There is an awful lot of ignorance on the subject of pot here.
There were many similar sentiments made during the end of Prohibition, when people thought that if society imbibed “the demon alcohol” that it would be the end of Western Civilization as we know it.
The truth is, the people who want to smoke pot are going to smoke pot, regardless of the legality of it. And because it’s illegal, there are a lot of people who are having their lives destroyed by the state.
The BIGGEST RISK factor for using cannabis isn’t lung cancer, or the onset of dementia or psychosis. The BIGGEST DANGER in using cannabis is GETTING ARRESTED and having a slew of legal troubles.
We either live in a world where people can decide what they want to ingest, or the government tells us what we can ingest.
You can’t argue for Liberty with one side of your mouth, and then on the other side of your mouth try to legislate your morality on other people.
Regarding the guy who said that pot brownies are like LSD: no. That’s just completely inaccurate. You eat two, three pot brownies (an “overdose”) and you will fall asleep. You will snore quite loudly for a good two or three hours. If you take even one dose of LSD, the effects are the polar opposite, you will have a ton of energy and be hallucinating and sleep will be physically impossible until the effects of the LSD wear off.
It is possible to drink oneself to death - literally - with alcohol. You can actually ocnsume so much booze that you DIE from it from “alcohol poisoning”. You can’t do that with cannabis. It’s been around for thousands of years and there has yet to be a case of someone dying from smoking pot.
Are there other effects? Sure. Does pot seem to make some people pretty unmotivated? Yep. So does alcohol, off track betting, and daytime TV.
It’s almost like everyone likes the part of Liberty that agrees with their beliefs, but no one wants to give Liberty to people who see things differently than they do.
Exactly.
The most dangerous side effect of marijuana is prison rape.
“It’s almost like everyone likes the part of Liberty that agrees with their beliefs, but no one wants to give Liberty to people who see things differently than they do.”
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Almost? You just basically defined the thinking of the everyday human being. What is extremely rare is to find someone who does not think in that fashion.