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Originally Posted by HenryDavidThoreau
First of all I am proposing that it be tightly regulated with restrictions on age. Second, I said time and time again that paranoia, anxiety, and other side effects are rare and have a reason for them. Whether the reason is the users age, irresponsible dose or the users family history. The majority of the users will not get these effects and the ones that do will not harms others and if they do they are accountable for their actions.
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That is not the case. Those are the more common side-effects. Psychosis, schizophrenia, and hallucinations were the only side-effects that were actually specified in relation to higher dosage levels, predispositions, etc. The other side-effects still pose a threat to the safety and health of people around the user, and for that reason, it's illogical to simply allow it to be readily accessible. Society has every reason to
discourage an activity that can lead to the irresponsible harming of an innocent life, that's pure and simple morality. People
are held responsible for their actions, they're allowed the choice. If they make the wrong choice--when it's an easy choice to make in the first place--they're dealt with accordingly.
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Originally Posted by HenryDavidThoreau
The activity is going on regardless of its legality. Also we really do not know what the societal effects are but as I said earlier, cannabis was legal in this country at some time during the turn of the century and the police did not find a problem with the jazz clubs where cannabis was smoked.
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Yes, the activity is going on regardless. That gives society more of a reason to persist. Drug users want legalization, yet they continue to senselessly and purposelessly defy easy-to-follow rules set in place by society for the greater good of law-abiding citizens. That's not the way to get the the results one desires, and society's not about to give in to the demands of people like that--especially when at the same time--those drug users are only contributing to the overall crime rate. It doesn't work like that.
Thoreau, you know better than to try and apply a reference from 100 years ago to present day. You criticized me for that at one point in time--and the reference I had used wasn't even that far back in time. Of course things were different in the early 1900s. Science changes over time, as does general knowledge. We know much more about marijuana today than we did in the early 1900s. Much more. I doubt we really knew
anything about it then.
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