The Marijuana Legalization Debate

[Sforza]

I'm currently doing research right now for a speech I have to make on the positive effects of cannabis and why it should be legalized. The deadline is in two weeks. I'll do my own research and post it here as I go along. I'll also post a copy of the speech and an outline when I'm done writing it.

I'd also appreciate some help though. I think it would be interesting to have a comprehensive resource regarding this matter on site since we have more than a few people interested in this wonderful plant LOL responses are fine but please try to add a little substance too.

[Hempire]

LOL WTF, i feel that there's pressure in restraining my WTF-I-WILLDUMP-SHITONS of facts/stories/anecdotes regarding this issue. Most of them are already scattered in this mental shit dumping site. =D

The link in my sig has lots of stuff about cannabis.

[Sforza]

LOL WTF, i feel that there's pressure in restraining my WTF-I-WILLDUMP-SHITONS of facts/stories/anecdotes regarding this issue. Most of them are already scattered in this mental shit dumping site. =D

The link in my sig has lots of stuff about cannabis.

Feel free to dump a shit ton of facts and stories

It's for speech and public speaking class, and I think I'm pretty good at sifting through a mass of information for relevant pieces as long as there's a goal in mind.

[Hempire]

i'll shit tomorrow. LOL
i'll have a cpu by then and windows 7 arrr

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http://marijuana-uses.com/mr-x/

Mr. X by Carl Sagan

This account was written in 1969 for publication in Marihuana Reconsidered (1971). Sagan was in his mid-thirties at that time. He continued to use cannabis for the rest of his life.It all began about ten years ago. I had reached a considerably more relaxed period in my life – a time when I had come to feel that there was more to living than science, a time of awakening of my social consciousness and amiability, a time when I was open to new experiences. I had become friendly with a group of people who occasionally smoked cannabis, irregularly, but with evident pleasure. Initially I was unwilling to partake, but the apparent euphoria that cannabis produced and the fact that there was no physiological addiction to the plant eventually persuaded me to try. My initial experiences were entirely disappointing; there was no effect at all, and I began to entertain a variety of hypotheses about cannabis being a placebo which worked by expectation and hyperventilation rather than by chemistry. After about five or six unsuccessful attempts, however, it happened.

there are more stories there.
i'll work on it tomorrow, multitasking because i can, damn sony shit browser. =o

[Grim]

One possible jump-off point would be to start with the personal positive effects of cannabis usage, then you could just fan it out into societal/economical effects.

This link Nix posted could be a starting point for a personal anecdote.

http://io9.com/5617273/two-new-scientifi...tal-health

[Hempire]

Nice to finally multitask....herbal =D

This one has lots of personal accounts with the use of cannabis, most are positive
http://marijuana-uses.com/read/

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http://www.hemp.com/ <<< interesting news articles for industrial hemp

Hemp cosmetics make use of positive properties of hemp, which, thanks to bacterial and regenerative effects, is irreplaceable, especially in the fight against skin disorders.

http://www.cannabis-cosmetics.com/skin-t...nt/c-1142/

What is so different in the hemp seed oil compared to other oils used in cosmetics?

"Hemp seed oil is ideal for the cosmetic purposes; it contains a balanced ratio of precious unsaturated fatty acids and natural antioxidants, it is further hypoallergenic and penetrates very well to the skin, does not create only occlusive film on the top layer," explains Ivana Kostkova, MD. from the department of dermatovenerology in Prague 10. "Thanks to this property the unsaturated fatty acids and other components can penetrate in deeper layers of the skin and thus influence the cell properties directly and immediately. Hemp seed oil has, thanks to its properties, really a positive effect on the condition and function of the human skin, being able to harmonize the condition of skin cells, efficiently balance the water, lipid and pH balance of the skin and contributes also to regeneration of protective skin coat, thus increasing the overall resistance of the skin against negative external effects," adds MD Kostkova.

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http://ezinearticles.com/?Health-Benefit...l&id=61184 >>>> Definitely a priority when it comes to PREVENTION OF HEART DISEASE THAT KILLS KAMAZILLION # of people annually.

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interesting article from http://www.hemphasis.net/Building/building.htm

Rebuilding in a developing world

by Scott Blossom

In this developing world we must actively design communities that allow us to work with the environment, while utilizing the production of our building materials as an actual method of remediation and retrofitting of our current situation. By doing so, we can continue to grow at a rate that is sufficient to keep the economy strong, as well as allow our environment enough time to regenerate, even as we harvest agricultural resources that will replace synthetic materials. By using renewable materials that alleviate the need to extract those of which have taken years to form, we can release the many levels of pressure on the earth, before forces of nature release themselves. With this goal in mind, we are guided to design solutions that utilize renewable resources such as the industrial hemp plant.

WE CAN GROW HEMP ALL YEAR ROUND >>>> NO WINTER <<<<< LOTS OF SUN>>>>>HAPPY HERBS >>>> HAPPY PEOPLE >>>>> HAPPY EARTH >>>> \(O____O)/


http://eap.mcgill.ca/CPH_3.htm
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF HEMP

Lots of facts but i don't see many articles to back it up though.


Legit stuff from CANADA!!!

Industrial Hemp Production in Canada
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/econ9631

[Sforza]

Wow, thanks! That's quite a lot of links O_O

[Hempire]

Do u need more facts or stories?
Any update on the speech?

*vid related*
Imagine if every single person in the vid knew what the herb can do and its potential for the kabazillion "GOOD VIBES MAAAAN" events that are possible. Many people are oblivious, or apathetic, mostly oblivious. I used to be both.

[Sforza]

*sigh* I don't think I'll be able to give the speech on cannabis anymore, because of a really good reason -_- Most of you guys already know why, just keep it down.

Thanks anyway.

@Hemp: Check pm