Legalize Marijuana?

Legalize Marijuana?

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I can't remember where I read it but you'd have to take approximately 40,000 times what you would normally smoke to intoxicate you.

For fun, let's do some math. Let's assume that it takes me just one bowl to get me pleasantly high.

So according to this figure I would have to smoke 40,000 bowls to reach a fatal dose of THC.

Let's assume that I can continually, without stopping for a break, empty the ashes out of my pipe, pack a new bowl, and smoke the entire thing all in just 60 seconds (an absurdly high rate of consumption). Then it would take me 40,000 minutes, or 11.11 hours to consume a fatal dose. This, of course, also ignores the fact that the effects of weed do not last for even close to that long.

So, to summarize:

Assuming that you are a frequent smoker, you would have to smoke a bowl every 60 seconds for 11.11 hours without taking a single break to have a fatal overdose. I dare anyone to try smoking at this rate without passing out in under an hour.
 
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There are the people one on side who have their advantages from having it banned and thus spread propaganda to get you to fear it, and then there are those who want you to start puffing a joint so they can get it legalized; I believe the truth lies somewhere in the middle, no pun intended.
 
hell no. I haven't seen one logical pro to doing this.

Get money from taxing it? Great idea, just like how messed up taxing cigarettes has gotten, where its making smokers poorer instead of getting them off of it.

Government can't control what we put in our body? You go find that in the constitution. A couple of months ago they were trying (not sure if it got passed or not) to ban McDonalds Kids Meals in San Francisco. And plus a billion other drugs are illegal. Wanna make those legal too?

It's not addictive. So what?????? It's absolutely terrible for you, and sometimes the government has to make decisions for you. Not often, but when it comes to stuff like this, they most certaintly do.

Stopping drug violence? O come on... maybe a little bit, but they're just gonna keep bringing in other drugs. We are constantly getting more extreme. It's like how mountain dew turned into red bull, which turned into monster, which eventually became four loko. Why start this with drugs??

Saving money on drug enforcement. The government really only enforces it when they are looking for large dealers, and plus, I'd rather cut 6th grade spanish than making dangerous drugs legal.

If you want to try me with something else, feel free :)
 
riffz said:
So according to this figure I would have to smoke 40,000 bowls to reach a fatal dose of THC.

Let's assume that I can continually, without stopping for a break, empty the ashes out of my pipe, pack a new bowl, and smoke the entire thing all in just 60 seconds (an absurdly high rate of consumption). Then it would take me 40,000 minutes, or 11.11 hours to consume a fatal dose. This, of course, also ignores the fact that the effects of weed do not last for even close to that long.

So, to summarize:

Assuming that you are a frequent smoker, you would have to smoke a bowl every 60 seconds for 11.11 hours without taking a single break to have a fatal overdose. I dare anyone to try smoking at this rate without passing out in under an hour.
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Guys grab you timers and grab you bowls.We are gonna make a new sport Speedsmoking ;)
 
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HelpCube said:
hell no. I haven't seen one logical pro to doing this.

Get money from taxing it? Great idea, just like how messed up taxing cigarettes has gotten, where its making smokers poorer instead of getting them off of it.

Government can't control what we put in our body? You go find that in the constitution. A couple of months ago they were trying (not sure if it got passed or not) to ban McDonalds Kids Meals in San Francisco. And plus a billion other drugs are illegal. Wanna make those legal too?

It's not addictive. So what?????? It's absolutely terrible for you, and sometimes the government has to make decisions for you. Not often, but when it comes to stuff like this, they most certaintly do.

Stopping drug violence? O come on... maybe a little bit, but they're just gonna keep bringing in other drugs. We are constantly getting more extreme. It's like how mountain dew turned into red bull, which turned into monster, which eventually became four loko. Why start this with drugs??

Saving money on drug enforcement. The government really only enforces it when they are looking for large dealers, and plus, I'd rather cut 6th grade spanish than making dangerous drugs legal.

If you want to try me with something else, feel free :)
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The only Health risk it can cause is the smoke going into your lungs same thing with Tobacco and thats legal and tobacco is worse for you
 
HelpCube said:
And plus a billion other drugs are illegal. Wanna make those legal too?
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No.

HelpCube said:
It's not addictive. So what?????? It's absolutely terrible for you, and sometimes the government has to make decisions for you. Not often, but when it comes to stuff like this, they most certaintly do.
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You have failed to demonstrate this.

HelpCube said:
Stopping drug violence? O come on... maybe a little bit, but they're just gonna keep bringing in other drugs. We are constantly getting more extreme. It's like how mountain dew turned into red bull, which turned into monster, which eventually became four loko. Why start this with drugs??
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This is not a fair comparison. Most of the logical arguments for legalizing marijuana simply do not carry over to heavier and more addictive drugs.

HelpCube said:
Saving money on drug enforcement. The government really only enforces it when they are looking for large dealers, and plus, I'd rather cut 6th grade spanish than making dangerous drugs legal.
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Incorrect. Also, you're completely disregarding other expenses, such as the money spent to keep completely harmless marijuana smokers behind bars.

HelpCube said:
If you want to try me with something else, feel free :)
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No, I've had quite enough of your silliness.
 
HelpCube said:
hell no. I haven't seen one logical pro to doing this.

Get money from taxing it? Great idea, just like how messed up taxing cigarettes has gotten, where its making smokers poorer instead of getting them off of it.

Government can't control what we put in our body? You go find that in the constitution. A couple of months ago they were trying (not sure if it got passed or not) to ban McDonalds Kids Meals in San Francisco. And plus a billion other drugs are illegal. Wanna make those legal too?

It's not addictive. So what?????? It's absolutely terrible for you, and sometimes the government has to make decisions for you. Not often, but when it comes to stuff like this, they most certaintly do.

Stopping drug violence? O come on... maybe a little bit, but they're just gonna keep bringing in other drugs. We are constantly getting more extreme. It's like how mountain dew turned into red bull, which turned into monster, which eventually became four loko. Why start this with drugs??

Saving money on drug enforcement. The government really only enforces it when they are looking for large dealers, and plus, I'd rather cut 6th grade spanish than making dangerous drugs legal.

If you want to try me with something else, feel free :)
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HelpCube said:
hell no. I haven't seen one logical pro to doing this.

Get money from taxing it? Great idea, just like how messed up taxing cigarettes has gotten, where its making smokers poorer instead of getting them off of it.
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New York provides a "quitline" and free nicotine patches to many. Not sure about other places. Regardless, higher taxes on cigarettes is just another reason for people to quit.

HelpCube said:
And plus a billion other drugs are illegal. Wanna make those legal too?
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If people want them to be legal and the drugs are shown to not cause any serious damage, sure, why not?

HelpCube said:
Stopping drug violence? O come on... maybe a little bit, but they're just gonna keep bringing in other drugs. We are constantly getting more extreme.
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Just a little? Portugal is doing pretty well.

HelpCube said:
Saving money on drug enforcement. The government really only enforces it when they are looking for large dealers, and plus, I'd rather cut 6th grade spanish than making dangerous drugs legal.
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According to NORML, there are a LOT of arrests for marijuana use. That's lots of money.


I won't post about the health stuffs since I'm sure people have already covered it in this thread a dozen times over.
 
Rpotts said:
I agree you can overdose on water as it has happened. I agree you can overdose on Potassium and many over common vitamins in extreme quantities. Now link to an article where someone overdoses on Marijuana or it's chemical component THC.
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There has never been a recorded overdose; however I never said that it had happened, did I? Though right now it is extremely unlikely, the potency of Marijuana has increased 52.4% and more than likely will continue at a similar rate. Overdoses on Marijuana will happen in the future.

http://www.justice.gov/ndic/pubs21/21137/marijuana.htm
 
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