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Originally posted by Orsay
Alcohol is worse for you than marijuana in every got damn way yet its legal. Point ****ing BLANK, like who can explain that?
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Culture.
I know it sounds stupid, but It's true. Alcohol has been in western society since, well pretty much the birth of modern western society. Pretty much EVERYONE drank it and still do. That started changing in the 19th century when some prodestants turned against it.
We tried to prohibit it, didn't work. You can't make something illegal when the overwhelming majority of people do it and don't want it illegal.
Most of marijuana restriction was made well before any significant amount of people used it.
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Originally posted by Husky
This is completely off topic but your avatar has been distracting me throughout this whole thread. Those boobs are hypnotic.
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Yasss!!!!
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Originally posted by rwoznia
Although there is a pill form of marijuana, there is definitely some incentive for the government to strictly have that as opposed to the plant form. The medication itself needs to be synthesized and is rather expensive, while the plant is far easier to grow and manufacture and distribute.
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True, it will be more expansive, but it'll be healthier. Thus, arguably, you'll save money in the long run, because you won't have to deal with health costs (which are only rapidly rising).
If marinol was well known and common. I believe more people will choose to buy that than grow a plant or buy from a sketchy drug dealer. Even if it is more expansive, it'll be easier to just go to a store.