should drugs like marijuana, salvia, shrooms, that show no true physical or mental harm, be illegal?

i wrote a question asking whether salvia should be illegal or not, and got all the answers i figured i would get. the people that said no it should stay legal advocate for freedom and the “if it doesnt hurt anyone lets do it” mentality as do i. the ones that said yes relate it to other psychoactive drugs like acid and hardcore crack/meth, saying if we leave this legal we might as well make those legal. the only problem is.. where are the withdrawal effects of salvia that u get from trying to stop smoking crack or shooting heroin? there are none. i advocate for legalizing that which doesnt hurt people limiting it to a reasonable mary jane, salvia divinorum which is legal, and shrooms. what do u guys think?

everything has a bad rep but do your homework on this one id rather not any answers that are completely bias. and dont relate the drugs to the governments position on them please i already know what the government thinks. i know people think that by doing these drugs teens might wanna try other ones but if everyone knows their stats and info of withdrawal symptoms of the actual BAD drugs im sure teenagers and adults wouldnt.

maybe by keeping things illegal, the people who break the law to try shrooms, since it doesnt do anything but has penalties of a hardcore drug… they feel like theyre already risking their ass for one drug, why not heroine if the govt treats it as bad in its classification bullshit. we all know its NOT. ever think about that people?

should things that dont hurt people in any way be illegal?
yeah cite your sources… cause some fool tried stating a bunch of bs facts that made no sense. everything states was disproven here:

http://www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/factsmyths/

haters keep hating. open ur minds with ganj. maybe then you’ll be able to see past what you’ve been brainwashed to think.

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Marijuana: Do YOU think it should become legalized in the United States? If not, why not?

Do you believe cannabis should be legalized or remain illegal?

It’s not toxic nor unhealthy to smoke or ingest. No one has EVER in 5,000 years of known use died as a direct result of using marijuana. It has a long list of medicinal uses from glaucoma to arthritis.

Hemp has many, many uses which include paper, clothing, food and fuel.

Cannabis smoke has NO carcinogens. It can be eaten or used in a vaporizer. There is NO withdrawal symptoms, so it is impossible to be physically addicted. It does not kill brain cells.

Cannabis has no negative effects on a user or society. Prohibition is unethical, ludicrous, and fuels an ever growing industry for money-hungry criminals who don’t care about the plant or the users.

If you would like to know more and see evidence against the many myths then I suggest you watch this documentary on Google Video. It’s by far the best documentary on cannabis. It covers the history of the plant, use before prohibition, how it became illegal, its medicinal uses, and busting the many myths.

“The Union: The Business Behind Getting High”
Google Video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9077214414651731007&ei=mdSASoG_M5LXlQe65vmdDQ&q=the+union+the+business+behind+getting+high&hl=en&emb=1&dur=3
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1039647/

More information on cannabis:
http://www.abovetheignorance.org/
http://www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/factsmyths/

I’d like to hear your opinions on cannabis, it’s recreational use, and why you believe it should remain illegal or be legalized. Thank you and legalizzzzze it
There is NOTHING in cannabis that will make you want to try other drugs. I could just as well say that milk is a gateway to harder things like coffee, which can kill. Shady drug dealers can be a gateway to other drugs, but this is prohibition’s fault.

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Im trying to quit smoking marijuana but im suffering from withdrawals and cant eat til i smoke wut should i do

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Why should marijuana be illegal but opiates are legal ?

Both marijuana and opiates (e.g. hydrocodone, oxycontin) have been clinically shown to be effective pain relievers. Marijuana has no discernable withdrawal symptoms and is not physically addictive. In contast, opiates are both physically addictive and may cause withdrawals. Why shouldn’t MJ be legalized for pain relief?
Opiates are legal with a prescription. Medical marijuana is also “legal” but they can still arrest you for it, so it is sort of in limbo

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Law Enforcement Career Inside the Meth Epidemic – What Every Police Officer Should Know

Ask almost any law enforcement officer what drug is the most troublesome for their job, and they’ll most likely respond “methamphetamine”. Marijuana, cocaine, and heroin all have to be grown, and for the most part are imported. Most of the heroin control starts at the border, before it ever reaches the police officer’s beat. But methamphetamine is synthetic, derived from cooking industrial chemicals, and so it comes from… almost anywhere.

Meth addiction starts out similar to cocaine. The addict is looking for an “upper”, a powerful stimulant. It is regularly available everywhere, so it isn’t hard to find. Typically, the “rocks” of methamphetamine are chopped into a powder and aspirated through a straw similar to cocaine. But the high sensation starts immediately, within seconds of dosage, and lasts for days.

Of all drugs, perhaps meth has the strongest withdrawal period, a potent post-high letdown. The after affects are a potent depression and paranoia, a dangerous mix that leaves the addict in a volatile, violent state similar to PCP. The only recovery for it is to re-dose with meth again, which will produce another high not quite as peaked, but with a post-high letdown twice as bad. And so on. Generally, an addict who has been “up” on meth qualifies as a violent psychopath, pure and simple.

The effects of a meth buzz have a number of physiological effects. Chief among them is the inability to sleep while on it. It is nothing for the addict to stay awake for an entire week, which is called a “run”. Another factor is loss of appetite. Meth and the ingredients of many over-the-counter appetite suppressants in fact have some chemical roots in common. A meth addict on a run will even gag if they try to force themselves to eat. Because of this effect, women who are sensitive to their weight and would be prone to anorexia anyway are especially susceptible to psychological addiction.

Another side effect is “cotton mouth”, the exceeding dryness of the salivary glands. A meth user on a run will be constantly drinking a beverage, but since they have little taste, they will constantly pick sugary drinks as the only thing palatable. As a result, dental decay is so common among meth users that the condition of having many advanced cavities at once is often called “meth mouth”.

The psychological effects of the high are tremendous. A meth dosage essentially showers the brain with dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin, and adrenalin all at the same time, resulting in a euphoric state of hyper-excitement.

Addicts under the influence will talk rapidly, have uncontainable energy, and will sometimes become instantly obsessive and compulsive. It is common for a meth addict on a run to start some ambitious task, such as remodeling their house or re-assembling their car, only to be unable to finish the job when they come down three days later. More likely, they will strike out on some kind of quest-like pursuit, obsessing on that task and nothing else. Sometimes the motivations for this will be a paranoid, delusional fantasy.

The street slang: Meth itself goes most frequently by the names of ‘crystal’, ‘meth’, ’speed’, ‘crank’, and ‘go-fast’. Quantities are most frequently an ‘8-ball’ (an eighth of an ounce, the price of which is the scale for all transactions), a ‘baggie’ or ‘bag’ (whatever the amount you can get for $20), and of course a ‘line’ or ‘rail’ (the amount dosed in one sitting). The addict who is on a run will be described as ‘tweaked’, ’sketching’, or ‘wired’, and on the withdrawal side as ‘coming down’, ‘burning’, ‘crashing’, or ’spun’. Many other slang terms will be introduced by region and local dialect variations.

During the withdrawal state, the addict may experience suicidal depression, intense paranoid delusions, a sense of panic and desperation, hallucinations, and intense emotions. The addict might believe in highly fanciful conspiracy theories, be on the run from imaginary oppressors, have an elaborate revenge plot against someone they think has wronged them, might be convinced they’ve been kidnapped by a UFO, and so on. If relief is sought by redosing, it is important to note that the symptoms of withdrawal do not go away, but are merely masked by the new high.

The cycle repeats as many times as the addict can possibly lay their hands on the substance. When “crashing” finally occurs, the addict may sleep for as long as 48 hours, and hopefully eat a few hearty meals upon awakening before beginning another run.

Ephedrine and amphetamine is extracted from other drugs, most frequently cold remedies, cough syrup, and prescription drugs used to treat ADD. The process of ‘cooking’ meth is done in the famous ‘meth labs’, which are a smelly, flammable operation. Meth labs may be set up on-the-fly in a hotel room or car, or frequently located in a shack out in the desert away from prying eyes and curious noses. The volatile substances and the jerry-rigged nature of the cooking equipment (such as a hotplate), combined with the shaky nerves of the preparer as they repeatedly sample their own product, combine to make it extremely likely that a massive fire will start.

The impurity of the cooking process combined with the common practice of mixing in other chemicals to cut the potency of the mixture (and hence make more money selling it, referred to as ’stepping on it’), ensure that a large percentage of addicts will have significant health problems. Skin lesions, rashes, sores, ulcers, and a host of medical problems will afflict long-term addicts as the cocktails of random chemicals they’ve been ingesting literally eats them from the inside out.

This is only the beginning of the study of meth culture and its detrimental effects on society. The studious law enforcement professional is advised to get an in-depth working knowledge from the standard educational resources, and even if they don’t deal with drug enforcement itself, awareness of the pervasiveness of the problem is always a good thing to have. You never know exactly where it will pop up, but the odds are good you will meet a few meth addicts before long if you work in any kind of law enforcement capacity.