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To: DiogenesLamp
I don't have any major heartburn with legal alcohol. Were I in a position to do so, I would not ban it

Do you support the current federal pot ban, given that all your arguments posted here against pot also apply to the alcohol you wouldn't ban?

252 posted on 07/07/2014 11:49:23 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: ConservingFreedom
Do you support the current federal pot ban,

Yes.

given that all your arguments posted here against pot also apply to the alcohol you wouldn't ban?

No they don't. Alcohol has been a factor in human society for many thousands of years. It is part of many cultures and has a long history of acceptance despite the ill it causes for some.

Marijuana on the other hand, is a relatively recent addition to the available pharmacopeia, and while it may not be as bad as alcohol in some respects, it produces plenty of negatives for the society which has to put up with it.

We don't need another one. The one we have already causes enough damage.

Now if you asked me whether I would prefer pot to Alcohol, I would have to say yes, but we don't get an either/or choice, we get a choice of "both", and likely "All."

That choice of "All" is the one that would certainly kill us. Saying "yes" to Marijuana is just leading up to that choice of "all."

265 posted on 07/07/2014 12:42:17 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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