Just to get my personal bias out there, it's safe to say I'm anti-pot use. I'm anti-narcotic use at all, unless it pharmaceutical, and then narcotics need to be under strict control. That's not to say I'm a "big government" guy, because I am totally a small government person, and have a massive libertarian streak. But I also understand that when people destroy their lives with drugs, the public is expected, or rather forced to via government (ie: taxpayer) funded programs to pay for rehab, housing, welfa
The fallacy you are falling for here is that drug use can actually be prevented or even strongly reduced. It cannot. Those that want it will find it, "small government" or full blown fascist empire. The difference with legal availability is good information, clean, standardized quality, low cost, removal of the mystique and the "forbidden", removal of all the criminals that of course want more customers, etc.
Once you have gotten rid of the fantasy that making this stuff illegal is helpful in any way, this b
"Drug addiction" includes a whole lot of things that aren't cannabis, which is going to be a small contributor to the total, despite its massively higher prevalence.
I'm sorry your sister smokes pot all day and sleeps around. That doesn't mean we ban pot and sex for everyone else.
That study says that "Substance abuse costs our Nation over $600 billion annually," but they don't have a citation or breakdown for it. I found another study that says the total is $740 billion: https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug... [drugabuse.gov] and they break it down and it isn't even close to being all taxpayer money.
All illicit drugs combined are responsible for $193bn in costs--of which "only" $11bn is for healthcare. Alcohol and tobacco costs are $250 and $300bn respectively with healthcare making up $27bn and $168bn.
I am sure studies show that people whose parents took chemotherapy drugs are more likely to develop cancer as well.
This is that classic correlation vs causation. If you're drawn to drugs, there's a reasonable chance your genetic makeup has a predisposition to attention and social problems. I am autistic and have quite a few autistic, OCD, ADHD friends, a significant subset of which choose cannabis over prescription meds because they feel it treats their symptoms. I have a very good friend who was d
Just to get my personal bias out there, it's safe to say I'm anti-pot use. I'm anti-narcotic use at all, unless it pharmaceutical, and then narcotics need to be under strict control. That's not to say I'm a "big government" guy, because I am totally a small government person, and have a massive libertarian streak. But I also understand that when people destroy their lives with drugs, the public is expected, or rather forced to via government (ie: taxpayer) funded programs to pay for rehab, housing, welfa
The fallacy you are falling for here is that drug use can actually be prevented or even strongly reduced. It cannot. Those that want it will find it, "small government" or full blown fascist empire. The difference with legal availability is good information, clean, standardized quality, low cost, removal of the mystique and the "forbidden", removal of all the criminals that of course want more customers, etc.
Once you have gotten rid of the fantasy that making this stuff illegal is helpful in any way, this b
"Drug addiction" includes a whole lot of things that aren't cannabis, which is going to be a small contributor to the total, despite its massively higher prevalence.
I'm sorry your sister smokes pot all day and sleeps around. That doesn't mean we ban pot and sex for everyone else.
That study says that "Substance abuse costs our Nation over $600 billion annually," but they don't have a citation or breakdown for it. I found another study that says the total is $740 billion: https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug... [drugabuse.gov] and they break it down and it isn't even close to being all taxpayer money.
All illicit drugs combined are responsible for $193bn in costs--of which "only" $11bn is for healthcare. Alcohol and tobacco costs are $250 and $300bn respectively with healthcare making up $27bn and $168bn.
O
This is that classic correlation vs causation. If you're drawn to drugs, there's a reasonable chance your genetic makeup has a predisposition to attention and social problems. I am autistic and have quite a few autistic, OCD, ADHD friends, a significant subset of which choose cannabis over prescription meds because they feel it treats their symptoms. I have a very good friend who was d