| haxxiy said:
I don't know. I used to be in favor of it but recently it came out a handful of evidence pointing out to the long-term damage of cannabis in the brain and concerning its effects on not yet fully-grown people. Namely how cannabis, from almost every drug, is the one with the most chemical compounds ready to react with the brain displacing a whole class of neurotransmitters. How a marijuana smoker inhales 4 times more nicotine than a tobacco smoker. How it's dependence rate among teenagers reach 15%, same as cocaine, and how it lowers IQ up to 8 points due to long-term use. Of course it remains to be seen if prohibiting and repressing is the way to go instead of rehabilitating and educating. I'd guess not. Anyways it's sort of a taboo to be against marijuana nowadays so nevermind me... but I'm sure politicians would love the possibility of a huge part of the electorate having lower IQs and whatnot.
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Which is why it's best to legalize it and restrict it to younger people (minors). Only adults can use it since by the time your an adult, your body is already fully devloped. But that might be a subject of debate when it comes to adults as young as 21. Plus I heard a number of times about that questionable argument about cannabis having more cancerous tar than tobacco. If that were true cancers should've shown up by now after 30-40+ years.
Things will improve with these new bills. Hopefully cannabis use among minors and the transition to harder drugs will drop significantly in these two states.
