Like alcohol. đź‘Ť It's all about self-control. Dont be stupid about it.THE ED3
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They get high, that's the point of marijuana! But nobody dies directly from getting high! Some make poor decisions and go out and drive, but some do that with alcohol, too!LMAO. Rarely do people not get high when they smoke marijuana. But I guess when you pay so much for it you should smoke it all up in one sitting.
This is all self-control. People need to control themselves with alcohol, with pot, and with cigarettes. I know. I nearly died of alcohol poisoning once, and I learned my lesson.nikyYes, like alcohol.
Okay... here's the gist of the problem.
Legalizing marijuana will not kill off the drug trade, yes, they will go on and peddle other drugs, but they won't be making as much money as they do now. A lot of people don't consider marijuana a dangerous drug, there's a big underground of recreational users and dealers who have either no connection to the rest of the illegal narcotics trade or a marginal one. Once legalized, these people come to the surface, become legit. The number of growers goes down. It's like alcohol or tobacco... why grow/distill your own if you can buy it at the gas station for cheap? Only hobbyists will be left growing weed.
Alcohol used to be peddled by bootleggers and mafia. When they lost that, some went legit, some just stopped, some went into other stuff. Same thing will likely happen if marijuana is legalized.
The bias against marijuana is mostly cultural, and it makes no sense in a world where you can sniff yourself dead on a tube of superglue or OD on grain alcohol. (It does happen)
By the way, yes opium is deadly dangerous, but it once was part of daily life for many Europeans and Asians. They didn't die out as a culture... can't say the same about the heavy users, though. I'm not suggesting we should legalize heroin, cocaine, LSD, or the like... in fact, I feel that we should ban tobacco... but I think it should stay. I recognize the rights of adults to choose their own poisons.
The Amsterdam model doesn't really work for the rest of the world. It takes a certain cultural attitude to adjust to that, and I don't think we're ready yet.
And this is what it comes down to. This was the 'mary go round' in the "Drugs" thread, so I'll stop here on this one.Event
danoff should be joining us real soon..... That one, I'm curious about. I'm 100% neutral.THE ED3
I hope that was for the sake of the argument. Unfortunately, criminals will not disappear. They can't work in conventional businesses, they'll just move onto whatever is still illegal. Legal crimes, that's for the politicians and corporations!Event
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That's the libertarian attidude, and I do not agree. If some people want to go over the law to hurt themselves, that's fine, they can do it. I'm glad the government is watching out for us, but it's watching out for us against a relatively safe drug! That's not right!Zrow
a6m5And this is what it comes down to. This was the 'mary go round' in the "Drugs" thread, so I'll stop here on this one.
I never went through that thread....it was for the sake of argument, I know they wont go away, but if you think about it, what I said was true.I hope that was for the sake of the argument. Unfortunately, criminals will not disappear. They can't work in conventional businesses, they'll just move onto whatever is still illegal. Legal crimes, that's for the politicians and corporations!
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It's the same with alcohol, there's laws about where you can get drunk! If you disobey those laws, you get fined, and the government makes more money!Taurine*I agree button*
Private use đź‘Ť No worries
Public use đź‘Ž I choose not to get high, please respect my space.
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uh... safety... although I'd trust a stoner more than a drunk... I think. đź’ˇ
