Re: Marijuana is way safer than alcohol

Posted by Suhail on 01-24-2008 in Should Marijuana be legalized?

So am I to understand that your reasoning is that because Marijuana is less detrimental to society in comparison to alcohol that we should legalize the substance?

I don't think that makes for a great argument honestly. Alcohol slipped through our fingers, it should be outlawed as well. Instituting marijuana in my honest opinion does far more harm then it does good. Just because, based on your reasoning, it is less harmful in comparison doesn't mean we should legalize it. Obviously doubling our fatality rates is a clear winner here. Oops sorry, it's less detrimental so, really, we're only maybe multiplying the death rate at 1.57 (arbitrary). Clearly logical.

Many people use the argument that because a, b, c are bad but they are legal, let's make d (marijuana) legal just because it's marginally less <effect_here> which is also bad. What are you guys thinking?