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Re:Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana by vimacs2 on Thursday February 03, 2022 @07:54AM (#30191818)
I'm not even pro cannabis - I recently decided to go completely cold turkey since I realised I was essentially self medicating for other deeper issues and cannabis just gives me brain fog - but I think your comment is pretty nonsensical.

If your brother in law transitioned from marijuana all the way to heroine, chances are his drug abuse was a symptom of deeper underlying problems, not the cause. The solution is education, not criminalisation.

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Re:Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana by throwawaymedia on Thursday February 03, 2022 @10:19AM (#30193513)
You can't legalize marijuana while education is subpar. It has to be done the opposite way. Also, why to legalize something that is harmful to your body and brain [1]? I mean, there are SO many publications about it.

[1] https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abst...

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Re:Mississippi is 37th state to legalize medical marijuana by vimacs2 on Friday February 04, 2022 @12:46AM (#30203324)
Easy to justify that one: the amount of deaths prevented from gang crime attributable to cannabis trade would far outstrip any potential harm caused by legalisation.

Besides, that's not a good way to look at it. The better question is why criminalise an activity that does no harm to others?

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