Stronger Pot Causes Governmental Policy Shift

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous


So then, by that logic, you should also disqualify obese people, anorexics and bulemics, people that tan and get cancer, those who get STDs

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
So then, by that logic, you should also disqualify obese people, anorexics and bulemics, people that tan and get cancer, those who get STDs, etc etc etc

yup

Though people whose health disorders are results of diagnosed psychological disorders should be OK.

[Dis]

I'm against legalization of all drugs btw. except marijuana.

[Ming]

If I'm not going to get medicare because of some perceived "bad" habit... fine... but then don't make me pay taxes to support it, and we will call it even

[debeest]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
If you legalize it, users should be disqualified from medicare. Same for smokers and stuff. I don't want to pay for your bad habits.

Umm...pot, in the amounts that people generally smoke it, poses little health risk. Yes, it's got more tar in it than tobacco does, but most people don't smoke very much of it. Especially with the new improved varieties.

[debeest]

Originally posted by Dissident
I'm against legalization of all drugs btw. except marijuana.

I thought you were a libertarian?!

[Ramo]

Pot.

Legalization.

[Dis]

Originally posted by debeest


I thought you were a libertarian?!

I'm not a hard-core libertarian. I support social programs after all! I'm in a union, and I support unions. It's just I have libertarian tendencies in most political compass tests.

The problem is, some drugs are just too dangerous to be used even once. marijuana is not one of those.

Posters on this forum can make educated decisions about what to put in their body. But let's face it. Most people are dumbasses. They need to be protected from their own stupidity. True, many people will take them irregardless of legality. But I'm certain a significant number of people refrain from using drugs because they are illegal.

[Ramo]

Portugal decriminalized hard drugs, and they didn't experience any significant increases in drug use, so your claim is unfounded.

[The Emperor Fabulous]

Kuci:

1.) If marijuana is legalized and taxed, the taxes will MORE than make up for any medicare situations (which should be little...I mean, come on, anyone who knows a few facts on pot know that it's non-addictive and only as cancerous as a few minutes in the sun)

2.) People drink but don't necessarily end up with health problems. What makes you so certain that marijuana will be abused by everyone?

3.) If I'm going to be disqualified from medicare, don't take my tax dollars to support it

[The Emperor Fabulous]

Kuci: BTW, the first line of your sig is missing its punchline

[Dis]

Originally posted by Ramo
Portugal decriminalized hard drugs, and they didn't experience any significant increases in drug use, so your claim is unfounded.

this is not proof. Portuguese society is quite different from american society.

[chequita guevara]

The article seems to have a flaw. It makes the assumption that teens sent to drug programs for pot use were addicted or were in some kind of trouble, as opposed to simply having been caught. Users of harder drugs are much more likely to need help, whereas the vast majority of pot users won't. But they will all be treated the same, and since there are vastly more pot smokers, using those statistics in a certain way will make it seem as if there is a problem, when there may not be.

[Ramo]

What makes you think societal differences between the US and Portugal are important in this respect?

And the burden is proof is on you, I'm just offering evidence that your claim is bull****. The point remains, the only real situation where drug addicts are treated instead of jailed has not experienced any significant increases in drug abuse.

[Tuberski]

To think, no one has mentioned the obvious about governmental pot use......





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