"A State cannot be involved with the distribution of substances considered immoral by relevant lots of the population. A substance considered unhealthy cannot be produced and distributed with the help of the state, because the goal of the state is to protect citizens' health and not to expose them to risk. "

OK this one is just hypocritical and ridiculous. If this is truly the way we want to govern then I propose we get rid of all candy, soda, cigarettes, alcohol, and almost all fast food as they are unhealthy substances. Something else I would like to point out is the word "considered" I guess I could technically take back my last proposal seeing as how they did use the word "considered" where as fast food, soda, candy, cigarettes, and alcohol are "actually" unhealthy based on scientific and medical findings, most don't "consider" them unhealthy thanks to the positive portrayals on television and in movies; and of course the majority does "consider" cannabis to be unhealthy seeing as how we all have seen how it can turn your brain into a fried egg, turn you into a violent criminal, get you to use harder drugs, and pretty much guarantees you'll run over little girls on bikes thanks to the wonderfully imaginative fiction commercials that never presented any findings of research or medical facts. ok enough sarcasm, here is my opinion, in a country based on freedom we should have the right to chose what we put into our own bodies. It is not worthwhile for a law to forbid people from willingly exposing their own bodies to harm by using drugs, any more than by overeating or skydiving. Obesity is a national epidemic, killing millions every year, but the government has no right to regulate how much we eat.

"The easy availability of drugs would create new consumers rather than rescuing current ones."

Here is another example of one of those statements that is presented in a way to suggest negativity. "easy availability" what does this even mean exactly? Are you implying it isn't easily available now? I could send a 14 year old into almost any high school in the United States with $10 and more then likely they could get a dime bag. But yes..... you are right, the easy availability of the drug for responsible adults would probably create new consumers, on the plus side it might be a bit harder for underage children to walk into a regulated shop and convince the shop owner to risk his/her business by selling cannabis to a minor, as opposed to the way things are now where drug dealers see $10 and they take it, regardless of who is handing it to them.

"The use of soft drugs, such as marijuana, leads to the use of hard drugs (the Gateway Theory)."

ooh this one has always been my favorite to hate. Not only is there no medical evidence to back this up and actually put blame on the cannabis and not on the association with the criminal underground that users are forced to deal with in order to get their supply, most of this small problem (The U.S. government's own statistics show that over 75 percent of all Americans who use marijuana never use harder drugs.) would be improved, even if there was some sort of magical medical phenomenon going on that caused users to crave other drugs, if marijuana was legalized. Here is my logic to back that up. If users were going to legitimate shops that only sold cannabis, odds are they wouldn't know a guy who can get them crack, coke, heroin, or pills. thus it would actually more difficult to find these things. Not only that but drug dealers would have less product to make profit off of seeing as how no one would continue to buy from a source that is of lesser quality, with no guarantee of safety, purity, strength, or strain. With dealers having less product, and taking away, possibly, their most stable and demanded product, they would be making less profit, less profit means that it would become a less desirable way of life and we would then have less illegal drug dealers. Not only that but an honest approach to the way we inform our children on all drugs would help with children actually believing us. If we tell them flat out lies about one drug and then tell them truth about others, how will they know what to believe. I would assume that once the wall of illusion begins to crumble in front of them they will most certainly begin to question all aspects of what they have been told, and they will begin to have a lack of respect for authority. When the mind is presented with the idea that they have been fully believing in such obvious lies the most likely response is that of fear, anger, confusion, disrespect, and disconnect, the very same side effects most commonly blamed on cannabis use.

"Legalizing drugs will send a message to children that drug use is acceptable"

No. Cigarette, alcohol, and prescription drug commercials send a message that drug use is acceptable. Legalizing cannabis would send a message that we can look beyond fear, use real facts as a bases for judgment, fix mistakes of the past, and have compassion for those who are being wrongfully prosecuted for having a different lifestyle.


I would like to leave you with something to think about.

No one has ever died of Cannabis use.
People have died as a result of those resisting and enforcing the unjust law.


I would like to add that I am very open to discussion and to learning new facts, if anyone would like to share ideas or thoughts they have about Cannabis feel free to comment I am interested in hearing different points of view, this is just the way I see it. And as an added disclaimer I would like to say that I in no way promote the irresponsible use of cannabis nor do I promote the underage use of cannabis, in fact I don't even promote using it seeing as how it is an illegal substance at the moment, I do however promote people getting out there and researching the facts, being honest with their children and promoted their local government to reconsider anti-marijuana laws.