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Question: Is smoking weed (marijuana) legal in some States?
Answer: No. Every State, from Alabama, Colorado, Kentucky to Vermont, including Arizona and every State in between, has enacted various criminal penalties for the possession, use, cultivation, transportation and distribution, of marijuana, including even the smallest of quantities.
Arizona punishes possession of amounts less than two pounds as a class six felony with fines between $750 and $150,000 and jail or prison time from six months to a year and a half.
A few States have decriminalized marijuana use and possession in small amounts (N. Carolina and California for example) but even there, its still illegal.
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On 03/13/08
mari from FL said:
Marijuana should be legalized. The only reason it isn't, is because it can't be taxed acordingly. It makes no sense that a man made drug such as vidacin or even tylenol is legal but can really damage the person taking it. A person can become addicted to a man made drug before becoming addicted to marijuana but these man made drugs are actually prescribed to people..why...because the government makes money off of it. why would alcohol, prescription drugs, cigarettes, and many others be legalized when there after effects and damages are far worse than any of those of smoking weed.
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On 03/12/08
from IL said:
yeah medical mairjuana is good for people with aids/hiv and adhd
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On 03/12/08
prince from IL said:
Man chill out weed is nothing but a plant with
side effects legalize it please so that people
who need should use
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On 02/06/08
Chris from GA said:
Yeah is helps with a lof of ilnesses but that particular person with the illness needs it. it doesn't matter if drinking and marijuana have the same risk, if you can decrease the number of deaths and sickness by illegalizing something you do it. just because it's legal, it doesn't mean it is right.
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On 02/01/08
Zach from NY said:
I thing marijuana should be legal.It can help with glokoma,cancer,arthritis etc. Ive been a pothead for years and i love everything about it. The smell, the looks, and the sheer beautifulness of the plant. PLEASE legalize weed in the United stats.PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE. i THINK IT WOULd one of the best things that ever happened to the us. I know it keeps me out of trouble. I If oxycotings Viks is legal then why cant pot be legalized.
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