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knucklesplitter · 2009-10-01, 07:33 PM

Pot is so much less of a hazard/burden to society than alcohol, tobacco, and high fructose corn syrup (as examples). Only 2 options then:

Legalize pot... and tax it and regulate it.
or...
Outlaw alcohol, tobacco, and high fructose corn syrup.

I've known lots and lots of pot smokers in my life, and it never killed anybody that I know of. It never really affected their overall lives at all, except maybe one or two who just were overall substance-abuser types, and it was a sideshow compared to everything else. Yet in my immediate family I have known plentiful disease and death - alcoholism (father dead, brother dead), lung cancer (aunt dead, brother-in-law dead), obesity (many...), type-2 diabetes (2 brothers), etc. It always baffled me - why outlaw something so mellow and benign whilst allowing stuff that fucks people up so often in so many ways. The only two logical choice are those two above.

2009-10-01, 07:33 PM	#17
knucklesplitter EJ205 Real Name: Matt Taylor Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cousin-Fck, Carolina Posts: 1,475 Wish in one hand and sht in the other...	Pot is so much less of a hazard/burden to society than alcohol, tobacco, and high fructose corn syrup (as examples). Only 2 options then: Legalize pot... and tax it and regulate it. or... Outlaw alcohol, tobacco, and high fructose corn syrup. I've known lots and lots of pot smokers in my life, and it never killed anybody that I know of. It never really affected their overall lives at all, except maybe one or two who just were overall substance-abuser types, and it was a sideshow compared to everything else. Yet in my immediate family I have known plentiful disease and death - alcoholism (father dead, brother dead), lung cancer (aunt dead, brother-in-law dead), obesity (many...), type-2 diabetes (2 brothers), etc. It always baffled me - why outlaw something so mellow and benign whilst allowing stuff that fucks people up so often in so many ways. The only two logical choice are those two above.