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Legalization leads to new users. So it doesn't matter how the old stoners have acted.
I still don't want it legalized.
See how effective your argument was?
Don't you realize we could exchange conflicting links on this all day long?
It is only your inexperienced, misinformed, paranoid-ridden, short-sighted, knee-jerk reactions that makes you believe your links more valid than mine.
Don't you realize we could exchange conflicting links on this all day long?
It is only your inexperienced, misinformed, paranoid-ridden, short-sighted, knee-jerk reactions that makes you believe your links more valid than mine.
Now you've reverted to the only thing stoners have.
Now you've reverted to the only thing stoners have.
Yes. Facts.
Regardless, we could debate this for eternity, literally, because we will both be going to our graves with the same opinions on this subject that we have today. Debating it is pointless.
But legalization is coming your way. You can't avoid it, you can't stop it. You can let it detract from your quality of life by being perpetually fearful of "stoners", or you can do what most people do, the ones who are in better touch with reality than yourself: Ignore it, then come to the realization that when it comes to day to day life, not much has changed at all.
However, legalization in Colorado has indeed been responsible for all of the following, and more:
All the careers that WEREN'T ruined since 2012 over the possession of a plant
All the homes and cars that WEREN'T forfeited to corrupt government agencies
All the children that WEREN'T ripped away from their loving parents and caring home
All the REAL criminals that WERE released early to make room for the marijuana users in our jails and courtrooms
All the money that DIDN'T flow to drug cartels, and instead helped fund education and infrastructure repairs
I don't see a trend I do see a trend in accidents in general.... so I simply glance again....
As I glance, you know what is freakin shocking.
2015: 46k accidents due to inattentive driving
2014: 43k accidents due to inattentive driving
2013: 36k accidents due to inattentive driving
2012: 18k accidents due to inattentive driving.
You paranoid about accidents? You should be championing to ban cell phones! I surmise that won't happen because those that critic Marijuana use won't be willing to give cell phones up.
I think that the conflicting reports is mainly due to how the statistics are interpreted.... are they simply looking at overall numbers or raw numbers broken down to the cause. One of the reports that claimed an increase was based on insurance claims... I'm not so sure all insurance companies collect the final investigation data as to cause of the crash.... it is also in their best interest (since the company is funded by auto insurance companies) to avoid all possible increases in risk regardless if founded or not. As such there is can be a bit of a bias in the report.
Always be skeptic of what you read BUT with an open mind.
I know in NJ the police are really BAD about this.... I see people all the time on their cell phones during commute. Sometimes with police nearby or driving by. I haven't seen a lot of people being pulled over for it. Heck, I see police on the phones too.
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Doing drugs that destroy your mind and body doesn’t make you free; it enslaves you and makes you weak. That’s why blue state governments and even some red states like the idea.
Whether you like it or not, pot is long recognized as a mind-altering drug, illegal and classified as a controlled substance under federal law and classified as an illegal drug in almost every other country on Earth.
Well, it wasn't a reasoned response, but exactly what I was saying about "they know better" or "they believe that government knows better and has to protect them".
Well, its also very beneficial and lucrative for law enforcement agencies, I think this is one of the big reasons why we have drug laws in the first place.
Take drug crime and drug related crime off the table, what kind of crime would the average police depts be left to deal with on a daily basis? Would it be enough to justify their current budgets, staffing levels, etc?
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