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Cannabis should be grown freely to promote the change within the humanr ace necessary to cohabitively live on the earth.

The cannabis sativa and indica flowers have never killed a single person in over 10,000 years of human history. The desired long term effect of growing the cannabis plant would be the intention that our children may grow more plants than children in previous generations. The key is to not forbid it to our kids, the key is not to mass market it to our kids, prohibition only succeeds in one thing; it makes people want it more than they actually need it. The key is to educate them about the plant about how to grow it many years before they realize they can smoke it. Who knows , just being taught to have to grow and care for something as especially unique as the cannabis flower from an early age may teach the next generation the discipline to use it in moderation because it won’t be such a taboo, it should be around just as common as any other flower. Legalising it will teach the kids the big thing is to smoke it, just growing the plants will show the big thing is everything it can be used for.
We are capable of both great creation and great destruction, there is no way in telling which way we will go because it depends on the minds of over 7 billion people as a whole! When the people lead the leaders will follow, there is no need for war over this, and there is no need for discussion. It is a simple true or false question. Are we as individuals ready to make the changes we need to, to ensure that our children and grandchildren will not be left with an even bigger mess to clean up?

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  • Zoe Takala

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    Mar 28 2012: I like your angle on the topic, but I believe that Cannabis should only be used for medical treatment, as our body's are not made to process smoke, but to respire using oxygen. hallucinogenics like cannabis should also not be legal for recreational use, as they reduce clarity of mind and result in people not having the ability to make cohesive decisions.
    I do like your approach though, I have not heard it before and I believe a similar approach should be used for alcohol.

    Zoe
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      Krisztián Pintér 200+

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      Mar 30 2012: first, our eye is not designed to sit in movie theaters, our digestive system is not designed to process grains, our spine is not designed to sit in a chair. so what, go back to the rain forest? we can and we want to do other things than we are designed to. like smoking marijuana.

      second, cannabis is not a hallucinogen.

      third, we don't always want to make cohesive decisions. sometimes we just want to relax.

      fourth: i recommend you to make decisions for yourself, and let people decide for themselves.
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      Lowkey Green

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      Mar 30 2012: alcohol kills 80,000x the poeple cannabis does a year. never compare alcohol and cannabis. alcohol is mans creation. teh mdoerate use of cannabis is what inspired bill gates, steve jobs, michael phelps. limiting the use of cannabis to everybody simply because a small majority does not know how to use the plant correctly is obsurd. its over 7 billion different reactions to the effect so there is no point for further debates on teh effect of it.

      read this : http://deoxy.org/pdfa/marijuana.htm
      all cannabis does is force the mind to live in the present, the way you interpret this change in your mind is completely up to that individual. someones mind who isnt ready for this change may have some adverse effects but that only because nobody ever educated that person about the plant.

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