Legalize Cannabis

[SaltyDawg]

Get high and get behind the wheel of a car and I bet you risk your life just the same. Even using your logic that is all the more reason to legalize it.

No, you don't risk your life "all the same" as alcohol. We've been over this already in another thread, lol. There are lots of studies that prove it is not even close to the same as alcohol as far as driving goes.

 

[Stoked]

No biggie, just curious as it seems public opinion is coming around.

Sometimes the "public" picks or is forced to pick stupid fights.

 

[colton]

No, you don't risk your life "all the same" as alcohol. We've been over this already in another thread, lol. There are lots of studies that prove it is not even close to the same as alcohol as far as driving goes.

I can't find the other thread now, but if I recall correctly your arguments there did not fully convince me.

 

[GVC]

Get high and get behind the wheel of a car and I bet you risk your life just the same.

I don't care to revisit this particular argument in any depth, but driving drunk is a hell of a lot more dangerous than driving high. Alcohol kills in a slew of other ways, whereas cannabis does not.

I hate taking the cannabis v. alcohol tack, but it should be clear to anyone who has done any reading of the scientific (and other) literature that cannabis is far less harmful to the individual and society as a whole than is alcohol.

 

[SaltyDawg]

I can't find the other thread now, but if I recall correctly your arguments there did not fully convince me.

Convince you about what, that it should be legal, or that it is not as bad as alcohol when it comes to driving?

 

[nightmare3983]

I am not a user and I never will be.

Having said that there is no difference between alcohol and marijuana to me. Legalize it and tax it. Sell it in stores and apply DUI laws to it.

That's pretty much how I feel about the matter.

 

[Stoked]

I can't find the other thread now, but if I recall correctly your arguments there did not fully convince me.

Now there's a suprise...

 

[Stoked]

I don't care to revisit this particular argument in any depth, but driving drunk is a hell of a lot more dangerous than driving high. Alcohol kills in a slew of other ways, whereas cannabis does not.

I hate taking the cannabis v. alcohol tack, but it should be clear to anyone who has done any reading of the scientific (and other) literature that cannabis is far less harmful to the individual and society as a whole than is alcohol.

Then do not, dilemma solved. As for that arguement. I was not here for that so it means nothing to me.

 

[Siro]

I've never driven high or drunk, but I imagine both are pretty dangerous, regardless of which one is shown to be more so. Driving under the influence is, and should be, illegal. I don't see the point of having that argument. Weed is not a serious health risk in other regards, and use ought to be a personal choice outside of established rules (driving, operating heavy machinery, on certain jobs, etc).

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

Any research done on how much revenue it would create via taxes?

 

[GVC]

Some literature for those who are interested:

https://grannystormcrowslist.webs.com/apps/forums/

 

[GVC]

Any research done on how much revenue it would create via taxes?

Jeffrey Miron, a Harvard economist, has published quite a bit on this topic. A quick google search of his name should get you what you need.