have been smoking marijuana recreationally since I was fourteen (thirty three now).
2) It should be legal because you can’t rationally make nature illegal. You can’t take something that grows naturally and say "You can’t touch that." It’s not like marijuana is the tree of knowledge…although. But if you know your cannabis history, you’d know that it was only made illegal as a way of protecting the interests of the lumber industry, with the influence of misinformation, propaganda and flat out lies, major corporations deceived the public into making one of the most useful plants on the planet illegal. And time after time, studies have shown that marijuana is nowhere near as dangerous for our health as cigarettes, alcohol or even coffee.
3) Confiscation of weed and whatever they were smoking it out of, and that should only be if it’s in a public place.
4) Like I said before, caffeine is more dangerous to our health than marijuana is. If someone is in the hospital with a serious disease, then maybe they should be getting a joint with their breakfast instead of a cup of coffee.
5) Just look at the death tolls, cigarettes kill more people in one year than alcohol, car accidents, homicides, drug overdoses and prescription pills combined. Nearly 450,000 people a year in the US alone die from smoking cigarettes. Do you know how many deaths are attributed to marijuana every year? Zero. Even reports that are biased have to say things like "may" and "should" cause cancer. There has never been a single death attributed to smoking marijuana.
6) No, no matter how bad it is for you, we should respect peoples choice to put what they want in their body. However, I feel we should put more pressure on people who smoke around children, second hand smoke is a serious health hazard and there’s no reason that they can’t just go outside.
7) Absolutely, with a 5% tax just like alcohol and tobacco, the annual revenue could be well into the millions. That could go towards paying off our national debt.
9) I’m not sure how you would detect whether or not someone was high at the time, urine tests detect THC from up to a month before, so it wouldn’t be very affective. We would probably come up with newer technology to detect more recent use, but yes I think driving under the influence of marijuana should be treated just like driving drunk, even though I personally don’t see whats so dangerous about driving 15 miles an hour, ha ha.
10) Definitely a decrease. Whatever remote amounts of crime there are today that are related to marijuana are almost always gang or drug dealing related. If you take marijuana out of the hands of criminals and into the hands of government regulations and sensible policy, you cripple whatever power those criminals exercised with the use of marijuana. Especially if we’re talking about the drug cartels in Mexico and the Hell’s Angels. These two organizations are the only remote example of crime related to marijuana. You take away the demand for illegal drugs by making them legal, you take away suppliers.
terri and yes i smoke everyday,it should be legal because its not as bad as alcohol and its a plant that grows in the ground without altering it you can get a pleasant Head Change, punishment for it should be a small fine regardless of amount, i think the benefits out weigh, cigarettes are worse, no cigarettes should not be illegal, it should not be taxed but come on of course it will be just like everything else, You should be able to just produce your own, Yes, I think there will be a decrease in crime rates.
Amanda
1. yes, recreational use.
2. I think it should be legal because cigarettes and alcohol is legal and marijuana is far less worse than either.
3. i don’t think that it should be illegal to smoke. but if there was a punishment get their stash taken away.
4. i think that all medicine has it’s risks as does marijuana, i’m sure. but they don’t know if it causes diseases such as lung cancer because "people who smoke marijuana usually smoke cigarettes" according to our health books in high school.
5. cigarettes. they have over 4,000 carcinogens in them. including rat poison. and it’s legal!
6. yes but then what would the government tax that’s addicting?
7. if it was legal, i wouldn’t buy it from the store if it were taxed. but i’m sure selling it out of your house would be illegal, because the government couldn’t tax it.
8. clinics.
9. i personally know people that drive better when they’re high because they’re much more aware of their surroundings. but there will always be people who can’t drive while under the influence so i think that there definitely should be penalties.
10. i think there would be a decrease because growing and selling is a crime. and our jails would be full of real criminals instead of rapists and murderers being released due to over population.
1. Yes. I smoke it occasionally. Once or twice a week when I have access to it.
2. Look at prohibition from the 1920s, crime went way up and people were still drinking alcohol. Now, it’s the same thing. Drug crime is way up and marijuana accounts for the majority of these arrests. Despite what the authorities tell you, marijuana is widely available and it’s not regulated, so nearly anyone can get their hands on it. I know people who’ve been smoking it since they were 12 or 13. It is much harder for under-aged people to get something regulated like cigarettes or alcohol because we regulate it.
3. Confiscation of the smoking tool and weed. $50 fine. And only if the person was caught smoking in public. Smoking in your own home or a cannabis café should have absolutely no penalties. Possession should not be against the law if you’re legally allowed to possess it.
4. I don’t really know what you risk by smoking marijuana. Someone with a serious disease could certainly benefit from it. There are lots of success stories out there.
5. Cigarettes, by far. There are hundreds of thousands of annual deaths attributed to tobacco smoking, and zero for marijuana smoking.
6. No, cigarettes shouldn’t be illegeal. It’s a person’s right to do whatever they want to do. They’re not causing any harm to anyone by smoking cigarettes. Unless it’s second hand smoke, of course, but that’s why we have laws in place saying where you can and can not smoke. If marijuana were legal, there would be the same kind of laws.
7. Yes it should be taxed. I believe it should be taxed at the same rate of alcohol, whatever that is.
8. Anyone, really. People are allowed to make their own alcohol and grow their own tobacco, but most just opt to buy it at a store. It stands to reason the trend won’t be broken for marijuana.
9. Certainly. There’s no way to really test how stoned someone is, but if an officer is able to tell that the driver is stoned, I think you’re too stoned to drive.
10. Crime without a question will go down. The thousands of people arrested for marijuana each year would no longer be a statistic. That’s a huge enough statistic alone for crime to go down. But also, people will have no reason to kill each other over marijuana if it’s legal.
1. Do you have any experience with marijuana (none, medical reasons, just smoke it, etc)
Yes, I smoke weed everyday.
2. Why you think it should/ should not be legal.
The economy would boost up quick, and I would really enjoy smoking a joint anywhere without being doing something illegal.
3. If someone is caught illegally smoking it what should their punishment be?
It should be legal, there should be no punishment.
4. Do you think the health risks outweigh the benefits (or the other way around) for someone with a serious disease?
I don’t really see a health risk…
5. Which do you think is worse: pot or cigarettes?
CIGARETTES
6. Should smoking cigarettes be illegal too?
I even smoke cigarettes and I think that they should be outlawed OVER marijuana.
If marijuana was legal…
….Consider me one of the happiest human beings alive.
7. Should it be taxed?
Well if it is legal, I’m sure it would be.
8. Who will produce it?
That all depends, I mean if a tobacco company produced it they would probably end up putting harmful chemicals into it. So I’m going with dispensaries.
9. Will there be DUI penalties for it?
No. I have never even got a ticket for speeding while high. If anything I drive just the same.
10. Do you think there will be an increase or decrease in crime rates?
Decrease.
Yes, it should be legalized.
Yes I have experience with marijuana.
I think it should be legal because it is fun, less harmful that any other legal medicine, will put more focus on REAL criminals, have a better source for clothing, fabric, fiber, animal food.
If someone is caught smoking then nothing should happen
The benefits outweight the health risks seeing as how there are none really..
i KNOW cigarrettes are worse, 400,000 people die every year from them verses 0 for weed.
If it was legal it should not be taxed
Everyone who wants to will produce it
Yes there should be DUI penalties because you’re still not completely sober
Decrease!!!!!