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In reply to the discussion: Can Marijuana Legalization Spark Beto O'Rourke's Bid? [View all]Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)29. As to your point in the papers you cite, that is NOT the point. Nice straw man.
0) Advocates for legalization readily agree that cannabis is not for developing brains under the age of 18.
1) Realists realize that Prohibition has FAILed to keep pot out of the hands of children.
2) The current laws also FAIL to keep pot out of the hands of adults.
On the other hand, advocates of Continued & Increased Prohibition can point to the terrible demise of Canada as it is foundering in a miasma of Legal Cannabis that is sapping the vital energy of the people, nosediving the economy, with rampant sex in the streets and drugged out zombies breaking into homes just for the thrill of it.
Or not.
Canada had the second highest rate of cannabis consumption before legalization but Canada did not elect tRump or allow him to steal the Electoral College.
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biden does not support legalization and i think it is a huge mistake
questionseverything
Aug 2019
#34
The assumption here is that people generally support the marketing of pot. I certainly don't.
NNadir
Aug 2019
#6
Herein is link to a paper published in the scientific journal Nature on critical thinking.
NNadir
Aug 2019
#13
That ignores the ENDOgenous cannabinoid synthesis & reception. THC & CBD are not the problem
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2019
#36
Oh FFS. Your claim to know what I'm do for a living is impulsive nonsense. I'm a scientist.
NNadir
Aug 2019
#22
As to your point in the papers you cite, that is NOT the point. Nice straw man.
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2019
#29
Let's see if I can explain this so as to make it possible to understood at a simple level.
NNadir
Aug 2019
#39
Your words sum your attitude: "This conversation is concluded", ergo a closed mind. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2019
#40
Those involved in the multi billion dollar recovery industry are always the least objective.
BannonsLiver
Aug 2019
#43
Yup, pile his papers of statistical neuro damage beside millions of lives shattered by Prohibition
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2019
#45
How will making marijuana legal somehow make more dangerous drugs more available?
cwydro
Aug 2019
#24
Milk is gateway to cigs is gateway to pot is gateway to coke is gateway to heroin is gateway to...nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2019
#46
Beto actually cowrote a book on marijuana legalization and the drug war in 2011
essadaw
Aug 2019
#12