Het recreatief gebruik van cannabis is gelegaliseerd in 19 Amerikaanse staten en Washington DC. Nog eens 12 staten en de Amerikaanse Maagdeneilanden hebben het gebruik gedecriminaliseerd. Commerciële distributie van cannabis is gelegaliseerd in alle rechtsgebieden waar bezit gelegaliseerd is, behalve in DC. Persoonlijke teelt voor recreatief gebruik is toegestaan in al deze rechtsgebieden, behalve in de staat Washington en New Jersey. Voorstanders beweren dat de verkoop van marihuana belastinginkomsten voor staten oplevert en het aantal niet-gewelddadige opsluitingen van drugs vermindert. Tegenstanders beweren dat marihuana een krachtige recreatieve drug is die kan leiden tot verslaving en psychose.
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@G847KJ5 jaar5Y
Federal government should not be involved, leave it to the states.
@NMNMS55 jaar5Y
No. Drug abusers who want to stop their addiction should be offered treatment. I certainly don't see businesses allowing employees who are high to work for them. Marijuana doesn't make anyone a better worker, student, parent does it?
@ISIDEWITH2jr2Y
Hoe zou u zich voelen als een familielid ervoor zou kiezen marihuana voor medicinale doeleinden te gebruiken?
@ISIDEWITH2jr2Y
Hoe beïnvloedt de weergave van marihuana in de media en film uw mening over de legalisering ervan?
@ISIDEWITH2jr2Y
Kunt u een persoonlijke ervaring delen waarbij verschillende wetten inzake marihuana mogelijk gevolgen hebben gehad voor u of voor iemand die u kent?
@ISIDEWITH2jr2Y
Welke impact denkt u dat het legaliseren van marihuana zou kunnen hebben op de groepsdruk op middelbare scholen?
@ISIDEWITH2jr2Y
Als marihuana legaal zou zijn, denkt u dan dat dit van invloed zou zijn op uw toekomstige carrièrekeuzes of kansen?
@ISIDEWITH2jr2Y
Als marihuana gelegaliseerd zou worden, welke zorgen zou u dan hebben over de openbare veiligheid?
@ISIDEWITH2jr2Y
Wat zijn volgens u de ethische implicaties van het opsluiten van personen wegens aan marihuana gerelateerde overtredingen?
@ISIDEWITH2jr2Y
Denkt u dat de legalisering van marihuana de culturele betekenis of de maatschappelijke houding ten opzichte van het gebruik ervan kan veranderen?
@ISIDEWITH2jr2Y
Als u zou kunnen stemmen over de legalisering van marihuana, welke kwesties zou u dan overwegen voordat u een beslissing neemt?
@ISIDEWITH2jr2Y
Hoe kan het legaliseren van marihuana de manier veranderen waarop het onder uw leeftijdsgenoten wordt waargenomen en gebruikt?
@LGWBC95 jaar5Y
Yes. Legalize, tax and regulate marijuana instead of criminalizing it. Prohibition of alcohol was a disaster and caused crime to surge - the same has happened with marijuana.
@NKKTLP5 jaar5Y
No, and make any detectable level in blood or urine be considered proof of possession and to be made public. However, limit the sanction to loss of driving privileges and loss of DOT or HHS jobs and loss of other jobs at their employer's discretion. Block all welfare, unemployment compensation and food stamps to anyway on marijuana. The public should not have to worry about their lives being at risk at work or on the highway, and the taxpayer should never have to pay for a dope addict.
@LJG6MT5 jaar5Y
Yes, but treat it as alcohol - so drunk driving penalties and other legislation should apply.
@NMHD685 jaar5Y
Nothing in between completely legalizing and freeing those from prior conviction and throwing their tails in jail? Somewhere in between the extremes is decriminalizing MJ for recreational use along with "Real", and get "Real" with your reasons, medical purposes. What I am against is legalizing MJ for just getting high and then hitting the "Un-stoned" population for money for rehab and/or support because you are too eff'd up.
@NDRPYY5 jaar5Y
Yes. Legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana instead of criminalizing it but do not allow imports. It is impossible in ensure the quality and safety of the plants unless growing them is a carefully regulated industry.
@LZS7GR5 jaar5Y
Decriminalize the possession of marijuana, but keep the sale of marijuana a criminal offence. Also, free those in jail on marijuana possession charges and require that all marijuana users undergo a series of court mandated detox programs instead of going to jail. Jail the sellers though.
@LSC2DN5 jaar5Y
Legalize, tax and regulate at the federal level, AND release all drug offenders, hard drug offenders into treatment programs, marijuana offenders simply released with all record of a conviction wiped off their record.
@NNXSF45 jaar5Y
Leave it to individual states, make Federal Law subserviant to State law in this area, except for providing reasonable protections of extreme penalties & prosecution of transient outof state residents inadvertantly violating the states laws.
@N2HBWX5 jaar5Y
Yes, and immediately free all citizens jailed for non violent drug offenses
@N2JVCY5 jaar5Y
Yes. Legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana instead of criminalizing it. Free all citizens jailed for drug offenses to further halt any costs of inmate food, water, etc.
@NCSR7K5 jaar5Y
Yes, and immediately free all citizens jailed for drug offenses while legalizing, taxing, and regulating marijuana instead of criminalizing it.
@LW5ZQ35 jaar5Y
Yes, primarily for medicinal purposes. However, they should follow the same guidelines as cigarettes (no smoking in public places) and alcohol (can't be under the influence at work or when operating a vehicle or machinery).
@NN4TF55 jaar5Y
"Medical" marijuana needs to be prescribed by a legitimate doctor and dispensed by a legitimate pharmacy just like prescription drugs. Second hand smoke from this is hallucinegetic for any who breath it even if your neighbor smokes it. So it should be regulated more so than cigarettes.
@NNRKYX5 jaar5Y
Why would anyone in their right mind want to legalize anything that causes anxiety, addiction, memory loss, panic attacks, mood disorders, psychosis, schizophrenia and many other mental disorders ???
@GGJSPL5 jaar5Y
Should be regulated the same as alcohol.
@LS8N9M5 jaar5Y
Yes, and immediately pardon and free all citizens jailed for use of marijuana, not the dealing of. It should be made illegal to operate heavy machinery and drive while under the influence of marajuana.
@LQDB445 jaar5Y
Yes, Legalize, tax, regulate marijuana instead of criminalising it, and immediately free all citizens jailed for drug offenses
@G3WTN35 jaar5Y
No, decriminalize it instead and free those in jail on marijuana charges.
@GH7B245 jaar5Y
DECRIMINALIZE IT, NOT LEGALIZE AS TAX IT AS THIS WOULD CREATE YET ANOTHER BUREAUCRACY. KEEP PENALTIES FOR SALE OF IT IN PLACE,THOSE THAT SMOKE IT SHOULD GROW IT THEMSELVES.
@GGCFZJ5 jaar5Y
let each state decide without any Federal Government interference.
@GGK6J65 jaar5Y
They are illegal for a reason. Don't legalize them ever.
@GHFWQN5 jaar5Y
Yes but only for medical reasons and to declared addicts.
