should cannabis be legalized

[cthulhu]

...just because you're not paranoid, doesn't mean to say they are not going to get you...
i like that one;-)

Maybe people wouldn't get paranoid if it was legal.

good point. i think this is a big part of it. i mean, i felt it. i started using the illegal drug, when our teachers in class were telling us, we would get insane by it, start taking heroin, becoming an addicted criminal and when you would have been caught, you just would've been in hell. so we did it very secretly (well, we thought so;-) and i always was a bit afraid to get caught.
but i also think, this effect of weed ist to strengthen whats already in yourself. in yout unconsciousness.
i think livin in this society has us all made a bit having a split personality. and i think there are lots of people out there who have sreious issues carrying with them, fears, thoughts of a micplaced personality etc..
our society evokes that.
ang if you take some weed, it can show you things you don't want to see.

but this conversation is much about addiction. the body effects of weed are not as such as an alcohol addiction. you can quit more easily. but all this behaviour is of course individual. so some people won't stop using it, even if they feel its not working for them. we know that.

the most addictive thing i ever encountered was tobacco. still struggling.

there's a big difference if you smoke weed with or without tobacco. to me its clear that most addictivness is by the tobacco. its a different hight when using it without tobacco.

you can use a inhalator. there's no burning and so no bad side products you inhale. i would even say, this is healthy.

then you can cook with it. you can digest it and it gets you high even more differently. this is also so tasty and a big pleasure.

you can also use several parts of the plant which don't contain thc and use them for cooking.

the plant has so much use to it, its almost impossible to describe it, you wouldn't believe it.

its not only about getting high. its about pleasure, taste, culture, spirit, mind exploration and freedom...

it has to be legalized.

[fairloveorwar]

Another benefit to decriminalization is that it might stop, or at least vastly reduce, the horrific slaughter taking place in Mexico and throughout Central America. The roots of that violence would seem to be the feeding of America's gargantuan drug habit. However, as the state trooper who was arresting me just the other day (once we'd both determined we were both actual human beings) said, he had previously worked in narcotics and saw many efforts at decriminalization and none had worked. He also really dug Breaking Bad so we spent the rest of the ride to jail talking about that.

wouldn't stop it and that is indeed the worst thing about the stuff, if they legalise it then there will be legal outlets for it and like alcohol  and tobacco it will be heavily taxed, presumably to pay for the resources it would require, but regardless of tax, the criminal fraternity will always sell it cheaper..i agree that you shouldn't criminalise the user so i suppose i'll go with Dodgy..'homegrown is the way that it should be'

[Amandistan]

Well, if they use the tax for schools, hospitals, roads and other things it's fine.

Isn't that how EU works and has such great benefits? taxing.
That's why country like Germany and Norway work.