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From: pxhxz@cadence.com
In article <26eb8c64-0718-49fa-9af9-73ce5269dda7@r19g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>
"editor@netpath.net" writes:
>On Jan 15, 3:03=A0pm, M_P wrote:
>> Prohibition did decrease alcoholism and alcohol consumption in the
>> 1920s. However, the resulting rise of violent organized crime and the
>> loss of tax revenue were untenable and led to the repeal of
>> Prohibition. By analogy, while the broad decriminalization of
>> marijuana will likely reduce the societal and economic costs of pot
>> prohibition, it could lead to more use and abuse.
>The booze model doesn't carry over to marijuana. First, way more of
>the market for pot is kids too young to legally buy beer; there's a
>reason why alcohol is talked of - realistically - as an "adult
>beverage." Second - unlike alcoholic beverages, all with their
>percent of the active ingredient on the label - pot varies drastically
>in potency. Third, alcoholic beverages are made under meticulously
>sanitary conditions - and pot isn't.
Booze is not as harmful as marijuana. One can die from a booze overdose, but
no-one has ever died from a marijuana overdose. Kids can more easily get
marijuana because it is illegal. Legal alcohol vendors can lose their license
if they sell to kids.
As far as pot potency, people smoke less of more potent pot. So there's no
problem due to that. Unlike booze, since booze can kill you more potent booze
is more dangerous.
Third, marijuana is made under the same conditions as tomatoes, lettuce,
peaches, apples, etc.
-Pete Zakel
(phz@seeheader.nospam)
"We must all hear the universal call to like your neighbor just like you like
to be liked yourself."
-George W. Bush at a South Carolina oyster roast;
quoted in the Financial Times, Jan. 14, 2000
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