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Considering that: 1) Drugs for recreational activities such as tobacco and alcohol have very well known harmful effects, even when consumed in small dosis. 2)

Considering that: 1) Drugs for recreational activities such as tobacco and alcohol have very well known harmful effects, even when consumed in small dosis. 2) There are 0 annual casualties from the use of Marijuana, you just can't overdose to death on it, and it has lots of medical and non-medical uses. Can someone tell me why it was criminalized in the first place?

zalew 14y ago
> Can someone tell me why it was criminalized in the first place? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jO_ncXj7RE&feature=player_embedded https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jO_ncXj7RE&feature=play...
gbog 14y ago
Things don't have to be lethal to be undesirable. Porn, TV, junk food, all are not legal but still undesirable things. I think smoking pot in the morning is as bad an habit as watching 3h/day TV. In the sense that I would shoot at him if my little brother did one of those. Ago the argument for decriminalization should be more in the line of: let people choose their bad habits.
- gbog 14y ago
  Wanted to edit but server was down and now I cannot edit anymore: s/shoot/shout/ s/Ago/And s/legal/lethal
s_henry_paulson 14y ago
(1) It was smoked by Chinese railroad workers and used as an excuse for how "lazy immigrants" were taking American jobs (2) Hemp fiber was a serious competitor to synthetic fibers being produced by chemical companies. (3) Henry Ford had built a car entirely out of hemp, and then used hemp as the fuel for the car in order to demonstrate how viable the product could be for the automotive industry (which threatened big oil). (4) Harry J. Anslinger & William Randolf Hearst and their support from dupont, big pharma, the timber industry, and their control of the media and representation in politics. There's really so much to the story that it's nearly impossible to write it all down in one place, but it's a subject that's definitely worth researching.

zalew 14y ago

> Can someone tell me why it was criminalized in the first place? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jO_ncXj7RE&feature=player_embedded https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jO_ncXj7RE&feature=play...

gbog 14y ago

Things don't have to be lethal to be undesirable. Porn, TV, junk food, all are not legal but still undesirable things. I think smoking pot in the morning is as bad an habit as watching 3h/day TV. In the sense that I would shoot at him if my little brother did one of those. Ago the argument for decriminalization should be more in the line of: let people choose their bad habits.

gbog 14y ago
Wanted to edit but server was down and now I cannot edit anymore: s/shoot/shout/ s/Ago/And s/legal/lethal

s_henry_paulson 14y ago

(1) It was smoked by Chinese railroad workers and used as an excuse for how "lazy immigrants" were taking American jobs (2) Hemp fiber was a serious competitor to synthetic fibers being produced by chemical companies. (3) Henry Ford had built a car entirely out of hemp, and then used hemp as the fuel for the car in order to demonstrate how viable the product could be for the automotive industry (which threatened big oil). (4) Harry J. Anslinger & William Randolf Hearst and their support from dupont, big pharma, the timber industry, and their control of the media and representation in politics. There's really so much to the story that it's nearly impossible to write it all down in one place, but it's a subject that's definitely worth researching.