Keep it illegal.
Kids are gonna get high while driving. And they're going to talk on their cell phones. And all that texting. We need to keep a very serious attitude about drugs and safety at least for the sake of the kids. No legal marijuana, no way.
Anything can alter the mind with the right amount of dosage. It's pathetic to arbitrarily pick and choose what drugs should be legal or illegal.
feel free to respond to my arguments any time, angrybeaver. let us know what your thoughts are on the negative effects of marijuana use vs. prohibition.
Thank you very much for your invitation but I posted them a while back.
However I was responding to dcoke.
you really haven't. all you've contributed are some semi-relevant thoughts about alcohol and some vague statements saying "weed is bad for you." you haven't mentioned your thoughts on the effects of the current policy. i brought up several issues, and you haven't responded at all. maybe i'm expecting too much, but you haven't made any kind of argument.
If you don't mind me chiming in here---If there are two options offered to the consumer, which do you think they will go with?? the good stuff, or the watered down stuff.--It's out there now, today, for our choosing.--Most choose the good stuff.My thoughts on the subject where quite clear.
It appears that you had trouble in following a simple argument so I will make it easier for you.
Cannabis can do a great deal of harm to a cannabis smokers mental health.
Alchohol can be harmful too.
Alchohol is legal.
Cannabis is not.
Why have two harmful substances openly on the market to destroy peoples health?
BUT...if we must legalise cannabis then it would be better to market a lower strength form than the very high strength ones that we find on the black market today.
I hope that this is simple enough for you to understand.
If it is not I cannot help you any further but I would suggest that you could be a victim of the very thing that I have warned about.
Why have two harmful substances openly on the market to destroy peoples health?
If you don't mind me chiming in here---If there are two options offered to the consumer, which do you think they will go with?? the good stuff, or the watered down stuff.--It's out there now, today, for our choosing.--Most choose the good stuff.
No need to be condescending, it seems that you are the one who is having trouble understanding. My argument is that the consequences of prohibition far outweigh the consequences of people using marijuana. I'm asking that you address the negative externalities of prohibition, which include the following: fiscal costs of pursuing, trying, and incarcerating marijuana users, especially given the current state of our country (healthcare, education, economy, etc.); personal and societal costs like jailing parents, hindering future job opportunities, and exposing non-violent marijuana users to violent, real criminals; lost potential tax revenue ($40 to $100 bil. if same rate as cigarettes); empowering and funding drug cartels...and so on.
The main concerns of those against legalization include the following: high driving, second-hand smoke, and inefficiency. There is no way a law legalizing marijuana would allow high driving. Even so, studies have shown that driving after smoking 3 joints in 15 minutes (a lot) is less dangerous than driving with a BAC of 0.08% (Marijuana And Actual Driving Performance). As for second-hand smoke, public smoking would surely be illegal, and those irresponsible enough to smoke around their children likely don't care about the law and are doing so anyway. The argument for laziness and stupidity is, well, lazy and stupid, and it is based entirely on stereotypes. There are plenty of lazy, stupid non-smokers and plenty of brilliant, motivated smokers.
Even if we take these common concerns at face value (do you have others?), they are still, in my opinion, FAR worse than the consequences of prohibition. What do you think?
As for your argument for legalizing weak marijuana, don't you think that people would just continue to illegally grow and consume more potent strains? Either that or just smoke more of the weaker stuff?
it seems that high thc intake is dangerous if consumed over a long period of time.
This is where you are wrong. High thc cannabis is not dangerous.
You are wrong. It is.
well, here we are on debatepolitics.com-sorry if i thought you were interested in debating. saying "LALALALA IM NOT INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY" isnt debate. attempting to debunk my argument is to debate, and you have failed to address it whatsoever. i guess that makes me the winner? wooooo
I am not interested in debunking an argument that I was not debating.
You seem far more like a loser to me but if you want to congratulate yourself get a biscuit out your mothers biscuit barrel and have it on me.
Prove it.
Let me add, that even if it were, that only hurts the user and no once else, so it is up to the user to decide if he/she wants to harm themselves this way.
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