Comments on: Do You Think It’s Right For The Government To Make Certain Plants Illegal ?

By: nail accessories

nail accessories — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:57:26 +0000

True but they are misused ,so shouldn’t be used or grown.

By: mnwomen

mnwomen — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:48:45 +0000

If people would leave them in the ground there would be no problem.

By: MENACE66

MENACE66 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:30:04 +0000

they are god’s gift to expand your mind. no, it’s not right the gov’t tries to protect me from myself.

By: Me-owww

Me-owww — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:57:49 +0000

as far as i know the only plant illegal to grow is pot, i am pretty sure they cant make shrooms and salvia actually illegal since, dont they grow wild?

By: burnonedown

burnonedown — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:17:23 +0000

misused? like guns, cars, alcohol….

we should be able to decide as adult american citizens if we smoke a little ganja! There is always going to be a few bad apples…like with everything in life!

Legalize it!

By: Hank

Hank — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:37:00 +0000

I don’t mind restrictions on them, doesn’t bother me any. I have to admit though, I find it funny how the public expects and demands that the government look out for the public’s best interest in things such as having no money, therefore depending on the government to protect them through welfare, yet hate the government for trying to protect them from “plants.” Do we want the government in our lives or not?

By: Philip N

Philip N — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:47:19 +0000

Everyone talks about gov’t did this gov’t did that. It’s a select group of people who are responsible for prohibitions. They complain about these things so loudly and powerfully that elected officials have no choice but to pass laws against them, otherwise they can’t get re-elected. If you want to decriminalize these things, you have to get a powerful enough lobbying group together. It has NOTHING to do with whether there is a right to do it or if it is natural or not. Might makes right.

By: laughter

laughter — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:38:30 +0000

The plants do not commit crimes. The crime is in cultivating or possessing those plants. Poppies also grow in the ground and thus all opiates are also natural. Guns are made from metals that are mined from the ground. That does not prohibit the government from regulating opiates, guns or anything else.

By: robot_ho

robot_ho — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:11:38 +0000

Poisonous toadstools and mushrooms grow from the ground, too. Just because something is from nature, doesn’t mean it’s healthful. And, since people believe that one of government’s duty is the health of its citizens (as with universal healthcare plans, anti-smoking laws, etc.), the government has the right to outlaw plants it deems harmful.

By: Wordpress Autoblog Software

Wordpress Autoblog Software — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:12:08 +0000

I agree with both Philip N and Kuf M. Politicians don’t care whether or not it’s “right.” There has to be something in it for them. That’s one reason why pot still isn’t legal, because people keep complaining about it but no one ever tries to get an organized group together and create an interest group, petition, a lobbyist, etc.
…And yes, you are right. It is not right to try to completely annihiliate any living thing off the face of the earth. The government will keep controlling things and abusing its power until it will one day outdo itself and some plant species will become extinct because it was unrightfully labeled as a “drug.” I personally don’t believe anything that naturally grows on the green earth to be a “drug.”