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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
Just seems like a point you'd have to concede, obviously normalizing marijuana consumption results in increased use. Doesn't mean it shouldn't be done but it should be something that gets consideration.
A certain subset of our population will smoke up no matter what, as a result it's most likely the most responsible financial move for our government to pivot from spending money on enforcement to collecting money from taxes. Probably the right move but there is some collateral damage that weed buffs seem to want to deflect at all costs.
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It's not deflecting at all costs. It's trying to understand why we allow these costs to be incurred for other substances that have been proven to have worse effects, but not for this, at the expense of crazy amount of resources going into a problem that can't be fixed outside of giving crazy harsh punishments for it.
If there is an issue with increased youth use, at least we will have substantial tax profits from the sale of the substance to be used for proper drug education courses and treatment programs.
The extent of education we get on these substances as kids is "This stuff is bad, don't do it." They never go in to how it actually effects your brain, why it shouldn't be used until you are a fully-developed adult, if at all, etc.. The current way we educated youth on drugs is practically begging for them to try it themselves to test the effects.