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I already provided all the sources I need to prove my point that you can't address arguments no matter how easily packaged they are. I guess if its not in a dime bag, you lose focus, huh?
I think it's time I bring something interesting up. I haven't smoked in a while. And you haven't provided
ANY sources. Not once the
ENTIRE thread.
Now address this post:
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Another one of these terrible shows from you Shaggy? Looks like its time for me to, again, show you that its not indeed a real swamp monster scaring people at the lake...
Your first source is, in typical form for you, off base. Quoting myself, "I am simply speaking about a fact in public policy- any time you allow persons to perform some act, you always create a corresponding possibility for abuse, which needs to be regulated. The question is simply how much, not if the abuse will occur at all.". Your source says nothing about this point. Rather, it discusses Portugal's drug policy, which replaced more traditional punishments with rehab to reduce drug use rates. It does not address my comment, which, put differently, says that any time you allow the public to do something, you open up the possibility that some people will abuse the new thing you are allowing them to do.
And that source showed that we can help
curb abuse with lenient policies, which in fact DOES address your point. Stop with the shell-game. You said allowing somebody to perform an act opens up abuse, my source says that allowing somebody to perform an act opens up the possibility of treatment for said abuse.
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Your second link is just as pointless, as it seems to agree with the current system we have in the US, as under the current policy, we have seen drug use by teens drop. This is despite your fear-mongering that it has done nothing.
Fear-mongering? I did nothing but point out statistics.
Oh, and my second source says drug use has
INCREASED
Quote:
Marijuana use has increased since 1992. The past-month use has dramatically increased among teenagers of all ages:
High school seniors: from 12% in 1992 to 20%
10th graders: from 8% in 1992 to 16%
8th graders: from 4% in 1992 to 6%
Same source
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It does nothing to establish whether or not allowing for drug use to become easier would not, at some level, increase the number of underage users as you open more channels for use. Your first article would have been better spent addressing this, though it raises a case for changing how we punish people, not whether its criminal or not.
Except teen use goes down.
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Now, for the rest;
You erroneously assume my assessment of alcohol's cultural worth is a question of number of users, which your comments missed by only comparing weed to other illicit drugs. Alcohol is not illicit.
However, Cannabis wasn't illegal until the early 1930's. Thus, it twas part of our cultural identity for the exact same time frame as Alcohol.
And, I can chronicle it's use in the colonies, since their founding to the present. Every thing from presidential use, to pop culture, to medicine, to recreation, from film to music.
Just as you can with alcohol.
Now, kindly, get the hell out of drug topics.
Oh, and you don't have to support jail policies to enforce a moral code that allows for it too happen. You've offered no alternatives, therefore your lack of action is a form of support in-itself, regardless of personal view.
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Or concede and get the ******** out.
Any deviation from this, or any name calling shall be considered a sign of your poor debate skills and you
will be reported for spamming, trolling, and abuse.