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i) Narcotics and illicit mind-altering substances, legal or otherwise: discussing personal use or personal experiences as the result of such substances is not allowed in any form.
originally posted by: paraphi
Could cannabis be illegal because it can cause more problems that (say) not indulging?
There are two paths here, for those who care...
1. There are those who think it should be legal because its basically harmless and that any evidence of the harm is made up to make big pharma money and la de da.
2. There are those who think that use and overuse can cause range of problems and tend to have the support of clinicians, even those not beholden to big pharma.
I am of the second category, having imbibed when young as a rite of passage and fun, but latterly having seen my nephew going off the rails because of it, therefore experiencing the real destructive impact.
Alcohol and marijuana both impair judgment. With addiction it's not difficult for ones life to be derailed because of poor decisions. Addiction ruins lives regardless of the substance.
originally posted by: corvuscorrax
originally posted by: paraphi
Could cannabis be illegal because it can cause more problems that (say) not indulging?
There are two paths here, for those who care...
1. There are those who think it should be legal because its basically harmless and that any evidence of the harm is made up to make big pharma money and la de da.
2. There are those who think that use and overuse can cause range of problems and tend to have the support of clinicians, even those not beholden to big pharma.
I am of the second category, having imbibed when young as a rite of passage and fun, but latterly having seen my nephew going off the rails because of it, therefore experiencing the real destructive impact.
Yet use and overuse of alcohol causes problems too. This was covered in the OP yet you ignored it.
Also I think it's a bit disingenuous to claim that it was cannabis that caused your nephew to go off the rails. I've noticed that people who let their lives get that out of hand due to drug use often will claim cannabis as the culprit and leave out all the other crazy drugs they were taking in an attempt to white wash their other habits.
Did the OP not make it clear? We live in a country where imbibing alcohol is legal under most circumstance. That being that case their is no high ground moral or otherwise to claim cannabis should remain illegal.