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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Cloaking this failure of policy under the guise of protection diminishes the public trust in government. Marijuana use is not and has never been a justifiable reason to incarcerate a human being. That's the argument I refuse to see the other side of.
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The government have, and always will, create laws to protect us from ourselves.
I agree that incarceration and ruining young lives, for smoking pot, is not justified. The questions I would like to see answered before changing the system, apart from decriminalization, are:
1. The possible long range medical effects on the developing brain.
2. Why are so many doctors against the use of pot? I would hazard a guess that the medical evidence is not definitive enough at present.
3. Will the true cost to the healthcare system be offset by the income from selling pot?
4. Are the problems, that other jurisdictions have encountered in legalizing pot, going to be factored into the final decision?
5. ETC.