Should US Legalize Marijuana?

**Janszoon** · 02-03-2012, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by tore

I'm just trying to point out that the legality of alcohol is a different matter from the legality of cannabis. I wish people would stop mentioning alcohol in every other pro-legalization argument.

Well, like I said earlier, why wouldn't people talk about alcohol in this conversation? Alcohol and cannabis were both outlawed around the same time in this country. Prohibition was repealed for one but not the other. I would think as a scientist you'd actually appreciate the reasoning behind that comparison.

Guybrush · 02-03-2012, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Well, like I said earlier, why wouldn't people talk about alcohol in this conversation? Alcohol and cannabis were both outlawed around the same time in this country. Prohibition was repealed for one but not the other. I would think as a scientist you'd actually appreciate the reasoning behind that comparison.

I don't think your history of alcohol legality/cannabis legality validates arguments like :

Cannabis should be legalized because alcohol is and that's bad too
If you're against legalization cannabis, you should be against current legalization of alcohol

As someone who seems to generally have a working head on his shoulders, I would think you'd see the reasoning of that.