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Originally Posted by IliketoPuck
You are focusing too much on the precise numbers. I picked 10 million out of a hat, and was not using it as a baseline representation of the Canadian population of teenagers.
I was merely illustrating that an increased rate of mental illness causes an increased burden on society. What that number ends up being will invariably depend on the population affected.
The flippant disregard for mental illness is troubling. It's like saying in regard to cigarettes "well, some cigarette caused cancers are less awful than others."
The point is the action causes the result, and while the result has varying degrees of impact to the individual and society, why are we sanctioning something that universally has a negative aggregate impact on society?
Personally, I don't think I should have to be responsible as a tax payer for paying for pot heads who increase their risk of mental illness. But perhaps my lack of socialist tendencies is clouding my opinion.
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You seem to have missed some key points here. Please read back a few pages. I'm not sure how you can arrive at any of these conclusions after whats already been discussed.