Will marijuana ever truly be legal again in the US?

It's been known for many years that it's as harmless as legal drugs like alcohol and cigarettes and yet we still have cops busting people for it and charging them today.

This is from the 1974 World Book Encyclopaedia typed by me word for word (I own a set)

"In 1971 the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health reported that marijuana in the strength and amount taken by most American users does not seem to harm the body."

"In 1972 the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse, a U.S. government advisory group, called for the abolition of laws that forbid possession or use of marijuana in private."

1972 so 36 years later and we learn that fell on deaf ears back then and probably still does today.

unfortunately no, best we can hope for is decriminalization.

never say never...

Well how about not in our lifetimes.

not even in your kids life time... dream on will never be legal

Well they said we would probably never see a black president in our lifetime either, and it happened pretty early in my own lifetime. I have heard that Barack Obama is not going to allow the DEA to continue raiding medical marijuana patients. He's president, so he can probably pull some strings you know? I almost believe that his liberal cabinet, as well as all the democrats in congress this election year, will give us the highest hope of cannabis legalization.

He said he doesn't support legalization personally, but I wish our country would take a more liberal approach to the herb. I'm gonna get the fuck out of here one day and go to the UK so I can smoke without much persecution. I live in California and it's pretty much legal for anybody who wants to be legal (we have lax medical marijuana laws here). But in London you can just walk down the street and smoke a joint and a police officer wouldn't say much to you. Same in British Columbia. I wish we could be more like that.

for the time being i dont really care if it is illegal, cause I can still smoke everyday in the privacy of my own home.

cheers,
Ian

Yeah but even in your own home that herb gives John Law the "right" to invade your home.

I want to see a world where marijuana is treated like tobacco.

People aren't persecuted for doing something that brings no real harm to them or anyone else.

Shit like my parents neighbor thinking he has the right to come into their back yard and call the police on me over a joint wouldn't happen in that world.

NomadicSky said:

Yeah but even in your own home that herb gives John Law the "right" to invade your home.

I want to see a world where marijuana is treated like tobacco.

People aren't persecuted for doing something that brings no real harm to them or anyone else.

Shit like my parents neighbor thinking he has the right to come into their back yard and call the police on me over a joint wouldn't happen in that world.

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well it aint that world.. and it's not gonna happen

LAX Skunky BwS said:

well it aint that world.. and it's not gonna happen

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We'll see.

Yes I believe it will and will happen within the next 10-15 years. I doubt the Federal Govt will so the biggest chance of it happening is city by city, state by state will slowly vote to legalize it until the Federal has to accept it. It is certainly already heading in that direction with Denver being the first city in the US to completely legalize under an ounce and I believe another city has followed. Who would have thought 15 years ago that 13 states would have legal medical marijuana?

Mississippi was the last holdout from prohibition, the last to legalize interracial marriage, and will be the last to free the green.

I'm definitely coming back to my home town to smoke a fatty on the steps of the police station no matter how old I am if it happens in my lifetime.

why would you (the government) legalize when they make a shit ton of money catching people for possession. the government is a huge business that does what it can to make money. money money money

It can make money from it being legal it cuts down on the prisons.

Housing them as inmates, methods of catching these people, that's also expensive.

what about the cost of incarceration and/or rehabilitation, and non-tangible domestic deterioration as a result of pharmaceutical product abuse?
"legal" as it is. fucking poisons and synthetic garbage being pushed as a form of "help" for our organic bodies...?
do oil and water not mix??
government chooses for the people. people just open their mouth and swallow it full.
not me

I live in Tx. I've been on probation since 2001, I smoke weed. I really believe that smoking weed keeps me out of trouble, ironically, they ( state of texas) keep locking me up for smoking it. Since the start of my probation I've been locked up at least 5 times for a total of at least a year. I've also been sent to multiple SA programs, all bullshit, they need to save that money for people that have real substance abuse problems. Everyone always laughs when you tell them that your "drug of choice" is pot. Anyway i was supposed to finish probation last august on a Monday. Well, I got pulled over the Friday before and the fuckin pig busted me with what weighed .03 according to the judge. My
PO is letting me fight the case, if i win, they cut me loose (off probation). If i lose I go to prison 5 minimum. Oh yeah did i mention Im a full time student (4.0) and a father of seven. But i just sit here, grow, smoke, and wait. Im not afraid of Texas or their bullshit bud laws. As far as weed being "dangerous", shit, a fat joint was the only thing that would keep us from going out and shooting up blocks, when we were kids. Put a budweiser in our hands, that was a different story.
Fuck ridiculous weed laws

IanCurtisWishlist said:

Well they said we would probably never see a black president in our lifetime either, and it happened pretty early in my own lifetime. I have heard that Barack Obama is not going to allow the DEA to continue raiding medical marijuana patients. He's president, so he can probably pull some strings you know? I almost believe that his liberal cabinet, as well as all the democrats in congress this election year, will give us the highest hope of cannabis legalization.

He said he doesn't support legalization personally, but I wish our country would take a more liberal approach to the herb. I'm gonna get the fuck out of here one day and go to the UK so I can smoke without much persecution. I live in California and it's pretty much legal for anybody who wants to be legal (we have lax medical marijuana laws here). But in London you can just walk down the street and smoke a joint and a police officer wouldn't say much to you. Same in British Columbia. I wish we could be more like that.

for the time being i dont really care if it is illegal, cause I can still smoke everyday in the privacy of my own home.

cheers,
Ian

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Well Obama can say what he wants done, Dosen't mean he can make it happen.

NomadicSky said:

We'll see.

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all that shit is irrelevant cuz it dont matter if it becomes legal .. cuz it aint gonna stop muthafuckas from smoking it,growing it and even selling it..

LAX Skunky BwS said:

all that shit is irrelevant cuz it dont matter if it becomes legal .. cuz it aint gonna stop muthafuckas from smoking it,growing it and even selling it..

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English with good grammar does wonders.

understand this... i aint talking to you.. ok billy???

LAX Skunky BwS said:

understand this... i aint talking to you.. ok billy???

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What? Still fail to understand you.

I think for Christmas this year Santa might put a dictionary in your stocking.