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Originally Posted by flamesfever
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.
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That is changing. There are a lot of docs, including pain specialists that now write prescriptions for pot for a myriad of things instead of the usual meds that are highly addictive.