Drugs & Alcohol

#1

Should alcohol be illegal?

Alcohol is a dangerously addictive drug that brings upon hallucinations and damages both your mental and physical health. So why is it regarded in every society as the OK thing to take? In England it puts a tremendous strain on the NHS, with one in five cases being alcohol related, and it ties up a lot of Police time, with nearly half of all violent cases being alcohol related. So the question is why is alcohol still legal? And is it not hypocritical of those who “despise” drugs to drink alcohol?

Should cannabis be legal?

Based on the above argument, if alcohol is legal why not cannabis? Cannabis can cause a lot of mental health problems later on in life but you cannot overdose with cannabis; it won’t make you violent and is not addictive. Imagine how different a country would be if we didn’t drink but smoked cannabis, would we still see a strain on the NHS by stoners? Would we see the same statistic for cannabis causing violent crime? I’m not saying that cannabis should be legal, but if a far more dangerous drug is, why isn’t it?

Should other drugs, like cocaine, be legal?

  • The NHS for those outside the borders of UK, is our national health service
#2

“Should alcohol be illegal?” HELL NO

“Should cannabis be legal?” HELL YEA BABY! When I need to free my mind
I can find, satisfaction in a bag of weed Everything I need, leave it to the trees It can make me feel better

“cannot overdose with cannabis” False, you can get THC overdosed.
“is not addictive” It sure is mate, beleive me

“Imagine how different a country would be if we didn’t drink but smoked cannabis”
You’re not the first to say this, but I guess it wouldn’t be that fun… If you check the Netherlands you’ll see that only 10% of the native population smokes weed there, it’s the tourists who are the majority

#3

Yeah weed is great. When ever me and my crew wanna chill or got out, we always smoke some piff, makes everyting better.

YO WADDUP CREWWW?

#4

Atlast a fellow scientist :stuck_out_tongue:

#5

Well the American prohibition was a right royal cock up and Russian attempts to increase the price of booze have just pushed some towards horrid moonshine- far worse for their health- some even going so far as drinking perfumes and such trying to get their fix on alcohol.
I think the problem with alcohol is cultural and the way we learn how to appreciate it changes our attitude, if some were to see wine to be enjoyed alongside food, and never have more than a pint or two of lager (depending on your resistance), then really, I can’t see much of a problem, I enjoy alcahol this way. This is a far cry from those who need to be blind drunk and tripping all over the place before they can consider a night out fun, or alcoholics who’ll drown their constant sorrow in spirits.

Legalising cannabis would pretty much make the underground drug traffic of the stuff pointless, and the state would be able to control it more easily. Also were it legal the prices would most likely drop, so less crime in order to acquire it, though the government could tax it so that it is just expensive enough to deter some from becoming frequent smokers.

#6

Good thinking there, really.

#7

Also, legal weed would probably have a must smaller THC concentration, making it “less damaging” for health. IMO laws for weed should be the same as they are for alcohol.

#8

Yes, the state could have a “quality control” and regulations office, funded for by the taxes on weed. This new cannabis industry and national bureau would also provide more employment.

#9

Good point except THC isn’t damaging for health. It’s actually the active ingredient in medicinal mary jane, aka “legal weed,” and probably has a mandated minimum potency in order to be an effective treatment.

Also I’m currently contemplating quitting my day job and going West to work at a dispensary :jizz:

#10

Alcohol is legal because people have been drinking it for years. It’s bad and shouldn’t be legal, but it’s too late to illegalize it as the prohibition has shown.

Weed is bad. In no way shape or form should it be legalized. Sure some people can use certain drugs such as weed responsibly, but the vast majority of the population can’t. If we legalize weed it we be far more available and more people will use it and the majority of the people who use it will turn into leeches on society. They will do nothing of worth and just sit there, baked out of their minds 24/7. Also, if you legalize weed it will be much more available to minors and probably 90% of minors can’t use weed responsibly. I live in a little town in California that is the center of the weed community for the entire county and more. It’s annoying as hell. the people are idiots. The people are stoners. Hmmmmm, I wonder if there’s a correlation?

#11

The people who I know that are stoners are idiots, never met one who wasn’t.

So I can’t say I’m sympathetic.

#12

They smoke because they’re idiots, and being stoned makes them even more of idiots.

#13

Well, technically, many things we have in the world are classified as stimulants. Depends on what extent you want to interpret what is bad and what is good. Like caffeine, ibuprofen, cannabis, alcohol, opiate derivatives and coca plant derivatives.

Technically, spending too much time with something or consuming too much of it in general is addiction, suffice to say.

#14

Therefore, Mary is illegal because nobody has been smoking it for years. Q.E.D. Bitch!

True, just like Alcohol and Tobacco are more readily available to minors because its legal! Whereas the total lack of any control over the MJ market makes it much more difficult for minors to obtain!

This is also true - why would I, as a US taxpayer, want my taxes to pay for people to just sit around being baked? I’d much rather have my taxes pay for 100% their living costs in jail, so they can sit around and keep our privatized prison system the worlds largest!
Nothing says “we’re number 1” like imprisoning the greatest percentage of any nations population, especially since it helps to keep those dangerous stoners off of the streets. IMHO that’s totally worth the ‘burden on society’ that filthy hippies claim our prison system represents.

#15

I’m from Holland. So that shit’s legal over here. And I like smoking some weed alot better than drinking.

You’re saying stoner’s are idiots. But 90% of the world’s population, at the least, are idiots. So what are we talking about here?
And booze makes you a much bigger idiot than weed does.

And yeah, weed can make you lazy. But rather lazy than beating the shit out of someone, making a complete ass out of yourself and many other things that alchohol can make you do.

#16

^this

Plus drugs like weed have different effects on each people. It’s like some people get dumb, some people talk a lot, some people can’t stop laughing, some people get silent or even fall asleep etc. etc. so don’t say every weed smoker is an idiot. In fact, most of the people who know me say I’m fun when I’m high…

#17

Talking about the phenomenon that I have yet to meet a person in real life that smokes weed and isn’t an idiot.

I meet plenty of people who enjoy booze and are sensible people.

Show me a person who smokes weed and isn’t an idiot in real life.

#18

You’re just lucky then. Or unlucky. Simple as that.
It’s bullshit that people that smoke weed are stupid, and people who don’t are not.
The world isn’t that black and white. Not everyone who smokes weed is an idiot, neither is it so that if you don’t smoke weed you’re a normal sensable and intelligent person. ‘Normal’ people can be idiots too.

Of course there are always idiots that do it cause their friends do it. But that’s soceity for you. People do shit do fit in. Always have always will. As do people smoke and drink to fit in. And wear clothes from a certain brand and listen to certain music.

All the stoners I’ve met are far more reasonable, more intelligent people than most. In fact, most of my friends are.
I’ve seen people do incredibely stupid shit by booze.

#19

My hubby had a chance to go riding coach for the night with an officer. Learned lots of things about lots of idiot people but the more interesting thing was a comment she made. She said “The number one reason we are in business is alcohol”.

#20

I think some of you “stereotyping” stoners should check out this video

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