Posted on 02/22/2013 11:53:58 AM PST by Mozilla
American society lived at least as well with other drugs for centuries before they were criminalized. And since over 40% of Americans have used marijuana, it looks like we're living well with that drug today.
Even alcohol can be bad if not controlled..
So let's control drugs - not remove them from the possibility of effective control by banning them.
Dangerous Drugs are NOT banned..
You're not aware of laws against "possession"? Educate yourself.
Trafficking in them “IS” banned...
Which removes them from the possibility of effective control.
Banned as it should be banned.. free use of Opiates and other easily addictive substances IS INSANE....
Alcohol CAN BE addictive BUT it takes HUGE effort to become addicted..
It is not easy to become addicted to alcohol you must try very hard..Simply wrong. Here are the facts:
Drug Category Proportion of Users That Ever Became Dependent (%) Tobacco 32 Heroin 23 Cocaine 17 Alcohol 15 Marijuana (including hashish) 9 Psychedelics 5 Inhalants 4
Note that since teens report that they can get pot more easily than beer or cigarettes, it looks like the most effective way to keep pot out of teens' hands (and still-developing brains) is to legalize it for adults - so sellers have an incentive not to sell to kids (namely, the loss of their legal adult sales).
Good points.
Bull
American society lived at least as well with other drugs for centuries before they were criminalized. And since over 40% of Americans have used marijuana, it looks like we're living well with that drug today.
Even alcohol can be bad if not controlled..
So let's control drugs - not remove them from the possibility of effective control by banning them.
Dangerous Drugs are NOT banned..
You're not aware of laws against "possession"? Educate yourself.
Trafficking in them “IS” banned...
Which removes them from the possibility of effective control.
Banned as it should be banned.. free use of Opiates and other easily addictive substances IS INSANE....
Alcohol CAN BE addictive BUT it takes HUGE effort to become addicted..
It is not easy to become addicted to alcohol you must try very hard..Simply wrong. Here are the facts:
Drug Category Proportion of Users That Ever Became Dependent (%) Tobacco 32 Heroin 23 Cocaine 17 Alcohol 15 Marijuana (including hashish) 9 Psychedelics 5 Inhalants 4
Note that since teens report that they can get pot more easily than beer or cigarettes, it looks like the most effective way to keep pot out of teens' hands (and still-developing brains) is to legalize it for adults - so sellers have an incentive not to sell to kids (namely, the loss of their legal adult sales).
Bull
What an insighful, informative, and logically airtight rebuttal. My hat's off to you, sir.
What an insighful, informative, and logically airtight rebuttal. My hat’s off to you, sir.
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