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Originally Posted by Thor
ISo the pirate party and lots of us have been debating and talking about legalization to take this money and power away from criminals and will cause many of them to even leave the country after legalization, but we still get the same nonsense from people you guys hear from your nei sayers, "omg but think of the children! More people will do it!"
Yep think of the children, legalization would hurt the organized crime element in Iceland deeply, make our country safer.
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I can't speak directly to the Icelandic experience, obviously, but my take....
If someone wants marijuana, it wouldn't take more than one or two phone calls get some. Controlling availability is not (imo) a viable reason to oppose legalization. It's everywhere, and it's easily accessible.
I can appreciate/understand an arguement based on (potential) harmful effects, but the notion that legalization would suddenly make it widely available is just foolish (again, imo).