Steinlight
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I like that logic, if we no longer call the people selling and manufacturing drugs criminals, than the drug money will no longer be flowing to criminals. Cool how that works.Yea, some guy on the internet said weed is harmless because of SCIENCE! or something. Well better support legalizing it.
Some people have actually read history and science.
History tells us that drug prohibition leads to money flowing to criminals, and the violence that accompanies criminals fighting for that money.
Science tells us that marijuana is less dangerous than alcohol.
Three states now have decided to pay attention to history and science rather than histrionics.
The rest of the United States can watch and see what happens. So far it looks like the biggest effect is more tax money for the States.
As for the SCIENCE!, even casual use of marijuana(once a week), results in structural brain changes that effect cognitive function.
Even Casual Marijuana Smokers at Risk for Structural Brain ChangesResearchers from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Massachusetts General Hospital used MRI scans to compare the brains of 20 18- to 25-year-olds who smoked at least once a week to those of 20 individuals who had little or no history of using the drug. Though the low to moderate marijuana users were not addicted to the drug, imaging data showed that their brain anatomy had changed.
Cannabis Use Is Quantitatively Associated with Nucleus Accumbens and Amygdala Abnormalities in Young Adult Recreational Users
As for moderate consumption of alcohol. Meaning one to two drinks a day...
State of the Science Report on the Effects of Moderate DrinkingThere is no evidence that cognitive functioning is negatively affected by moderate alcohol consumption as one ages, and there may be a protective effect against vascular dementia.
But yea, all that matters is tax revenue in the immediate term. Sounds cool bro.