Help me out with my argument?

[cska80]

I think my arguments are pretty solid, but I could always use more.

http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18...&PCAST_CAT=Talk&PCAST_TITLE=Helen_Glover_Show


I'm came on the air around 20 minutes. It's an argument for decriminalizing marijuana.

 

[Mike4Freedom]

Whenever she said that it would go underground and people would not pay the tax. I would of sarcastically said "you mean like our huge underground cigarette and alcohol cartels?"

 

[ibaghdadi]

I think my arguments are pretty solid, but I could always use more.

First, well done. That was impressive.

Now let's see - there are two ways to look at this. The first is from an economics/liberty viewpoint, and you expressed that pretty well. However, she already understands that argument and to a certain extent agrees with it. The more you push it won't help, you're practically preaching to the choir.

Her concern is more moral/social/educational, and it's valid. If liberty is one side of the coin, responsibility is the other. What we have now with the welfare state is liberty without responsibility, and building that kind of "culture of liberty" takes time, perhaps a generation or more.

If you give those people the liberty without having them understand that it comes with a severe responsibility, you'll have turned a significant sector of society into bums.

I don't have an answer for this, I'm just shedding light on it. In my mind it's an educational/cultural problem, possibly with an educational/cultural solution.

Anyway, well done. You did well.


Iyad

 

[nayjevin]

First, well done. That was impressive.

+420

Some other thoughts,

Marijuana does not cause brain damage. The study which showed that it does put rhesus monkeys in boxes and pumped in marijuana smoke. The brain damage was caused by lack of oxygen.

Lethargy, possibly.

Another strong point I believe is that legalizing pot would bring use of other drugs way down. If a person could get a joint at the drug store, it would become less likely that they would seek a black market, harder drug. This is because smoking marijuana decreases the addiction urge of other drugs - it's an effective treatment for addiction to more harmful substances.

When that money goes to legal pot, meth labs and such have a smaller market to earn from. Therefore, where you find legalized pot, you find struggling meth dealers.