Originally Posted by kikimm
I don't think anyone should be able to make that decision. I think that they should be able to live, face the consequences of their actions. Maybe even realize that they could be doing much better things, then distorting everything. Maybe it's just me, but I like to be in complete control of myself, 100% of the time. That's also why I don't want to start drinking. On my mother's side of the family, no joke---they're almost ALL alcoholics. I have that tendency toward it, so Iv'e amde that choice---I won't even start. Not even one sip. It always starts out small, and leads to bigger things. In MOST cases.
I've been around those people before. My last boyfriend and his friends were big into weed. Breaking up and getting away from him was one of the best things I've ever done. They were always worried about not passing their drug tests; they fail almost all of their classes; they don't know what's going on half the time. Who wants to be like that? My ex's friend (who I'll call Mike) actually tried to kill himself, when he was high. His friends actually egged him on, saying "Do it! Do it!" when he was about to slit his wrists. Yes, I know that he was depressed, and might have, probably would have, tried to do it when he was sober too---but who knows? Most people think of stoners as the stereotypical I'm so high and stupid and have no idea whats going on because in most cases, it's true. Getting away from the drugs was, in my opinion, was a very good idea. I don't want to be involved with that anymore. It screws up lives, and the lives of others who aren't even doing it.
I know from personal experience that convincing you of it is next to impossible :p so...just read what I wrote, take it in, form an opinion about it, whatever. It wasn't supposed to be rude, or anything like that---just stating what I think. So....I DON'T think that it should be legalized, in a nutshell.
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