cannabisnews.com: Canadians Divided on Legalization of Marijuana

Canadians Divided on Legalization of Marijuana

Posted by FoM on June 24, 2001 at 16:17:53 PT
By Michelle MacAfee
Source: Montreal Gazette

Canadians appeared evenly split about whether the federal government should move to legalize marijuana for personal use, suggests a new poll. The Leger Marketing survey indicated 46.8 per cent of Canadians questioned earlier this month were in favour of a law that would allow marijuana to be sold and used legally.

Forty-seven per cent of respondents were opposed to such a measure, while 6.2 per cent either didn't know or refused to answer the question.

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Comment #4 posted by Pirgulation on June 25, 2001 at 04:38:26 PT

Well....

You've gotta look at their percentages and compair them to other things..

Compare the %'s to cigarette smoking. The world is devided in the same way..

I think the similar laws regarding cig. smoking should be given to marijuana smoking. IE: Age restrictions, laws against sales to minors etc.

I was doing a lookup on the net trying to find the exact percentages, couldnt find it, BUT i did find some interesting story's.. They reflect almost the same thing that the governments are saying about Marijuana..

Impotence, irradic behaviour etc etc etc.. Go figure..
Next on the prohibition list..

Anyhow - P
If Canada would decriminalize, it would be a great step for the world, and one more study proven, to the world, that it is not such a bad thing.. Also, 1 closer step that the U.S. would have to look at closely. (And hopefully do the same)

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Comment #3 posted by lookinside on June 24, 2001 at 21:09:55 PT:

legalization...

i think most who read these posts agree that pot should be
legal, and almost all are for legal medical use...
in the united states, anyone(over the legal drinking age)
can make beer or wine for their own use...if pot is
legalized, growing for your own consumption should be
legal...where the "moonshiners" had problems is they didn't
pay the federal taxes placed on alcohol...the same would
apply to a grower who sold part of his crop for cash...i
think the rules involving alcohol are a good template for
the legalization of pot...i hope it happens soon....(don't
get me wrong...i hate ALL taxes, but let's go one step at a
time, at a dead run!)

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Comment #2 posted by MikeEEEEE on June 24, 2001 at 17:57:56 PT

Too Much Trouble

All this trouble to legalize a plant, when our freedom should have never been taken away to begin with.

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Comment #1 posted by aocp on June 24, 2001 at 16:29:07 PT

Take note

When asked whether a law authorizing the sale and
use of marijuana would reduce the use of the drug
among minors, 57.4 per cent of those asked said "not
at all", while only seven per cent said "a lot."

This does not indicate that prohibition is a
better solution, but rather that regulation should
be looked at and considered in a more serious light.
This means, of course, WHATSOEVER, since
the antis would have us believe that regulation and
cannabis are two great tastes that just DO NOT
taste great together. I disagree and would love to frost
this tasty cake with some just enforcement of, oh, say,
age restrictions and the like. How's that sound?

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