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Re: Marijuana legalization [message #164501 is a reply to message #164286] Wed, 27 July 2005 21:11 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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OK let's just put this in one big picture. On one argument here we have the people who want to legalize it. Let's compare it to legalized drinking and when we made it illegal. It's obvious you can't just get rid of the problem by making it illegal because you can see how many people smuggled beer in however many ways they could. making it legal had it's points because you didn't have people doing illegal things and fights over the alcohol.

Same with pot, that you'd reduce people who smuggle it in our country and there'd be less fights on drug gangs and what not because there wouldn't be much of a point if they could get it cheaper at a store (regardless whether or not they buy with the same amount of money, but for more) Now in the short run this might be good. But it really isn't stepping in the right direction. I'm not exactly siding anything but most people would like to hope that we can take a step into stopping drugs one day. But that might never happen especially when people are already mentally and physically addicted to some of them. I guess both sides can be technically right in some ways. But you aren't going to get rid of the problem by promoting it. Then again it is the people's decision in the end.
For the reference anyways, it doesn't mean anything to say just because pot's illegal and it's less harmful than say beer when that's legal doesn't exactly make it right to legalize it. But whatever.. Like I said i'm not pro-anything and I won't be. In the end run it doesn't help us get rid of the problem but in the short run it might help some.


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