Why do you think Drugs are OK?

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Kantor said:

AlphaCielago said:

gergroy said:

It isnt any worse than alcohol, which is legal.  If you are going to legalize one, why not the other?  

In the end more people will be harmed and other might be more harmed than before (if combined), so why legalize it?

The thing with alcohol is that we have have had it plentyful of years and I don't think that anyone wants to have a taste of uproars if it gets illegal.

We've had marijuana for 5000 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijuana#History

And the uproar is far from the most significant reason why alcohol should not be banned. It should not be banned because it is none of the business of a government if people choose to voluntarily damage their own health to lead a more enjoyable life.

I suppose you support the banning of video games (so people can get some exercise) and sugary foods (so people eat healthily) as well?

Yeah but, while alcohol has remaind roughly as potent for thousands of years, the Marijuana we use today is nothing like what it was a few decades ago ...

Wild Marijuana produces very little THC because only unfertilized female plants produce significant amounts of THC. Today we have special breeds of Marijuana being grown in hydroponic operations to produce a drug that is several orders of magnitude more potent than what was available 50 years ago.

Essentially, natural Marijuana would (kind of) be like drinking beer that had 2.5% alcohol content while modern Marijuana is kind of like drinking pure ethanol.