[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Has anyone in here actually said "Its a plant" is why they want it legal? I honestly don't think anyone has. I think people are perplexed that Jack Daniels, Jameson, Adderal and Xanax are legal while "a plant" isn't. But I haven't seen anyone say "It should be legal, its a plant" as the main reason they want it legal.

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Actually, I was responding to this portion



Coca is natural. Opium is natural. Not cocaine and heroin. They are processed drugs. Marijuana is not. So while that may not matter to the argument to you, I'd ask if you would prefer to eat a carrot grown naturally in the ground, or a genetically modified plant based of a carrot that was manufactured in a lab?

More than anything, it speaks to the safe nature of the drug, that it isn't a massive congruence of chemicals like most pharmaceuticals and alcoholic beverages. Its just a plant.

Well, you explcitly said being a plant indicates that it's safe.
That's what I've been saying is a bad argument, beuase I can defeat it with one word.
Hemlock
Being a plant isn't sufficient to say it's safe, so it's not a valid argument.