11-04-2015, 02:42 PM
(11-04-2015, 02:12 PM)WhoDeyWho Wrote: If this makes society a "victim" so does people who don't get an education. I mean I have to pay for all these social services on account that some people just suck at life. We don't arrest people for that so I don't see any reason why we should arbitrarily arrest people who use pot. Moreover, not all users of pot are "losers". That's just propaganda.
If you didn't care, you wouldn't be OK with making them criminals for their choices. Especially choices that don't directly affect other individuals.
And alcohol is LEGAL. And a celebrated part of our culture. Which makes you wonder why pot is arbitrarily singled out.
Studies overwhelmingly suggest their is a direct correlation with income and education. There are outliers of course, but on the whole educated people make over a million dollars in their lifetime over uneducated people.
It isn't dumb. Pot hasn't always been illegal. Alcohol wasn't illegal. Then it became illegal. And then it became legal once again. Did the intoxicating effects of the drug change? Or was it simply people's attitudes towards it?
- 2nd time I am posting this: I did NOT say to put people in jail for smoking weed. That is a different subject. PLEASE STOP GOING TO YOUR PRO-WEED ROLODEX AND THROWING OUT ALL OF THE STEREOTYPICAL ANSWERS AND DEFENSES.
- Again with the school argument.... That's just propaganda.
- All people who smoke weed aren't losers. Neither are all alcoholics. Why does it have to be all or nothing from your perspective?
- Again, if you think that drug use only effects the user.... That's just stoner propaganda.
- I don't judge people on their income and did not bring income into it. Side note, $1,000,000 isn't a lot of money over a typical work span. It's roughly $20,000 per year at the very end and AFTER compound interest rolls the actual yearly amount into the million. Also, studies show that the amount of money someone makes over $70,000 does not directly contribute to overall happiness.
- Again comparing weed to alcohol.... Almost ANYTHING can be abused and have negative effects. You can not abuse alcohol and be still be sober and of sound mind. You use weed to get F'd up. No comparison there.
