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Old 12-22-2011, 11:10 PM   #47
GreenLantern2814
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Originally Posted by nik- View Post
Let the government sell weed and tax it.

It won't lower the number of addicts obviously (to be honest, I don't ever recall arguing this as a benefit of legalization) It might help addicts get easier access to treatment?

Number of arrests is such a horrible stat to use as a measure of success.
Weed isn't physically addictive. It is psychologically addictive, but everything is. There are people who are probably addicted to this message board. There are people addicted to cheeseburgers, sex, and organization a collection of spoons.

If someone says their life was ruined by weed, it wasn't the weed that did it, the problem was already there. The number of completely normal, high-functioning people who indulge in it is proof of that.
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