Question for those of you living in a country where marijuana is legal. What are the positive sides, what are the negatives?
If you could go back in time, would you vote for legalising again? Does it affect the country's illegal drug business , more/less?
Pro:
Con:
Agree with the pros, not really with the cons to the extreme that you describe.
I've seen people so addicted to it that they stopped going to work and completely ignored their family. I don't have numbers to put it into perspective, but the sheer level of addiction was beyond what I thought was realistic.
Making it expensive only bankrupts addicts and makes more things privileges for the rich.
Legalize it, but it's still addictive. I don't think my nation has a weed problem, but how would I know? I don't know where to get weed or crack or heroin
I have a hard time imagining making an argument where alcohol and cigarettes are legal and weed is not. In terms of harm it does to people acutely and over time. I understand the position of "nothing like that should be legal" and "everything should be legal" even though I disagree. But I think if you choose one, weed might be the least problematic?
No, it's not easy to test for driving. But alcohol is and TONS of drunk driving incidents happen still. I think that's more a function of not having non-driving options to socialize over alcohol.
Is this still a discussion on 2025? I always thought this was a no brainer, just blocked by demonization and the lack of examples of places that legalized and nothing bad happened. We should be discussing how to deal with other drugs. Marijuana is pretty much solved
I don't agree with recreational marijuana use. I've had it personally affect my life negatively and wouldn't advise people to smoke it.
If it's medically needed and a doctor approves, sure but smoking it everywhere just because you can and because it looks cool is not the move.
I also don't think people should get thrown in jail for it, maybe rehabbed but not thrown in jail for it.
I don't like marijuana at all for myself (tried it twice with different methods of delivery) and found it to be extremely unpleasant.
I don't see why that should affect other people's ability to choose for themselves to enjoy it or not though. Why should they go through rehab just for enjoying something that's not negatively affecting them?
If I've had pineapples personally negatively impact my life, should I get to say you can't have any?
You're kind of gambling on the fact it doesn't instantly kill you or you don't get addicted to it. I'm just saying that people shouldn't take the risk to do marijuana unless it's medically prescribed to them.
Skill issue
There are no negatives.
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