Peter Tosh says, "Legalize it!" But what are your thoughts?

Published April 20, 2008 at 5:15 a.m.

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Posted by crb7126 on April 21, 2008 at 2:53 p.m. (report)

I honestly think that the reason most teens start it is because its illegal but on the other side if it were legal people would use it like cigarettes and build up a tollerence to it. Right now thats how poor people make extra income instead of tabacco companies making millions and poisoning it. I think its better being illegal.

Posted by CoolerKing on April 21, 2008 at 7:18 a.m. (report)

I got into a debate on legalization with an old high school friend. I was totally for legalization, he was against it. He started bringing up names of classmates who we knew smoked pot and died in car wrecks. I had to counter him every time, "He was drinking.", "Those 4 girls were at a kegger and had a 12 pack in the car.", "He was also drinking." If they all had just smoked, they probably would've been driving about 30mph on the right side of the road. I know one guy that has been smoking since college and has avoided the law and any health issues. He's worked steady for 20 years and doing fine. It's definitely time to revisit the legalities and the positives of growing and taxing weed and put to bed the nonsense of "reefer madness".

Posted by ChateauDweller on April 20, 2008 at 5:56 p.m. (report)

jway-- I agree, people shouldn't use the term "pothead" to refer to pot-users. We should call them cheechers, stoners and hippy-granola-faces. Those terms are way more fun. "Pothead" lacks the creativity and industry that pot-users exhibit. I mean c'mon!! Haven't you ever seen someone pull a MacGuyver and make a bong out of a shampoo bottle, chewing gum and Cheetos??

Posted by legwide on April 20, 2008 at 8:44 a.m. (report)

i think it should be legalized and goverment regulated and taxed no different than cigarettes and alcohol are for example you could go to the gas station get a 5 or 10 pack of joints and of course having to be 21 years old to purchase, the money generated from the taxes on that would be enormous and help out jobs and farmers think about it is there a marijuana annonymous and has anyone in the history of makind ever died from smoking marijuana and the jails would be less crowded also i mean gimme a break it is grown naturally and not maufactured like coke meth and crack

Posted by jway on April 20, 2008 at 6:47 a.m. (report)

The word "pothead" is somewhat derogatory, it's a term used by certain members of our society to cast scorn on those who use marijuana and those who support its legalization, regardless of whether they use it or not. How can you ask those who support legalization to respond to your question if you insult them in the first sentence of your article? You then go on to call 4/20 a "ridiculous day" before you ask for your readers to contribute, and if they don't you classify them as "too stoned to respond". Well, they shouldn't respond! What they should do is contact OnMilwaukee.com and call for your dismissal. It is entirely inappropriate to ridicule and insult certain members of our society and dress it up as a request for thoughts on legalization. Have a good day.