[Agamemnon]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

I don't care one way or another about legalizing pot from a societal standpoint. If people want to damage thier brains, to me its thier decision, but the idea thats popping out about smokers having to pay for thier healthcare has to be equally relevant for Pot Smokers.

Absolutely, cigarettes smokers should pay high taxes on smokes to finance their eventual health issues, just like liquor users and marijuana users. Unless society/the law wants to decide all of these things should be illegal. I don't really care, as long as all 3 are classified the same, more or less.

I'm horrified by the idea of people buying a package of dope smokes, and driving around while lighting it up. I'm worried about the idea of people who can now by pot in a liquor store lighting up a dozen or more pot cigarrettes in a day instead of thier usual one or two.

The same people that do one or two a day now could easily do a whole lot more if they wanted. If they already have access to it, its availability in stores shouldn't make a difference, they already have the option to smoke as much/little as they like.

Pot is still relatively new in terms of being the subject of intense study, how sure are we that extended use is not dangerous or dosen't cause long lasting brain damage, or dosen't cause genetic faults in offspring.

Maybe it does... but I don't think the effects will turn out to be any worse than liquor/cigarettes.

One thing is for sure, eventually this stuff is going to become legal, so the question is one of keeping it out of the hands of anyone under the age of 18. The other question is how to handle the issue of secondary smoking and how it effects a person being charged with driving under the influence.

Sure, good points.