Shoutbox Wannabe.

[Ninurta]

Here is a challenge to all Rogues. Give me explanations why cannabis should not be legal. I shoot down all those arguments with scientifically proven facts.

(And now, just because the friend of the dog of your cousin's niece tried cannabis and fucked up her life with heroin, that does not count here.)

Shoot!

I got this.

I bring them down.

If you are an old boomer and think that all drugs lead to complete destruction of a human being instantly, then okay. Just tell me why. You have nothing, i swear.

I'm an old boomer, and I think all drugs should be legal, up to and including heroin. It's none of my business how someone else chooses to self-destruct. that's their choice, not mine. I hear a lot of old "right wing" boomers wanting drugs illegal, but I don't think they are "right wing" (small government philosophy) enough. If one wants small government, then less laws are the answer, not more. That means keeping our nose in our own business, not trying to mind everyone else's business through more laws. That's a "left wing" philosophy of larger government and more laws.

I believe that cannabis in particular should not be illegal. I know of no instance at any point in history that anyone, ever, has overdosed on cannabis and died from it. I know of no cases of permanent psychosis arising from it, either. Furthermore, it has legitimate medical uses - pain relief for example - that lends it a pharmacopeial air. There are still those around that maintain it is a "gateway drug", but I have never observed that to be the case. Some folks DO move on from cannabis to harder drugs, but that is nothing inherent in cannabis, it is inherent in the individual psyche. Some folks just have an "addictive personality", and that will cause them to move on to other drugs regardless of what drug they choose first. Rather than addressing cannabis as the culprit, I think they should institute mental health resources that address the addictive personality.

I believe that making all drugs legal would also reduce the cost of them. Most of what one pays for drugs is smugglers fees for high-risk smuggling. Remove that and watch the prices drop... but in most cases of drug legalization, the government steps in and levies heavy taxes to maintain the cost of the absent smuggler's fees, and that does not help. In Commiefornia, although recreational cannabis use is legal, most cannabis is STILL bought on the black market illegally, to avoid the state's heavy taxation.

However, if the price of drugs is reduced, there would be a parallel drop in crime, such as robbery, because addicts would no longer have to steal more to get their drugs. It wouldn't disappear altogether, but there should be a reduction in crime as desperation would no longer drive robberies as much.

Just my random thoughts in the matter.

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