Why I'm against pot being legalized

[LadyHawkAZ]

37. I think it's the same argument I heard in high school 25 years ago

It's not new. Pot was easily obtained in school even when I was there. The peer pressure he describes already exists. I doubt there would be a huge leap in experimentation simply because of legalization- alcohol is already legal (and much more harmful), but use of marijuana in teens already outpaces use of alcohol, which would theoretically be easier to get. The "gateway drug" argument is only valid because the people dealing the already-illegal substance also deal in other products, and will push them to make a profit. The one thing that legalization would accomplish is to ensure that all the many many users, which exists whether its legal or no, won't come out of the experience with a prison record the way they do now.

If you really want to slow down the rate of new users, try creating a world that they don't need to escape from. It's the only thing that's ever going to work.