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Originally Posted by pedex
same civil liberties as those allowing harder drugs like alcohol
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My views are consistent with alcohol, tobacco, drugs, the works. No one needs them--but out of all of them, the ones that have been scientifically tested and shown to manipulate the mind, or unnaturally screw with chemicals in the brain, causing for unpredictable side effects are naturally the worst, as they can never be "proven" to be consistently "harmless" to those around the user (because in some cases, they've shown to be the opposite), and there is always an unnecessary risk to people who aren't even involved with such "activities." The key word of course being
unnecessary. Taking risks is one thing. Unnecessary risks are by definition ridiculous, and a substance with absolutely no pro factors benefiting the collective populace/society/etc that carries with it that unnecessary risk factor, you have a terrible combination within a substance that has no place in any society because of the effects it has on those who use it--and ten times more importantly those who
don't.
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