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we also have more and more people realizing, bluntly that cannabis is simply not something that is even remotely the same as, say, cocaine, heroin, crank, etc, in terms of the damages that abusing these substances cause.

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Ah, another hypocrite falling for government propaganda.  Pat yourself on the back.  People like you are the reason drugs are illegal.

"My drug is better than your drug, so my drug should be legal and your drug should be illegal."

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we also have more and more people realizing, bluntly that cannabis is simply not something that is even remotely the same as, say, cocaine, heroin, crank, etc, in terms of the damages that abusing these substances cause.

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Ah, another hypocrite falling for government propaganda.  Pat yourself on the back.  People like you are the reason drugs are illegal.

"My drug is better than your drug, so my drug should be legal and your drug should be illegal."

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Seuss said:
> once again you are being pompous and assuming.

Pompous, perhaps, but assuming?  You said, and I quote:

"cannabis is simply not something that is even remotely the same as, say, cocaine, heroin, crank, etc, in terms of the damages that abusing these substances cause"

You are categorizing, which is exactly what the propaganda machine wants you to do.

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please tell me you dont honestly believe that abuse of heroin, crank, cocaine is as bad as pot?

I wont lie and say that I think everyone who uses these goes on to become all out drug addicts, but these are indeed addicting drugs whereas, yes, I do think marijuana is simply not the same as these other drugs.

if you think they are, you are doing what the propaganda machine wants of you, to think pot is just as bad as heroin, cocaine, crack and meff. these drugs have their medical uses, and can be abused. yes, not everyone, in fact most dont become addicted, or develop serious problems, but many do.

i have yet to see that truly come of cannabis.

if you think cocaine, meff, etc dont cause people problems, and that they are no worse than cannabis, there is something very WRONG with you

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green_titan said:
To reallocate the funds, the drugs need to be legalized first. I saw a statistic somewhere that a significant amount of money does get spent on treatment currently. Once harm reduction as a policy gets momentum, then maybe the ball to legalization will get rolling. Policing and harm-reduction are antagonistic. Policing results in incarceration, propaganda, and taboos, whereas harm-reduction results in treatment, education, and openness.

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