Legalization of Marijuana?

[dab_20]

Karen, I think that if they did legalize it, marijuana probably couldn't be smoke on the streets anywhere. Just like you can't go on the streets with alcohol in your hand (In most cities anyways).
But I DO agree with the driving issue, particularly with what Pembrokecorgi stated;

One of the issues surrounding the legalization of medical marijuana is that it can impair some (but not all, some argue) drivers. The tests to gauge the drug content in the body are not as easily administered as alcohol-level tests (it requires a blood or urine test). If impairment levels vary so much between individuals, and are so hard to measure, how can you regulate this and make sure people on the road are safe?

It would be hard to tell for sure whether someone was under the influence of marijuana or not. And if their were a bunch of pot heads on the road, the world would be a scary place.


My main argument for legalizing marijuana is if alcohol is, why not marijuana? Alcohol is proven to be significantly worse for your health than marijuana, and more addictive. (I know Marijuana is a Schedule I drug, techinically, but that's just plan SILLY if you ask me) Why not legalize it and tax it like
moosmom suggested. God knows we could use the economic advantage of it right now...

Gotta run to class, I'll be back on to post more later

[Karen]

Karen, I think that if they did legalize it, marijuana probably couldn't be smoke on the streets anywhere. Just like you can't go on the streets with alcohol in your hand (In most cities anyways).
But I DO agree with the driving issue, particularly with what Pembrokecorgi stated;

Yes, but unlike alcohol, smoke from marijuana will travel under door frames and out windows ... I'd likely just have to avoid certain neighborhoods. In college, people would roll up a damp towel and stuff it under the door in the dorms to try to keep their pot smoking a secret, but we could all smell it anyway, and it would make me ill if I smelled enough of it!