The marijuana laws cause a lot more harm than marijuana. It will save people’s lives if the proposition passes.

First you are wrong about California.
California has an initiative that just qualified for the November ballot. Its passage is doubtful.
As a parent who fought teenage drug abuse, I’ve personally witnessed the negative, and sometimes fatal, affects it has on teenagers and young adults.
Yes it is a bad idea.
Yes it will lead to more school drop-outs and vagrants.
No it will not help the crime rates decline.

Those that claim otherwise are being very naive or very deceptive.

I really don’t care whether it’s legal or not.

But if you are smoking, or if you are high, please just stay off the road. I know, many people say smoking makes them drive better (I said it for 9 years), but you REALLY have no idea how badly you’re driving.

No it doesn’t cause as many accidents and/or deaths as alcohol, but that does not mean you should be driving while high.

My cousin managed to get a permit to get legal marijuana here in California. He just went to a doctor, said he was depressed, and next thing you know, he can buy medical marijuana. He even admitted to me and his friends that he just wanted to smoke weed. So look… I have no problem with medical marijuana. But if it is that easy to get medical marijuana, then there’s clearly something wrong with that system.

I stopped smoking 2 years ago. People can choose to smoke marijuana if they wish, I can’t stop them. Most people grow out of it anyway. I don’t think it’s criminal, but I don’t think that it’s necessarily good either. It will not change crime rates in the least. I’m not sure about there being more dropouts (since a lot of people smoke weed and drop out of school regardless if it’s legal or not). We have better things to do than lock people up for marijuana… but I think we also have better things to do than worry about it’s legality.

The marijuana laws cause a lot more harm than marijuana. It will save people’s lives if the proposition passes.

First you are wrong about California.
California has an initiative that just qualified for the November ballot. Its passage is doubtful.
As a parent who fought teenage drug abuse, I’ve personally witnessed the negative, and sometimes fatal, affects it has on teenagers and young adults.
Yes it is a bad idea.
Yes it will lead to more school drop-outs and vagrants.
No it will not help the crime rates decline.

Those that claim otherwise are being very naive or very deceptive.

I really don’t care whether it’s legal or not.

But if you are smoking, or if you are high, please just stay off the road. I know, many people say smoking makes them drive better (I said it for 9 years), but you REALLY have no idea how badly you’re driving.

No it doesn’t cause as many accidents and/or deaths as alcohol, but that does not mean you should be driving while high.

My cousin managed to get a permit to get legal marijuana here in California. He just went to a doctor, said he was depressed, and next thing you know, he can buy medical marijuana. He even admitted to me and his friends that he just wanted to smoke weed. So look… I have no problem with medical marijuana. But if it is that easy to get medical marijuana, then there’s clearly something wrong with that system.

I stopped smoking 2 years ago. People can choose to smoke marijuana if they wish, I can’t stop them. Most people grow out of it anyway. I don’t think it’s criminal, but I don’t think that it’s necessarily good either. It will not change crime rates in the least. I’m not sure about there being more dropouts (since a lot of people smoke weed and drop out of school regardless if it’s legal or not). We have better things to do than lock people up for marijuana… but I think we also have better things to do than worry about it’s legality.