Marijuana: Should it be legal or illegal ?

I didnt say it had no effects. I said it'sd affect were no worse than alcohol.

 

Alcohol only has a risk if frequently abused.

 

As with marijuana

 

Yup. 12+ years of really quite heavy usage.


As Alcohol is being mentioned, has anybody else seen the increasingly frequent reports stating that Liver disease is going to be / already is a big problem for the current generation...

 

Hard drugs should definitely be outlawed since hard drug addicts are probably the most crime-prone group in any given population, and also the most repeating offenders. Outlawing it is not the same as making it go away, obviously, but at least its circulation will be decreased and it will be much easier to arrest, for lack of a better word, 'bad people', if their business is unlawful from the start.

As to soft drugs, what Stix said. People should think of it as unnecessary , expensive and with harmful side effects and choose the wise course of avoiding it altogether. As long as anyone, anywhere, ever, can convince people that smoking and drinking is a good thing somehow, people will not stop using these dangerous drugs. It requires a change in attitude, not law.

 

in the usa the war on alcohol lasted for 10 years ...it didnt work , if anything it made drinkin hootch more popular than ever..it corrupted government and law enforcment ,finally the feds saw the light and surrendered

 

Tell that to parents who have lots kids to drunk drivers (whole other can o' worms but I feel that need to be pointed out to all)

Like I said before, any substance has harmful effects if misused or over used.

 

Wow, a pack of cigarettes here in Singapore costs S$10.
And yes,all public buildings,air-conditioned places are places where smoking is subjected to a S$5000 fine.Even now, a new law has been made that smoking aong non-designated smoking areas in coffeeshops and cafes will result in a hefty fine too...We are a fine fine country man.

 

lol kaiser ...a fine country indeed.....iirc singapore has some very serious punishments for crimes of all kinds...many seem somewhat too harsh for most westerners ...ive also heard singapoor has a very low crime rate...is this true ,kaiser and would you say that most of your countrymen are supportive of harsh punishment for offenders or do some think the laws are overbearing and need rewritten ?

 

Interestingly the Prohibition of the 1930s was probably the most effective anti-alcohol campaign ever. Even though the law was a nightmare for the police and increased crime everywhere, it did cause an utterly radical decrease in alcohol consumption and related accidents.

 

Well, our crime rate is very low. So low that occasionally,a murder happens and all the local media is crawling over it trying to squeeze every detail out.

Well,we're a pragmatic bunch.Whatever works fine is ok with us.We could make do without chewing gum(i was only 7 when that law was made and how sad i felt then),we outlawed oral and anal sex in public places except between consenting parties at HOME,smoking and drinking when your not of age will hurt your wallet ALOT.

Well of course with most societies,you will find a bunch of idiots who will protest a particular law is harsh especially if they're the affected bunch.But so far,i haven't hurt any complaints.

We are a stable society,maybe just a bit boring.

 

You sure. Instead of a alcoholic father goin to the liqour store and buying beer he got it illegally. It probably did make a few people from drinking. The law wasnt worth the trouble the police went through. It also allowed the gangs to become prominent.[/list]

 

I think all kinds of drugs should be legalized. Not that I support any kind of misuse, but people should take responsibility for themselves and the banning of drugs has only created a huge increase in crime.
If an individual misuses any kind of drug, that be alcohol or herion or anything else, to the extent that he or she is a danger to the surroundings or him-/herself, he or she should be committed to a psychiatric hospital like any other individual suffering from psychiatric illness would be in the same situation. Another thing is the romantic image of drug abuse you get from movies. Make the abuser look as pathetic as possible to the public as possible, because that is the reality.

 

Illegal Drug crime is one of the major causes of murder in the Bristol area, one of the most recent shootings is believed to have happened because a deal went wrong but things like this could be stopped like the many of the gangs were stopped at the end of the porhibition if drugs are legalised because they will be accessable and the prices will drop becuase of the availbilty. If people decide to take drugs they take them, legal or illegal and those who don't want to take them wont, legal or illegal.

 

Yes I am sure. Alcohol usage and related accidents were reduced to a small fraction of what they were before prohibition.

The debate seems to boil down to what we find preferrable: effective legislation but a bigger crime problem, or excessive addiction without related crime. However, I honestly doubt that legalization will really remove all drug-related crime simply because drugs are addictive beyond the point of reason that keeps people from stealing others to get their fix.