Should pot be legal, or at least decriminalized?
Written on November 10, 2009 – 5:47 am | by Drug Abuse Help
I mean, its a proven fact that alcohol does way less damage then pot ever did. Thousands of people die every year due to overdosing on liquor; however, no body has ever overdosed on pot. For those of you that say smoking pot makes people dumb, I don’t see how it makes you any dumber, then someone that drinks every day. Alcohol can lead to liver and kidney failure, pot doesn’t do any of that. I knew people that threw their entire life away because they were alcoholics, yet, I don’t know anyone that threw their life away from smoking pot. I’m not saying that you should smoke pot every day, but smoking 2-3 times a month like I do for the last 4 years, is not nearly as bad as drinking every single day, and of course you should never drive while you are high, just in the privacy of your own home. If pot was legal here is what would happen.
1. Free up the prison population, our prisons are at over 200% over populated. These would free up our tax payers money and start concentrating locking up real criminals, like sex offenders that roam the streets free ever day.
2. Most drug dealers would be put out of business and then kids under age would have a harder time getting it because you would need to show your ID, just like when you buy liquor.
3. Pot would never be laced with anything bad because it would be regulated.
4. Pot could be taxed, this would give the economy a giant boost. While some people may choose to grow it, most people like me would buy it.
5. Police officers would be able to concentrate on the real criminals, not getting a phone call just because someone smells pot.
Pot smokers like anybody else pay their taxes, take care of their children, pay for their children education and send them away to college, and work every day. In most cases unless you are a pot head, you can’t even tell the difference between someone that smokes pot and someone that doesn’t, and yes, their is a difference between a recreational pot smoker, and a pot smoker. A recreational user will smoke pot once in a while, and a pot head will do nothing all day, but just get high. Can pot be abused, absolutely, but like any other drug including legal drugs, moderation is the key. For those of you that say pot is a gateway drug to try harder drugs, this simply was a old myth passed down to scare people away from trying pot. The only reason why people try harder drugs, is because their dealer has other drugs that they can try, but if pot was legal, they wouldn’t have to go to their drug dealer, so they wouldn’t be exposed to harder drugs.
Last but not least, their are legal drugs that are highly addicting and dangerous. Micheal Jackson is the perfect example, he died from all the pain killers he was taking.
