Being drunk can also get your or someone else killed.
Legal pot will probably need to be regulated, just as some states and localities regulate alcoholic beverages (ABC stores, restrictions on where you can sell, etc.).
Does beer drinking lead to hard liquor? Most alcoholics start with beer or wine, right?
So, I think it’s safe to say that people who like to ‘get high’ will continue on the path of getting high. When the pot high isn’t enough where are they gonna’ turn? That’s right, harder drugs.
Look, I’m no church deacon or anything like that, in fact, I’ve used drugs of all kinds including crack and heroin by needle. I started out with pot. I know what I’m talking about, I’ve learned from the inside.
I don’t think legalizing pot helps anyone, especially not kids who should be looking up to adults as role models. I wouldn’t support legalizing pot if it even hurt ONE kid. Problem is, it will hurt millions of kids.
In what way, less powerful than normally sold? If so, will that not leave open the door for more illegal sellers with more potent pot for those that want more than the government crap.
Back to square one.
I note that comparisons between marijuana and tobacco never note the fact that since marijuana is not legal, it is made by completely unknown sources and has zero health standards of any kind, since it is sold and marketed by criminal gangs. If it has the same fundamental health regulations as tobacco and alcohol, that alone could lower significantly some of the more blatant health hazards of it.
In any event, I maintain that it is of limited at best relevance. When discussing the health risks of alcohol, marijuana and tobacco in terms of justifying hyper-aggressive policing methods, it is all really just splitting hairs. The health risks of none of none of them justify it so we should be fighting for fair policies and elimination of out of control restrictions on all three of them. HHS is kidding themselves if they think out of control fear mongering works anyway. As has been said, “I read about the evils of drinking, so i gave up reading.”