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On 2002-10-24 12:00, Kitsune1527 wrote:
Despite the fact that that's my opinion, it wouldn't hold up in a debate anyway, so I never would have used it anyway.
I know better than to bring opinions into a debate. Personalizing issues will never make a debate turn out well.
And I commend your decision to do so. I knew you felt that way, so I was glad to see that you used other arguments instead.
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Back to the debate . . .
No, I don't believe we should stop laws. It's an improbable and highly risky course of action. however, it is a choice of the lesser evils vs. a bigger one. With a bill to legalize marijauna, many other legislations dealing with sale, possession, tax, etc. could be passed. Control of such level would be worse than any amount of the pork already put into bills.
It's like that with tobacco. I think that simply putting pot under existing laws concerning sale, posession, and taxation of tobacco would work out quite well.
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I just don't think it's a very good idea to legalize pot, and I've done my best to argue that point rationally.
As far as I've seen, pot makes your attention span suffer, and your grades suffer as a result. Then your grades slip and as a result you drop out of school. Then you're a drifter on the streets.
It <b>can</b> do all these things to people <b>if</b> they abuse it. The same thing can happen with alcohol, but it's legal. If you want to outlaw drugs based on potential for abuse, we've got alot of work to do. Almost any drug (prescription or otherwise) can mess up people's lives. As I said before, it isn't the drug that's the problem, it's the abuse.
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But, of course, you won't care, because you're still happy from your last euphoria. So no, I'd rather not let this happen to anybody. My worry is that this is what will happen if pot IS legalized.
I haven't smoked marijuana in 7 months. Any euphoria I feel now isn't going to be related.
I'd prefer that nobody waste their lives either. But ultimately that decision is up to the individual, and you or I cannot stop them if they choose to abuse marijuana. Making it legal won't turn us into a nation of stoners, because there are plenty of people (like yourself) who will chose not to smoke it. Alcohol is legal, and not everybody drinks it. Cigarettes are legal, and not everybody smokes. It's up to the individual. All legalization does is let people decide without legal penalties.