Why are people against legalizing marijuana?

Answer 1

There are a couple reason people can - understandable - be against the legalization of it. However, those reasons are already present in what's already legal, for the most part, which is the main argument used in legalizing it.

Some of the reasons against legalizing it is the fear of teenager use either going up or being more easily accessible. Another fear is that traffic fatality will increase - although driving stoned is somewhat safer than driving drunk, as your vision is not as affected as when you're drunk. It is your reaction time that is slowed down, thus making driving dangerous. Another argument that is being made right now is that you can drink alcohol and nobody around you will know, but if you smoke weed, people will smell it. This is becoming a problem in Colorado, where neighbors are beginning to smell marijuana. Last but not least, I've heard a couple police departments say their reason was due to the fact that alcohol and cigarettes were only still legal because it is integrated into society and they couldn't keep it illegal, but making marijuana legal would only add to problems. However, this argument can now be countered with statistics from both Colorado and Washington, where a lot of crime rates have gone down (as of June 2014).

Answer 2

Well, first of all, drugs are most commonly illegal in most places.

Second, people that are against drugs know the consequences so they don't want to take a risk.

And lastly, you're basically just ruining your life by doing drugs (not you in particular, but I'm sure you're getting the gist of what I'm saying). Sometimes if you do drugs "regularly" your body "needs" drugs and it's like your body can't survive without it.

Some people do drugs because..

* They think it's cool * Peer pressure * Don't care about their life anymore in general * They think they won't get addicted the first time but they get hooked anyways So I suggest you stay away from drugs or people that do drugs. They could influence you to start doing drugs.

But I'm sure lots of other people would also advise you to stay away from drugs.

Honestly, the whole "don't do drugs" thing.. it's just common sense.

Answer 3

People who are against marijuana are against it for a variety of reasons: it being illegal, the belief that it causes harm to health, fear that it causes people to do things they would not normally do, etc.

Answer 4

because they have been wrongly informed about it, most likely by our government, and stupid movies like "reefer madness", which tell lies and misconceptions about marijuana