Legal weed would be like any other legal drug: regulated and taxed. Instead of paying drug dealers for it you will be paying the government.

Yeah, it be exactly like cigarettes.

Smoking cigarettes should be illegal so I don't think it's a good idea to legalize weed. This is exactly like smoking cigarettes but you can get frozen.

Studies reveal that smoking weed is even worse for the health than smoking cigarettes.

Give me a case of someone dying due to marijuana related causes from a notable and reliable website.

You can't. It's never happened.

Also...if weed is so "bad for your health," then why is it prescribed as medication for some illnesses?

You, my friend, deserve a facepalm.

Legalizing weed? There are always non-smoking ways of getting THC in your system, like making some special brownies.

Portugal did not in any way legalize drugs. The only thing that has changed is that those who possess small amounts of drugs for personal use are not criminally prosecuted. However, they are still subject to arrest, and when arrested are taken to a special commissioner who counsels them on the problems of drug use and addiction. They are also fined, and required to perform community service or other acts as a penalty.

Drug dealers, and those who possess larger amounts of drugs face the same criminal prosecution that they always have.

Smoking weed is a major contributor to developing schizophrenia in young people, and this has been documented by national governments as well as mental health professionals. Some doctors have gone so far to say that the majority of new cases of schizophrenia today are explicitly linked to marijuana use.

Schizophrenia is not a terminal disease, but schizophrenics cannot enjoy a "normal" life. There is no cure for schizophrenia, only anti-psychotic drug treatments which must be carefully followed.

You can look it up yourself at schizophrenia.com, or read the national studies conducted in America, England, or Holland.

Marijuana is not harmless.

The success of drug decriminalization in Portugal - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com

In 2001, Portugal became the only EU-member state to decriminalize drugs, a distinction which continues through to the present.

Drugs: To Legalize or Not - WSJ.com

A most impressive experiment has been underway in Portugal since 2001, when that country decriminalized the possession and personal use of all psychotropic drugs. According to a study just published by the Cato Institute, "judged by virtually every metric," the Portuguese decriminalization "has been a resounding success."

5 Years After: Portugal's Drug Decriminalization Policy Shows Positive Results: Scientific American

In the face of a growing number of deaths and cases of HIV linked to drug abuse, the Portuguese government in 2001 tried a new tack to get a handle on the problem—it decriminalized the use and possession of heroin, cocaine, marijuana, LSD and other illicit street drugs.

im pro - weed

anti legalising it !

its said that ppl with schizophrenia and young ppl that smoke weed have under developed accurate nucleus but it was only the left side in SOME teenagers that smoke weed and it was both sides with ppl who have schizophrenia....and it might cause schizophrenia LIKE symptoms..ive had a collapsed lung b4 and it feels like your having an asthma attack and cant breath but the two are not the same...THEN it was said that thc can cause schizophrenia BUT most experts DO NOT BELIEVE THIS and its more likely that the emergence of schizophrenia can be found in patients that were already predisposed to developing schizophrenia....if schizophrenia runs in your family then u should avoid weed..just like if diabetes runs in your family you should avoid eating too many sweets