It seems like one of the most controversial issues amongst today is whether or not marijuana should be legalized. I've heard many points for and against it. My stance still stands strong that it should be left illegal.
I know, marijuana is a plant and many argue that alcohol, cigarettes and coffee are more damaging to one’s system than marijuana. However, I think my primary concern is the fact that marijuana has to ability to really impair one’s mind, vision and reaction time. For those that drive under the influence of this drug, it could be extremely dangerous to those around him/her.
Laws are in place to protect society. The problem with legalizing pot is that right now, unlike alcohol, there is no way of detecting whether or not someone is under the influence of the drug. We can’t find those kinds of drivers roaming our streets and have no way of catching them. Roadside sobriety test doesn’t necessary help with this issue as marijuana is not detected in any way except through blood.
Yes, many can argue that making marijuana legal will lower crime rates, but the issue at hand is still that there is no way of detecting if one is under the influence of it. The dangers of marijuana users running around high is one that should be taken into careful consideration.
I definitely feel like for the safety of our citizens in Canada, marijuana is not something that should be hastily made legal. What are your thoughts? Should the government change the laws on this drug?
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MJ? You are not talking about MJ that I'm thinking of huh? This is probably the most talked about issue even amongst non political science students. If not at all, I'm actually on the fence on this issue. In Ontario, there was a time when holding onto 28g was legal for very short period of time. It is hard to imagine for MJs to be sold in near stores outside apartments. In Vancouver MJ is legal. Despite Vancouver being one of the biggest drug dealing regions in the world, their drug control at least on the surface of the general public, is fairly stable. There has to be a smaller step taken forward before pots are decriminalized.
I don't know what I feel about this. I see both pros and cons to this approach of legalizing MJ. The pros in my opinion would be a new source of revenue for our economy and if you have looked at vancouver, they are doing pretty well. The con to this would be the massive inflation in our currency or the standard of living in our region. Again, using BC's example... the housing there is so expensive that if you did not deal drugs it would be nearly impossible to live at their standards... So what can we , or should we do?
-SW
I on the other hand am on the legalizing of marijuana. No, I am not a huge pot head or anything like that but to be honest, if you legalize it, it will have a nice chain effect.
Hear me out. If you legalize marijuana, all those drug busts for marijuana will go down. This includes small and large scale ones (people caught with possession vs people growing it.) Thus, the court systems will free up and less government expenses.
That is a huge concern for me, especially after reading constant articles on how the court system has thrown out more cases than it actually takes.
As for the driving under the influence with MJ, why not make it like alcohol? You cant drive under the influence period. (I know it is already like that, but this is keeping legalized MJ in mind)
You can argue the same thing about alcohol as well, when you may not know when someone is drunk. By the time you find out they are drunk, it may be too late. The same goes for marijuana. So either ban both (hopfully not alcohol, haha) or ban none!
But to be honest and realistic, MJ will probably always stay on the illegal side. Only because this is a very debatable issue where some much uncertainty is out there.
Good post!
Firstly, i think people should be able to decide what they want to do with their own body. I don't think the government has the right to impose their moral judgment of something so personal on the population, especially against something so harmless.
Also, prohibition is extremely expensive and, as people have already stated before me, ties up the court system with trivial cases. If it is legalized, the government will receive a new stream of income and will be able to decrease their law enforcement budget substantially. The effects of prohibition are debatable, many believe that it's not as much of a deterrent as encouragement with many adolescents using marijuana simply because its an act of rebellion.
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