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Originally Posted by flamesfever
There's no doubt many people use it recreationally with no negative effects. However, I have seen personally what it has done for the few who seem to get hooked on it and fritter their lives away.
Also, I think many more children will be using it, and I believe it may be physically harmful.
I believe some of the nations, who have legalized it over long periods of time, are the places to look for the downside of legalizing it.
Society is always changing...and not always for the better.
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Marijuana-induced psychosis and impaired accidents are a very real thing, and users who haven't gone to the ER or psychiatry for it (yet) will wax poetic about its benefits and how its harmless. Repeated, sustained exposure to it does create an additional pressure on our healthcare system.
However, when you look at how accepted alcohol is and the damaging effects it has on society, marijuana is relatively "safer" in a nutshell. However, it is not risk-free by any means, nor have we seen how it would impact society on a mass scale with increased and regular usage, a very likely scenario of legalization.