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I don't smoke pot....however, when I was young, I tried it...I don't believe it should be legalized, b/c it was just like being drunk...and way to many people shouldn't drive while under the influence of pot.
Now, as far as using it for medical purposes, I don't have a problem with that....
Sounds to me like the doctor, had a change of heart...he flip flopped, maybe b/c he was heavily influenced by drug companies, etc?
Maybe he flip flopped on purpose, who knows, but regardless, that doesn't make him any less credible then those who disagree with him....
Right away, if someone doesn't agree with someone else, they are the most horrible person in the universe???? Why is that? Why can't people simply recognize, that we all don't think and feel alike on subjects, and that's that?
But to discredit him b/c he now makes a public statement that he has rethought med weed?
Do you honestly realize, how stupid it sounds, I mean, REALLY, he is free to have any opinion he wants, as I am as well, and so are you, but just because we disagree, doesn't mean that discredits you or me as a human being? Why take it so far out of the realm of common sense?
Yes. Heroin should also be legalized, along with cocaine. The utter failure that is the war on drugs is proof that the way to deal with drug abuse is not by punishing drug users. There should be a program of education and treatment, rather than a punitive system that does nothing but destroy families and line the pockets of corporations.
Of course, we could stay on the path we are on now, in which we punish people who use drugs and expect this to magically stop drug abuse. It's a completely ineffective path, and fits Albert Einstein's definition of insanity quite well, but we could keep doing it. I'd prefer to try a different approach in which we treat drug addiction as what is it - a medical condition - rather than as something that deserves incarceration, fines, and confiscation of personal property.
Point number one: It's an article in The Guardian. Try for something a bit more scientific.
Point number two: As further proof that the article is a poor joke, they mention several studies yet there is not a single link to any of them.
LOL...You realize that it will take about 30 seconds to track down every study mentioned in that article, right?
You might want to pick a better fallacy than that weak retort.
I was watching an episode of Drugs, Inc. and the focus was a poor town in Alaska where alcohol was prohibited to be served or purchased. Naturally, alcoholism was rampant and nearly every police call and crime was alcohol related. Residents would resort to drinking hairspray and the like to get their fix.
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