Should weed be legal?

The cancer effect- do you actually realise it's ok in the UK to prescribe synthesised forms of chemicals found in cannabis for legitimate and proven medicinal uses.

The whole 'medicinal cannabis' law thing in the USA doesn't really work, as anyone can use cannabis if they go into a hop and ask for it, and there are no controls on only doctors prescribing it.

Eating cannabis does cut the risk of cancer, like taking tobacco in the form of snuff reduces cancer rates. The carcinogens aren't 'gone' suddenly if you start eating the stuff though.

I'll just say one thing too- you can say that mustard gas kills cancer cells and has been shown to be a good medicine for cancer patients, which is entirely true. It doesn't mean we should self-medicate.

I don't believe it should be legal. However, I'd rather see it legal and cigarettes illegal (it's affected my family so much - being the reason some of my close family have died and some are very ill now)

I think it should be legal and yeah sold in shops, although I'd like it to eventually go to cafes like in Amsterdam, but I think that'll never happen due to the smoking ban.

It'd be taxed and therefore bring a massive amount of revenue. Just look at the projections for Colarado & Washington State. It reduces crime (by eliminating sketchy dealers) and reduces the cost of prosecuting weed dealers.

Although I have the theory that people would drink less if weed was legal, but I can't back that up. I also think it could help alcoholics stop drinking, once again I can't back that up, save from my own personal experience of drinking far less since weed has become more available to me.

I completely agree with what you said about drinking, once you have smoked weed you realise that it is a much better experience than heavy drinking, you feel less sick, you do not become violent, it causes no negative physical effects like drinking does...And if weed was made legal, many people would assume that it is safe (which it is if done responsibly), and try it. I think this would mean people would drink less and alcohol use would be reduced, an enormous benefit to society as it currently causes countless social problems and death through illness or overdose.
So yeah, I think it should be made legal, it is harmless compared to alcohol and tobacco. The people in charge really need to look at the effects of these legal drugs and compare them to the effects of weed.

The cancer effect- do you actually realise it's ok in the UK to prescribe synthesised forms of chemicals found in cannabis for legitimate and proven medicinal uses. The whole 'medicinal cannabis' law thing in the USA doesn't really work, as anyone can use cannabis if they go into a hop and ask for it, and there are no controls on only doctors prescribing it. Eating cannabis does cut the risk of cancer, like taking tobacco in the form of snuff reduces cancer rates. The carcinogens aren't 'gone' suddenly if you start eating the stuff though. I'll just say one thing too- you can say that mustard gas kills cancer cells and has been shown to be a good medicine for cancer patients, which is entirely true. It doesn't mean we should self-medicate.

of course it should be legal - all drugs should be legal. we're doing perfectly fine with most likely the worst drug out there being legal (alcohol - e.g. you can die after a night of over drinking pretty easily if you're as good at drinking as I am). what business is it of mine if somebody I don't know is addicted to drugs? that's not my responsibility, that's their friends and family's responsibilities, and I don't know how one would logically or objectively suggest that it was mine. drugs and their effects are very hyped up; I used to think weed, for example, was many times more dangerous than alcohol because it was illegal, but that's the thing about making something illegal - it's deceptive to a society. making weed illegal and having alcohol legal is the sign of a fundamentally unintelligent or deceitful government. and drugs or alcohol shouldn't be taxed either, it's just a form of social engineering that defies freedom and individuality; I'm fine with a lot of substances, don't make me pretend I'm not just because other people aren't and don't charge me to stop other people from being stupid with their own bodies.

The tax is relevant because of the damage to society when it comes to alcohol. When weed is decriminalised/legalised I don't think it should be taxed though but it undoubtedly will.

so I should pay for society's problems when I manage my drinking perfectly well? where's the justice in that? I agree with you about the weed tax reality through - they repealed the weed ban in uruguay yesterday and, who'd have thought - they're taxing it quite a bit.

I don't think weed would be taxed because the legalisation will help society lol. If you don't drink much the tax is negligible. The more someone drinks the higher the chance they will be detrimental to society. That's why I think the tax works. We have the NHS which will happily treat people with liver problems from alcohol. The same goes for tobacco. I do understand what you mean as I drink a fair amount myself when I do drink but have never ended up at hospital/trouble with police and only drink every couple weeks but tbh if you don't drink that regularly do you even notice the tax?

I'd be inclined to say no, because it could be the start of a slippery slope. You change one law and people start pushing for you to change others too.

Cannabis has been linked with many long term affects, impacting mental health. I dont think it should be legal. At any rate I dont think it will do society any good to make it more mainstream than it already is. Alcohol and Tobacco are bad as it is in terms of health.

Cannabis has been linked with many long term affects, impacting mental health. I dont think it should be legal. At any rate I dont think it will do society any good to make it more mainstream than it already is. Alcohol and Tobacco are bad as it is in terms of health.