wonderboy2 wrote:NWIBullsFan wrote:RedBulls23 wrote:Where did you come up with this theory?
You might be surprised at how many uneducated folks still place weed on the same level as crack, meth and heroin.
Weed is ONLY dangerous if you get arrested for possessing it.
Nobody is saying Weed is on the same level as crack, meth, and heroin.
But Giving weed to the wrong person can have bad effects. Btw I worked on the fire department/ ambulance and saw first hand what weed can do to some people, especially people who have diagnosed/ undiagnosed mental health disorders such as schizophrenia and other issues.
This is true of many people and many things that are legal (such as gambling, alcohol, cigarettes, opioids, unhealthy food, driving) yet your definition is unlikely consistent to that.
Obviously some people will be harmed by legal weed but people are harmed by any decision we make. Everything has costs, the question I ask is it worth it for society to imprison and criminalize so many people, majority of which are people of color and/or lower socioeconomic ranks, for a fairly harmless drug that compares quite favorably to many legal vices in terms of danger.
How many more people with mental problems end up in prison for smoking weed and then struggle to get the help they need because of their criminal record?
Can’t be perfect and we don’t expect that.
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