Uruguay legalized Marijuanna, goes into effect April

[420]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9iZG2SmQv8

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Right in time.

[MsCollec]

time to get high

[bryant.coleman]

Alcohol kills 10,000 times more people than Marijuana. If government can legalize Alcohol, then why not Marijuana?

[420]

Alcohol kills 10,000 times more people than Marijuana. If government can legalize Alcohol, then why not Marijuana?

umm better question why did they criminalize it ? thats the thing. cuz once a law is passed its one of the hardest things in the world to repeal it

[hilariousandco]

Alcohol kills 10,000 times more people than Marijuana. If government can legalize Alcohol, then why not Marijuana?

Surely it's even more than that.

According to the World Health Organisation:

• The harmful use of alcohol results in 2.5 million deaths each year.
• 320 000 young people between the age of 15 and 29 die from alcohol-related causes, resulting in 9% of all deaths in that age group.
• Alcohol is the world’s third largest risk factor for disease burden; it is the leading risk factor in the Western Pacific and the Americas and the second largest in Europe.
• Alcohol is associated with many serious social and developmental issues, including violence, child neglect and abuse, and absenteeism in the workplace.

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs349/en/

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Alcohol kills 10,000 times more people than Marijuana. If government can legalize Alcohol, then why not Marijuana?

Alcohol kills ∞ more people than cannabis at the going rate of zero people per year.

[hilariousandco]

Alcohol kills 10,000 times more people than Marijuana. If government can legalize Alcohol, then why not Marijuana?

Alcohol kills ∞ more people than cannabis at the going rate of zero people per year.

I'm sure there's at least some where it was a contributing factor, IE with accidents or maybe some lung/respiratory problems.

[joschua011]

I wonder if they have to print this warning labels on the bags, like we have on cigarrets.

Something like

Warning: This will make your hands look awesome.

[cryptasm]

Common sense prevails. Wish our brain-dead politicians in the UK would do the same, they could make £billions in weed tax.

[hilariousandco]

Common sense prevails. Wish our brain-dead politicians in the UK would do the same, they could make £billions in weed tax.

I agree. Absolutely no logic to it. I wonder if it's just down to pressure from some other sources, or are they just idiots?

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Alcohol kills 10,000 times more people than Marijuana. If government can legalize Alcohol, then why not Marijuana?

It's not a matter of how high is the number of kills... it's just a matter of freedom.
Otherwise I could say religion kills and have killed and will kill millions of people and must be prohibited.
I could also say that a sedentary lifestyle kills thousands of fiftyish and because of that government should force people to go to gym.

Nonsense.

[cryptasm]

Common sense prevails. Wish our brain-dead politicians in the UK would do the same, they could make £billions in weed tax.

I agree. Absolutely no logic to it. I wonder if it's just down to pressure from some other sources, or are they just idiots?

I think some of its due to scaremongering from right-wing rags like the Daily Mail. The UK alcohol industry also has very powerful lobbyists (people drink less booze when they're high) and big Pharma probably see's cannabis as a threat to their petro-chemical 'medicines'. Can't have the proles curing themselves with non-toxic natural substances

[X_X_X]

Common sense prevails. Wish our brain-dead politicians in the UK would do the same, they could make £billions in weed tax.

I agree. Absolutely no logic to it. I wonder if it's just down to pressure from some other sources, or are they just idiots?

I think some of its due to scaremongering from right-wing rags like the Daily Mail. The UK alcohol industry also has very powerful lobbyists (people drink less booze when they're high) and big Pharma probably see's cannabis as a threat to their petro-chemical 'medicines'. Can't have the proles curing themselves with non-toxic natural substances

non-toxic? maybe it is non-toxic if you touch the plant, but when you burn a organic material there is toxic smoke that contains tar, among other things.
Natural? everything is natural, and everything is chemical. Maybe you can think that there's nothing as natural as water, but water is two hydrogen atoms and one of oxygen, so it's chemical.

[airdata]

Texas next please.

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non-toxic? maybe it is non-toxic if you touch the plant, but when you burn a organic material there is toxic smoke that contains tar, among other things.
Natural? everything is natural, and everything is chemical. Maybe you can think that there's nothing as natural as water, but water is two hydrogen atoms and one of oxygen, so it's chemical.

Yeah you're right, inhaling smoke is not ideal (and does contain tar and other carcinogens) which is why it's best to eat it or at least use a vapouriser (it only heats it to a certain temperature).
Natural as in it's original state, not a man-made inorganic substance. Your local doctor is worse than any crack dealer on the street corner, prescription drugs in the US kill more than all illegal drugs combined.

[Vod]

Alcohol kills 10,000 times more people than Marijuana. If government can legalize Alcohol, then why not Marijuana?

Alcohol kills ∞ more people than cannabis at the going rate of zero people per year.

Cannabis kills people the same way alcohol kills people.  People do stupid things while impaired and kill themselves.

To say cannabis kills zero people is a very ignorant statement.

[420]

Texas next please.

texas, uptight conservatives; i doubt it.

Oregon or California likely next; or jersey/new hampshire

Alcohol kills 10,000 times more people than Marijuana. If government can legalize Alcohol, then why not Marijuana?

Alcohol kills ∞ more people than cannabis at the going rate of zero people per year.

Cannabis kills people the same way alcohol kills people.  People do stupid things while impaired and kill themselves.

To say cannabis kills zero people is a very ignorant statement.

guns don't kill people; cannabis doesn't kill people. Explicit statements.

Only humans and animals/organisms kill people

[hilariousandco]

Common sense prevails. Wish our brain-dead politicians in the UK would do the same, they could make £billions in weed tax.

I agree. Absolutely no logic to it. I wonder if it's just down to pressure from some other sources, or are they just idiots?

I think some of its due to scaremongering from right-wing rags like the Daily Mail. The UK alcohol industry also has very powerful lobbyists (people drink less booze when they're high) and big Pharma probably see's cannabis as a threat to their petro-chemical 'medicines'. Can't have the proles curing themselves with non-toxic natural substances

Yeah, I agree, but is cannabis really such a big threat to the Pharma and alcohol/tobacco industries? I'm not so sure.

non-toxic? maybe it is non-toxic if you touch the plant, but when you burn a organic material there is toxic smoke that contains tar, among other things.
Natural? everything is natural, and everything is chemical. Maybe you can think that there's nothing as natural as water, but water is two hydrogen atoms and one of oxygen, so it's chemical.

Does cannabis actually contain tar and is it definitely toxic? I know breathing in the fumes of burnt plant matter is not ideal in any circumstance, but I'm sure cannabis doesn't contains all the nasty ingredients poisons and additives that tobacco does, not even close.

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Alcohol kills 10,000 times more people than Marijuana. If government can legalize Alcohol, then why not Marijuana?

Alcohol kills ∞ more people than cannabis at the going rate of zero people per year.

Cannabis kills people the same way alcohol kills people.  People do stupid things while impaired and kill themselves.

To say cannabis kills zero people is a very ignorant statement.

You ever drive while high?  You compensate a lot more and drive more carefully.

I've only crashed once high, five times or so sober.  I go hard on the road.

Anyways, if you die while intoxicated in a car accident, that is blunt force trauma killing you, not the substance.

Alcohol directly kills 150,000 people a year in the states.