[Flaming Conservative]

I don’t think you can compare cellphones to pot, for example. Pot is a drug. And though soda has caffeine, a drug, in it, it’s generally not known to cause erratic driving, resulting in car accidents, or work accidents, decreased productivity, or any of the other side effects of pot.

[simon says what]

I don’t think you can compare cellphones to pot, for example. Pot is a drug. And though soda has caffeine, a drug, in it, it’s generally not known to cause erratic driving, resulting in car accidents, or work accidents, decreased productivity, or any of the other side effects of pot.

I conceded degrees of harmfulness to you. However, a degree of harmfulness does not necessitate criminalization. Regulation is the means to minimizing harmfulness, not criminalization.

As far as cellphones not being dangerous, the National Safety Council says 1 out of every 4 traffic accidents is caused by texting and driving. Cell phones seem to be more dangerous than pot.