Should marijuana be legal?

[Stoner]

Originally Posted by hsmith

It is illegal and it is still the #1 cash crop in the country

Actually its not. It's the 4th largest cash crop in the country.

[Kytro]

Originally Posted by Stoner

Two questions.

1. Should it be legal?

2. Do you think it will one day?

1. Yes. Banning substances is usually not effective. That said I do favor regulation.

2. Impossible to say

[lew]

Originally Posted by Diesel66

so is weed.

No, it is not.

[Diesel66]

Originally Posted by lew

No, it is not.

Yes it is.

Entrez PubMed

Recent aggregation of evidence for the roles of endogenous agonist and receptor systems that are mimicked or activated by cannabanoid ligands has provided a focus for work that has elucidated details of some of the multiple physiological roles and pharmacological functions that these systems play in brain and peripheral tissues. This chapter reviews some of the approaches to improved elucidation of these systems, with special focus on the human genes that encode cannabanoid receptors and the variants in these receptors that appear likely to contribute to human addiction vulnerabilities

Common gene mutation linked to drug addiction - 10 June 2002 - New Scientist
Dope abuse and addiction rises in US - 04 May 2004 - New Scientist
Hooked on hash - 21 October 2000 - New Scientist

Monkeys stir up the debate about cannabis addiction

THE question of whether marijuana is physically addictive has been troubling researchers for years—but the latest evidence suggests that lab monkeys, at least, are easily hooked.

For the first time, scientists in the US have shown that monkeys will seek out the active chemical in cannabis just as they would with cocaine or morphine. The finding has created an uproar over the implications for humans who smoke pot.

Therapists and psychiatrists who treat marijuana dependency are convinced the study will persuade people to take pot's potential for abuse more seriously. "A lot of people think it's not addictive," says Ron Kadden of the University of Connecticut Health Center. "[Users] have been told by treatment professionals and friends that they couldn't really be addicted to marijuana." But Kadden says he recently found plenty of takers when he advertised a programme tailored to treat cannabis dependency.

Junky monkeys - 16 October 2000 - New Scientist
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It is physically addictive. How powerful the addiction is to you depends on many things but the danger is there.

[Kytro]

Pretty much anything can be additictive