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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
We are in a society full of people getting high a lot.
Anyone who wants to smoke weed already does it. I guess the convenience of buying it at Shoppers instead of going to some guy's smelly apartment would make things easier for the consumer, but if he wants some weed, he'll buy it either way.
And here are a couple logical fallacies for anyone interested in playing that card:
1) I don't believe there are many people out there who don't currently smoke weed but would start if it became legal.
2) I don't smoke the stuff because I don't like it, not because it is illegal or because it costs too much. I think most people are probably of a similar mind.
Those may not stand up in The Court of Internet Guys Who Took Logic And Might Know Some Latin, but they are probably true enough.
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I have a bit of an issue with this arguement. Why wouldn't they? Legalization gives it a form of legitimization. When things are illegal, there is at least the knowledge that "hey, this is something society as a whole deems to be inappropriate". Sure many people might do it anyways. Now if weed became legal, I'm pretty sure some people would think "hey, its legal now, maybe I should try it now that I can't get into any trouble".
Laws are there for a reason, they are a deterrent. We would essentially be taking that deterrent away. I think that would cause for an increase in usage.
Even the simple fact that people could go to a "shoppers" as you put it, the convienence alone would result in more users. There are probably some people that would dont want to go to that smelly apartment, and now that they dont have to, their usage would increase.
I'm still undecided as to how I feel about legalization of marijuana, but I do think usage would definitely increase if we did it. I can't see any way usage would shrink or stay the same.