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You don't want to get arrested for using marijuana? Don't use it!
Or move to CA, CO, WA, OR, etc. I've been a legal user in CA since about 2002, and couldn't get arrested for pot if I tried. Matter of fact, there are very few states left where simply using (or possessing a small amount) is an arrestable crime... in most states it is a simple fine, if that.
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Tell that to the baby whose marijuana-using mother left him on the car roof.
You know how I know when a Prohibitionist has run out of reasonable arguments? When they bring up the roof baby or face-eating homeless guy. And you know why these are the two stories always mentioned? Because they were so unusual, it MADE THE NEWS. How often does an alcohol-related death make news headlines? Quite rarely, because they're almost as common as heart attacks.
And as I'm sure you already know, since it's been discussed a zillion times here, it wasn't just pot that caused these incidents. The face eater was on all sorts of stuff, and IIRC so was that mother... I only vaguely remember the details on the latter, but obviously she had other issues going on there. Kinda funny (in a sad way) how seriously you take these stories, when you're obviously not dumb enough to believe pot smokers are regularly leaving babies on roofs. If that were true, this incident wouldn't even have made the news - and you'd be seeing this stuff happening right & left, considering how many people in the world smoke pot. Logic, use it.
This is a simple review, the main intention is to prove to you, the reader, that a potential legalization of Marijuana at the federal level would be a disaster and a terrible idea.
Let's begin with a fair analysis. Marijuana has been known for years as a "gateway drug" but despite if this age old common knowledge, in support of the product, we all know that it has never killed or hurt anyone, especially in comparison with alcohol abuse. Also, as a quick disclosure before any starts off in a typical cubicle rant, there is nothing wrong with Marijuana itself as a medication or as a means for government taxation.
But the main fact and focus of this discussion is that if marijuana was legalized everywhere then many users will attribute to the "abuse of the system".
For example, assuming marijuana was legal everywhere, the unemployment rate would certainly climb to the highest numbers ever seen. Let's be real folks, many corporations would suffer from the workforce being "high all the time" and likely abusing the many of the corporate provided privileges, such as healthcare insurance, paid time off, sick time, breaks, lunch, etc.
Marijuana legalization will definitely affect US productivity and it will hurt corporations.
Sure it feels good to get high, it helps you get rid of stress and pain. But can we live with the real damage to our country?
You sound exactly like the nanny-stater Democrats, who your ilk (and probably you) make fun of for stupid laws like banning large sodas. What makes you believe "because I don't think it's good" is a fair argument for allowing the government to ban it? Or for telling other tax-paying adults what they should or shouldn't put into their bodies? You aren't the recreation police, so stop telling us how to enjoy ourselves.
As I've said, conservatives are only for small government when it directly benefits/affects them personally.
You are free to think whatever you want.
Conservatives do favor small government but realize that there has to be some government. Same with freedom... too much leads to anarchy.
guess what, in all the 30 years that I smoked mj I did not do one violent or stupid thing.. wish I could say that for all those weekends drinking booze
the propaganda is mind boggling when it comes to pot...
Exactly! I stopped drinking because of foolish decisions. Now it's a life of sobriety for me until I retire
It shouldn't be legalized because we don't need another legal intoxicant thrown into the mix.
Not to mention the stench.
Agreed. Contact highs are an issue. If MJ is legal, how do I stop myself from being exposed to my neighbor's smoke? You can be around people who are drinking without drinking yourself. You cannot be around people who are smoking without breathing in the smoke.
Seriously, we can't handle the drug that is legal that doesn't give a contact high. Why in the world would we want one that does?
So you are for denying people their right to happiness?
If you need drugs to make you happy, there is something seriously wrong. Drugs are an escape. A way of self medicating.
As my grandmother used to say "Happiness is a choice". You can choose to be happy or choose not to be happy. Choosing to medicate your life away isn't good for anyone but it is telling about how pathetic your life is.
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