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I don't even know where to begin, but I will address your comment I highlighted. This society of which I am a part, says pot is illegal, and I want to keep it that way. If you want to "choose your own experience", then go somewhere on earth to where it is legal. Don't try to bring your aberrant lifestyle to my street corner.
I know there will be no middle ground with you because even if I bring up facts such as pot is a gateway drug, or that it has carcinogens, you will just defect it with denials or comparisons.
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Pot can be a gateway drug. So can alcohol and cigarette's. We don't ban things on the simple fact that a certain portion will abuse those things.
People abuse the right to own guns. Now there are indeed many who want to but it's as bad of an argument that we need to make them illegal for the overwhelming majority that do not abuse them.
I won't argue that large soda's are not good for you but it's not my place to be your momma.
A burglar is a criminal because he is stealing from someone. The crime is theft and causes a detriment to the victim.
A thief is a criminal because he is stealing from someone. The crime is theft and causes a detriment to the victim.
An embezzler is a criminal because he is stealing from an entity. The crime is theft and causes a detriment to the entity and/or society due to the fact that money is limited. The victim would be the entity and/or society.
I can put it a better way... all of the above are criminals because they broke the law, just as someone who possesses marijuana where it's illegal to do so.
I don't even know where to begin, but I will address your comment I highlighted. This society of which I am a part, says pot is illegal, and I want to keep it that way. If you want to "choose your own experience", then go somewhere on earth to where it is legal. Don't try to bring your aberrant lifestyle to my street corner.
I could care less what you think if you don't have the critical thinking skills to recognize that the current marijuana laws are in clear conflict with the principles that our country was founded on. If you don't like freedom YOU move to another country. Nobody here is restricting your freedoms or bringing you any additional harm so your opposition to legalization needs a few more legs to stand on.
To simply believe that all laws are moral and just, just because they are the law is assanine and I addressed it in my previous post. Scroll up and educate yourself on why you are being so irrational and assanine.
I know there will be no middle ground with you because even if I bring up facts such as pot is a gateway drug, or that it has carcinogens, you will just defect it with denials or comparisons.
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Middle ground?
Marijuana is NOT a gateway drug any more than cigarrettes. Or alcohol. Or caffeine. You have NO evidence to this and are simply confusing myth with fact. The fact is that there are millions of marijuana users who do not use additional drugs or become addicts. That is FACT. People are way past the Reefer Madness bull sh__ and don't buy those same tired arguments. The polls don't lie and whether you like it or not it WILL be legalized in this country sooner if not later.
My generation supports legalization OVERWHELMINGLY and the way the youth goes, so does the country. So wake up to the reality of an America of true FREEDOM and liberty to do those things that do not cause harm to others or society.
Worry about your own self and stop trying to be the nanny of others.
Cigarrettes are perfectly legal and kill hundreds of thousands each year. Marijuana has killed 0.
Prescription meds kill 5X as many people each year as ALL ILLEGAL DRUGS COMBINED. Yet are still legal.
Alcohol is responsible for nearly 33% of all traffic fatalities, and is clearly "mind altering", and is perfectly legal.
If your going to make an argument. Make an argument. Not something that can be picked apart so easily.
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I can put it a better way... all of the above are criminals because they broke the law, just as someone who possesses marijuana where it's illegal to do so.
and so are all the millions of people that are just a tad bit higher on the BAC when driving.. and all the millions of people that are even going just a little bit over the speed limit.. you people worry about such trivial crap
if i'm smoking a bone at home how does that endanger anyone.. speeders endanger other peoples lives!! and of course people that drink and drive plus smoke weed and drive, plus all the millions of people that are driving under the influence of prescription drugs.. texting while driving even if it is legal to text in any state you are a criminal for endangering peoples lives, yes 80 to 90 or more percent are criminals for stupid stuff if you want to get technical.....
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Middle ground?
Marijuana is NOT a gateway drug any more than cigarrettes. Or alcohol. Or caffeine. You have NO evidence to this and are simply confusing myth with fact. The fact is that there are millions of marijuana users who do not use additional drugs or become addicts. That is FACT. People are way past the Reefer Madness bull sh__ and don't buy those same tired arguments. The polls don't lie and whether you like it or not it WILL be legalized in this country sooner if not later.
My generation supports legalization OVERWHELMINGLY and the way the youth goes, so does the country. So wake up to the reality of an America of true FREEDOM and liberty to do those things that do not cause harm to others or society.
Worry about your own self and stop trying to be the nanny of others.
Cigarrettes are perfectly legal and kill hundreds of thousands each year. Marijuana has killed 0.
Prescription meds kill 5X as many people each year as ALL ILLEGAL DRUGS COMBINED. Yet are still legal.
Alcohol is responsible for nearly 33% of all traffic fatalities, and is clearly "mind altering", and is perfectly legal.
If your going to make an argument. Make an argument. Not something that can be picked apart so easily.
dang that nut case needs to wake the freak up!!!! weed used to be fully legal in this country!!! even the for fathers partook in some form or another, not to mention that the constitution is written on hemp paper.. talk about a nut against freedom!!!
dang that nut case needs to wake the freak up!!!! weed used to be fully legal in this country!!! even the for fathers partook in some form or another, not to mention that the constitution is written on hemp paper.. talk about a nut against freedom!!!
World done gone crazy!
The Founding Fathers would be all over this thread handing out eviction notices!
and so are all the millions of people that are just a tad bit higher on the BAC when driving.. and all the millions of people that are even going just a little bit over the speed limit.. you people worry about such trivial crap
if i'm smoking a bone at home how does that endanger anyone.. speeders endanger other peoples lives!! and of course people that drink and drive plus smoke weed and drive, plus all the millions of people that are driving under the influence of prescription drugs.. texting while driving even if it is legal to text in any state you are a criminal for endangering peoples lives, yes 80 to 90 or more percent are criminals for stupid stuff if you want to get technical.....
No need to get so emotional.
I was merely pointing out that there are non-violent criminals, too.
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No need to get so emotional.
I was merely pointing out that there are non-violent criminals, too.
emotional not one bit just stating a fact.. fin keeps drilling it in.. like a broken record with the needle stuck in the groove.. time to let that part rest and focus on getting the needle out of the groove and switching to a new album
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Who is going to force them to sell it at that price? You are telling be what the price SHOULD be, and I am giving you estimates of what it MOST LIKELY WILL BE. It will probably be extremely expensive which is why the cartels will continue their deadly business.
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