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Re: Re: Cannabis legalization
Actually I would say yes. But I would also accept a continued ban on crack cocaine would be reasonable. The point with cannabis is that is so harmless, widely used, and non-addictive.
What does that have to do with anything?
Umm, everything? We ban things based on how dangerous they are. Comparing a substance to a currently legal substance is a good way to put things in perspective.
The money still goes somewhere if it is legal. The only difference is taht you've made it legal. So now the govt is the drug dealer. What is teh purpose of this part of your argument?
Right now the drug money is for example financing a drug war which is destabilizing Mexico, and various gang wars in US cities. If the government was your drug dealer, like the government currently is for alcohol and tobacco, the same money would enable the government to for example lower taxes on work.
If I tried it I would know what the trip was like. It would not tell me what the long-term health-effects. Cannabis is well enough known that I can perfectly well read what the health effects are
I don't see why I should be required to try something before I can say whether it should be legal.
I just don't feel the need to try it. I am not afraid of it.
I don't see why making it legal should decrease usage, I don't see any mechanism why should make it so. But the empirical data point from the Netherlands sounds strong enough that I accept it as possible.
If people were using cannabis instead of tobacco or alcohol I would see it as a very good thing(tm). It is less long-term damaging that either, and less addictive than either. Unlike alcohol, it is impossible to take an overdose. And unlike alcohol, people are less likely to become violent when intoxicated.
Originally posted by Kidicious
Worst possible argument. So people should be able to smoke crack also?
Personally I think Cannabis should be legalized, because people should be free to decide what they want to do with their own bodies,
and because it seems to be less dangerous than for example alcohol or tobacco.
And because the current prohibition puts lots of money in the hands of criminals, money which could go to the government as tax.
How can you propose to legalize something that you haven't even tried? And also, why wouldn't you ever try it?
I don't see why I should be required to try something before I can say whether it should be legal.
I just don't feel the need to try it. I am not afraid of it.
Waht a bunch of nonsense. Legalizing marijuana is not going to decrease usage. Legalizing alcohol certainly has not. I mean who the hell would want to buy their pot from someone when they have no recourse when they get ripped off. If you buy it in the store you can get your money back if it's bunk or at the least you can call teh BBB. Making pot legal is just going to encourage more usage just like alcohol and tobacco.
If people were using cannabis instead of tobacco or alcohol I would see it as a very good thing(tm). It is less long-term damaging that either, and less addictive than either. Unlike alcohol, it is impossible to take an overdose. And unlike alcohol, people are less likely to become violent when intoxicated.
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