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« on: 12/27/07, 07:07 PM » |
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Marijuana is without question the most recreational drug. Many college students admit to using or atleast trying it.
Do you think marijuana should be legalized?
I personally don't smoke, but think that if they taxed marijuana like tobacco, then society would benefit from those tax dollars.
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Chris
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« Reply #1 on: 12/29/07, 12:10 AM » |
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One of the problems that I see with legalizing marijuana is that there is not real test to see how high you are or if you are high and I think it it were legal I figure there should be some kind of restriction on being high and driving. Other than that I feel like things like cigarettes and alcohol are just as bad or even worse in some cases.
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« Reply #2 on: 12/29/07, 01:21 AM » |
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Well just like drinking and driving there should be restrictions on smoking and driving. Perhaps even in the case of cigarettes. I know a lot of people will feel like their freedoms are being taken away by not being allowed to smoke and drive, but in most states you aren't allowed to talk on a cell phone and drive, so I don't see how this is much different.
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« Reply #3 on: 12/29/07, 02:32 AM » |
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Well just like drinking and driving there should be restrictions on smoking and driving. Perhaps even in the case of cigarettes. I know a lot of people will feel like their freedoms are being taken away by not being allowed to smoke and drive, but in most states you aren't allowed to talk on a cell phone and drive, so I don't see how this is much different.
I say that there should be restrictions on smoking and driving but the only tests for marijuana that I know of detect it in your system for a minimum of 14 days after smoking. I feel like some type of test needs to be developed for testing if you are actually high, not that you just smoked in the past two weeks. |
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« Reply #4 on: 12/29/07, 10:35 AM » |
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I'm sure that if they legalized marijuana on the conditions that a detection test needed to be developed, then someone would come up with one pretty quick.
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« Reply #5 on: 01/01/08, 10:57 PM » |
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Well just like drinking and driving there should be restrictions on smoking and driving. Perhaps even in the case of cigarettes. I know a lot of people will feel like their freedoms are being taken away by not being allowed to smoke and drive, but in most states you aren't allowed to talk on a cell phone and drive, so I don't see how this is much different.
I say that there should be restrictions on smoking and driving but the only tests for marijuana that I know of detect it in your system for a minimum of 14 days after smoking. I feel like some type of test needs to be developed for testing if you are actually high, not that you just smoked in the past two weeks. they can do some kinda test where they tell u to follow their finger with ur eyes...then they move their finger in close to ur nose, and i think usually your eyes cross....but if you're high they don't cross. idk how fool-proof this is though. |
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« Reply #6 on: 01/02/08, 09:35 PM » |
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If you can pass the same field sobriety test that is given to someone who is being scrutinized for drunk driving then you get to get back behind the wheel. Remember that other mood-altering substances are sold by the millions by pharmacies. What sort of test are they given? The same physical and mental tests administered for alcohol. Why would it be different for weed? The same argument can be made about pharmaceuticals being present in your system, but not active at that moment. The tax possibilities are massive, not to mention the reduction in overall population in prison.
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damn the torpedos! full speed ahead!
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« Reply #7 on: 01/03/08, 07:35 PM » |
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I agree, but isn't that where the difference between DUI and DWI comes into play?
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« Reply #8 on: 01/03/08, 09:02 PM » |
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then how would you distinguish being impaired due to pharmaceuticals vs. alcohol?
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damn the torpedos! full speed ahead!
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« Reply #9 on: 01/03/08, 11:22 PM » |
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My understanding was that DWI was when they can prove you are legally drunk and operating a vehicle, where as DUI is that you are somehow (drugs or alcohol) impaired from driving.
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« Reply #10 on: 01/03/08, 11:30 PM » |
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o and yes...it should be legalized.
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« Reply #11 on: 01/04/08, 10:59 AM » |
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what determines impairment? Obviously we do not piss test everyone who gets pulled over. If you can walk a straight line, say your ABC's forwards and back then what probable cause do they have to continue the examination?
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damn the torpedos! full speed ahead!
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« Reply #12 on: 01/04/08, 05:09 PM » |
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what determines impairment? Obviously we do not piss test everyone who gets pulled over. If you can walk a straight line, say your ABC's forwards and back then what probable cause do they have to continue the examination?
I knew this one kid that got pulled over, passed a Breathalyzer and the field sobriety test. Cop said that he still believed that the kid was on something and gave him a DUI. He hadn't drank or smoked that night but pot still showed up in his system. If it becomes an officers word against yours chances are you're not going to win that argument. That's why I feel that some type of test really needs to be developed. |
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« Reply #13 on: 01/08/08, 02:25 PM » |
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« Reply #14 on: 01/08/08, 08:20 PM » |
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I doubt that fast-food chains and pantry stores would be getting held up for munchies or that youngsters would pawn their iPods for water bongs, but are those images what is so frightening about legalizing it?  He makes a strong argument. What politician wants to get behind legalizing pot? |
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