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Originally posted by JaTo:
Originally posted by sigma:
And this differs from alcohol... How?
Because the cat is out of the bag with alcohol. There's nothing that can be done to put it back in, apart from educating Americans how to drink more responsibly.
In short, two potential wrongs don't make a potential right, even if one is considered legal and the other isn't.
Originally posted by sigma:
People [censored] up their lives, their familes lives, and other families every single day under the influence of alcohol.
So why not legalize yet ANOTHER way to [censored] a persons life up, right? 
Come on. The perception of the situation isn't equal and IT NEVER WILL BE. Alcohol will NEVER be judged 1/10th as dangerous as pot, regardless of statistics. There's a popular culture barrier that will ALWAYS prevent this.
Originally posted by sigma:
People would not smoke more if was legal.
BS. The legality of certain activities keeps many people from "testing" boundaries. I myself question certain people's almost blind devotion to staying within the "letter of the law" as much as possible, but it doesn't change the fact that once the legal and social stigma is gone or lessened from this addictive substance, it merely opens the door to much more rampant use and ALSO abuse.
Originally posted by sigma:
If people want to smoke marijuana now, they do; if they don't, they don't, simple as that. You won't find many people who don't smoke marijuana just because it's illegal.
I disagree.
Originally posted by sigma:
If anything, taxing it would make it much more expensive and price it out of the hands of some young people who can afford it now
In that case, it would need to be double that of cigarettes, which then puts us BACK in the same situation; kids growing their own or obtaining it illegaly...
I can't think of ONE good thing that comes from the use of drugs. Sure, they are a blast while your body holds up, but you pay the piper sooner or later...
Brilliant 
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