Warbler said:
CP3S said:
Being high on marijuana is arguably less dangerous and impairing than being drunk, and is certainly no more dangerous than being drunk.
this of course doesn't mean people high on marijuana should be driving. In lifting the ban on marijuana, I would advocate passing regulations making it illegal to drive high on marijuana.
Nobody said anything about driving while high.
I feel like all the same laws associated with alcohol could be applied to marijuana usage, and the vast majority of issues people could dream up regarding the legalization of marijuana would be taken care of.
Then there is another issue I have with marijuana: the smell. I once walked by people smoking marijuana(at least I think it was, they certainly weren't smoking cigarettes). The smell made me sick to my stomach and I felt sick for hours afterwards and almost threw up. If marijuana is made totally legal, this could be an increasing problem.
LOL.
CP3S said:
The reason it was made illegal was primarily a means of racial discrimination, and the reason it stays illegal today is primarily misinformation possibly coupled with a continued racial discrimination.
didn't know it was made illegal due to racial discrimination. Weird considering a lot of white people use the drug.
And a lot of black people drink alcohol. That doesn't mean anything.
Familiarity with marijuana made its way into the US via South American immigrants. Opium smoking was a major pass time of Chinese immigrant workers. Two of a many number of groups that were greatly looked down on. At the times these drugs were made illegal, they were things "they" did. These drugs carried ethnic stigmas for many years. Now when you think of pot, you probably think of African American guys with loads of bling or a ditzy white guy with long hair who likes surfing or skateboarding who says "whoa" and "dude" a lot. Stigmas change over time. The vast majority of people in prison for marijuana related crimes are Hispanic and African American. Sometimes statistics are very telling.