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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 3002244" data-attributes="member: 2189">If cannabis should be made illegal because the user might harm, kill or rob someone, then shouldn&#039;t that same argument apply to alcohol or what about the sale and ownership of guns among other things?&nbsp; Why limit it there?&nbsp; &nbsp; Should we make the sale of certain over the counter drugs illegal because someone can cook that into meth and they will harm, murder or rob someone?Maybe being more careful with the form of argumentation used, even if one dislikes cannabis and its use, might be useful.&nbsp;&nbsp; Maybe the deeper question is why are so many people in our society seeking out means, legal and illegal, to medicate themselves away from reality?&nbsp; Why do so many in our society need to pound down a few beers after work, smoke a joint, take a pill to sleep or to wake up or to just take a happy pill from the doctor because they suffer from the disease of sadness?Sure doesn&#039;t sound like evidence of the greatest place on the planet to me!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 3002244, member: 2189"] If cannabis should be made illegal because the user might harm, kill or rob someone, then shouldn't that same argument apply to alcohol or what about the sale and ownership of guns among other things? Why limit it there? Should we make the sale of certain over the counter drugs illegal because someone can cook that into meth and they will harm, murder or rob someone? Maybe being more careful with the form of argumentation used, even if one dislikes cannabis and its use, might be useful. Maybe the deeper question is why are so many people in our society seeking out means, legal and illegal, to medicate themselves away from reality? Why do so many in our society need to pound down a few beers after work, smoke a joint, take a pill to sleep or to wake up or to just take a happy pill from the doctor because they suffer from the disease of sadness? Sure doesn't sound like evidence of the greatest place on the planet to me! [/QUOTE]

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