The same ballot measure failed in Oregon. But I can look across the river and know you guys passed it. I agree that alcohol and tobacco have to be at least as bad as Marijuana but they're in all honestly worse. This is all textbook stuff. I cant remember the specifics off the top of my head right now, but tobacco smoking, for example, is the most addictive drug on the lists they have. More than cocaine or heroine. Alcohol, on the same list, is more addictive than Marijuana. I could go on and on. For example, the studies I read about in my textbook for my drug class showed that cancer rates were high in tobacco smokers yet very low (if non-factors) in Marijuana smoking. I was stunned when I learned these things.
I think that bringing this issue out of the shadows and into the public light is a great thing. It'll make the illegal sale of this drug less lucrative. It'll also make it safer since many illegal drugs are not safely made and many overdoses result from it. It'll force it into the open so users have to be more responsible.
We can't eliminate addictive drugs but we can make using them a safer process.
I think that the federal government is going to try to stop it. You have to consider that only 2 (or 3?) states just recently passed this law. I don't know how many others have laws for it. Here in oregon we have a law that allows its medical use. But since there're so many states where Marijuana is illegal this will cause them to complain and it's a sure bet that the federal governemnt will try to stop it from being legal.
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