<p>Dasani,</p>
<p>Tell me how legalized alcohol is "better" than legalized marijuana. Clinically, politically, etc.</p>
<p>I don't smoke weed, but I don't see why it should be illegal while alcohol, which is far worse for you, remains legal.</p>
<p>There are so many anti-heart disease, anti-cancer, anti-whatever programs that are working so hard to try and help Americans, lobbying day and night and doing so many fundraisers many high schools support to help them. Of course, leave it up to mindless teenagers to want to support the legalization of pot so it becomes more mainstream, and hence help reverse the decline of all the effort of these programs, and the general decline of American minds. Listen, I know America is a "free country", but if you really wish to smoke pot and have no fear of getting caught, migrate to an island and smoke as much as you want. You don't have to encourage it on other people. And I'm not supporting the advancement of any drugs, not alcohol or marijuana, or tobacco or anything. I see all the **** my parents have to deal with everyday in the emergency room. Legalize marijuana? nigga plz.</p>
<p>Wow, that's the biggest train of red herrings and strawmen fallacies I've ever seen in a single post.</p>
<p>Your argument sucked. Try a new one. Again: Why is alcohol acceptable but not pot? What's so different?</p>
<p>You probably did not even read it. If a patient needs marijuana to sustain a life, a doctor can recommend it. Why spread it for no reason and kill brain cells and cause more medical problems, if it's not even needed?</p>
<p>Then why not illegalize alcohol again, since it's far worse for you than marijuana?</p>
<p>Legalize drugs and you solve the country's problems:</p>
<p>Typically the people who sell drugs are of lower economic levels. Thus if you make it legal to sell, they'll be able to expand their market and bring in more money.</p>
<p>Raising the average income lowers crime.</p>
<p>Raising average income and having lower crime rate means increased education levels.</p>
<p>Putting a tax on the sale of drugs would bring in so much money for the government we'd no longer be in debt.</p>
<p>It's 12am and that's my theory.</p>
<p>Okay CCers, because I could not effectively argue my point, here is an article from a person who spent considerable time thinking about why marijuana should not be legalized.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.gargaro.com/drugs.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.gargaro.com/drugs.html</a></p>
<p>Read it well.</p>
<p>Read it. He doesn't argue why marijuana shouldn't be legal.</p>
<p>Also, he wasn't speaking specifically about marijuana, he spoke mostly about hard drugs like heroin and LSD, which you can't even begin to say are anywhere close to pot.</p>
<p>That's like saying we should illegalize all painkillers because morphine can be addictive.</p>
<p>The government has no business telling me what I can or can not put in my body. Repeal all drug laws.</p>
<p>maybe if marijuana is legalized, the police can devote their energy to real crimes.</p>
<p>This sucks all the anti legalizing "arguments" are appealing to emotions and skirting the real issue.</p>
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People who are going to smoke pot are going to smoke pot whether it's legal or not. People who aren't going to use pot aren't going to suddenly use pot just because it is legal. It's perfectly legal to do a lot of things, but that doesn't mean people always do it.
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<p>Exactly. That's an excellent point.</p>
<p>dasani, whether smoking pot is moral or immoral, anti-drug campaigns are currently using a whole bunch of "fabricated facts." Those commercials of "pot addicts" being violent criminals and thieves are untrue. I have heard of many addicts stealing to support heavier habits (i.e. heroin and crack), yet I have never heard of someone commiting robbery in order to purchase weed.</p>
<p>dasani, you obviously don't understand the difference between somebody who uses marijuana occasionally and a loser pothead. alcohol is legal, and we're not all drunks with no direction. how would weed be different? it wouldn't. </p>
<p>that article you posted spoke to crack, LSD, and heroin. i didn't notice mention of marijuana, certinely not effective mention. it also spent considerable time clinton-bashing, and pretending like it was relevant. please.</p>
<p>you also say "what are you smoking" when i say DARE lies. you don't explain how the concept of a "gateway drug" is true, or how it's not lying to say it is when it isn't.</p>
<p>"and hence help reverse the decline of all the effort of these programs."</p>
<p>I'm sorry, could somebody translate for me? Or did you not understand what the hell he was saying as well.</p>
<p>I didn't understand what he was saying. As a matter of fact, I didn't see any semblance of good reasoning or logic in any of Dasani's arguments. Call me stupid but he definately got crushed in this debate.</p>
<p>There have been some great posts made in this thread; when I read Gleech's I almost stood up and clapped.</p>
<p>On a side note, I would like to point out that LSD does not compare to Coke or Heroin, for LSD is a psycadelic drug that is neither addicting or damage the body. </p>
<p>In regard to DARE, they tend to streach the truth. When I was in DARE, they told us that marijuana causes males to grow breasts. The truth behind that is marijuana has a small effect on hormones in teenagers, however I do not know of a single case of teenager males growing breasts.</p>
<p>The ultimate best thing to do would be to illegalize alcohol and legalize marijuana, but that would definately not work out. (Look at the Prohibition) Legalizing marijuana would decrease the amount of alcohol abuse, and diminish crimes commited under the influence of alcohol.</p>
<p>I would feel much safer driving stoned then drunk, the risks are much less. (Of course I never have or never plan on doing either of these, but to put it in perspective..)</p>