Scientific Medical Study: Legalization of Pot increases dropout rates by 10 percent (claim, million)
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I have seen first hand how pot has ruined lives of young people.
But what happens is that prohibition ruins many, many more lives.
There are ways to approach the problem that do not involve prohibition. They work. For the most part, the rest of the world is waiting for us, the US, to pull our head out and reform our corruption based drug laws, ESPECIALLY as it relates to cannabis.
Check out kids in The Netherlands, where it has been de facto decriminalized for decades. Their kids don't have the drug problems our kids do, and neither do the adults.
“Misbehavior”
Sounds like someone that just wants to control folks..
God forbid someone has a smoke on their day off..
What!?!?! Control over people???? The horror!!!!! Everyone knows that as sovereign beings, there should ideally be no control over people by others!!!!! My rights! My rights!! My rights!!! You're not the boss of me! You can't tell me what to do!! I'm going to hold my breath until I turn blue just to show you!!!
Addiction is like hunger. There are two types: physical and emotional. Experts can only study physical. People sometimes eat without feeling hunger pains because they are emotionally hungry.
In the same way, addicts can be emotionally addicted to the drug of choice without being physically addicted.
Again, addicts will lie, cheat, steal, whatever it takes to get their next fix. Emotional addiction is just as potent as physical.
What!?!?! Control over people???? The horror!!!!! Everyone knows that as sovereign beings, there should ideally be no control over people by others!!!!! My rights! My rights!! My rights!!! You're not the boss of me! You can't tell me what to do!! I'm going to hold my breath until I turn blue just to show you!!!
But what happens is that prohibition ruins many, many more lives.
There are ways to approach the problem that do not involve prohibition. They work. For the most part, the rest of the world is waiting for us, the US, to pull our head out and reform our corruption based drug laws, ESPECIALLY as it relates to cannabis.
Check out kids in The Netherlands, where it has been de facto decriminalized for decades. Their kids don't have the drug problems our kids do, and neither do the adults.
Just sayin'.
Wait, you're alleging a causal connection between legalization and fewer "drug problems?" Please describe how precisely the independent variable in this case results in the dependent variable.
This hasn't gone particularly well for you again, has it?
Still waiting for an answer: with all the health benefits you and others claim from marijuana, why on earth wouldn't we want medically-administered use of marijuana for children and teens? Or is it harmful for kids but not adults?
What!?!?! Control over people???? The horror!!!!! Everyone knows that as sovereign beings, there should ideally be no control over people by others!!!!! My rights! My rights!! My rights!!! You're not the boss of me! You can't tell me what to do!! I'm going to hold my breath until I turn blue just to show you!!!
I don't touch alcohol. Now what are you going to do? Beyond the particulars of this issue, there are some basic lessons here in debating that should be learned.
People can abuse anything, including food, which is also an unhealthy action.
If alcohol and cigarettes are legal, than marijuana should be too. If you don't abuse it, I would consider marijuana less of a danger than Doritos. (most pot from dispensaries don't come with the munchies it is previously known for).
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