I live in Seattle, Washington.. Nothing has changed.

That will never happen. Alcohol is the only product out of tobacco and marijuana that will be commercialized.

If tobacco, and alcohol can alter a mindstate just like marijuana can, why is it that marijuana is illegal and tobacco and alcohol are legal? Not a smoker, just a thought.

It was made illegal a long time ago due to political pressure, because hemp, a variation of Cannabis that is known as a less psychoactive due lower THC levels, to the point where it would be extremely difficult for someone to get high off of it was pressured into being made illegal.

The primary reasons marijuana is illegal and has been illegal for so long is largely due to inertia, when something has been banned for long enough, it makes it very difficult to get the ball rolling in the right direction(A good example of this is sodomy, there were anti-sodomy laws in the United States that made it illegal, but was rarely enforced up until the Supreme Court finally ruled in 2003 that it was unconstitutional.). It has often been wrongly associated with other drugs, early anti-drug laws had it written in with opium related narcotics like heroin and morphine, giving it a bad name by association. Laws such as the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 lists it as a Schedule I drug, meaning it has the capacity for abuse and is considered "addictive". Sound familiar? Caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol are all considered addictive substances.

Things such as these and the real lack of of a good argument put forth for its legalization has prevented it from gaining any real ground until recently due to the prevalent use of it medically despite it quite often being ruled as having "no medical benefit" by many of its protractors. Not a user of marijuana but I don't think it is right to destroy people's lives over a substance that is about on par with alcohol.

Yeah, I've heard that it's impossible to get "addicted" to marijuana, but I've seen first hand people that are essentially "addicted" to it. I know people at my school that can't go a day without skipping lunch or a class to go sit in their car and smoke it. If it didn't impair judgement as much as it does, it wouldn't be nearly as big of an issue with legalities . But at the same time, alcohol impairs judgement just as much or possibly even more than marijuana, yet it is legal.

The main issue with legalization of it in regards to say driving, is that it is hard to differentiate between someone who is driving while actually under the influence of Marijuana and someone who smoked earlier in the day but is no longer under the high short of dragging them to the station for a blood test.

Urine tests in this regards can not be used since the THC can remain in the urine for longer than a day after use.

But yes I agree with you, it is "addictive" in the same regards I would say as caffeine, nicotine or alcohol are listed as addictive substances, one that you can quit with enough willpower, but still has some withdrawals/difficulties. Also same regards to impairment of judgement, kind of like alcohol it would have to carry a "while driving" penalty of some sort.

Sorry for the delayed response friend, had to go to work.

No big deal, I had to be at school from 730 am - 11pm all day yesterday, I forgot all about this until I saw the notification just now.

Well, I'm not a smoker either. I honestly don't know why the laws are like this. I mean, alcohol and cigarettes can kill, where as marijuana, can not. But, it's still legal to show alcohol products on commercials. Cigarette ads are illegal to show. If marijuana, one day, becomes legal, it may not show on television commercials.

I doubt that it would be shown on commercials also. I am all for the use of medical marijuana as health treatments, but for recreational use I couldn't care either way if it became legal or not. I do think that if it happened to become legal, it should be controlled to a point, but that's just me.

Just Willy Nelson grinning at the camera silently, then finally saying, "What?"

You know, you could have just wrote this out, instead of turning this into a picture.

do you notice small white text or the big BLACK letters better?

Your first post is better. The blinking image is just irritating.

good >:D

Tobacco is legal, and we don't see ads for it. Not counting anti-smoking ads, at least.

its illegal to advertize tobacco on tv

It'll probably be illegal to advertise weed, too.

most likely,

btw for anyone that doesnt know this yet, in Colorado, where they "legalized" weed, its not really legal.... its illegal to sell it, and its illegal to buy it, basically you have to grow it yourself...

You can give it as a gift though. Right?

i suppose

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