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Originally Posted by Regorium
The problem with that argument is that it works perfectly fine for the other way too.
What about cocaine?
Addictive
Causes multiple diseases and illnesses
Damages organs
Gateway to other drugs
Involved in commission of very little crime (mostly white collar stuff)
Driver of domestic violence
Driving while high
Leads to strip clubs
The issue is that you've drawn the line somewhere past marijuana, and Freq has drawn the line before marijuana. I think Freq's position is absolutely legitimate, and it'll depend on whether it's what most people want or not.
For the purposes of discussion, where's your line in the sand? What substance is the "okay this is too much, this should stay illegal" one for you?
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I suppose my line is based on science. Drugs like heroin and meth and cocaine have scientifically been proven to be significantly more dangerous and damaging than pot. No one is saying pot is like vitamin C, but more a scientific perspective, it is at the bottom of the drug totem pole. Cigarettes and alcohol are scientifically proven to be worse than pot. But years and years of hammering home falsehoods by anti-drug advocates (and alcohol and pharma companies not wanting competition) have made pot a much bigger boogie man than it really is.
Also lets not kid ourselves, heroin is already legal (hello Oxy) and so is meth (hi Adderall). And they're abused far more than marijuana is. But they have big lobbies and pot doesn't.