Why Marijuana will never be legalized
There’s a vast range of people that oppose the legalization of Marijuana for a range of reasons. Some reasons are acceptable but a lot are very strange and selfish. Most people are just plain ignorant of the facts, refusing to accept cannabis. Its being proven to help medically, and its also a well known fact that cannabis does considerably less damage to your body than alcohol and cigarettes. So why is cannabis still illegal in many countries around the world?
The Uninformed - These are the people that have being misinformed about how harmful marijuana is to society. They truly believe that cannabis is the drug of the devil.
The Government - Because Cannabis has been illegal for a very long time, no politicians will stand up for marijuana and tell the truth about pot. Any politician that does are labelled as a druggie by the opposition which makes it a very tough battle.
Religion - Religion turn there nose up at drugs completely, this is for a number of reasons. The main being that if a religious group fought for the legalization of cannabis, they may loose many members. Religion is loosing its place in modern day society, its being replaced by modern day media. This is a tough enough battle as it is for religious leaders.
Moralizers - Moralizers are better than you, they always have been and always will be. There not arrogant either, just better than us. That’s what they think anyway and because of this they look down their noses at drug users and druggies alike.
People that don’t do drugs - People that don’t agree with drugs at all. They don’t drink, smoke and in some extremes don’t even drink coffee. They don’t understand why anyone would want to take any drugs, the world would be a better place without drugs. I used to be one of these people.
The Alcohol Lobby - Legalizing cannabis could have a massive impact on alcohol sales. The Alcohol Lobby are worried that cannabis will replace alcohol as the recreational drug of choice. Worldwide this could cost billions and have major impacts on the world trade market.
The Tobacco Lobby - It has being proven that cannabis can help people break a nicotine addiction. However the less people that smoke cigarettes, the less money that is made by the government. This money has to me made elsewhere.
Law Enforcement - Law enforcements spend large amounts of money and time to fight marijuana, money and time that could be much better spent hunting murderers and rapists. These are funds that could be returned to the tax payer and put to better use. The funds could be used to create new educational facilities for underprivileged children.
Pot Dealers - All pot dealers would be out of business almost instantly, prices would be slashed and all crime related to cannabis dealing would vanish over night.
Wood Industry - You may wonder why wood industry cares so much, well its there wood that creates paper and building materials. However hemp could be used as a source of fibre and replace wood and put an end to the wood industry. That means we wouldn’t have to continue cutting down the worlds forests and upsetting the natural habitat even further than we already have.
Private Prisons - Private prisons would not be as crowded, and because of this would loose revenue. However this would create room for people that have committed more serious offences.
Trial Lawyers - When the average joe is faced with cannabis related criminal chargers, they go running to the lawyers. Lawyers make billions every year defending marijuana cases.
Mental Hospitals - If you smoke cannabis then you instantly have mental problems, well according to the mass media anyway. Mental hospitals generate huge revenues treating people for problems that don’t exist. If cannabis was legalized, mental hospital staff would have to get real jobs.
Republicans - Smoking cannabis gives you a distinct advantage, you can step back and look at reality to see how the world really is. Once your stoned you have a new found tolerance for political issues. It becomes harder to hate homosexuals and other races for example. You begin to dislike violence and racism, and anything that has a negative impact on society.
Political Cowards - Politicians are all about votes, being a politician is essentially a popularity contest in suits. Politicians often pose with figures of authority to spread the anti-cannabis message. Political cowards need an artificial issue to face up against so they can avoid the real issues that require real thinking.
Others - There’s a vast range of groups that would feel a negative effect if cannabis was legalized. This may be out of the box thinking, however hospitals would have less alcohol related incidents to deal with (Specifically a problem with privatised health services), Car garages would have less repairs, Pubs and Clubs that didn’t join the new trend would suffer. Governments worldwide have put years of work into integrating smoking bans, these would be undermined. A lot of people have a lot to lose.
As you can see, there are some groups that hold key places in today’s society with serious issues about the legalizing of cannabis. Although most of these issues are rather selfish and money greedy, some do have a fair point. If large scales of people were out of work, taxes would have to reflect this for example.
What are your thoughts? This is a hot topic for discussion, let us know in the comments below.
i also think cannibis should be legalized.. but some of the ways you’re arguing for it are ridiculous mate.
“Mental Hospitals - If you smoke cannabis then you instantly have mental problems, well according to the mass media anyway. Mental hospitals generate huge revenues treating people for problems that donβt exist. If cannabis was legalized, mental hospital staff would have to get real jobs.”
im sorry but clear and obvious links between long term cannabis use and mental disorders.. thousands of people around the world suffer now with mental problems because of the amount of cannabis they’ve smoked. you should know this dude! do some research into it and come back and give me evidence saying that there is no evidence.
“Republicans - Smoking cannabis gives you a distinct advantage, you can step back and look at reality to see how the world really is. Once your stoned you have a new found tolerance for political issues.”
smoking cannabis doesnt give you a distinct advantage. are you suggesting that everyone around the world should smoke it? then we’d all have that distinct advantage?
by the way you’re talking, you make it seem that pot smokers should be benefitting from their drug but we both know people that get stoned.. get lazy..! the memory gets impaired and the body doesnt function as fast or aswell as sober.
you have it spot on talking about the alcohol industry and the misinformed.
i have to tell you your terribly wrong about the religious groups if you’re referring to Christianity and Islam. the Bible and the Koran are against all procreational drugs.. not because its fashion to.. but because of the beliefs involved. Most Christians believe that the body is a temple for God, not to be deviled. They’re not against smoking cannabis just because they wanna get more members…
I argue for the legalisation for cannabis because society should paint all alcohol and cannabis with the same brush. you’ve heard the argument: “if alcohol was invented today it would be illegal”?? it is true that alcohol is part of Western traditional culture and cannabis has always been the underdog.. known for a few thousand years but never really caught on in the same way.
alcohol damages the body long term. so does cannabis but many people don’t like the idea of a drug damaging the mind in the long term.
for chilling out… no drug beats cannabis. its social, its pleasurable and far safer than any other procreational drug.
crime would be cut if cannabis was legal. it would take away some funds to organised crime. it could be taxed, even extortionately like alcohol and fags.. and the money raised go to more social services. it could be monitored and the production could be more efficient.
you could go to tescos and buy an eighth thats identical to the one last week and the week before.. sweet! never get a bad batch. never get it wet.. never have sand in it.. never sugarsprayed.. how awesome.
its a good idea to do a website arguing for the legalization of cannabis, but you shouldnt feel that all those groups are your enemy.. you should show how they could benefit.. realistically.
because i know you’ll wanna argue with what iv wrote.. please email me
just be careful dude.. please dont think that you can smoke as much cannabis as you want and it wont damage your body for later in life
i think it SHOULD be legalized but should be controlled. If i had “constant” access to pot i would never get anywhere. I disagree with the way it is being projected; but it can cause mental issues to emerge in the wrong people because they can not deal with it. So the way it is now can stop a lot of pot going to this type of person. I dunno, im a mix with this.
Zac - Very constructive, your opinions are welcomed. I think I may have not properly communicated my points properly in some parts of the above post. Reading it back, some parts dont make full sense. This will be corrected in due course.
Buying an 8th from tesco every week? that sounds like heaven. Imagine what a tesco value eigth baggy would look like, would be we an extra clubcard point if we brought them back as well as normal carrying bags =D
I have had vast experiences with cannabis that have taken me to some high and low low times in life. If anything its only made me stronger!
Lee: How would you control something like that? Limit people to x amount a week for example? That would be very hard to integrate. It has being projected in the wrong way. For example youths of today are getting a lot of bad press, youths of today smoke cannabis. Its easy to understand how people link it with negativity.
You give them a card, and in order to be eligible for the card they must work full-time and pay the same amount of taxs as everybody else. So they stay a member of society and get to do what they want. If they slip and lose their job; they lose their card and their right to smoke.
I understand how people link it negitivity but i don’t agree with why. People should be responsible for their own actions and not use a drug as an excuse. They are still them, whatever a drugs does.
Just legalize everything. The drug war is a farce. The real crime is the war on drugs. Ppl are not afraid of drugs. There is a drug store on every corner. If it is mind-expanding drugs we are afraid of, it is obviously the mind expansions we fear. The ppl in power want to stay in power. The ppl with money want to keep their money. The ppl that want us to be afraid of mind expanding drugs have a heavily vested interest in our minds remaining quite narrow!
Put Ron Paul in office and see what happens…
Forgot one. Herb is very easy to grow yourself ya know, being a weed. Overgrow the gov’t. Peace.
a few of my friends said that they read somewhere and it said that marijuana doesnt kill your brain cells that it just puts them in a comma like stage and it takes about 20 years for them to get back to normal. so really the only way that you would have mental problems is because your entire brain is in a comma like stage. i have smoked since i was 6 and im almost 17 and im one of the smartest girls in my school. so i dont think it causes big mental problems, maybe not cause any at all!!
I have to disagree with the Republican section. There are just as many right-winged potheads as there are left-winged. I am personally libertarian, but have grown up around republican potheads. Republicans are not out to convince you to be racist or prejudice. Yes, many republicans have had a reputation for being racist or prejudice, but you cannot be prejudice toward Republicans by saying they’re all out to convince the world to HATE certain groups. Your stooping down to the level that you are criticizing. Doesn’t that seem ironic and childish? That sort of immature unprofessionalism is exactly what people expect from the typical “pothead.” Is that the stigma you want to give to the rest of us who simply enjoy smoking ganja over drinking alcohol? Please be careful what you say in this drug war, and make sure that you are not implying that you speak for all of us.
The whole argument of keeping marijuana illegal is ridiculous. Cannabis wasn’t illegalized in the first place because the government thought they were doing what was best for the population. It was about racism and associating the drug with the influx of Mexicans that came here in the 20s and 30s. Associate marijuana with foreign “invaders” and ‘Boom!’ its illegal. Its completely sad. The whole issue is completely unconstitutional and has been pointed out to Congress numerous times, but they chose to ignore it. The fact is, that marijuana users like ourselves are powerless in this country. The older, moral majority in this country, particularly 40-70 year olds hold the power. Some of them may have been flower children and baby boomers, but the majority aren’t. Most of them are Christian Republicans who have believe that they know what’s best for everyone. Its sad. Until we finally get someone in the White House like Ron Paul or Obama, things won’t change. It sucks.