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To: Rockingham
At the level of the entire population, marijuana is more harmful on the net than alcohol

What evidence led you to that conclusion? Since alcohol is more addictive than marijuana, more violence-increasing, and the only one of the two that can lead to fatal overdose, I conclude exactly the opposite.

legal restrictions differ as are considered appropriate based on our admittedly imperfect understanding and experience.

Any "understanding and experience" that says "marijuana is more harmful on the net than alcohol" would appear to be not just imperfect but seriously defective.

For any who think marijuana is harmless

I haven't seen anyone saying that.

and ought to be fully legal, I urge you to consider the consequences of: more doctors, lawyers, airline pilots, and other professionals who are heavy users;

No differentiation there between marijuana and alcohol.

of roads loaded with semis and other vehicles driven by heavy users;

No differentiation there between marijuana and alcohol.

and more schizophrenics wandering around loose and using marijuana, alcohol

No differentiation there between marijuana and alcohol.

"Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is the most common co-occurring disorder in people with schizophrenia." - https://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh26-2/99-102.pdf

95 posted on 04/20/2017 3:25:38 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: NobleFree
As I pointed out, marijuana is well-established as triggering and promoting schizophrenia and related mental disorders, with those effects concentrated on teens and the genetically susceptible. Moreover, marijuana impairs memory, learning, and mental effort on a nearly categorical and dose-dependent basis.

As for whether alcohol or marijuana are the worse burden, the common experience and judgment of modern, developed nations makes alcohol mostly legal and marijuana mostly illegal. You may disagree with that consensus but it is not reasonably open to dispute.

96 posted on 04/20/2017 9:15:26 PM PDT by Rockingham
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