Ronnie, I agree with some points you have made but dimas is an idiot. Before I begin, let me inform you that I do happen to smoke and I do love it as much as you. However, this doesn't mean i believe in legalizing it. You say that allowing the government to control the distribution of marijuana would reduce prices and gang-related violence. And you use alcohol as your main comparison. However, there is a difference between the two. The reason that alcohol is so well managed in the united states is because it is very abundant and legal in every country. Because of this many different types of alcohol are imported and this creates an increase in customer satisfaction. Because of this abundance, there is no need to find alcohol on street corners, and therefore I agree with that. However, the case with marijuana is a bit different. The difference is that weed is limited in the united states and couldn't be imported from other countries because in almost every other country weed is outlawed. I know its a naturally growing plant but eventually the demand would exceed the supply without the help from other countries. Yes, the price would be significantly reduced but gangs would find ways to get weed from other countries and sell it at even lower prices. So in reality gang-related violence would be still be in full effect, maybe reduced a little at the most. This little difference in gang-related violence would not be worth the corruption that legal marijuana would bring about. As many experienced people know, while one is under the influence of marijuana, there is a lack of motivation. Do we want to weaken our work force by legalizing marijuana? Do we want a bunch of demotivated lazy asses? I am not saying that you cannot perform your job 100 percent because you might smoke a little bud in your free time. However, you dont represent all cases, and the worst case scenarios must be taken into consideration ( someone gets a goverment job who smokes all the time and is lazy but luckily has some intelligence ). And I have no trouble in saying that a lot of these types of cases would evolve if marijuana was legalized because people would take advantage of this possibility. It is a secure feeling to know that government employees are throughly examined. If weed was legal, this website would be of no importance to you because you wouldn't have to worry about this question on a polly. Do you want the leaders of our country to be possible stoners? who dont get work done? Imagine the work ethic that would be imposed on teenagers, or young people, the future leaders of our generation. It is proven that marijuana is a demotivator....and since you smoke Im sure as hell you know what I am talking about. In order for our country to succeed, we need a strong work force like we currently have. Plenty of detrimental substances are already in existance and the legalization of another wouldnt add anything positive to our country. IF weed was legalized, then another plant or mind-altering substance would be in question. So should we keep on legalizing these substances jsut because alcohol is legal? Why not legalize cocaine and all the other drugs that create gang violence? becuase like I said, that would corrupt our society and just because marijuana is the safest receational drug doesnt make it right. There are still a lot of unproven facts regarding marijuana....such as long term effects. However, where I do agree with you, and completely disagree with dimas, is integrity with relationship to our legal system. Your example with Saudi Arabia is just. There are plenty of things that are illegal in America but legal in other countries. The people in other countries who practice these habits are by no means depraved simply because the same thing in america is illegal. By saying that integrity is based on our legal system, you might as well say you let a group of congressman determine what is morally right and what is morally wrong. Our government consists of these congressmen, and thats who you are basing your integrity off of. People just like the three of us. Now do you realize why you are stupid? Shit, I love weed, and im all about beating the system. This doesn't change my argument for making marijuana legal, but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do sometimes. I agree with your friends who say the machine is gonna blow up because your looking into it way too much. When the question comes up, u will naturally hesitate. My advice is to just try to forget about it and go on with your life. Continue to smoke weed if that is what you do and when the question is asked try not to use your brain. The test is obviously inaccurate if someone who has done nothing "bad" in their life can still fail the test and not get the job. IT is apparent that the test has no scientific basis and that anyone can mess it up. All i have to say is good luck when the time comes around and.... -smoke weed every dayyy
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