Well said

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Legalizing pot would create more dependent, unproductive people that the government would eventually have to add to its welfare rolls.

This will escalate the welfare roll more than any God given herb will!
It's The Debt-UWSA National Debt Clock

It will crush U.S.

“I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?”---Willie Nelson

“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.”---Willie Nelson

What you don't seem to understand, Intangible, is that YOU are the POSTER CHILD of why Pot should NOT be legalized!

Why thank you jefferson, we all know opinions are like *******

And hatred is not the way!

I know you live in reaganville... Facts are stupid things.---Ronald Reagan

YouTube - Moody Blues - Question

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door
With a thousand million questions
About hate and death and war?
'Cos when we stop and look around us,
There is nothing that we need,
In a world of persecution
That is burning in its greed.

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door
Because the truth is hard to swallow
That's what the war of love is for

It's not the way that you say it
When you do those things to me
It's more the way that you mean it
When you tell me what will be

And when you stop and think about it
You won't believe it's true
That all the love you've been giving
Has all been meant for you.

I'm looking for someone to change my life,
I'm looking for a miracle in my life
And if you could see what it's done to me,
To lose the love I knew
Could safely lead me through.

Between the silence of the mountains,
And the crashing of the sea,
There lies a land I once lived in,
And she's waiting there for me,
But in the grey of the morning,
My mind becomes confused,
Between the dead and the sleeping,
And the road that I must choose.

I'm looking for someone to change my life,
I'm looking for a miracle in my life
And if you could see what it's done to me,
To lose the love I knew,
Could safely lead me to
The land that I once knew,
To learn as we grow old
The secrets of our soul.

It's not the way that you say it
When you do those things to me
It's more the way you really mean it
When you tell me what will be

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door
With a thousand million questions
About hate and death and war?
'Cos when we stop and look around us,
There is nothing that we need,
In a world of persecution
That is burning in its greed.

You think slurred speech is an indicator of why pot should be illegal? The very same occurs under the legal influence of alcohol. Please explain to me how the benefit of the economy would be offset considering the amount of marijuana use already occuring (remember the first article in this link showing it is the biggest cash crop in America). The point is whether illegal or not the American people have spoken; they love pot! You might as well regulate it and reap the economical benefits since it is already being used on such a massive scale. The Canadian study I linked showed that marijuana is far less harmful to society than the already legal alcohol. It is time to stop being so blind to that hypocricy.

Recent Research on Medical Marijuana
Recent Research on Medical Marijuana - NORML

MARIJUANA'S ONLY PROBLEM
NORML.ORG US CA: OPED: Marijuana's Only Problem

State By State Laws
State By State Laws - NORML

I just went to Nevada alcohol and prostitution legal, Pot bad? (sic)
Nevada - NORML

Driving down the road at 120 mph on a motorcycle can lead to killing yourself and others on the road. Smoking a joint can lead to feeling happy, peaceful, relaxed, creatively inspired and a little hungry after a long days work.

While I agree it is a damn shame I don't own a bike I don't see your point. From personal experience and recent studies marijuana is no more of a gateway drug than alcohol or cigarettes. I think the prohibition of marijuana is causing far more harm than the drug itself.

The point is, that though you disagree, there are numerous studies that show that pot IS a gateway drug.

So who am I supposed to believe? Somebody who smokes pot, and wants it to be legalized? Or studies that show its harmful side effects?

I know that there are studies showing pot has NO real side effects, and is not a gateway drug. But that's the original point of what I wrote: For every 1 site you can show that says it's NOT a gateway drug, there's another site showing that it IS.

So who's right?

I do not think pot should be legalized for sale by the government. I do think people should be allowed to grow just enough for personal use and keep the laws against selling it.