I would agree only if anyone caught under the influence of Marijuana in a motor vehicle accident would face the same penalties.

The legalisation of any drug makes it far easier to control, to tax and to monitor. This in turn would make it easier to regulate impropoer us of such drugs such as driving under the influence, addiction etc. It would remove the criminial stigmitisation of drugs and put drug lords, drug gangs etc out of business.

I agree with the leagalization of marijuana, but there should be tough regulations attached, I belive not everyone should be able to use and people should be tested and monitered while using. While this is a control substance you should be guided under a medical doctor or mental care.

I have never cared for or have tried it myself, but I feel it should be leagalized but treated as achohol.  That you should be under the influence of pot while driving, or working careing for children, and it should not be done in home with minors present.

I believe the facts and figures are already out there to prove this should have been done a long time ago.

for sure. marijuana is great!!  :)

End the draining of tax payer dollars on a War that isnt working!

Ok, this is a no brainer here.  Whether you're all for or completly in oppisition to marijuana use, people are gonna smoke it no matter what you think so the question is should they be paying a legitamate taxable business that got there product from an american farmer, or some low life with no job standing on a corner selling crap that somewhere down the line came from terrorists?  So thats something for you conservatives to think about.  Oh and come on, yeah the government makes a killing screwing over innocent pot smokers, but thats nothin compared to what they'd make if they taxed it.  So even you self centered no friend having law enforcment people would actually benifit from this.  Personally I'm about to do 3 months in jail for having a small amount because I refuse pay thousands of dollars (that i cant afford) to pay for a something that I don't even feel is wrong....So I'll prolly lose my job over this and when I get out if something isn't offered to me right away what else am I gonna have to turn to???  Real crime???...well not me personally, I got family with money that won't let that happen to me....but what about the hundreds of thousands like me that don't have any backup.  Point being not only is the government missing out on millions in tax dollars, they're always turning innocent people into real criminals.  Read the first chapter of Genesis in the Bible and tell me God intended for this to happen.  I could go on all day but whats that gonna do....hundreds of thousands of innocent americans are still gonna get arrested and millions are still gonna suffer alcohol and tobacco related deaths...whats the governent gonna do...well I'm willing to give President Obama a chance before I right off the American governent all together....but so so far this country has failed to stand up for the principles it was founded upon. 

Alcohol is absolutely worse than marijuana, it causes a lot more problems and deaths. I agree that people caught under the influence while driving should face the same consequences as that of driving under the influence of alcohol.

stop the war on enlightenment

I for one, definately would be appalled if Marijuana was legalized.  I'm highly allergic to the stuff, and I suffer enough when people are brazen enough to smoke it in public, as it stands, without the deterrent of it being illegal removed.  Make it legal, and I wouldn't be able to set foot outside my house, or open my windows without the risk of being exposed to the smoke. Just the presence of SEEDS in my place once sent me to the hospital. And I didn't even touch them!  They came in with a box of clothing that my ex decided to wash before sorting through it.  If it's on your clothes, in the air, just in the room, you'll send me to the hospital.

Just say NO to legalized Marijuana!

and James...get a life!  That load of crap you just tried to feed everyone is gonna choke someone. 

If people get arrested for having an illegal substance, regardless of whether the person thinks it's wrong or not, you're gonna go to jail.  That's called crime and punishment.  That load of BS about turning innocent people into criminals? GET REAL!

Here's a case of a so called "innocent" person turning into a real criminal...some witch high as a kite on pot thought it would be a good idea to beat the crap out of me because she wanted my parking place.  If she hadn't been high, she wouldn't be doing 15 years for Aggravated Assault, and another few for possession and being under the influence.  Guess what turned HER into the real criminal? The FREAKING MARIJUANA!

What do you have to say about that?

legalize it

Legalize it, just like alcohol, adults 18 an older can CHOOSE to buy it in a Safe location, at a Fair Market price and get over it.  I support medicinal use of marijuana.

What is a "safe" location for that drug?  Nowhere is "safe" for either the users or the unfortunate people around them.

Even if it is legalized like alcohol at the age of TWENTY-ONE, not 18, and even it is a stipulation that it cannot be smoked in public, and no-one under the influence may not appear in public, you know as well as I do that it wouldn't stop people.

And as it is a severely mind altering drug, MUCH more so than alcohol, BTW, who knows what someone under it's influence might do?  I got beaten up because someone decided that my handicapped parking place should be hers, when she was high.  That landed me in hospital, and her in prison for Aggravated Assault and drug-related convictions.  What if she'd gotten the urge to drive her car off a cliff? A Bridge? Into a day-care center or supermarket?  Or maybe she'd have gotten the idea that she could fly, and jumped off the roof.  Or maybe she'd have thought she was a monkey and tried to swing through the trees at the park?  Who knows, she could even have thought she was Hitler. Maybe she'd think she was superman.  Wonder Woman.  The Una-Bomber.   All but the last three I have personally seen in someone under the influence of Marijuana.  

But you say it's SAFE?  RIGHT.  And I'm really an alien from another galaxy.  

One drink at a bar doesn't cause that kind of devastation to the mind.  One joint can.  Hmmm don't think you should compare it to alcohol anymore...it takes a LOT more booze to cause the kind of devastation I've just mentioned than it would Marijuana.  One, maybe two joints would be all it would take.  

Sorry, I'm not buying your pathetic arguments from the sixties. "PEACE, LOVE, DOPE!"  Right.  

If you legalize marujuana, then when you do that not only will there be in increase in marujuana crops, putting good farmland to bad use, there will be in increase in demand for stronger drugs to be legalized. doing such creates a narcotic vaccum that destorys our nation's youth and as i know (since i am part of that youth) the youth do not usually make good choices on their own

maybe you should spell legalize correctly if you want to be taken remotely serious

Although it's not too harmful to most people, it's the fact that there are people like Shannon Davis (above) who are allergic that makes me feel that it should not be legalised. Although it wouldn't affect most people, there are a lot of people for whom it would have drastic consequences...

And James Stolt - whether we say murder is illegal or not, people are always going to do it... but that doesn't mean it should be legalised. You broke the law, and you need to learn to face the consequences. I hope (but don't think) that you'll learn your lesson from this...

Oh and Joseph, it's spelled with an 's' in British English, so it's possible that it was either posted by someone in Britain or Australia, or someone who used to live there and still hasn't got used to American spellings.

And I spell it with an 's' because I'm an Aussie.

hey joe, i did spell it correctly

I don't see how marijuana can be worse than Alcohol. I was often beat by a too drunk father when I was a child. I've been hit by a driver who only had couple of drinks at the bar.

Marijuana is as equally harmful as the already legal alcohol and tobacco. However, it is NOT a strong psychoactive drug that would cause hallucinations or increased agression. It is NOT addictive. It has proven benefical medical qualities for pain relief and other things.

Any talk of a person under the influence of marijuana driving into a daycare center is ridiculous and meant to scare people away from the actual truth.

It is an easy cash crop to grow, tax and regulate. It can grow in a variety of conditions, and doesn't depend heavily on nutrient rich soil. It could be sold over the counter just as cigarrettes are.

Legalize it.

A Adamson.... what?!

You're saying you were beaten by a drunk father, and thus you WANT an equally potent drug to be freely avaliable?

Even is it's not worse than alcohol, that doesn't make it good. There are millions of Americans out there who don't drink excessively, but would smoke pot excessively if it became legal. And that could potentially mean thousands more children being beaten, just like you were. Surely you don't want a future like that for America?

I didn't say equally potent. I did not say they had the same affect. I was actually trying to be judicious and not demonize any of the substances in question. Marijuana is NOT a drug that causes agression or strong psychoactive effects (unlike alcohol).  Now kids are being beaten by potenial marijuana smokers?? This is fear mongering plain and simple. If you're going to make an outlandish claim at least prove it. Even the government doesn't make such claims.

http://www.nida.nih.gov/infofacts/marijuana.html

Honestly, anyone that wants to smoke marijuana already is. It's way easier to get than alcohol. I don't think numbers would rise very much at all.

"Marijuana is NOT a drug that causes agression"

Now that's a fairly strong claim, and also one that's very difficult to prove.

I've seen people high on pot be much more aggressive than they normally are.


I'm not trying to say that legalisation of pot would harm all of America's children, but it'd be difficult to say that every single American child would recieve the same quality of upbringing if their parents were smoking pot.

A. Anderson, are you calling me a liar?  Are you saying I DIDN'T see the guy high on pot drive into the daycare center that I VOLUNTEERED at?  I was just imagining the care that came through the window and hit the secretary's desk?  I was imagining the allergic reaction I had when I went to check on both the driver and the secretary?  There is only one thing that causes me to react like that. Marijuana. 

Are you saying the woman who beat me up over a parking spot wasn't high? Calling the cops and my allergic reaction a liar?

You saying that the woman who almost drowned in the river near my home wasn't high when she jumped in?  The police say she was.

And the one that died when he drove his car off a small cliff wasn't either.  Though the police say he was.

The guy who drove his car off the bridge?  He managed to swim to shore, but again, the police said he was high on pot.

You calling my MOM a liar? An ER nurse for over 30 years, she dealt regularly with a guy who thought he was Hitler whenever he smoked that stuff.

The two kids that jumped off the roof because they thought they could fly?  She treated them too, and they were high on pot.

The lady that thought she was a monkey?  Fell out of tree near where I was playing with my dog and the two little boys I was babysitting.  And I reacted within minutes to the Marijuana residue on her clothing.

but it isn't a severe mind altering drug.  Doesn't cause aggression right?

I wasn't making a pro-alcohol argument either, only saying that you can't fairly compare it to alcohol.  I despise people who won't admit when they've had enough and stop.  When I drink, I don't drive, even though I probably could...I have never been drunk, and only buzzed once.  I didn't like the feeling, so now, avoid it.  I drink one, maybe two, and quit.  Because I know EXACTLY how much I can handle.But the long and the short of it is, MOST people can drink one or two, and not be drunk, nor do they pull the stunts I just described.  Stop trying to justify smoking pot because it makes SOME people mellow.  Well, alcohol makes SOME people mellow.  It makes SOME people "happy"  and it makes a LOT of people evil, mean, and angry.  MOST people who smoke one or two joints become highly intoxicated, and I've seen more aggression and screwed up thinking than otherwise with it.And yes, it IS addictive to many people.  That's like saying that alcohol isn't addictive because some people can handle it.  I have seen a LOT of people who were addicted to Marijuana.

The federal government should legalize marijuana and tax it to the hilt to help pay for universal health care.  It is less harmful and less powerful than legalized alcohol consumption.

OK, let’s legalize weed. Here are the reasons’ First and most importantly the answer to drug or alcohol addiction is education and rehabilitation not interdiction and incarceration. Making drug use a crime simply creates a profitable illegal distribution business which is funding criminal enterprises. The results are on display in Mexico today. Our courts and jails need to be used to stop violent crime, not to lock up a bunch of stoners.  Further, how can it be illegal to do something the next President has admitted doing? Is the crime smoking pot, or getting caught? Smoking Pot could be legal, Driving High is not. Purchasing Pot could be legal, do so for minors is not. Let’s tax the stuff and let the cops focus on real crime.

To everyone who says it should be legalised - go back and read everything Shannon has said. Then respond with reasons that those arguments are invalid/unimportant.

To sum it up in three sentences: although weed may not effect everyone terribly, people who have it make stupid decisions and those could lead to injuries and deaths. And people who are allergic but don't know it may try it and end up dead as well. And people like Shannon can have terrible allergic reactions if it is smoked around them.

this is America so we use American English so you use a Z not an S,  I promise.

And by the way this is pretty trivial, couldn't you think of something with a little more substance? The real issue in the establishments point of view isn't people smoking or getting high, it's the people selling it and avoiding taxes from the income.

and this Shannon person is just irritating. There I'm done.

too bad, so are you.

Also, THANK YOU Michael...but you know they don't want to face/admit the truth.  They like the stuff, and they want a legal excuse to keep smoking it.

As for the person who remarked about our next president having smoked it once?  Who HASN'T done something stupid as kid?  Who HASN'T ever done something illegal?  Come on, you saying you, or someone you know never shoplifted some little thing, just for kicks?  Never broke the speed limit, or drove while intoxicated?  Kids do dumb stuff, and that includes experimenting with pot. 

We've had presidents that were draft dodgers, pot smoking hippies, adulterers, etc...nobody said a president had to lead a spot-on perfect life prior to office.  If they did, we'd never have had a single one.  Many do not even toe the line completely while IN office.  That's no reason to make it legal.  The "he did it, so I can do it" argument simply won't work.  Sorry.

Ok, first off I am honored to see so many responses to my comment.  I never knew I was so popular, haha.  Anyways to answer lil Ms. conservative...Yeah, I'm not only calling you a liar, but I'm calling you uneducated on this subject.  When someone does something and they give them a drug test that shows up positive for THC, all that means is that its in there system.  THC can stay in your system for up to 28 days.  So if someone did something stupid and they found THC in there system....that means nothing except that they're part of the 20% of the country who have smoked pot in that past month.  So next time theres an accident, lets test them to see if they have and caffine in there system then outlaw coffee.  I'm not promoting driving under the influence of anything.  But lets be real.  Drinking and prescription pills are way more likely to affect someones motor abilities than pot...and many studies have proven this.  Someone beating your ass from being high on pot....HAHA thats the bigest joke I've ever heard.  If anything the pot kept her from killing your ass.  I'm not saying pots for everybody...People with certain  mental conditions shouldn't smoke and they know this.  So lets look at the people who've done crazy shit "high on pot" and find out that they were crazy without the pot.  So I'll give you a million dollars if you show me a person who really bevlieves that they are hittler because they were high on pot, but have no history of mental illness or other drug use.  People do not become psychotic from pot...but psychotic people who smoke pot or do other drugs become more psychotic.  As for it being addictive....many scientific studies have proven that it is in now way physically addictive.  Mentally addictive??...well anything can be mentally addictive.  So yeah, pot is about as addictive as sex, ice cream, and uh well I don't know...how bout going to church.  Yeah..as far as being addictive goes smoking pot is in the same class as going to church.  And as far as being severly allergic to pot goes...assuming I believe that...how is that any different than someone allergic to tobacco...or fuckin dandelions...noones saying that it should be legal for someone to kick your door in and smoke pot in your home.  I personally feel that any smoking should be done in the privacy of your own home, or in clubs designated for such activity to take place.  But how are you gonna make something illegal cuz a few people are allergic to it.  Your posts are pointless and full of lies...probally because you've been misinformed and don't know better.  My posts are full of various bits of information that medical professionals have either writen or told me personally, not some story a friend of a friend of yours heard some guy say that he heard from a friend of a doctor.  Get real!  You ideas are being condradicted by liberals and a lot of conservatives.  Nobody believes that arresting pot smokers is a good use of federal funding.  So keep on making post with your stale ass conservate opinion...the facts have already been layed out.  The more you sit here and spit out lies the more you look like as ass.
Oh and for my man who said something about "this is america spell like it"....this in the internet buddy...unlike america here you really can do and say what you want...ya know like you're suppose to be able to in america....so you can talk with whatever slang you want...hell even if you wanna spell shit wrong for shits and giggles...thats your right...and if you don't like real freedom of speech, then get off our internet.

James, I find that when somebody tries to make a point, it's really quality not quantity that makes the difference.

Your constant grammatical errors really detract from what you're trying to say.

wow, everyones smart on here it seems.


-except 'shannon davis'.

it makes me saaaaaaaadddd to think people believe that getting high is THAT 'devastating'. Please, someone REALLY does get more impaired from ALCOHOL more than getting high, let alone smoking THC has never killed anyone in the entire history of the world; impossible to overdose. Do the research mannn, cuz I swear on my LIFE that when you get high you dont think your 'wonderwoman' or would jump off a bridge!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA

The PROPAGANDA people believe really does not show intelligence. How could you ever believe something like that when sooooo many millions of americans and people all over the world, for the last 10,000 years, since about the time of food cultivation, have been smoking cannabis? PLEASE, I BEG YOU TO DO THE RESEARCH, if you cant just smoke a joint for yourself to UNDERSTAND. It's nothing like that, thats just crazy!! I find that nuts that people buy into it!

HERE: PLEASE EDUCATE YOURSELF, its the only way you can make a proper decision.



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-legalization with a 'z' is the proper spelling, by the way

Umm, I wouldn't have reacted to Marijuana on these people if they hadn't been smoking it recently.

As for "smart" or not "smart" what's your IQ?  Mine ranks up into the genius level, and I currently have a 3.9 GPA in College. 

I can only rely on what I have seen personally.

These things are fact:

1: I am highly allergic to Marijuana.
2: I have a unique reaction to it in all forms.
3: I only react that way to Marijuana
4: In several of the instances outlined in my original statement, I have reacted to Marijuana residue on the people's clothing and skin.

Conclusion: Those people had recently been smoking Marijuana.

Sable, you simply CANNOT tell me that what I have seen and experienced concerning the drug is not true!  Like I said, I was THERE when the man drove his car through the front window of a day care center!  The man positively REEKED of Marijuana, and I reacted almost immediately to it.  Not only was I NOT able to help him and the secretary he hit, but I ended up in the ER myself.  And I suppose next you'll be saying that the woman who attacked me wasn't high either.  Please. She dropped the joint she was smoking in order to come after me!  She dragged me out of my wheelchair, and beat the crap out of me, because she wanted the parking place my driver had just taken.  I have witnessed many people do some seriously dangerous and dumb things while high, my uncle Kevin included.

Yes, I know how devastating alcohol can be, and was not making a pro-alcohol statement.  Only that it takes MORE alcohol to reach a certain level of intoxication in MOST people, than it does Marijuana to reach the same level.

Nothing you can say, no amount of research and documentation will ever make me believe that it is a safe drug.  Period.  You may not be able to kill yourself with the drug itself, but that doesn't make it safe.

This is the biggest no brainer in the history of mankind. I'm currently using cannabis treatments for migraine prevention. I was getting 4 to 6 migraines every month, each lasting 2-3 days. Since I started cannabis treatments 9 months ago, I've only had 2 migraines. Cannabis has restored my quality of life. Period! I am a legal registered user in the state of Colorado. I use cannabis tea for prevention. I use cannabis bud for treatment of pain. If I feel a migraine coming (pressure in my head), I eat a cannabis cookie or drink some tea, or smoke a little and it prevents the migraine from turning into a full blown painful situation and in most cases completely get's rid of it. If I drink my cannabis tea every day, I rarely experience a migraine or any migraine symptoms. If I stop drinking the tea, the migraine's begin to return. The cannabis tea has NO THC, therefore I do not get high and can use it throughout the day if necessary and continue working at my job. Any other treatments that included THC are done at night after work and before bed. This is just one example of responsible medical usage of this wonderful plant. Please help to legalize and decriminalize this plant. There are so many uses for it and it can help all of us. It's also non-toxic and a natural detoxifier for your body. That's my two cents.......

I feel sorry for people like Shannon Davis (post above mine) who do not truly understand the benefits of this plant and obviously refuse to find out for themselves. Anyone allergic to this plant should not use it. Duh! Most people don't know or realize that ALL humans are allergic to cows milk and it's the single worst thing you can put into your body other than nuclear waste. You can check the facts at: www.notmilk.com  But then again, it requires a few moments of an open mind to absorb it. Those closed minded people will not even bother to look and just brush it off as "crazy". Fine with me. Natural selection always takes care of these people. It doesn't take a genius to know that Cannabis is good for you. It will cure cancer and many other diseases. I used it to cure chronic asthmatic bronchitis 15 years ago. Now I use it to prevent and treat migraines. Do your homework Ms. Davis. Then come back with an intelligent statement. Don't bother with any more "rants". Everyone here knows the truth about this plant. It's up to you to find out for yourself. Just as with anything in life, there will be irresponsible users such as the folks you mentioned in the car accident. But that does not mean this plant should be illegal. It just needs proper regulation. Regulate it. Tax it.

George Washington grew hemp. It was our number one crop until 1913 and was used for everything from fuel to clothing to paper to medicine, etc. It was safely used and given to children as a medicine as well. Who and why did it become illegal? Land lords and slave owners who wanted to sell more cotton teamed up with politicians and news paper owners and slandered the plant calling it "marijuana". Everyone knew hemp was a good thing, but they did not know what marijuana was. They were duped into voting against the plant not knowing that this would take away the one thing that they had depended on for centuries. Look it up. Please don't beLIEve me.

"I would agree only if anyone caught under the influence of Marijuana in a motor vehicle accident would face the same penalties" People under the influence of marijuana can usually drive just fine when they are regular users it does not intoxicate people like alcohol does.

Shannon. You are out of your mind. How is this for a story my lady.

My father is dying of liver failure. What is the one and only thing that is helping him through these tough tough times? Cannabis! I am not going to say anymore. I am not going to check back and waist my life arguing with you. You are ignorant and I feel very sorry for you. You are what is wrong with America :) I am sure you are one of those who pops pills to feel better, right? Yes, I am most likely correct on that one. Take care.

Thank you and do not forget, Legalize Marijuana!

not any narcotics.

Tylenol, yes, narcotics, no.  I'm not killing any brain cells on drugs that, over time, I will need more and more of to make them effective.  No, I just live with the considerable amount of pain I'm in.  I do use moist heat therapy and ice for pain, caffiene for migraines and asthma, and herbal teas for stress.

My aunt died of liver failure, and it's no walk in the park. 

I have no problem for making it a legal narcotic for pain relief. 

I object to legalizing it for the recreational amusement of people with nothing better to do.  I'm a lot saner than the people who want to legalize the drug just so they can legally get stoned out of their minds.

And Jennifer, I know you're checking back, even if you're not saying anything.  I know how the human mind works...I'm a psychology major!

William, my objection to it due to my allergy is simple.  I'll react to it if the residue is on your clothing, skin, or in your hair.  I'll react if you leave a plant in my home...I don't have to touch  it.  I react to the smoke, I even reacted to the presence of SEEDS in clothing that my ex was washing.  they came mixed in with clothing that someone gave us. 

If it's made legal for recreational use, I won't be able to leave my home safely, or even open the windows.  People will be smoking it everywhere they smoke cigarrettes.  There is no way to keep people like me from exposure to the drug.  Thank God I never experimented with it, it might have killed me!  Just standing within ten feet of anyone who is, or recently was, smoking it is enough to send me to the hospital.  It's NOT as simple as "if you're allergic to it, don't use it".

I will say it again, for the record, as loudly as I can type "I HAVE LITTLE OBJECTION TO MAKING IT A LEGAL NARCOTIC FOR PAIN RELIEF"  because at least then, it will be strictly controlled, and the people using it won't be able to do anything dangerous, because if they are physically in that much pain, they probably are in no condition to be doing much.

You cannot make me believe that it is a safe recreational drug.  I feel the same way about tobacco and alcohol in general.  I can count on the fingers of one hand, the number of times I have taken a drink of alcohol.  Yes, I have used it, and am aware of the dangers of too much.  See, my problem again, with comparing alcohol to Marijuana, is that one drink won't do much of anything to most people, whereas one joint will.

Now, I'm tired of having to repeat myself.

However, one new thing to say.  I am not uneducated about the drug.  I have researched it thoroughly, and I'm not impressed.  At this point, I think we need to agree to disagree, though I STILL want to hear someone make a real argument about what I have said, not just some pathetic, biased "you're lying" or "you're nuts" or "you don't know about marijuana" or even one-sided websites.

Please tell me, why are the points I made unimportant or invalid?  As someone closely privy to many medical professionals, and as someone with too much personal experience to believe otherwise, I do not believe that this is something that is safe for "recreational" use.  Please tell me why it is.  Please tell me how I will avoid exposure to it if it is made legal like cigarrettes?

In fact, I honestly don't see how any "recreational" drug should be made legal.  No matter what anyone says, the long and the short of it is that mind-altering drugs are not something to be fooled around with.  Addictions...and don't try to tell me it's not addictive because you and your friends aren't or don't think you are.  My uncle is addicted to marijuana.  He cannot quit when he wants to.  He can't seem to quit tobacco either.  He did manage to quit drinking, but only because his parole officer said he'd lock him up for the remainder of his sentence (another ten or so years) if he so much as got caught HOLDING someone else's beer.  That worked.  If Kevin wants to quit smoking Marijuana, it needs to be in a rehab setting.  He can't do it himself.  My friend's sister committed suicide because instead of making her "happy" and "mellow" marijuana made her depressed and agitated. 

Marijuana is not easily controlled, and I honestly think that is why the FDA hasn't made it a legal narcotic for medicinal use.  If it works for you, and your doctor agrees, than by all means, take a chance.  But it IS NOT safe for recreational use.  It might be for some people, but not for all, or even most. 

i am allergic to alcohol i have one drink and i m drunk and hung over 2-3 drinks i am floored and border blood-alcohol poisoning why because alcohol is a poision and if u take a little poison u get sick but if ur allergic to the poison a little equals a lot and that equals death .......SO I DONT GO TO THE BARS OR WHERE THERE IS ALCOHOL OR ALCOHOL ABUSE (u could do the same with ur illness) as i am a medical marijuana patient i will support this cause because it helps prevent and treat and cure my coloitis,asthma,depression,anxiety,tilted c1,2,&3 verts,herniated disc in my neck,seperated sternum,tendonitis,ibs,and tumor removed from my spine.

yeah all that and not one pill in 4yrs i could SAY NO TO POT than i would be on conventional health care regimines and medicines making the health care and pharmaceutical companies rich, WHILE MAKING MY SELF A SLAVE AND SHEEP OF THE FLOCK, A SOULESS WORM without happiness or i could grow my own medicine FOR FREE that treats all my ailments versus my 10 pills AT 30 $ A SCRIPT EACH MONTH

Mr. Baker, if it becomes legal, do you honestly believe people will only smoke it in certain places?  Anywhere you might come across cigarette smoke, I could run into someone smoking it.  It will be on their clothing, in their hair, on their skin, and in the air.

as I stated, (I'm beginning to feel like a broken record here) I am not objecting to the medicinal use of it.  I AM objecting to making it recreationally legal.

What a complete idiot. Is there any way to block this person? Who is mediating this thing.

I certainly don't see people drinking alcohol everywhere I go. Why? Because it's regulated and controlled and there are rules that people must follow, etc. etc., anyone with a brain can figure this out. I can't believe I'm even responding to this brain donor! (Ms. Davis)

Fortunately for me, I live in the state of Colorado which is the most highly educated in the nation (check it!) where medical cannabis is available to me.

I'm allergic to Cottonwood Trees. I struggle with it every year. All cottonwood trees should be made illegal! Every human is allergic to cow's milk. ALL milk products should be illegal. Actually, all I care about is myself, so everything I don't like should be illegal! Am I sounding enough like Ms. Davis yet? What a freakin' joke. Again, natural selection will take care of people like this. It's just sad to watch. It's like watching someone slowly kill themselves with cigarettes and/or alcohol. Or watching someone who is on fire, burning slowly, screaming for help while pouring gasoline on themselves. Leave them to their pills and toxic chemicals. I'm sure she uses dryer sheets in her laundry too. One of the most toxic things on earth. Obviously the cumulative effect of all of the chemicals she uses has taken a serious toll on her mental abilities.

Again, I'm sure everyone here agrees with me...........except Ms. Davis, so whoever is mediating this thing, can you please block this idiot!?!?!?! Unbelievable! She's probably got slaves in her basement too!

Wake up!

DO NOT LEGALIZE IT. i am a cannabis patient and i believe the hard road that most people take in order to receive medical marijuana is enough for people. seriously i only smoke with responsible and mature people, theres nothing more that i loathe more than a dumbass kid getting high and not knowing what he/she gets themselves into. There are many weakminded individuals who are just NOT ready to smoke, it is a PRIVLIAGE that MUST be earned not just given away to anyone.

I support legalizing marijuana! I smoke it everyday and function normally; SHANNON! The girl who beat you up had to have been on some kind of other drug because people just DON'T act like that because they are high on maijunana!! I use to be an alcoholic and when I drank, I got VERY mean!! Almost ruined my marriage!! But I quit drinking and only smoke marijuana now! And everyone I know likes me alot better now! I am a much better person now! So I believe Marijuana saved my life! If you don't like it, so be it, that don't mean it should be illegal! Not our fault that your allergic!! I'm allergic to alot of stuff! Alcohol should be illegal, NOT MARIJUANA!

Ms Davis. People do not react to second hand smoke in clothing like you do. That is a clear lie. Smoke might get in your lungs second handedly but even that doesn't have enough thc to get you high. The study that was found to kill brain cells was done on monkeys. They strapped them down and pumped into a gas mask also strapped to them 100 grams of cannabis smoke a day. They were deprived of oxygen. Ms psycology major, what does lack of oxygen do to the brain? Thus you have the brain cell killing scare. All this was done to avoid paying lab fees.
Maybe some ppl are allergic to alcohol? People re allergic to freakin peanuts?
There are idiot stoners. There's idiot alcoholics. Hell there's just plain idiots. The ppl you refer to are a few. But blaming someones faults on a material is wrong. Blame the person not the object

What defines "addiction"? If there is a physical withdrawal from it, then it can be classified as an addictive. There is NO physical withdrawal from THC/Cannabis. This is common knowledge. However, two of the most addictive drugs known to man have serious withdrawal. Sugar and Caffeine. Yes, sugar is classified as a drug by the FDA and AMA. Try to quite these two things and you will suffer physical withdrawal. Quite using THC and there is no physical withdrawal. This is easy information for you to find. When Cannabis is finally legal, it will be regulated like alcohol, NOT cigarettes! Eventually, nobody will smoke cigarettes anyway. Everyone knows that only suicidal people smoke cigarettes. Everyone knows they kill you. SO, it's only a matter of time before there are no more smokers. However, most people know that you cannot die from using cannabis. It actually helps you live longer and it's good for you. You cannot "patent" a plant which is why the drug companies are not interested in it because they cannot make money from it unless they have a patent on it. Duh! Obviously Ms. Davis has not spent any time researching this wonderful herb or she'd already know this stuff. I could spend a week feeding you information, but you would not absorb any of it because your mind and body are so full of toxins you can't think clearly. Take an inventory of all the chemicals you are ingesting each day with your toxic detergents making direct contact with your skin and the toxic foods you are eating every day and your toxic carpet in your house and your brand new car that is filled with toxins from glues, carpets, plastics, your toxic nalgene water bottle filled with CFC's and CBC's (you're probably wondering what those are), your toxic Crest toothpaste that has saccarin in it (cancer causing), your equal/nutrasweet aspartame toxins which turn to formaldehyde at 87 degrees (your body is 98.6), your toxic Splenda which is basically nothing but chlorine, your toxic flouride in your water system, etc., etc., etc. You are just clueless! The cumulative effect of all these things has obviously made you indigent. Please visit www.nontoxic.com and start learning about your environment. Cannabis is good for our environment. One acre of cannabis removes 10 tons of polutants in the air each month! Cannabis fuel burns clean. Cannabis shirts last 50 times longer than cotton. The constitution is written on cannabis/hemp paper. Again, I could go on and on, but I don't think it'll make one bit of difference for Ms. Davis. So, I hope that everyone just stops responding to her as it will do no good. Just a lost soul filled with prescription drugs and toxins, obeying her master and blindly following toxic medicines that will kill her anyway.