Quote Originally Posted by 4252
Just to add 2 cents on the subject of alcohol. In my opinion alcohol is a lot worse than marijuana in its negative impact on ones health, its effect on peoples self control and abilties to function safely (as in driving a car or in situations where good judgement and coordination are necessary), and its addictive characteristics. So, by deduction, if these suppositions of mine are correct, marijuana is a "safer" substance, and that if it were legalized there'd be a dimished use of alcohol; an overall positive effect socially.

Not to mention the fact that obnoxious drunks are such a pain in the ass to be around.

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I couldn't agree with you more. There is not one negative property that is true of marijuana that is not also true of alcohol and/or tobacco. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever to justify its continued prohibition. The inconsistency with banning alcohol and not marijuana, which they just freely admitted to in "Fact" #8, is not tolerable. The only reason, it's been said before and I'll say it again, is because it has not historically played a role in aristocratic white culture, to which the legislators mostly belong and have belonged for centuries. It was made illegal thanks to the blatantly racist propaganda of Anslinger and the fundamental reasons for its being considered contraband have not changed.