Comments on: Why Pot Hasn’t Been Legalized Yet

By: SayNoToTheSystem

SayNoToTheSystem — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:34:24 +0000

I agree with Zeathea about using it medically (part of the reason pot’s illegal in the first place is because they don’t want people being able to grow a miracle drug in their backyards, they want to make profit off of chemically made research drugs.) Mother nature has proven to be the best chemist, and I wonder sometimes if its even ethical to try to make a natural plant illegal. By the way if anyone reading this doesn’t like drugs, then think about this: The law does more harm to “drug abusers” then the drugs do. If our well being is the government’s concern then that’s a no brainer.

“I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.”
-Keith Richards

By: phantom lord

phantom lord — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:10:41 +0000

Have you tried talking to your friend while driving?

By: guinness

guinness — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:11:19 +0000

That’s why we have laws about public intoxication and driving under the influence
There’s no reason to have laws against people responsibly smoking weed in the comfort of their own homes. If we legalize it, regulate it, and educate people about it (like designating a driver, recognizing when you’ve had enough [good rule = if you can't light it, don't smoke it]), it will become much safer than it is now.

By: guinness

guinness — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:03:12 +0000

It’s never been linked to cancer – a researcher who studied it and expected to find it as giving an increased risk of having lung cancer ended up discovering that tobacco smokers had the highest chance of getting lung cancer, and that weed smokers and non-smokers have about the same odds. THC has actually been observed as having characteristics that fight cancer.

By: guinness

guinness — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:50 +0000

Good working ready potpiekitty’s other posts; they don’t smoke. Also, you’re making a rather big deal out of simple pronoun confusion. Although it’s fairly clear that “them” refers to brain cells, it could legitimately be interpreted as a reference to the actual smokers.

Your grammar analysis of the day, brought to you by someone who, unlike potpiekitty, actually smokes.

By: janet

janet — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:13:21 +0000

….i can’t think of a single “death due to sexual behavior” … and if you are referring to stupidly getting AIDS from sleeping with some stranger without a condom, not gonna happen. alcohol causes that. if you’re high, you are probably not interested in sex, and if you are, you are definitely not interested in going out and trolling for new people.

By: janet

janet — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:08:28 +0000

that is the stupidest thing i’ve EVER heard. how you can be for legalizing marijuana and criminalizing tobacco is beyond me. all that would accomplish was bringing cigarettes to corner drug dealers and making it unsafe for people to obtain them and causing gang and dealer rivalries over tobacco, it would probably create a whole new generation of “drug” (tobacco) dealers, etc. and why would you breathalyze everyone leaving a bar? for every one person driving home, there are probably 5 people walking, getting a ride with someone else, or already planning on taking a cab. why should they have to succumb to a breath test if they already have a way of getting home safely? how is it “silly” that we don’t do this? seriously, do you listen to yourself when you talk?

By: eh

eh — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:47:38 +0000

yeah, marijuana just gives you horrible diseases. such as cancer, and other things that i can’t pronounce, kidney failure, and even if it doesn’t kill you it can give you heart and liver trouble.

By: chaugerman

chaugerman — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:35:58 +0000

The point isn’t that the other behaviors are terrible, it is that Marijuana is not.

Anything used irresponsibly can lead to a less successful life, but that doesn’t making something that makes you happy and doesn’t harm others illegal.

I don’t need non-smokers to think smoking is a good idea: I think that religion and alcohol are ill advised myself. I just want to have my right to pursue happiness on my own.

There damned well should be strict laws about driving under the influence. It has no place in a car. But it is very important to me. I can live without it, but I’m certainly happier and more at ease with it.

The government looses credibility when it keeps something like this illegal.

By: Lsia

Lsia — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:01:00 +0000

Alcohol is much more harmful to your body and your brain cells than pot. If anything should be illegal, its booze.

By: Flying Sagittarius

Flying Sagittarius — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:07:53 +0000

The line gets drawn when people that do stuff to their own bodies hurt other bodies.

By: jermey

jermey — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:46:02 +0000

weed would not be a gate way drug if you did not have to purchase it illegally

By: Hayden

Hayden — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:26:40 +0000

Thats retarded Marijuana is stronger than Tabacco and what about all the accidents caused by high people

By: tylonfoxx

tylonfoxx — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:29:36 +0000

you’re right, there aren’t any statistics for it

i’d also hate to admit it, but driving while stoned is considerably easier than driving drunk (nevertheless I won’t ever be doing either again, so I won’t be the drunk driver running over your kid).

However, i’ve never heard of being allergic to cannabis, as in getting rashes and about to die, but I have heard of people (primarily women) getting a pretty bad buzz from it (as in nausea and vomiting), but that’s it.

In any case, I agree with you that it’s not reason enough to ban it, far from it considering what other uses the cannabis plants have than smoking

also, come to Denmark some time in the future, our government is looking at legalizing it (yay )

By: Alltat

Alltat — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:35:24 +0000

I’m sure quite a number of people have died from smoking cannabis. Allergic reactions and such. There just aren’t any good statistics for it, especially since a lot of people will be reluctant to admit that they smoked pot in places where it’s illegal. Even more have died from thinking they’re okay to drive while stoned, or getting into any number of other accidents they wouldn’t have been in had they not been smoking.

Not saying that’s reason enough to ban it – it’s no worse than alcohol – but saying obviously false things like “no one has ever died from cannabis” will just result in others not taking your arguments seriously.

By: Alltat

Alltat — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:29:19 +0000

That depends entirely on how much you drink and how much you smoke. There are plenty of people who drink alcohol every day and suffer no ill effects; just drink a beer with your lunch each day. If you really wanted to you could smoke enough each day that you’d be coughing your lungs out within a week.

By: Alltat

Alltat — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:26:48 +0000

Entirely useless without numbers for how many people actually smoke, though, or a lot of activities would be labeled as mostly harmless. I’m sure the total number of deaths in skydiving accidents are negligible compared to most other activities, but that doesn’t mean it’s perfectly safe to jump out of an airplane while strapped to a piece of cloth.

By: Alltat

Alltat — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:21:22 +0000

And I suppose it’s entirely unthinkable that a number of those “motor vehicle crashes” are caused by pot? I highly doubt that the number for alcohol accounts for only alcohol poisoning.

Showing the total number of deaths is also useless without taking into account the number of people who actually do it. “Putting your head in a woodchipper” probably gets a zero in that list, but that hardly means it’s safe.

By: roygbiv

roygbiv — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:20:30 +0000

lol!

By: hmmm

hmmm — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:10:20 +0000

actually i smoke every day and i’m perfectly healthy, whereas if i drink for more than 4 or 5 days in a row i will feel like melted sheisse and want to die

By: hmmm

hmmm — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:06:55 +0000

what about bacon?

By: Morne

Morne — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:51:49 +0000

This is true. Thank you for Gramazi-ing!

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:30:29 +0000

The lady was DRUNK and STONED. She was clearly too far gone to be a driving a vehicle, there is no question smoking pot and heavy drinking, which is what she was doing, can be a fatal and tragic combination…

By: Zeathea

Zeathea — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:46:46 +0000

I would appreciate it being legalized at least for medical use, to help both my parents pain management issues and my own nausea due to a stomach condition (gastroparesis). The drugs available to us can kill our livers and have tons of side effects, some of which they are still finding out about. I think a little pot could not harm my family more then the 15 bottles of prescription meds we have.

By: Ava

Ava — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:26:19 +0000

No mention of death caused by pot in Redneck_Rebel’s post. You FAILED. Stop smoking and read again.

By: Mick

Mick — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:31:46 +0000

hahaha funny! I want it legalized, but I actually don’t smoke anything. I just don’t think pot is really as bad as a commercial cigarette

By: wedgeman

wedgeman — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:50:32 +0000

Exactly. It costs, on average, $24,000 to house an inmate for a year in the US. Factor in trial costs and it’s an enormous sum of money even for a short jail term. Offset this by a few thousand dollars in fines? Yeah, right…

By: potpiekitty

potpiekitty — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:04:35 +0000

Pot has been used for centuries as a muscle relaxer and as a anti-nausea drug.
Queen Victoria smoked pot for menstrual cramps and as a one-time user, I can tell you now it does help with that.
Also it really does help with nausea, as it’s been prescribed with (at least partially) good results to chemotherapy patients. Not every chemo patient is helped, but you can say that about every pharmaceutical out there.

By: darkcrystal

darkcrystal — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:21:58 +0000

At least people with similar views to yours are generally anti-sex as well. Not reproducing would be a good idea.

By: TMH

TMH — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:15:54 +0000

… and drunk at the time. You know, FWIW.

By: TheColonel

TheColonel — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:06:23 +0000

Was she also a habitual food eater? Or air breather? Did she ever look at an animal? Had she sneezed at all within the previous 7 days? Saying she was a habitual pot smoker does not make it the cause of the accident. Not even remotely. Also, a link to the story would be appreciated, you could just be making this up.

By: Torus2112

Torus2112 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:53:19 +0000

maybe not in person, but I’ve seen (I didn’t include the thousands of artists and actors unless they were surprising, as even though they worked hard I suppose it has less impact):

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Carl Sagan
Al Gore
Michael Bloomberg
Gene Krupa (just so boss, I had to, plus drums require coordination)
Francis Ford Coppella
Pierre Trudeau (Canada’s JFK)
JFK

and my favourites:
Winston Churchill
Sir Richard Branson
Bill Gates

I think they got lots of stuff done.

By: TMH

TMH — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:46:28 +0000

“Deserts” is an archaic word meaning “that which one deserves”. So, “just deserts” is the correct usage.

By: Torus2112

Torus2112 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:28:55 +0000

Not texting while driving makes so much sense I am surprised they HAD to make a law, but talking I don’t buy. The law even exempts hands free devices! There should be more lenient traffic laws and better driver education. Everybody has different abilities, and if you try to idiot proof driving it will become unbearable and weaken the credibility of traffic laws in general.

By: BenJ

BenJ — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:21:31 +0000

You better agree with it. If one more bastard comes around a corner almost hitting he because he is trying to TYPE a TEXT MESSAGE on his telephone… Talking is also distracting, though you at least somewhat see the road.

By: Paz Lose

Paz Lose — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:57:22 +0000

Wrong-way driver mom from NY who killed 8 people including herself was a habitual pot smoker. FWIW.

By: Tim the Enchanter

Tim the Enchanter — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:10:44 +0000

Well done. I’m printing this onto a T-shirt as soon as I get some of those printer transfer sheets.
I’d love to be one of the stoners in the intersection of the graph, but as a closet cultivator I can’t proclaim my allegiance too loudly.

By: Pablo

Pablo — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:10:22 +0000

(A) would be more of a gateway to hard drugs, because (A) results in the purchaser being introduced to the drug counter culture.

That’s exactly the argument for why pot is a gateway drug. It’s not because the pot intrinsically makes you want to try harder drugs. It’s because the steps necessary to get pot expose the user to a culture where not only pot but harder drugs as well are normal and acceptable.

By: Allie

Allie — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:54:36 +0000

Yet, notice, which one’s happier?

By: JuliaJolie

JuliaJolie — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:48:51 +0000

What’s not “dessert”?

Dessert is food – ice cream etc…

Desert is that dry thing with sand in it.

“just dessert”/”just desserts” is the correct usage/spelling.

By: blobel

blobel — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:04:55 +0000

alcohol kills braincells, weed kills longcells ( just the smoke) and if u bake it or drink it there’s nothing, you can have a badtrip, that sucks but that just means you used to much (same thing with a blackout with alcohol) i smoke pot once a week i think, and don’t argue about it if you have never done it.
WEED LEGAL 4 EVER!!!

By: liberalredneck

liberalredneck — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:57:14 +0000

that’s not true at all.
The truth is, no study has ever demonstrated cellular damage, stupidity, or mental impairment, brought on specifically by marijuana use — even heavy marijuana use.

By: Dude

Dude — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:00:56 +0000

Pot is not a “gateway” drug, it doesn’t make you do other drugs. Could you possibly come across other drugs because you use pot, sure, some % of people will try other drugs, but not all. Same with alcohol, could it lead you to do other things, yes, does it happen to everyone, no. Pot does not make you stupid. I’ve been smoking for 30 years and I consider myself as smart as or smarter than my friends who don’t smoke. Do pot smokers sometimes like to sit around and veg out, sure, so what, it doesn’t mean they are not motivated. Plenty of people sit around all day on the weekend drinking beer, watching football, or doing nothing, are they “unmotivated” also? I have NEVER come even close to having an accident while driving high, but alcohol, yes, that will do it. You’re more likely to get pulled over for driving to slow when you’re stoned!!! To the poster “Again” you are ignorant, ignorant to the facts. Ignorant does not mean stupid. Me, I’m just like Wedgeman. I’m successfully employed and have been for 30 years. I own a home, I’m married, have two kids, nice cars…….
The potential taxes gained by legalization would greatly exceed the fines collected on penalties. And the cost of incarceration just makes it more expensive in lost revenue for the government. The graph itself tells a very simple truth. Why should I spend my time trying to get pot legalized when I can smoke it whenever, wherever I want since it is easily accessible? It does not mean pot smokers are not motivated, it’s just that the majority of us don’t are worried about getting arrested so why worry about it. I am very educated on this subject and the majority of the people who are against legalization have never tried it, think it is a “sin” or are members of a specific demographic who want to keep things the way they are because they would have to answer to their constituents, yes, politicians. And most of them are hypocrites anyway. If people would just mind their own business and quit trying to force their beliefs on others who disagree with them, this whole issue would be a non-issue.

By: pfunk

pfunk — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:45:36 +0000

i was stoned when i made my above comment

By: anaceofkidneys

anaceofkidneys — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:53:11 +0000

The problem is not that all, or even most, people who smoke pot recreationally are stoners who can’t get their act together. The problem is that smoking pot is still stigmatized. Respectable people who smoke pot are not likely to step forward and admit it.

By: QUESTION

QUESTION — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:50:49 +0000

How do you share your graphs so they show up on this home page like this?

By: Anonymise

Anonymise — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:33:09 +0000

I usually hate folks that say this, but I gotta do it; I’m incredibly baked right now

By: JOhn

JOhn — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:11:13 +0000

For the people saying marijuana is a gateway drug by introducing you into the drug counter culture, I urge you to think about this.

What would be more of a gateway to hard drugs:

A.) Using cash to meet up with a career drug dealer to get your bag of weed, and often have an attempt at an upsell thrown at you.

B.) Going to the store, and buying weed from a standard store clerk.

If you legalize weed, people no longer deal with drug dealers, and no longer have the other illicit drugs right under their nose.

And to the comments about weed smokers never getting anything done, or providing to society. Take a look at Richard Branson, having a net worth of roughly 5 billion seems successful to me. And look at politicians: Barack Obama has admitted to smoking frequently in the past, and if you are a republican, take a look at George W Bush and Sara Palin, they both admitted to smoking in the past.

By: Stalone

Stalone — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:19:40 +0000

Like in Demolition Man?

By: pfunk

pfunk — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:18:44 +0000

i smoke pot alot, and this graph is ridiculously true

marijuana does hurt your motivation sometimes, it happens.