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Paul Taubman believe that the legalization of Marijuana would have negative consequences on society, such as an increase in substance abuse, negating the economic benefits.
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This is one of the big things that gets me. People claim that legalizing MJ would be a bad thing due to substance abuse. But look at it this way, MJ is already readily available. Yes, the stuff you can smoke. I bet you know someone who can get you a dime bag ($10 dollars worth) easy as pie. I know I can. I go to a vocational school that specializes in manual labor vocations (it was a mistake to go there for IT :-( ) anyways I know for a fact that some of the kids there drink and smoke and probably do much worse than MJ, unfortunatly. And I know someone who does MJ recreationally. Anyways, what I am trying to get across is that its already out there, underage kids can get a hold of it, anyone can get a hold of it, and yet the leading cause of vehicle related death is still drunk driving, not stoned driving. I say that if MJ was legalized there would be no more substance abuse other than what is going on now. BUT if MJ was legalized and regulated, people wouldnt get MJ laced with stuff like cocaine to keep them coming back to their dealers.
I say that MJ is less harmful than alchohol (and less abused) while still being as easy to get, if not easier.
What say you?
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