Forget trump/hilliary. How about the Pot vote?

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Ouroboros24 said:

StarOcean said:

See, I don't get this argument. I think those things are bad as well. However, I do not consider pot an alcohol but a medicine. And I know people who support legalization take pride in the "zero deaths" thing but I call that absolute horse shit. People do die of it. It may not be high but there are people who die from it. But pointing the finger at other bad things doesn't make something else less bad. Abuse of medicine is still abuse.

"See, I don't get this argument."

I don't see how you don't.  It's simple equality.  Alcohol, which is worst than weed in almost all aspects, is legal.  Marijuana, which is less harmful than alcohol, is illegal.  The arguement is simply: why is a substance less harmful illegal, while the more harmful substance is legal.  Its just a wrong that needs to be right. 

The way I see it is that the argument however does not stand for legalizing weed. The argument is for maintaining internal consistancy. Meaning that if you believe someone should not use marijuana, you must also believe someone should not use alcohol in order to maintain rationality. This makes me think that the argument does not stand for legalizing weed because besides the option of having both be legal, the premise of the argument presents one with the possiblity that outlawing both is what needs to be done.