The Atlasian Society for Personal Liberty

[Blair]

Should we also ban alcohol? What about sharp pencils? What about plastic bags? And cars literally kill people every single day, far more than marijuana could ever do, shouldn't we ban those?

My point, of course, is that just because something is dangerous doesn't mean it should be illegal--it is not the job of the government to make these types of decisions for people. Your version of government makes  my strict parents seem downright laissez-faire.

But Leinad, by legalizing this harmful drug, you are only adding to all the dangerous and harmful substances that are already legal.  There is no point in making life even more dangerous and harmful by legalizing marijuana.

I have very well known views on alcohol and tobacco as well, which I will not go into here.

I hate paper cuts. The government should make a law against paper cuts, then there will be no more paper cuts.

I'm sorry, even as someone who's both smokes Marijuana ( A grand total of two times) and supports decriminalization this is frankly a rather drawn out point. I don't understand why people can't see that Government has a role in regulating harmful toxins (we all agree that Government should ban lead paint)

[Blair]

Let me just clear this up, since Winfield seems confused: I was the one who made the paper cut analogy, not PiT.

There are various findings on this issue, and the harmful effects of marijuana use cannot be dismissed simply because of conflicting findings.

Nor should we ban things (or, in this case, continue to ban something) if there are conflicting findings.

What if I conducted a study that found that yogurt caused cancer? Should we outlaw yogurt? Or will you dismiss the harmful effects of yogurt simply because of conflicting findings? Or will you let people make their own decisions whether they want to risk eating yogurt or not?

Again, Leinad you can't keep using this argument when the case is specifically about Marijuana- a drug that clearly has very high short term effects on the brain, and thus should face at the least the same regulation as alcohol