Posted by dennis on January 28, 2001, at 20:44:50
In reply to Re: Dangers of Marijuana (DEA-med.myths.), posted by PatJ. on January 28, 2001, at 17:19:40
Well, if your trying to convince me that cannabis is harmful and should be illegal then you have failed. As I said before I personally believe cannabis is one of the most valuable medicinal drugs there is, and always has been for thousands even millions of years, and I believe that I as a human being living on this planet have rights, I have the right to be free and live my life however I so choose, no matter how harmful you think cannabis may be, you have no right to stop me from useing it, the government has no right to punish anyone for useing anything on this earth as long as there not hurting anybody else, I believe cannabis will be at least decriminalized in the future, and I look forward to that day. The netherlands is a example of a good drug policy, they recognize that the harmful effects of prohibition are many times greater than the effects of cannabis itself, they understand that they cannot make cannabis go away just by outlawing it and makeing harsh penalties for its use, and what are the negative results of the netherlands policy towards cannabis, there are no negative results. Drug use has not gone up, and law enforcement resources are not wasted, peoples personal lives are not harmed by harsh fines and prison time, you can talk about its harmful effects all you want, but lets face it, almost everything is harmful, I think the real issue is society is afraid of cannabis, and will look for anything, will go to great lengths to prove it is harmful enough to keep its illegal classification.
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