Het legalisatiedebat in de VS

Terwijl bepaalde moralistische politici de coffeeshops willen sluiten en van cannabis een illegale drug willen maken, staan steeds meer Amerikanen gunstig tegenover het legaliseren van het kruid. Hoewel het debat omtrent het decriminaliseren van marihuana al tientallen jaren plaats vindt, zijn politici het pas sinds de kredietcrisis serieus gaan overwegen. Want laten we wel wezen: de oorlog die gevoerd wordt tegen cannabis kost enorm veel geld, terwijl het reguleren en belasten van dit weldadige kruid juist een enorme hoeveelheid geld zou genereren wat een buitengewoon gunstig effect op de economie zou kunnen hebben.

Twee recente stemmingen tonen aan dat steeds meer Amerikaanse burgers voorstander zijn van het decriminaliseren van marihuana. Volgens een stemming van Washington Post / ABC News stelde 46 procent van de deelnemers dat ze voorstander waren van het legaliseren van "bezit van kleine hoeveelheden voor persoonlijk gebruik." Hoewel 52 procent tegen was, is dat heel wat minder dan de 75 procent van eind jaren negentig of de 78 procent uit 1986.

De recentere Zogby poll wees uit dat een duidelijke meerderheid van maar liefst 52 procent voorstander van legalisatie is, 37 procent tegenstander en 11 procent het niet weet.

Gouverneur van California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, stelde: "Al die ideeën over het creëren van nieuwe bronnen van inkomsten, ik sta altijd voor een open debat daarover." En zonder twijfel wordt er nu druk gedebatteerd. Elke dag nodigen zenders als CNBC, CNN en zelfs Fox experts uit om de kwestie te debatteren.

Zal cannabis, 72 jaar na het verbod, weer gelegaliseerd worden?

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Jeroen - 2009-05-12 13:45:18

Well I can only think thats a good thing :) the Netherlands should stop the arguiment and keep it legalised so should every country in my opinion. Its a choice ppl make in smoking mj or not and its allways better buying it where there is some form of control then from a dealer who can give you crappy stuff.

Truth - 2009-05-12 14:04:27

It has never been the people that oppose Marijuana use. It has and always will be the so called vested interests. Remember why marijuana was banned in the first place in the US? DuPont saw it as a major threat to it's new synthetic Nylon fiber. Please don't get distracted by politics people. It's about one thing and one thing only: money.

vinny - 2009-05-12 14:43:19

heej i live in holland and i am a cannabis freedom fighter just tel me where to vote

Danskersvin - 2009-05-12 17:24:51

The trend is the same in Denmark, where recent gang-shootouts in Copenhagen has caused the population to take an overwhelming turn to the idea of complete or partial legalization in order to prevent the criminal elements of society from generating revenue of illegal sale of cannabis products. Now over 2/3 of the countrys total population support the idea. Just thought you might find it interesting.

Naj - 2009-05-12 19:24:30

Cannot believe. a step into the right direction, hope germany will go the same way.

ElTigno - 2009-05-13 16:21:59

it would be a dream.

Ikke ^^ - 2009-05-13 18:10:21

Tzou mooi zijn!

FirenzeOfMunich - 2009-05-13 20:32:22

Hey friends,

legalization has so many positive aspects,
sure cannabis also has some negative features...
it is a drug.
but it does good benefit to the society,
and it is time to leave decisions like that to the individual

Peace to you all (in all possible varieties :D)

Minnesota Meatman - 2009-05-14 10:16:22

I am a Vietnam vet. The US government turned me on to Marijuana. Later they told me it is illegal. For me it has extreme medicinal value. I would rather pay taxes on pot then pharmaceutical drugs. I would even pay taxes to grow if they would let me grow. There we go, more revenue.

FirenzeOfMunich - 2009-05-14 13:29:35

Hey everyone,
Its me again, Firenze from Germany :)
I can only recommend you to watch this video on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTJCMgenP9M
I cannot understand why it is just not possible to decriminalize the use of this herb
It does help people!
So what the fuck?

Henk - 2009-05-14 17:10:24

Good thing is if America does it the rest of the world will have to follow.

zpriapos - 2009-05-15 01:45:27

I watched it in youtube and I can say that it is very impressing. Especially the woman who can not talk and can not control her mussels begin to talk normally after smoking cannabis

sweedzerland - 2009-05-15 15:53:49

I got ADHD and doctors made me use pharmaceutical medicine but it stopped any creative thoughts. Since I have a job that is 80% about creating, I had to stop working. With cannabis I get "slowed down" enough to be able to focus and am now able to work! Too bad that makes me a criminal...

shroomsy - 2009-05-15 19:17:49

-1

Legalise the mighty green god good for ocd tourettes depression glucoma aids stress pmt ms and loads of other stuff overgrow the goverments peace be with you.

vlad - 2009-05-16 06:23:31

if america goes for it. the rest of the world, will sure adpt same political ideas. i mean, thats the point, i guess. and, its kinda of stupid still being criminalized and threated like a serious drug.. for exemple now the movie industry use lot of jokes cannabis related wich helped people looking at it, like alcool party thing. goooooooooooood, but still need to change papers and laws and some peoples minds. MOVE IT DAM!!

Miguel - 2009-05-17 15:04:55

The problem is the lack of temperance of the people, thats what happen in the netherlands, and that should be seen as an example. People should be counscious about the use of drugs, and use them as a resort only, or sporadically. unfortunetly, everyone drinks and smoke too much, and no one cares. I dont think it will be the same with cannabis.
Regards.

zorro - 2009-05-22 00:50:00

-1

The irony is that the thing is illegal and everyone is discussing why it should be made legal...
THIS IS AN INFINITE LOOP! WAKE UP!!
INSTEAD:

let politicians argue for why it should be kept ILLEGAL!

and remember, any legalization of this thing would force politicians to answer to the question of why it has been made illegal in the first place!

there are many dead bodies in the closet!

FUEL, MEDICINE, PLASTIC industries are probably all against this, and they have power..

and another philosophical topic is about involving MJ with MONEY.. which could be a problem in itself.. if you dont understand.. smoke and think about it some more...

zorro - 2009-05-22 00:57:33

By the way people...

I think selling SMOKE is not illegal.....

bag the smoke and sell the smoke!

commandante Che' - 2009-05-22 03:52:11

U.S. Supreme Court voted to affirm Calif State
sovereignty right to 215 Medical Marijuana law,
so, we're very close to full blown end of Prohibition. maybe one more year,maybe less.

WHEAT - 2009-07-16 15:45:07

Fresh off DEA website, 7-15-09 international pressure on permissive Dutch pot policy and domestic complaints over the spread of coffee shops, the GOV. of the NETHERLANDS has reconsidered its legalization!!!!! BULLSHIT the DEA is full of it.

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